Sarga 54 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
rāmasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇaḥ paramārthavit | uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṃ rāghavaṃ dīptatejasam || 7.54.1 ||
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alpāparādhe kākutstha dvijābhyāṃ śāpa īdṛśaḥ | mahānnṛgasya rājarṣeryamadaṇḍa ivāparaḥ || 7.54.2 ||
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śrutvā tu pāpasaṃyuktamātmānaṃ puraṣarṣabha | kimuvāca nṛgo rājā dvijau krodhasamanvitau || 7.54.3 ||
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lakṣmaṇenaivamuktastu rāghavaḥ punarabravīt | śṛṇu saumya yathā pūrvaṃ sa rājā śāpavikṣataḥ || 7.54.4 ||
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athādhvani gatau viprau vijñāya sa nṛgastadā | āhūya mantriṇaḥ sarvānnaigamānsapurodhasaḥ || 7.54.5 ||
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tānuvāca nṛgo rājā sarvāśca prakṛtīstathā | duḥkhena susamāviṣṭaḥ śrūyatāṃ me samāhitaiḥ || 7.54.6 ||
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nāradaḥ parvataścaiva mama dattvā mahadbhayam | gatau tribhuvanaṃ bhadrau vāyubhūtāvaninditau || 7.54.7 ||
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kumāro 'yaṃ vasurnāma sa devo 'dyābhiṣicyatām | śvabhraṃ ca yatsukhasparśaṃ kriyatāṃ śilpibhirmama | yatrāhaṃ saṅkṣayiṣyāmi śāpaṃ brāhmaṇaniḥsṛtam || 7.54.8 ||
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varṣaghnamekaṃ śvabhraṃ tu himaghnamaparaṃ tathā | grīṣmaghnaṃ tu sukhasparśamekaṃ kurvantu śilpinaḥ || 7.54.9 ||
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phalavantaśca ye vṛkṣāḥ puṣpavatyaśca yā latāḥ | viropyantāṃ bahuvidhāśchāyāvantaśca gulminaḥ || 7.54.10 ||
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kriyatāṃ ramaṇīyaṃ ca śvabhrāṇāṃ sarvatodiśam | sukhamatra vasiṣyāmi yāvatkālasya paryayaḥ || 7.54.11 ||
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puṣpāṇi ca sugandhīni kriyatāṃ teṣu nityaśaḥ | parivārya yathā me syuradhyardhaṃ yojanaṃ tathā || 7.54.12 ||
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evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānaṃ sa sandideśa vasaṃ tadā | dharmanityaḥ prajāḥ putra kṣatradharmeṇa pālaya || 7.54.13 ||
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pratyakṣaṃ te yathā śāpo dvijābhyāṃ mayi pātitaḥ | naraśreṣṭha saroṣābhyāmaparādhe 'pi tādṛśe || 7.54.14 ||
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mā kṛthāstanusantāpaṃ matkṛte 'pi nararṣabha | kṛtāntaḥ kuśalaḥ putra yenāsmi vyasanīkṛtaḥ || 7.54.15 ||
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prāptavyānyeva prāpnoti gantavyānyeva gacchati | labdhavyānyeva labhate duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca || 7.54.16 ||
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pūrve jātyantare vatsa mā viṣādaṃ kuruṣva ha || 7.54.17 ||
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evamuktvā nṛpastatra sutaṃ rājā mahāyaśāḥ | śvabhraṃ jagāma sukṛtaṃ vāsāya puruṣarṣabha || 7.54.18 ||
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evaṃ praviśyaiva nṛpastadānīṃ śvabhraṃ mahāratnavibhūṣitaṃ tat | sampādayāmāsa tadā mahātmā śāpaṃ dvijābhyāṃ hi ruṣā vimuktam || 7.54.19 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe catuḥpañcāśaḥ sargaḥ || 54 ||
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