Sarga 71 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
tato dvādaśame varṣe śatraghno rāmapālitām | ayodhyāṃ cakame gantumalpabhṛtyabalānugaḥ || 7.71.1 ||
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tato mantripurogāṃśca balamukhyānnivartya ca | jagāma hayamukhyaiśca rathānāṃ ca śatena saḥ || 7.71.2 ||
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sa gatvā gaṇitānvāsānsaptāṣṭau raghunandanaḥ | vālmīkyāśramamāgatya vāsaṃ cakre mahāyaśāḥ || 7.71.3 ||
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so 'bhivādya tataḥ pādau vālmīkeḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ | pādyamardhyaṃ tathātithyaṃ jagrāha munihastataḥ || 7.71.4 ||
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bahurūpāḥ sumadhurāḥ kathāstatra sahasraśaḥ | kathayāmāsa sa muniḥ śatrughnāya mahātmane || 7.71.5 ||
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uvāca ca munirvākyaṃ lavaṇasya vadhāśritam | suduṣkaraṃ kṛtaṃ karma lavaṇaṃ nighnatā tvayā || 7.71.6 ||
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bahavaḥ pārthivāḥ saumya hatāḥ sabalavāhanāḥ | lavaṇena mahābāho yudhyamānā mahābalāḥ || 7.71.7 ||
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sa tvayā nihataḥ pāpo līlayā puruṣarṣabha | jagataśca bhayaṃ tatra praśāntaṃ tava tejasā || 7.71.8 ||
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rāvaṇasya vadho ghoro yatnena mahatā kṛtaḥ | idaṃ tu sumahatkarma tvayā kṛtamayatnataḥ || 7.71.9 ||
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prītiścāsminparā jātā devānāṃ lavaṇe hate | bhūtānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ jagataśca priyaṃ kṛtam || 7.71.10 ||
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tacca yuddhaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ yathāvatpuruṣarṣabha | sabhāyāṃ vāsavasyātha upaviṣṭena rāghava || 7.71.11 ||
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mamāpi paramā prītirhṛdi śatrughna vartate | upāghrāsyāmi te mūrdhni snehasyaiṣā parā gatiḥ || 7.71.12 ||
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ityuktvā mūrdhni śatrughnamupāghrāya mahāmuniḥ | ātithyamakarottasya ye ca tasya padānugāḥ || 7.71.13 ||
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sa bhuktavānnaraśreṣṭho gītamādhuryamuttamam | śuśrāva rāmacaritaṃ tasminkāle yathākṛmam || 7.71.14 ||
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tantrīlayasamāyuktaṃ tristhānakaraṇānvitam | saṃskṛtaṃ lakṣaṇopetaṃ samatālasamanvitam | śuśrāva rāmacaritaṃ tasminkāle purā kṛtam || 7.71.15 ||
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tānyakṣarāṇi satyāni yathāvṛttāni pūrvaśaḥ | śrutvā puruṣaśārdūlo visañjño bāṣpalocanaḥ || 7.71.16 ||
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sa muhūrtamivāsañjño viniḥśvasya muhurmuhuḥ | tasmin gīte yathāvṛttaṃ vartamānamivāśṛṇot || 7.71.17 ||
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padānugāśca ye rājñastāṃ śrutvā gītisampadam | avāṅmukhāśca dīnāśca hyāścaryamiti cābruvan || 7.71.18 ||
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parasparaṃ ca ye tatra sainikāḥ sambabhāṣire | kimidaṃ kva ca vartāmaḥ kimetatsvapnadarśanam || 7.71.19 ||
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artho yo naḥ purā dṛṣṭastamāśramapade punaḥ | śṛṇumaḥ kimidaṃ svapno gītabandhaṃ śriyo bhavet || 7.71.20 ||
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vismayaṃ te paraṃ gatvā śatrughnamidamabruvan | sādhu pṛccha naraśreṣṭha vālmīkiṃ munipuṅgavam || 7.71.21 ||
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śatrughnastvabravītsarvānkautūhalasamanvitān | sainikā na kṣamo 'smākaṃ paripraṣṭumihedṛśaḥ || 7.71.22 ||
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āścaryāṇi bahūnīha bhavantyasyāśrame muneḥ | na tu kautūhalādyuktamanveṣṭuṃ taṃ mahāmunim || 7.71.23 ||
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evaṃ tadvākyamuktvā ca sainikānraghunandanaḥ | abhivādya maharṣiṃ taṃ svaṃ niveśaṃ yayau tadā || 7.71.24 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe ekasaptatimaḥ sargaḥ || 71 ||
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