Sarga 86 from Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana.
tadā vṛtravadhaṃ sarvamakhilena sa lakṣmaṇaḥ | kathayitvā naraśreṣṭhaḥ kathāśeṣaṃ pracakrame || 7.86.1 ||
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tato hate mahāvīrye vṛtre devabhayaṅkare | brahmahatyāvṛtaḥ śakraḥ sañjñāṃ lebhe na vṛtrahā || 7.86.2 ||
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so 'ntamāśritya lokānāṃ naṣṭasañjño vicetanaḥ | kālaṃ tatrāvasatkañcidveṣṭamāna ivoragaḥ || 7.86.3 ||
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atha naṣṭe sahasrākṣe udvignamabhavajjagat | bhūmiśca dhvastasaṅkāśā niḥsnehā śuṣkakānanā || 7.86.4 ||
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niḥsrotasaśca te sarve tu hradāśca saritastathā | saṅkṣobhaścaiva sattvānāmanāvṛṣṭikṛto 'bhavat || 7.86.5 ||
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kṣīyamāṇe tu loke 'sminsambhrāntamanasaḥ surāḥ | yaduktaṃ viṣṇunā pūrvaṃ taṃ yajñaṃ samupānayan || 7.86.6 ||
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tataḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ sopādhyāyāḥ saharṣibhiḥ | taṃ deśaṃ samupājagmuryatrendro bhayamohitaḥ || 7.86.7 ||
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te tu dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣamāvṛtaṃ brahmahatyayā | taṃ puraskṛtya deveśamaśvamedhamupākraman || 7.86.8 ||
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tato 'śvamedhaḥ sumahānmahendrasya mahātmanaḥ | vavṛdhe brahmahatyayāḥ pāvanārthaṃ nareśvara || 7.86.9 ||
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tato yajñe samāpte tu brahmahatyā mahātmanaḥ | abhigamyābravīdvākyaṃ kva me sthānaṃ vidhāsyatha || 7.86.10 ||
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te tāmūcustadā devāstuṣṭāḥ prītisamanvitāḥ | caturdhā vibhajātmānamātmanaiva durāsade || 7.86.11 ||
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devānāṃ bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā brahmahatyā mahātmanām | sannidhau sthānamanyatra varayāmāsa durvasā || 7.86.12 ||
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ekenāṃśena vatsyāmi pūrṇodāsu nadīṣu vai | caturo vārṣikānmāsāndarpaghnī kāmavāriṇī || 7.86.13 ||
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bhūmyāmahaṃ sarvakālamekenāṃśena sarvadā | vasiṣyāmi na sandehaḥ satyenaitadbravīmi vaḥ || 7.86.14 ||
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yo 'yamaṃśastṛtīyo me strīṣu yauvanaśāliṣu | trirātraṃ darpapūrṇāsu vaśiṣye darpaghātinī || 7.86.15 ||
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hantāro brāhmaṇānye tu mṛṣāpūrvamadūṣakān | tāṃścaturthena bhāgena saṃśrayiṣye surarṣabhāḥ || 7.86.16 ||
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pratyūcustāṃ tato devā yathā vadasi durvase | tathā bhavatu tatsarvaṃ sādhayasva yadīpsitam || 7.86.17 ||
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tataḥ prītyā 'nvitā devāḥ sahasrākṣaṃ vavandire | vijvaraḥ sa ca pūtātmā vāsavaḥ samapadyata || 7.86.18 ||
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praśāntaṃ ca jagatsarvaṃ sahasrākṣe pratiṣṭhite | yajñaṃ cādbhutasaṅkāśaṃ tadā śakro 'bhyapūjayat || 7.86.19 ||
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īdṛśo hyaśvamedhasya prasādo raghunandana | yajasva sumahābhāga hayamedhena pārthiva || 7.86.20 ||
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iti lakṣmaṇavākyamuttamaṃ nṛpatiratīva manoharaṃ mahātmā | paritoṣamavāpa hṛṣṭacetā niśamayyendrasamānavikramaujāḥ || 7.86.21 ||
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ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe ṣaḍaśītitamaḥ sargaḥ || 86 ||
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