Ramayana
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तां श्रुत्वा दिव्यसङ्काशां कथामद्भुतदर्शनाम् । लक्ष्मणः परमप्रीतो राघवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ 7-57-1 ॥
Having heard that tale, resembling something divine and wondrous to behold, Lakshmana, exceedingly pleased, spoke these words to Raghava.
english translation
निक्षिप्तदेहौ काकुत्स्थ कथं तौ द्विजपार्थिवौ । पुनर्देहेन संयोगं जग्मुर्देवसम्मतौ ॥ 7-57-2 ॥
"O Kakutstha, those two—the brahmin and the king—who had laid down their bodies, how did they, esteemed by the gods, come once more into union with a body?"
english translation
तस्य तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा रामः सत्यपराक्रमः । तां कथां कथयामास वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ॥ 7-57-3 ॥
Hearing that speech of his, Rama, whose valor is truth, related that tale of the great-souled Vasishtha.
english translation
यस्तु कुम्भो रघुश्रेष्ठ तेजःपूर्णो महात्मनोः । तस्मिंस्तेजोमयौ विप्रौ सम्भूतावृषिसत्तमौ ॥ 7-57-4 ॥
"As for that jar, O best of the Raghus, which was filled with the radiance of those two great-souled ones, within it the two brahmins, made of that radiance, came into being—those most excellent of sages.
english translation
पूर्वं समभवत्तत्र ह्यगस्त्यो भगवानृषिः । नाहं सुतस्तवेत्युक्त्वा मित्रं तस्मादपाक्रमत् ॥ 7-57-5 ॥
First there arose there the venerable sage Agastya; saying "I am not your son," he departed from Mitra.
english translation