Chapter XXVIII

śrīrāma uvāca |
yaccedaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcijjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam |
tatsarvamasthiraṃ brahmansvapnasaṃgamasaṃnibham || 1 ||
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śuṣkasāgarasaṃkāśo nikhāto yo'dya dṛśyate |
sa prātarabhrasaṃvīto nagaḥ saṃpadyate mune || 2 ||
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yo vanavyūhavistīrṇo vilīḍhagagano mahān |
dinaireva sa yātyurvīsamatāṃ kūpatāṃ ca vā || 3 ||
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yadaṅgamadya saṃvītaṃ kauśeyasragvilepanaiḥ |
digambaraṃ tadeva śvo dūre viśaritā'vaṭe || 4 ||
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yatrādya nagaraṃ dṛṣṭaṃ vicitrācāracañcalam |
tatraivodeti divasaiḥ saṃśūnyāraṇyadharmatā || 5 ||
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yaḥ pumānadya tejasvī maṇḍalānyadhitiṣṭhati |
sa bhasmakūṭatāṃ rājandivasairadhigacchati || 6 ||
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araṇyānī mahābhīmā yā nabhomaṇḍalopamā |
patākācchāditākāśā saiva saṃpadyate purī || 7 ||
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yā latāvalitā bhīmā bhātyadya vipināvalī |
divasaireva sā yāti punarmarumahīpadam || 8 ||
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salilaṃ sthalatāṃ yāti sthalībhavati vāribhūḥ |
viparyasyati sarvaṃ hi sakāṣṭhāmbutṛṇaṃ jagat || 9 ||
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anityaṃ yauvanaṃ bālyaṃ śarīraṃ dravyasaṃcayāḥ |
bhāvādbhāvāntaraṃ yānti taraṅgavadanāratam || 10 ||
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vātāntardīpakaśikhālolaṃ jagati jīvitam |
taḍitsphuraṇasaṃkāśā padārthaśrīrjagatrtraye || 11 ||
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viparyāsamiyaṃ yāti bhūribhūtaparamparā |
bījarāśirivājasraṃ pūryamāṇaḥ punaḥpunaḥ || 12 ||
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manaḥpavanaparyastabhūribhūtarajaḥpaṭā |
pātotpātaparāvartaparābhinayabhūṣitā || 13 ||
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ālakṣyate sthitiriyaṃ jāgatī janitabhramā |
nṛttāveśavivṛtteva saṃsārārabhaṭīnaṭī || 14 ||
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gandharvanagarākāraviparyāsavidhāyinī |
apāṅgabhaṅgurodāravyavahāramanoramā || 15 ||
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taḍittaralamālokamātanvānā punaḥpunaḥ |
saṃsāraracanā rājannṛttasakteva rājate || 16 ||
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divasāste mahāntaste saṃpadastāḥ kriyāśca tāḥ |
sarvaṃ smṛtipathaṃ yātaṃ yāmo vayamapi kṣaṇāt || 17 ||
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pratyahaṃ kṣayamāyāti pratyahaṃ jāyate punaḥ |
adyāpi hatarūpāyā nānto'syā dagdhasaṃsṛteḥ || 18 ||
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tiryaktvaṃ puruṣā yānti tiryañco naratāmapi |
devāścādevatāṃ yānti kimiveha vibho sthiram || 19 ||
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racayanraśmijālena rātryahāni punaḥpunaḥ |
ativāhya raviḥ kālo vināśāvadhimīkṣate || 20 ||
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brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca sarvā vā bhūtajātayaḥ |
nāśamevānudhāvanti salilānīva vāḍavam || 21 ||
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dyauḥ kṣamā vāyurākāśaṃ parvatāḥ sarito diśaḥ |
vināśavāḍavasyaitatsarvaṃ saṃśuṣkamindhanam || 22 ||
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dhanāni bāndhavā bhṛtyā mitrāṇi vibhavāśca ye |
vināśabhayabhītasya sarvaṃ nīrasatāṃ gatam || 23 ||
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svadante tāvadevaite bhāvā jagati dhīmate |
yāvatsmṛtipathaṃ yāti na vināśakurākṣasaḥ || 24 ||
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kṣaṇamaiśvaryamāyāti kṣaṇameti daridratām |
kṣaṇaṃ vigatarogatvaṃ kṣaṇamāgatarogatām || 25 ||
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pratikṣaṇaviparyāsadāyinā nihatātmanā |
jagadbhrameṇa ke nāma dhīmanto hi na mohitāḥ || 26 ||
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tamaḥpaṅkasamālabdhaṃ kṣaṇamākāśamaṇḍalam |
kṣaṇa kanakaniṣyandakomalālokasundaram || 27 ||
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kṣaṇaṃ jaladanīlābjamālāvalitakoṭaram |
kṣraṇamuḍḍāmararavaṃ kṣaṇaṃ mūkamiva sthitam || 28 ||
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kṣaṇaṃ tārāviracitaṃ kṣaṇamarkeṇa bhūṣitam |
kṣaṇamindukṛtāhlādaṃ kṣaṇaṃ sarvabahiṣkṛtam || 29 ||
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āgamāpāyaparayā kṣaṇasaṃsthitināśayā |
na bibheti hi saṃsāre dhīro'pi ka ivānayā || 30 ||
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āpadaḥ kṣaṇamāyānti kṣaṇamāyānti saṃpadaḥ |
kṣaṇaṃ janma kṣaṇaṃ mṛtyurmune kimiva na kṣaṇam || 31 ||
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prāgāsīdanya eveha jātastvanyo naro dinaiḥ |
sadaikarūpaṃ bhagavankiṃcidasti na susthiram || 32 ||
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ghaṭasya paṭatā dṛṣṭā paṭasyāpi ghaṭasthitiḥ |
na tadasti na yaddṛṣṭaṃ viparyasyati saṃsṛtau || 33 ||
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tanotyutpādayatyatti nihatyāsṛjati kramāt |
satataṃ rātryahānīva nivartante naraṃ prati || 34 ||
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aśūreṇa hataḥ śūra ekenāpi hataṃ śatam |
prākṛtāḥ prabhutāṃ yātāḥ sarvamāvartyate jagat || 35 ||
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janateyaṃ viparyāsamajasramanugacchati |
jaḍaspandaparāmarśāttaraṅgāṇāmivāvalī || 36 ||
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bālyamalpadinaireva yauvanaśrīstato jarā |
dehe'pi naikarūpatvaṃ kāsthā bāhyeṣu vastuṣu || 37 ||
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kṣaṇamānanditāmeti kṣaṇameti viṣāditām |
kṣaṇaṃ saumyatvamāyāti sarvasminnaṭavanmanaḥ || 38 ||
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itaścānyaditaścānyaditaścānyadayaṃ vidhiḥ |
racayanvastunāyāti khedaṃ līlāsvivārbhakaḥ || 39 ||
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cinotyutpādayatyatti nihatyāsṛjati kramāt |
satataṃ rātryahānīva nivartante naraṃ prati || 40 ||
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āvirbhāvatirobhāvabhāgino bhavabhāginaḥ |
janasya sthiratāṃ yānti nāpado na ca saṃpadaḥ || 41 ||
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kālaḥ krīḍatyayaṃ prāyaḥ sarvamāpadi pātayan |
helāvicalitāśeṣacaturācāracañcuraḥ || 42 ||
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samaviṣamavipākato vibhinnāstribhuvanabhūtaparamparāphalaughāḥ |
samayapavanapātitāḥ patanti pratidinamātatasaṃsṛtidrumebhyaḥ || 43 ||
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