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34 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे षोडशः सर्गः ॥१-१६॥ ततो नारायणो विष्णुर्नियुक्तः सुरसत्तमैः । जानन्नपि सुरानेवं श्लक्ष्णं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१-१६-१॥
In the venerable Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bālakāṇḍa, the sixteenth sarga. Then Nārāyaṇa Viṣṇu, appointed by the best of the gods, although knowing the gods thus, spoke gentle words.
उपायः को वधे तस्य राक्षसाधिपतेः सुराः । यमहं तं समास्थाय निहन्यामृषिकण्टकम् ॥१-१६-२॥
O gods, what is the means for killing that lord of the rākṣasas, by which I, taking recourse to it, could kill the thorn of the sages?
एवमुक्ताः सुराः सर्वे प्रत्यूचुर्विष्णुमव्ययम् । मानुषं रूपमास्थाय रावणं जहि संयुगे ॥१-१६-३॥
Thus addressed, all the gods replied to imperishable Viṣṇu: “Assume human form and kill Rāvaṇa in battle.”
स हि तेपे तपस्तीव्रं दीर्घकालमरिन्दमः । येन तुष्टोऽभवद् ब्रह्मा लोककृल्लोकपूर्वजः ॥१-१६-४॥
For he, the subduer of foes, had performed intense austerities for a long time, by which Brahmā, the creator and progenitor of the worlds, became pleased.
संतुष्टः प्रददौ तस्मै राक्षसाय वरं प्रभुः । नानाविधेभ्यो भूतेभ्यो भयं नान्यत्र मानुषात् ॥१-१६-५॥
Pleased, the lord granted a boon to that rākṣasa: fear from beings of many kinds, but not from a human.
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