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Valmiki Ramayana 1.46.7

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 1.46.7

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Sanskrit

1.46.7

tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
uvāca prāñjalir vākyaṃ ditiṃ balaniṣūdanaḥ

The Town-destroyer, Thousand-eyed,
Who smote fierce Bali till he died,
Joined suppliant hands, and thus replied:
'Thy children heavenly forms shall wear;
The names devised by thee shall bear,
And, Maruts called by my decree,
Shall Amrit drink and wait on me.
From fear and age and sickness freed.
Through the three worlds their wings shall speed.'
Thus in the hermits' holy shade
Mother and son their compact made,
And then, as fame relates, content,
Home to the happy skies they went.
This is the spot--so men have told--
Where Lord Mahendra dwelt of old,
This is the blessed region where
His votaress mother claimed his care.
Here gentle Alambúshá bare
To old Ikshváku, king and sage,
Vis'álá, glory of his age,
By whom, a monarch void of guilt,
Was this fair town Vis'álá built.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

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