 | Book 9 Chapter 52
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| 1 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 1 | prajāpater uttaravedir ucyate; sanātanā rāma samantapañcakam
samījire yatra purā divaukaso; vareṇa satreṇa mahāvarapradāḥ
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| 2 | purā ca rājarṣivareṇa dhīmatā; bahūni varṣāṇy amitena tejasā
prakṛṣṭam etat kuruṇā mahātmanā; tataḥ kurukṣetram itīha paprathe
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| 3 | rāma uvāca
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| 3 | kimarthaṃ kuruṇā kṛṣṭaṃ kṣetram etan mahātmanā
etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ kathyamānaṃ tapodhanāḥ
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| 4 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 4 | purā kila kuruṃ rāma kṛṣantaṃ satatotthitam
abhyetya śakras tridivāt paryapṛcchata kāraṇam
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| 5 | kim idaṃ vartate rājan prayatnena pareṇa ca
rājarṣe kim abhipretaṃ yeneyaṃ kṛṣyate kṣitiḥ
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| 6 | kurur uvāca
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| 6 | iha ye puruṣāḥ kṣetre mariṣyanti śatakrato
te gamiṣyanti sukṛtāṃl lokān pāpavivarjitān
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| 7 | avahasya tataḥ śakro jagāma tridivaṃ prabhuḥ
rājarṣir apy anirviṇṇaḥ karṣaty eva vasuṃdharām
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| 8 | āgamyāgamya caivainaṃ bhūyo bhūyo 'vahasya ca
śatakratur anirviṇṇaṃ pṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭvā jagāma ha
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| 9 | yadā tu tapasogreṇa cakarṣa vasudhāṃ nṛpaḥ
tataḥ śakro 'bravīd devān rājarṣer yac cikīrṣitam
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| 10 | tac chrutvā cābruvan devāḥ sahasrākṣam idaṃ vacaḥ
vareṇa cchandyatāṃ śakra rājarṣir yadi śakyate
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| 11 | yadi hy atra pramītā vai svargaṃ gacchanti mānavāḥ
asmān aniṣṭvā kratubhir bhāgo no na bhaviṣyati
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| 12 | āgamya ca tataḥ śakras tadā rājarṣim abravīt
alaṃ khedena bhavataḥ kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama
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| 13 | mānavā ye nirāhārā dehaṃ tyakṣyanty atandritāḥ
yudhi vā nihatāḥ samyag api tiryaggatā nṛpa
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| 14 | te svargabhājo rājendra bhavantv iti mahāmate
tathāstv iti tato rājā kuruḥ śakram uvāca ha
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| 15 | tatas tam abhyanujñāpya prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
jagāma tridivaṃ bhūyaḥ kṣipraṃ balaniṣūdanaḥ
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| 16 | evam etad yaduśreṣṭha kṛṣṭaṃ rājarṣiṇā purā
śakreṇa cāpy anujñātaṃ puṇyaṃ prāṇān vimuñcatām
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| 17 | api cātra svayaṃ śakro jagau gāthāṃ surādhipaḥ
kurukṣetre nibaddhāṃ vai tāṃ śṛṇuṣva halāyudha
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| 18 | pāṃsavo 'pi kurukṣetrād vāyunā samudīritāḥ
api duṣkṛtakarmāṇaṃ nayanti paramāṃ gatim
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| 19 | surarṣabhā brāhmaṇasattamāś ca; tathā nṛgādyā naradevamukhyāḥ
iṣṭvā mahārhaiḥ kratubhir nṛsiṃha; saṃnyasya dehān sugatiṃ prapannāḥ
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| 20 | tarantukārantukayor yad antaraṃ; rāmahradānāṃ ca macakrukasya
etat kurukṣetrasamantapañcakaṃ; prajāpater uttaravedir ucyate
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| 21 | śivaṃ mahat puṇyam idaṃ divaukasāṃ; susaṃmataṃ svargaguṇaiḥ samanvitam
ataś ca sarve 'pi vasuṃdharādhipā; hatā gamiṣyanti mahātmanāṃ gatim
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