Sarga 85 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
lakṣmaṇasya tu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā śatrunibarhaṇaḥ | vṛtraghātamaśeṣeṇa kathayetyāha suvrata || 7.85.1 ||
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rāghaveṇaivamuktastu sumitrānandavardhanaḥ | bhūya eva kathāṃ divyāṃ kathayāmāsa suvrataḥ || 7.85.2 ||
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sahasrākṣavacaḥ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām | viṣṇurdevānuvācedaṃ sarvānindrapurogamān || 7.85.3 ||
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pūrvaṃ sauhṛdabaddho 'smi vṛtrasya ha mahātmanaḥ | tena yuṣmatpriyārthaṃ hi nāhaṃ hanmi mahāsuram || 7.85.4 ||
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avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca bhavatāṃ sukhamuttamam | tasmādupāyamākhyāsye yena vṛtro nihanyate || 7.85.5 ||
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tridhābhūtaṃ kariṣyāmi hyātmānaṃ surasattamāḥ | tena vṛtraṃ sahasrākṣo vadhiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 7.85.6 ||
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ekāṃśo vāsavaṃ yātu dvitīyo vajrameva tu | tṛtīyo bhūtalaṃ śakrastadā vṛtraṃ vadhiṣyati || 7.85.7 ||
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tathā bruvati deveśe devā vākyamathābruvan | evametanna sandeho yathā vadasi daityahan || 7.85.8 ||
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bhadraṃ te 'stu gamiṣyāmo vṛtrāsuravadhaiṣiṇaḥ | bhajasva paramodāra vāsavaṃ svena tejasā || 7.85.9 ||
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tataḥ sarve mahātmānaḥ sahasrākṣapurogamāḥ | tadāraṇyamupākrāmanyatra vṛtro mahāsuraḥ || 7.85.10 ||
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te paśyaṃstejasā bhūtaṃ tapyantamasurottamam | pibantamiva lokāṃstrīnnirdahantamivāmbaram || 7.85.11 ||
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dṛṣṭvaiva cāsuraśreṣṭhaṃ devāstrāsamupāgaman | kathamenaṃ vadhiṣyāmaḥ kathaṃ na syātparājayaḥ || 7.85.12 ||
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teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ tatra sahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ | vajraṃ pragṛhya pāṇibhyāṃ prāhiṇodvṛtramūrdhani || 7.85.13 ||
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kālāgnineva ghoreṇa taptenaiva mahārciṣā | patatā vṛtraśirasā jagatऺtrāsamupāgamat || 7.85.14 ||
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asambhāvyaṃ vadhaṃ tasya vṛtrasya vibudhādhipaḥ | cintayāno jagāmāśu lokasyāntaṃ mahāyaśāḥ || 7.85.15 ||
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tamindraṃ brahmahatyā ' 'śu gacchantamanugacchati | apataccāsya gātreṣu tamindraṃ duḥkhamāviśat || 7.85.16 ||
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hatārayaḥ pranaṣṭendrā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ | viṣṇuṃ tribhuvaneśānaṃ muhurmuhurapūjayan || 7.85.17 ||
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tvaṃ gatiḥ parameśāna pūrvajo jagataḥ pitā | rakṣārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ viṣṇutvamupajagmivān || 7.85.18 ||
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hataścāyaṃ tvayā vṛtro brahmahatyā ca vāsavam | bādhate suraśārdūla mokṣaṃ tasyā vinirdiśa || 7.85.19 ||
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teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devānāṃ viṣṇurabravīt | māmeva yajatāṃ śakraḥ pāvayiṣyāmi vajriṇam || 7.85.20 ||
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puṇyena hayamedhena māmiṣṭvā pākaśāsanaḥ | punareṣyati devānāmindratvamakutobhayam || 7.85.21 ||
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evaṃ sandiśya tāṃ vāṇīṃ devānāmamṛtopamām | jagāma viṣṇurdeveśaḥ stūyamānastriviṣṭapam || 7.85.22 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe pañcāśītitamaḥ sargaḥ || 85 ||
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