Ramayana
ततः स दण्डः काकुत्स्थ बहुवर्षगणायुतम् । अकरोत्तत्र दान्तात्मा राज्यं निहतकण्टकम् ॥ 7-80-2 ॥
Then that Danda, O Kakutstha, for myriads of countless years ruled there as a self-controlled one over a kingdom from which all thorns had been removed.
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