Ramayana · Chapter 7.077

tathā vṛtravadhaṃ sarvam akhilena sa lakṣmaṇaḥ
kathayitvā naraśreṣṭhaḥ kathāśeṣam upākramat

tato hate mahāvīrye vṛtre devabhayaṃkare
brahmahatyāvṛtaḥ śakraḥ saṃjñāṃ lebhe na vṛtrahā

so 'ntam āśritya lokānāṃ naṣṭasaṃjño vicetanaḥ
kālaṃ tatrāvasat kaṃ cid veṣṭamāno yathoragaḥ

atha naṣṭe sahasrākṣe udvignam abhavaj jagat
bhūmiś ca dhvastasaṃkāśā niḥsnehā śuṣkakānanā

niḥsrotasaś cāmbuvāhā hradāś ca saritas tathā
saṃkṣobhaś caiva sattvānām anāvṛṣṭikṛto 'bhavat

kṣīyamāṇe tu loke 'smin saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ surāḥ
yad uktaṃ viṣṇunā pūrvaṃ taṃ yajñaṃ samupānayan

tataḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ sopādhyāyāḥ saharṣibhiḥ
taṃ deśaṃ sahitā jagmur yatrendro bhayamohitaḥ

te tu dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaṃ mohitaṃ brahmahatyayā
taṃ puraskṛtya deveśam aśvamedhaṃ pracakrire

tato 'śvamedhaḥ sumahān mahendrasya mahātmanaḥ
vavṛdhe brahmahatyāyāḥ pāvanārthaṃ nareśvara

tato yajñasamāptau tu brahmahatyā mahātmanaḥ
abhigamyābravīd vākyaṃ kva me sthānaṃ vidhāsyatha

te tām ūcus tato devās tuṣṭāḥ prītisamanvitāḥ
caturdhā vibhajātmānam ātmanaiva durāsade

devānāṃ bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā brahmahatyā mahātmanām
saṃnidhau sthānam anyatra varayām āsa durvasā

ekenāṃśena vatsyāmi pūrṇodāsu nadīṣu vai
dvitīyena tu vṛkṣeṣu satyam etad bravīmi vaḥ

yo 'yam aṃśas tṛtīyo me strīṣu yauvanaśāliṣu
trirātraṃ darpaparṇāsu vasiṣye darpaghātinī

hantāro brāhmaṇān ye tu prekṣāpūrvam adūṣakān
tāṃś caturthena bhāgena saṃśrayiṣye surarṣabhāḥ

pratyūcus tāṃ tato devā yathā vadasi durvase
tathā bhavatu tat sarvaṃ sādhayasva yathepsitam

tataḥ prītyānvitā devāḥ sahasrākṣaṃ vavandire
vijvaraḥ pūtapāpmā ca vāsavaḥ samapadyata

praśāntaṃ ca jagat sarvaṃ sahasrākṣe pratiṣṭhate
yajñaṃ cādbhutasaṃkāśaṃ tadā śakro 'bhyapūjayat

īdṛśo hy aśvamedhasya prabhāvo raghunandana
yajasva sumahābhāga hayamedhena pārthiva