Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
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मृगव्याधप्रतिकृतिं कृत्वा शम्भोर्महामतिः / भक्त्या संपूजयामास स तस्मिन्नाश्रमेवशी
mṛgavyādhapratikṛtiṃ kṛtvā śambhormahāmatiḥ / bhaktyā saṃpūjayāmāsa sa tasminnāśramevaśī
The great-minded one (Rama), fashioning an image of the deer-hunter, dwelt in that hermitage in self-control and worshiped Śambhu (Śiva) with devotion.