Ramayana · Chapter 7.076

lakṣmaṇasya tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvā śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
vṛtraghātam aśeṣeṇa kathayety āha lakṣmaṇam

rāghaveṇaivam uktas tu sumitrānandavardhanaḥ
bhūya eva kathāṃ divyāṃ kathayām āsa lakṣmaṇaḥ

sahasrākṣavacaḥ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām
viṣṇur devān uvācedaṃ sarvān indrapurogamān

pūrvaṃ sauhṛdabaddho 'smi vṛtrasya sumahātmanaḥ
tena yuṣmat priyārthaṃ vai nāhaṃ hanmi mahāsuram

avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ ca bhavatāṃ sukham uttamam
tasmād upāyam ākhyāsye yena vṛtraṃ haniṣyatha

tridhā bhūtaṃ kariṣye 'ham ātmānaṃ surasattamāḥ
tena vṛtraṃ sahasrākṣo haniṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

eko 'ṃśo vāsavaṃ yātu dvitīyo vajram eva tu
tṛtīyo bhūtalaṃ śakras tato vṛtraṃ haniṣyati

tathā bruvati deveśe devā vākyam athābruvan
evam etan na saṃdeho yathā vadasi daityahan

bhadraṃ te 'stu gamiṣyāmo vṛtrāsuravadhaiṣiṇaḥ
bhajasva paramodāravāsavaṃ svena tejasā

tataḥ sarve mahātmānaḥ sahasrākṣapurogamāḥ
tad araṇyam upākrāman yatra vṛtro mahāsuraḥ

te 'paśyaṃs tejasā bhūtaṃ tapantam asurottamam
pibantam iva lokāṃs trīn nirdahantam ivāmbaram

dṛṣṭvaiva cāsuraśreṣṭhaṃ devās trāsam upāgaman
katham enaṃ vadhiṣyāmaḥ kathaṃ na syāt parājayaḥ

teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ tatra sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
vajraṃ pragṛhya bāhubhyāṃ prahiṇod vṛtramūrdhani

kālāgnineva ghoreṇa dīpteneva mahārciṣā
prataptaṃ vṛtraśirasi jagat trāsam upāgamat

asaṃbhāvyaṃ vadhaṃ tasya vṛtrasya vibudhādhipaḥ
cintayāno jagāmāśu lokasyāntaṃ mahāyaśāḥ

tam indraṃ brahmahatyāśu gacchantam anugacchati
apatac cāsya gātreṣu tam indraṃ duḥkham āviśat

hatārayaḥ pranaṣṭendrā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ
viṣṇuṃ tribhuvaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ muhur muhur apūjayan

tvaṃ gatiḥ paramā deva pūrvajo jagataḥ prabhuḥ
rathārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ viṣṇutvam upajagmivān

hataś cāyaṃ tvayā vṛtro brahmahatyā ca vāsavam
bādhate suraśārdūla mokṣaṃ tasya vinirdiśa

teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā devānāṃ viṣṇur abravīt
mām eva yajatāṃ śakraḥ pāvayiṣyāmi vajriṇam

puṇyena hayamedhena mām iṣṭvā pākaśāsanaḥ
punar eṣyati devānām indratvam akutobhayaḥ

evaṃ saṃdiśya devānāṃ tāṃ vāṇīm amṛtopamā
jagāma viṣṇur deveśaḥ stūyamānas triviṣṭapam