Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
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स गद्गदमुवाचैनं संभ्रमाकुलया गिरा / शरणं भव शर्वेति शङ्करेत्यसकृन्नृप
sa gadgadamuvācainaṃ saṃbhramākulayā girā / śaraṇaṃ bhava śarveti śaṅkaretyasakṛnnṛpa
O king, with a voice choked by emotion and words shaken with reverence, he cried again and again: “Be my refuge, O Śarva, O Śaṅkara!”