Sarga 65 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
prasthāpya ca balaṃ sarvaṃ māsamātroṣitaḥ pathi | eka evāśu śatrughno jagāma tvaritaṃ tadā || 7.65.1 ||
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dvirātramantare śūra uṣya rāghavanandanaḥ | vālmīkerāśramaṃ puṇyamagacchadvāsamuttamam || 7.65.2 ||
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so 'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ vālmīkiṃ munisattamam | kṛtāñjaliratho bhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha || 7.65.3 ||
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bhagavanvastumicchāmi guroḥ kṛtyādihāgataḥ | śvaḥ prabhāte gamiṣyāmi pratīcīṃ vāruṇīṃ diśam || 7.65.4 ||
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śatrughnasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya munipuṅgavaḥ | pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ svāgataṃ te mahāyaśaḥ || 7.65.5 ||
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svamāśramamidaṃ saumya rāghavāṇāṃ kulasya hi | āsanaṃ pādyamardhyaṃ ca nirviśaṅkaḥ pratīccha me || 7.65.6 ||
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pratigṛhya tadā pūjāṃ phalamūlaṃ ca bhojanam | bhakṣayāmāsa kākutsthastṛptiṃ ca paramāṃ gataḥ || 7.65.7 ||
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sa bhuktvā phalamūlaṃ ca maharṣiṃ tamuvāca ha | iyaṃ yajñavibhūtiste kasyāśramasamīpataḥ || 7.65.8 ||
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tattasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā vālmīkirvākyamabravīt | śatrughna śṛṇu yasyedaṃ babhūvāyatanaṃ purā || 7.65.9 ||
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yuṣmākaṃ pūrvako rājā saudāsastasya bhūpateḥ | putro vīrasaho nāma vīryavānatidhārmikaḥ || 7.65.10 ||
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sa bāla eva saudāso mṛgayāmupacakrame | cañcūryamāṇaṃ dadṛśe sa śūro rākṣasadvayam || 7.65.11 ||
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śārdūlarūpiṇau ghorau mṛgānbahusahasraśaḥ | bhakṣamāṇāvasantuṣṭau paryāptiṃ naiva jagmatuḥ || 7.65.12 ||
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sa tu tau rākṣasau dṛṣṭvā nirmṛgaṃ ca vanaṃ kṛtam | krodhena mahatā ' 'viṣṭo jaghānaikaṃ maheṣuṇā || 7.65.13 ||
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vinipātya tamekaṃ tu saudāsaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ | vijvaro vigatāmārṣo hataṃ rakṣo hyudaikṣata || 7.65.14 ||
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nirīkṣamāṇaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahāyaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ | santāpamakarodghoraṃ saudāsaṃ cedamabravīt || 7.65.15 ||
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yasmādanaparādhaṃ tvaṃ sahāyaṃ mama jaghnivān | tasmāttavāpi pāpiṣṭha pradāsyāmi pratikriyām || 7.65.16 ||
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evamuktvā tu tadrākṣastatraivāntaradhīyata | kālaparyāyayogena rājā mitrasaho 'bhavat || 7.65.17 ||
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rājāpi yajate yajñamasyāśramasamīpataḥ | aśvamedhaṃ mahāyajñaṃ taṃ vasiṣṭho 'bhyapālayat || 7.65.18 ||
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tatra yajño mahānāsīdbahuvarṣagaṇāyutaḥ | samṛddhaḥ parayā lakṣmyā devayajñasamo 'bhavat || 7.65.19 ||
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athāvasāne yajñasya pūrvavairamanusmaran | vasiṣṭharūpī rājānamiti hovāca rākṣasaḥ || 7.65.20 ||
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asya yajñasya jāto 'ntaḥ sāmiṣaṃ bhojanaṃ mama | dīyatāmiha śīghraṃ vai nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 7.65.21 ||
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tacchrutvā vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ rakṣasā brahmarūpiṇā | bhakṣyasaṃskārakuśalamuvāca pṛthivīpatiḥ || 7.65.22 ||
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haviṣyaṃ sāmiṣaṃ svādu yathā bhavati bhojanam | tathā kuruṣva śīghraṃ vai parituṣyedyathā guruḥ || 7.65.23 ||
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śāsanātpārthivendrasya sūdaḥ sambhrāntamānasaḥ | sa rākṣasaḥ punastatra sūdaveṣamathākarot || 7.65.24 ||
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sa mānuṣamatho māṃsaṃ pārthivāya nyavedayat | idaṃ svādu haviṣyaṃ ca sāmiṣaṃ cānnamāhṛtam || 7.65.25 ||
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sa bhojanaṃ vasiṣṭhāya patnyā sārdhamupāharat | madayantyā naravyāghra sāmiṣaṃ rakṣasā hṛtam || 7.65.26 ||
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jñātvā tadāmiṣaṃ vipro mānuṣaṃ bhājanaṃ gatam | krodhena mahatā ' 'viṣṭo vyāhartumupacakrame || 7.65.27 ||
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yasmāttvaṃ bhojanaṃ rājanmamaitaddātumicchasi | tasmādbhojanametatte bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 7.65.28 ||
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tataḥ kruddhastu saudāsastoyaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā | vasiṣṭhaṃ śaptumārebhe bhāryā cainamavārayat || 7.65.29 ||
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rājanprabhuryato 'smākaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ | pratiśaptuṃ na śaktastvaṃ devatulyaṃ purodhasam || 7.65.30 ||
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tataḥ krodhamayaṃ toyaṃ tejobalasamanvitam | vyasarjayata dharmātmā tataḥ pādau siṣeca ca || 7.65.31 ||
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tenāsya rājñastau pādau tadā kalmāṣatāṃ gatau | tadāprabhṛti rājā 'sau saudāsaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ | kalmāṣapādaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ khyātaścaiva tathā nṛpaḥ || 7.65.32 ||
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sa rājā saha patnyā vai praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ | punarvasiṣṭhaṃ provāca yaduktaṃ brahmarūpiṇā || 7.65.33 ||
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tacchrutvā pārthivendrasya rakṣasā vikṛtaṃ ca tat | punaḥ provāca rājānaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ puruṣarṣabham || 7.65.34 ||
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mayā roṣaparītena yadidaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ | naitacchakyaṃ vṛthā kartuṃ pradāsyāmi ca te varam || 7.65.35 ||
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kālo dvādaśa varṣāṇi śāpasyānto bhaviṣyati | matprāsādācca rājendra vyatītaṃ na smariṣyasi || 7.65.36 ||
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evaṃ sa rājā taṃ śāpamupabhujyārisūdanaḥ | pratilebhe punā rājyaṃ prajāścaivānvapālayat || 7.65.37 ||
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tasya kalmāṣapādasya yajñasyāyatanaṃ śubham | āśramasya samīpe 'sya yanmāṃ pṛcchasi rāghava || 7.65.38 ||
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tasya tāṃ pārthivendrasya kathāṃ śrutvā sudāruṇām | viveśa parṇaśālāyāṃ maharṣimabhivādya ca || 7.65.39 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe pañcaṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ || 65 ||
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