Ramayana · Chapter 7.081

tathoktavati rāme tu tasya janma tad adbhutam
uvāca lakṣmaṇo bhūyo bharataś ca mahāyaśāḥ

sā priyā somaputrasya saṃvatsaram athoṣitā
akarot kiṃ naraśreṣṭha tat tvaṃ śaṃsitum arhasi

tayos tad vākyamādhuryaṃ niśamya paripṛcchatoḥ
rāmaḥ punar uvācemāṃ prajāpatisute kathām

puruṣatvaṃ gate śūre budhaḥ paramabuddhimān
saṃvartaṃ paramodāram ājuhāva mahāyaśāḥ

cyavanaṃ bhṛguputraṃ ca muniṃ cāriṣṭaneminam
pramodanaṃ modakaraṃ tato durvāsasaṃ munim

etān sarvān samānīya vākyajñas tattvadarśinaḥ
uvāca sarvān suhṛdo dhairyeṇa susamāhitaḥ

ayaṃ rājā mahābāhuḥ kardamasya ilaḥ sutaḥ
jānītainaṃ yathā bhūtaṃ śreyo hy asya vidhīyatām

teṣāṃ saṃvadatām eva tam āśramam upāgamat
kardamaḥ sumahātejā dvijaiḥ saha mahātmabhiḥ

pulastyaś ca kratuś caiva vaṣaṭkāras tathaiva ca
oṃkāraś ca mahātejās tam āśramam upāgaman

te sarve hṛṣṭamanasaḥ parasparasamāgame
hitaiṣiṇo bāhli pateḥ pṛthag vākyam athābruvan

kardamas tv abravīd vākyaṃ sutārthaṃ paramaṃ hitam
dvijāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ yac chreyaḥ pārthivasya hi

nānyaṃ paśyāmi bhaiṣajyam antareṇa vṛṣadhvajam
nāśvamedhāt paro yajñaḥ priyaś caiva mahātmanaḥ

tasmād yajāmahe sarve pārthivārthe durāsadam
kardamenaivam uktās tu sarva eva dvijarṣabhāḥ
rocayanti sma taṃ yajñaṃ rudrasyārādhanaṃ prati

saṃvartasya tu rājarṣiḥ śiṣyaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
marutta iti vikhyātas taṃ yajñaṃ samupāharat

tato yajño mahān āsīd budhāśramasamīpataḥ
rudraś ca paramaṃ toṣam ājagāma mahāyaśāḥ

atha yajñasamāptau tu prītaḥ paramayā mudā
umāpatir dvijān sarvān uvācedam ilāṃ prati

prīto 'smi hayamedhena bhaktyā ca dvijasattamāḥ
asya bāhlipateś caiva kiṃ karomi priyaṃ śubham

tathā vadati deveśe dvijās te susamāhitāḥ
prasādayanti deveśaṃ yathā syāt puruṣas tv ilā

tataḥ prītamanā rudraḥ puruṣatvaṃ dadau punaḥ
ilāyai sumahātejā dattvā cāntaradhīyata

nivṛtte hayamedhe tu gate cādarśanaṃ hare
yathāgataṃ dvijāḥ sarve agacchan dīrghadarśinaḥ

rājā tu bāhlim utsṛjya madhyadeśe hy anuttamam
niveśayām āsa puraṃ pratiṣṭhānaṃ yaśaskaram

śaśabindus tu rājāsīd bāhlyāṃ parapuraṃjayaḥ
pratiṣṭhāna ilo rājā prajāpatisuto balī

sa kāle prāptavāṃl lokam ilo brāhmam anuttamam
ailaḥ purūravā rājā pratiṣṭhānam avāptavān

īdṛśo hy aśvamedhasya prabhāvaḥ puruṣarṣabhau
strībhūtaḥ pauruṣaṃ lebhe yac cānyad api durlabham