Rama's Entry into Ayodhya

Verse 1 (padma.6.242.1)

रुद्र उवाच- स्वायम्भुवो मनुः पूर्वं द्वाशार्णं महामनुम् । जजाप गोमतीतीरे नैमिषे विमले शुभे ।

rudra uvāca svāyambhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṁ dvāśārṇaṁ mahāmanum jajāpa gomatītīre naimiṣe vimale śubhe

Rudra said: Formerly, Svayambhuva Manu recited the great twelve-syllabled mantra on the bank of the Gomati, in pure, auspicious Naimisha.

Verse 2 (padma.6.242.2)

तेन वर्षसहस्रेण पूजितः कमलापतिः । मत्तो वरं वृणीष्वेति तं प्राह भगवान्हरिः ।

tena varṣasahasreṇa pūjitaḥ kamalāpatiḥ matto varaṁ vṛṇīṣveti taṁ prāha bhagavānhariḥ

Worshipped by him for a thousand years, the husband of Kamala, the Lord Hari, said to him, "Choose a boon from me."

Verse 3 (padma.6.242.3)

ततः प्रोवाच हर्षेण मनुः स्वायम्भुवो हरिम् । मनुरुवाच- पुत्रत्वं भज देवेश त्रीणि जन्मानि चाच्युत ।

tataḥ provāca harṣeṇa manuḥ svāyambhuvo harim manuruvāca putratvaṁ bhaja deveśa trīṇi janmāni cācyuta

Then, with joy, Svayambhuva Manu spoke to Hari. Manu said: "Become my son, O Lord of gods, for three births, O unfailing one.

Verse 4 (padma.6.242.4)

त्वां पुत्रलालसत्वेन भजामि पुरुषोत्तमम् । रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्तस्तेन लक्ष्मीशः प्रोवाच सुमहागिरा ।

tvāṁ putralālasatvena bhajāmi puruṣottamam rudra uvāca ityuktastena lakṣmīśaḥ provāca sumahāgirā

Out of longing for you as a son, I worship you, Purushottama." Rudra said: Thus addressed by him, the Lord of Lakshmi spoke in a most solemn voice.

Verse 5 (padma.6.242.5)

विष्णुरुवाच- भविष्यति नृपश्रेष्ठ यत्ते मनसि कांक्षितम् । ममैव च महत्प्रीतिस्तव पुत्रत्वहेतवे ।

viṣṇuruvāca bhaviṣyati nṛpaśreṣṭha yatte manasi kāṁkṣitam mamaiva ca mahatprītistava putratvahetave

Vishnu said: "It shall be, O best of kings, whatever is desired in your mind. And I too have great delight in becoming your son.

Verse 6 (padma.6.242.6)

स्थितिप्रयोजने काले तत्र तत्र नृपोत्तम । त्वयि जाते त्वहमपि जातोस्मि तव सुव्रत ।

sthitiprayojane kāle tatra tatra nṛpottama tvayi jāte tvahamapi jātosmi tava suvrata

At the proper time, for the purpose of preservation, O best of kings, wherever you are born, there I too, O one of good vows, am born as your son.

Verse 7 (padma.6.242.7)

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् । धर्म्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि तवानघ ।

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharmmasaṁsthāpanārthāya saṁbhavāmi tavānagha

For the protection of the good, and for the destruction of evildoers, for the establishment of dharma, I take birth as your son, O sinless one."

Verse 8 (padma.6.242.8)

रुद्र उवाच- एवं दत्वा वरं तस्मै तत्रैवांतर्दधे हरिः । अस्याभूत्प्रथमं जन्म मनोः स्वायंभुवस्य च ।

rudra uvāca evaṁ datvā varaṁ tasmai tatraivāṁtardadhe hariḥ asyābhūtprathamaṁ janma manoḥ svāyaṁbhuvasya ca

Rudra said: Having thus granted him the boon, Hari disappeared then and there. This was the first birth of Vishnu as a son to Svayambhuva Manu.

Verse 9 (padma.6.242.9)

रघूणामन्वये पूर्वं राजा दशरथो ह्यभूत् । द्वितीयो वसुदेवोऽभूद्वृष्णीनामन्वये विभुः ।

raghūṇāmanvaye pūrvaṁ rājā daśaratho hyabhūt dvitīyo vasudevo'bhūdvṛṣṇīnāmanvaye vibhuḥ

In the line of the Raghus, formerly, there was king Dasharatha. The second was the mighty Vasudeva, in the line of the Vrishnis.

Verse 10 (padma.6.242.10)

कलेर्दिव्यसहस्राब्दप्रमाणस्यांत्यपादयोः । शंभलग्रामकं प्राप्य ब्राह्मणः संजनिष्यति ।

kalerdivyasahasrābdapramāṇasyāṁtyapādayoḥ śaṁbhalagrāmakaṁ prāpya brāhmaṇaḥ saṁjaniṣyati

At the end of the last quarter of Kali, whose measure is a thousand divine years, [Vishnu,] reaching the village of Shambhala, shall be born as a Brahmin.

Verse 11 (padma.6.242.11)

कौशल्या समभूत्पत्नी राज्ञो दशरथस्य हि । यदोर्वंशस्य सेवार्थं देवकी नाम विश्रुता ।

kauśalyā samabhūtpatnī rājño daśarathasya hi yadorvaṁśasya sevārthaṁ devakī nāma viśrutā

Kausalya became the wife of King Dasharatha; and, for the service of the Yadu race, the renowned Devaki became Vasudeva's wife;

Verse 12 (padma.6.242.12)

हरिव्रतस्य विप्रस्य भार्य्या देवप्रभा पुनः । एवं मातृत्वमापन्ना त्रीणि जन्मानि शार्ङ्गिणः ।

harivratasya viprasya bhāryyā devaprabhā punaḥ evaṁ mātṛtvamāpannā trīṇi janmāni śārṅgiṇaḥ

and Devaprabha, wife of the Brahmin Harivrata, in the third birth. Thus, in three births, these women attain motherhood of the wielder of the Sharnga bow.

Verse 13 (padma.6.242.13)

पूर्वं रामस्य चरितं वक्ष्यामि तव सुव्रते । यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण विमुक्तिः पापिनामपि ।

pūrvaṁ rāmasya caritaṁ vakṣyāmi tava suvrate yasya smaraṇamātreṇa vimuktiḥ pāpināmapi

First, O one of good vows, I shall tell you the story of Rama, by the mere remembrance of whom even sinners attain liberation.

Verse 14 (padma.6.242.14)

हिरण्यकहिरण्याक्षौ द्वितीयं जन्मसंश्रितौ । कुंभकर्ण दशग्रीवावजायेतां महाबलौ ।

hiraṇyakahiraṇyākṣau dvitīyaṁ janmasaṁśritau kuṁbhakarṇa daśagrīvāvajāyetāṁ mahābalau

Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha, taking a second birth, were born as the mighty Kumbhakarna and Dashagriva.

Verse 15 (padma.6.242.15)

पुलस्त्यस्य सुतो विप्रो विश्रवानाम धार्मिकः । तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षी राक्षसेंद्र सुताऽनघे ।

pulastyasya suto vipro viśravānāma dhārmikaḥ tasya patnī viśālākṣī rākṣaseṁdra sutā'naghe

The son of Pulastya was a righteous Brahmin named Vishrava. His wife, wide-eyed, O sinless one, was the daughter of the lord of the rakshasas —

Verse 16 (padma.6.242.16)

सुकेशितनया सा स्यात्सुमाली दानवस्य च । केकसी नाम कन्यासीत्तस्य भार्या दृढव्रता ।

sukeśitanayā sā syātsumālī dānavasya ca kekasī nāma kanyāsīttasya bhāryā dṛḍhavratā

she was the daughter of Sukesha, and granddaughter of the danava Sumali; Kaikasi was the name of that maiden, his wife, of firm vow.

Verse 17 (padma.6.242.17)

कामोद्रिक्ता तु सा देवी संध्याकाले महामुनिम् । रमयामास तन्वंगी यथेष्टं शुभदर्शना ।

kāmodriktā tu sā devī saṁdhyākāle mahāmunim ramayāmāsa tanvaṁgī yatheṣṭaṁ śubhadarśanā

That lady, overcome with desire, at twilight, that slender-limbed, beautiful one, delighted that great sage as she wished.

Verse 18 (padma.6.242.18)

कामात्संध्याभवाद्यत्वात्तस्यां जातौ महाबलौ । रावणः कुंभकर्णश्च राक्षसौ लोकविश्रुतौ ।

kāmātsaṁdhyābhavādyatvāttasyāṁ jātau mahābalau rāvaṇaḥ kuṁbhakarṇaśca rākṣasau lokaviśrutau

Because of that lustful union at the improper twilight hour, there were born of her two mighty rakshasas, renowned throughout the world — Ravana and Kumbhakarna.

Verse 19 (padma.6.242.19)

कन्या शूर्पणखा नाम जातातिविकृतानना । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तस्यां जातो विभीषणः ।

kanyā śūrpaṇakhā nāma jātātivikṛtānanā kasyacittvatha kālasya tasyāṁ jāto vibhīṣaṇaḥ

A daughter, named Shurpanakha, was born, of most misshapen face. After some time, Vibhishana was born of her too,

Verse 20 (padma.6.242.20)

सुशीलो भगवद्भक्तः सत्यवाग्धर्म्मवाञ्शुचिः । रावणः कुंभकर्णश्च हिमवत्पर्वतोत्तमे ।

suśīlo bhagavadbhaktaḥ satyavāgdharmmavāñśuciḥ rāvaṇaḥ kuṁbhakarṇaśca himavatparvatottame

of good conduct, a devotee of the Lord, truthful, righteous, pure. Ravana and Kumbhakarna, on the best peak of the Himalaya —

Verse 21 (padma.6.242.21)

महोग्रतपसा मां वै पूजयामासतुर्भृशम् । रावणस्त्वथ दुष्टात्मा स्वशिरःकमलैः शुभैः ।

mahogratapasā māṁ vai pūjayāmāsaturbhṛśam rāvaṇastvatha duṣṭātmā svaśiraḥkamalaiḥ śubhaiḥ

worshipped me intensely with most fierce austerities. And Ravana, that evil-souled one, with his own auspicious lotus-heads —

Verse 22 (padma.6.242.22)

पूजयामास मां देवि दारुणेनैव कर्म्मणा । ततस्तमब्रुवं सुभ्रूः प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना ।

pūjayāmāsa māṁ devi dāruṇenaiva karmmaṇā tatastamabruvaṁ subhrūḥ prahṛṣṭenāṁtarātmanā

worshipped me, O Goddess, with terrible acts. Then, my inner self pleased, I said to him, O fair-browed one —

Verse 23 (padma.6.242.23)

वरं वृणीष्व मे वत्स यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते । ततः प्रोवाच दुष्टात्मा देवदानव रक्षसाम् ।

varaṁ vṛṇīṣva me vatsa yatte manasi varttate tataḥ provāca duṣṭātmā devadānava rakṣasām

"Choose a boon from me, my child, whatever is in your mind." Then that evil-souled one spoke: "Grant me immunity from being slain by gods, danavas, and rakshasas —

Verse 24 (padma.6.242.24)

अवध्यत्वं प्रदेहीति सर्वलोकजिगीषया । ततोऽहं दत्तवांस्तस्मै राक्षसाय दुरात्मने ।

avadhyatvaṁ pradehīti sarvalokajigīṣayā tato'haṁ dattavāṁstasmai rākṣasāya durātmane

out of desire to conquer all the worlds." Then I granted to that evil-souled rakshasa —

Verse 25 (padma.6.242.25)

देवदानवयक्षाणामवध्यत्वं वरानने । राक्षसोऽसौ महावीर्यो वरदानात्तु गर्वितः ।

devadānavayakṣāṇāmavadhyatvaṁ varānane rākṣaso'sau mahāvīryo varadānāttu garvitaḥ

immunity from being slain by gods, danavas, and yakshas, O beautiful-faced one. That rakshasa, of great valor, made arrogant by that boon —

Verse 26 (padma.6.242.26)

त्रींल्लोकान्पीडयामास देवदानवमानुषान् । तेन संबाध्यमानाश्च देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः ।

trīṁllokānpīḍayāmāsa devadānavamānuṣān tena saṁbādhyamānāśca devā brahmapurogamāḥ

oppressed the three worlds — gods, danavas, and men. And the gods, oppressed by him, with Brahma at their head —

Verse 27 (padma.6.242.27)

भयार्त्ताः शरणं जग्मुरीश्वरं कमलापतिम् । ज्ञात्वाथ वेदनां तेषामभयाय सनातनः ।

bhayārttāḥ śaraṇaṁ jagmurīśvaraṁ kamalāpatim jñātvātha vedanāṁ teṣāmabhayāya sanātanaḥ

terrified, went for refuge to the Lord, the husband of Kamala. Then, learning of their distress, that eternal one, for their protection —

Verse 28 (padma.6.242.28)

उवाच त्रिदशान्सर्वान्ब्रह्मरुद्रपुरोगमान् । श्रीभगवानुवाच- राज्ञो दशरथस्याहमुत्पत्स्यामि रघोः कुले ।

uvāca tridaśānsarvānbrahmarudrapurogamān śrībhagavānuvāca rājño daśarathasyāhamutpatsyāmi raghoḥ kule

spoke to all the gods, with Brahma and Rudra at their head. Shri Bhagavan said: "I shall be born as the son of King Dasharatha, in the line of Raghu.

Verse 29 (padma.6.242.29)

वधिष्यामि दुरात्मानं रावणं सह बांधवम् । मानुषं वपुरास्थाय हन्मि दैवतकंटकम् ।

vadhiṣyāmi durātmānaṁ rāvaṇaṁ saha bāṁdhavam mānuṣaṁ vapurāsthāya hanmi daivatakaṁṭakam

I shall slay that evil-souled Ravana, together with his kinsmen. Taking a human body, I shall slay this thorn in the side of the gods.

Verse 30 (padma.6.242.30)

नंदिशापाद्भवंतोऽपि वानरत्वमुपागताः । कुरुध्वं मम साहाय्यं गंधर्वाप्सरसोत्तमाः ।

naṁdiśāpādbhavaṁto'pi vānaratvamupāgatāḥ kurudhvaṁ mama sāhāyyaṁ gaṁdharvāpsarasottamāḥ

And you too, through Nandi's curse, having taken the state of monkeys — render me your aid, O best of Gandharvas and Apsaras."

Verse 31 (padma.6.242.31)

रुद्र उवाच- इत्युक्ता देवतास्सर्वा देवदेवेन विष्णुना । वानरत्वमुपागम्य जज्ञिरे पृथिवीतले ।

rudra uvāca ityuktā devatāssarvā devadevena viṣṇunā vānaratvamupāgamya jajñire pṛthivītale

Rudra said: Thus addressed by Vishnu, the god of gods, all the deities, taking the state of monkeys, were born upon the earth.

Verse 32 (padma.6.242.32)

भार्गवेण प्रदत्ता तु महीसागरमेखला । दत्ता महर्षिभिः पूर्वं रघूणां सुमहात्मनाम् ।

bhārgaveṇa pradattā tu mahīsāgaramekhalā dattā maharṣibhiḥ pūrvaṁ raghūṇāṁ sumahātmanām

The earth, girdled by the ocean, given by Bhargava, had formerly been given by the great sages to the great-souled Raghus.

Verse 33 (padma.6.242.33)

वैवस्वतमनोः पुत्रो राज्ञां श्रेष्ठो महाबलः । इक्ष्वाकुरिति विख्यातस्सर्वधर्म्मविदांवरः ।

vaivasvatamanoḥ putro rājñāṁ śreṣṭho mahābalaḥ ikṣvākuriti vikhyātassarvadharmmavidāṁvaraḥ

The son of Vaivasvata Manu, the best of kings, of great strength, renowned as Ikshvaku, the foremost of all knowers of dharma —

Verse 34 (padma.6.242.34)

तदन्वये महातेजा राजा दशरथो बली । अजस्य नृपतेः पुत्रः सत्यवान्शीलवान्शुचिः ।

tadanvaye mahātejā rājā daśaratho balī ajasya nṛpateḥ putraḥ satyavānśīlavānśuciḥ

in his line was the greatly radiant, mighty king Dasharatha, the son of king Aja, truthful, virtuous, pure.

Verse 35 (padma.6.242.35)

स राजा पृथिवीं सर्वां पालयामास वीर्य्यतः । राज्येषु स्थापयामास सर्वान्पार्थिवसत्तमान् ।

sa rājā pṛthivīṁ sarvāṁ pālayāmāsa vīryyataḥ rājyeṣu sthāpayāmāsa sarvānpārthivasattamān

That king ruled the entire earth through his valor. He established all the best of kings in their kingdoms.

Verse 36 (padma.6.242.36)

कोशलस्य नृपस्याथ पुत्री सर्वांगशोभना । कौशल्या नाम तां कन्यामुपयेमे स पार्थिवः ।

kośalasya nṛpasyātha putrī sarvāṁgaśobhanā kauśalyā nāma tāṁ kanyāmupayeme sa pārthivaḥ

Then the daughter of the king of Kosala, lovely in every limb — that maiden named Kausalya — that king married.

Verse 37 (padma.6.242.37)

मागधस्य नृपस्याथ तनया च शुचिस्मिता । सुमित्रा नाम नाम्ना च द्वितीया तस्य भामिनी ।

māgadhasya nṛpasyātha tanayā ca śucismitā sumitrā nāma nāmnā ca dvitīyā tasya bhāminī

Then the sweetly-smiling daughter of the king of Magadha, named Sumitra, became his second wife.

Verse 38 (padma.6.242.38)

तृतीया केकयस्याथ नृपतेर्दुहिता तथा । भार्य्याभूत्पद्मपत्राक्षी केकयी नाम नामतः ।

tṛtīyā kekayasyātha nṛpaterduhitā tathā bhāryyābhūtpadmapatrākṣī kekayī nāma nāmataḥ

The third, likewise, the daughter of king Kekaya, lotus-petal-eyed, named Kaikeyi, became his wife.

Verse 39 (padma.6.242.39)

ताभिः स्म राजा भार्याभिस्तिसृभिर्धर्मसंयुतः । रमयामास काकुत्स्थः पृथिवीं चानुपालयन् ।

tābhiḥ sma rājā bhāryābhistisṛbhirdharmasaṁyutaḥ ramayāmāsa kākutsthaḥ pṛthivīṁ cānupālayan

With those three wives, that righteous Kakutstha took his delight, while ruling over the earth.

Verse 40 (padma.6.242.40)

अयोध्यानाम नगरी सरयूतीर संस्थिता । सर्वरत्नसुसंपूर्णा धनधान्यसमाकुला ।

ayodhyānāma nagarī sarayūtīra saṁsthitā sarvaratnasusaṁpūrṇā dhanadhānyasamākulā

There was a city named Ayodhya, situated on the bank of the Sarayu, filled with every jewel, teeming with wealth and grain,

Verse 41 (padma.6.242.41)

प्राकारगोपुरैर्जुष्टा हेमप्राकारसंकुला । उत्तमैर्नागतुरगैर्महेंद्रस्य यथा पुरी ।

prākāragopurairjuṣṭā hemaprākārasaṁkulā uttamairnāgaturagairmaheṁdrasya yathā purī

adorned with ramparts and gateways, filled with golden walls, with excellent elephants and horses — like the city of great Indra.

Verse 42 (padma.6.242.42)

तस्यां राजा स धर्मात्मा उवास मुनिसत्तमैः । पुरोहितेन विप्रेण वसिष्ठेन महात्मना ।

tasyāṁ rājā sa dharmātmā uvāsa munisattamaiḥ purohitena vipreṇa vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā

There that righteous king dwelt, together with the foremost sages, and with his priest, the great-souled Brahmin Vasishtha.

Verse 43 (padma.6.242.43)

राज्यं चकारयामास सर्वं निहतकंटकम् । यस्मादुत्पत्स्यते तस्यां भगवान्पुरुषोत्तमः ।

rājyaṁ cakārayāmāsa sarvaṁ nihatakaṁṭakam yasmādutpatsyate tasyāṁ bhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ

He ruled his kingdom, entirely free of thorns. Because the Lord Purushottama was to be born in that city —

Verse 44 (padma.6.242.44)

तस्मात्तु नगरी पुण्या साप्ययोध्येति कीर्तिता । नगरस्य परं धाम्नो नाम तस्याप्यभूच्छुभे ।

tasmāttu nagarī puṇyā sāpyayodhyeti kīrtitā nagarasya paraṁ dhāmno nāma tasyāpyabhūcchubhe

therefore that sacred city too is celebrated as "Ayodhya". O auspicious one, the name of the city also became the name of that supreme abode itself —

Verse 45 (padma.6.242.45)

यत्रास्ते भगवान्विष्णुस्तदेव परमं पदम् । तत्र सद्यो भवेन्मोक्षः सर्वकर्म्मनिकृंतनः ।

yatrāste bhagavānviṣṇustadeva paramaṁ padam tatra sadyo bhavenmokṣaḥ sarvakarmmanikṛṁtanaḥ

for wherever the Lord Vishnu dwells, that itself is the supreme abode; there, liberation, the cutter of every karma, occurs instantly.

Verse 46 (padma.6.242.46)

जाते तत्र महाविष्णौ नराः सर्वे मुदं ययुः । स राजा पृथिवीं सर्वां पालयित्वा शुभानने ।

jāte tatra mahāviṣṇau narāḥ sarve mudaṁ yayuḥ sa rājā pṛthivīṁ sarvāṁ pālayitvā śubhānane

When the great Vishnu was born there, all men rejoiced. O auspicious one, that king, having ruled the entire earth,

Verse 47 (padma.6.242.47)

अयजद्वैष्णवेष्ट्या च पुत्रार्थी हरिमच्युतम् । तेन संपूजितः श्रीशो राजा सर्वगतो हरिः ।

ayajadvaiṣṇaveṣṭyā ca putrārthī harimacyutam tena saṁpūjitaḥ śrīśo rājā sarvagato hariḥ

performed a Vaishnava sacrifice, desiring a son, to the unfailing Hari. Duly worshipped by that king, the Lord of Shri, the all-pervading Hari —

Verse 48 (padma.6.242.48)

वैष्णवेन तु यज्ञेन वरदः प्राह केशवः । तस्मिन्नाविरभूदग्नौ यज्ञरूपो हरिस्तदा ।

vaiṣṇavena tu yajñena varadaḥ prāha keśavaḥ tasminnāvirabhūdagnau yajñarūpo haristadā

through that Vaishnava sacrifice, that boon-giver, Keshava, spoke. Then Hari, in sacrificial form, appeared there in the fire —

Verse 49 (padma.6.242.49)

शुद्धजाम्बूनदप्रख्यः शंखचक्रगदाधरः । शुक्लांबरधरः श्रीमान्सर्वभूषणभूषितः ।

śuddhajāmbūnadaprakhyaḥ śaṁkhacakragadādharaḥ śuklāṁbaradharaḥ śrīmānsarvabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ

of the hue of pure gold, bearing conch, discus, and mace, clad in white garments, glorious, adorned with every ornament,

Verse 50 (padma.6.242.50)

श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोरस्को वनमालाविभूषितः । पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षश्चतुर्बाहुरुदारधीः ।

śrīvatsakaustubhorasko vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ padmapatraviśālākṣaścaturbāhurudāradhīḥ

his chest bearing Shrivatsa and Kaustubha, adorned with a forest-garland, with wide eyes like lotus leaves, four-armed, of noble mind,

Verse 51 (padma.6.242.51)

सव्यांकस्थ श्रिया सार्द्धमाविरासीद्रमेश्वरः । वरदोस्मीति तं प्राह राजानं भक्तवत्सलः ।

savyāṁkastha śriyā sārddhamāvirāsīdrameśvaraḥ varadosmīti taṁ prāha rājānaṁ bhaktavatsalaḥ

seated with Shri upon his left side — that Lord of Rama appeared, and, loving his devotee, said to the king, "I am the boon-giver."

Verse 52 (padma.6.242.52)

तं दृष्ट्वा सर्वलोकेशं राजा हर्षसमाकुलः । ववंदे भार्य्यया सार्द्धं प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना ।

taṁ dṛṣṭvā sarvalokeśaṁ rājā harṣasamākulaḥ vavaṁde bhāryyayā sārddhaṁ prahṛṣṭenāṁtarātmanā

Seeing that Lord of all the worlds, the king, overwhelmed with joy, together with his wife, bowed, his inner self overjoyed.

Verse 53 (padma.6.242.53)

प्रांजलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा हर्षगद्गदया गिरा । पुत्रत्वं मे भजेत्याह देवदेवं जनार्दनम् ।

prāṁjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā harṣagadgadayā girā putratvaṁ me bhajetyāha devadevaṁ janārdanam

With joined palms, prostrating, in a voice choked with joy, he said to Janardana, the god of gods, "Become my son."

Verse 54 (padma.6.242.54)

ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्प्राह राजानमच्युतः । विष्णुरुवाच- उत्पत्स्येऽहं नृपश्रेष्ठ देवलोकहिताय वै ।

tataḥ prasanno bhagavānprāha rājānamacyutaḥ viṣṇuruvāca utpatsye'haṁ nṛpaśreṣṭha devalokahitāya vai

Then the pleased, unfailing Lord spoke to the king. Vishnu said: "I shall be born, O best of kings, for the welfare of the world of the gods,

Verse 55 (padma.6.242.55)

परित्राणाय साधूनां राक्षसानां वधाय च । मुक्तिं प्रदातुं लोकानां धर्म्मसंस्थापनाय च ।

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ rākṣasānāṁ vadhāya ca muktiṁ pradātuṁ lokānāṁ dharmmasaṁsthāpanāya ca

for the protection of the good, and for the slaying of the rakshasas, to grant liberation to the worlds, and for the establishment of dharma."

Verse 56 (padma.6.242.56)

महादेव उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा पायसं दिव्यं हेमपात्रस्थितं शृतम् । लक्ष्म्याहस्तस्थितं शुभ्रं पार्थिवाय ददौ हरिः ।

mahādeva uvāca ityuktvā pāyasaṁ divyaṁ hemapātrasthitaṁ śṛtam lakṣmyāhastasthitaṁ śubhraṁ pārthivāya dadau hariḥ

Mahadeva said: Having said this, Hari gave to the king a divine rice-pudding, cooked, held in a golden vessel, held bright in Lakshmi's hand.

Verse 57 (padma.6.242.57)

विष्णुरुवाच- इदं वै पायसं राजन्पत्नीभ्यस्तव सुव्रत । देहि ते तनयास्तासु उत्पत्स्यन्ते मदंगजाः ।

viṣṇuruvāca idaṁ vai pāyasaṁ rājanpatnībhyastava suvrata dehi te tanayāstāsu utpatsyante madaṁgajāḥ

Vishnu said: "This rice-pudding, O king, O one of good vows — give it to your wives; from it, sons shall be born to them, portions of my own body."

Verse 58 (padma.6.242.58)

महादेव उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा मुनिभिः सर्वैः स्तूयमानो जनार्दनः । स्वात्मानं दर्शयित्वाथ तथैवांतरधीयत ।

mahādeva uvāca ityuktvā munibhiḥ sarvaiḥ stūyamāno janārdanaḥ svātmānaṁ darśayitvātha tathaivāṁtaradhīyata

Mahadeva said: Having said this, praised by all the sages, Janardana, having shown his own true form, then vanished likewise.

Verse 59 (padma.6.242.59)

स राजा तत्र दृष्ट्वा च पत्नीं ज्येष्ठां कनीयसीम् । विभज्य पायसं दिव्यं प्रददौ सुसमाहितः ।

sa rājā tatra dṛṣṭvā ca patnīṁ jyeṣṭhāṁ kanīyasīm vibhajya pāyasaṁ divyaṁ pradadau susamāhitaḥ

That king, having seen his eldest and youngest wives there, dividing the divine rice-pudding, with careful attention, distributed it.

Verse 60 (padma.6.242.60)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे पत्नी सुमित्रा तस्य मध्यमा । तत्समीपं प्रयाता सा पुत्रकामा सुलोचना ।

etasminnantare patnī sumitrā tasya madhyamā tatsamīpaṁ prayātā sā putrakāmā sulocanā

Meanwhile, his middle wife, Sumitra, sweet-eyed, desiring a son, came near to him.

Verse 61 (padma.6.242.61)

तां दृष्ट्वा तत्र कौशल्या कैकेयी च सुमध्यमा । अर्द्धमर्द्धं प्रददतुस्ते तस्यै पायसं स्वकम् ।

tāṁ dṛṣṭvā tatra kauśalyā kaikeyī ca sumadhyamā arddhamarddhaṁ pradadatuste tasyai pāyasaṁ svakam

Seeing her there, Kausalya and the slender-waisted Kaikeyi each gave half of their own portion of rice-pudding to her.

Verse 62 (padma.6.242.62)

तत्प्राश्य पायसं दिव्यं राजपत्न्यः सुमध्यमाः । संपन्नगर्भाः सर्वास्ता विरेजुः शुभ्रवर्च्चसः ।

tatprāśya pāyasaṁ divyaṁ rājapatnyaḥ sumadhyamāḥ saṁpannagarbhāḥ sarvāstā virejuḥ śubhravarccasaḥ

Having eaten that divine rice-pudding, the slender-waisted queens all became pregnant, and shone with radiant splendor.

Verse 63 (padma.6.242.63)

तासां स्वप्नेषु देवेशः पीतवासा जनार्दनः । शंखचक्रगदापाणिराविर्भूतस्तदा हरिः ।

tāsāṁ svapneṣu deveśaḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ śaṁkhacakragadāpāṇirāvirbhūtastadā hariḥ

In their dreams, the Lord of gods, Janardana, clad in yellow, bearing conch, discus, and mace, that Hari, appeared.

Verse 64 (padma.6.242.64)

अस्मिन्काले मनोरम्ये मधुमासि शुचिस्मिते । शुक्ले नवम्यां विमले नक्षत्रेऽदितिदैवते ।

asminkāle manoramye madhumāsi śucismite śukle navamyāṁ vimale nakṣatre'ditidaivate

At this delightful time, in the month of Chaitra, O sweetly-smiling one, on the bright ninth day, under the pure constellation presided over by Aditi,

Verse 65 (padma.6.242.65)

मध्याह्नसमये लग्ने सर्वग्रहशुभान्विते । कौसल्या जनयामास पुत्रं लोकेश्वरं हरिम् ।

madhyāhnasamaye lagne sarvagrahaśubhānvite kausalyā janayāmāsa putraṁ lokeśvaraṁ harim

at midday, at an auspicious moment endowed with all favorable planetary positions, Kausalya gave birth to a son, the Lord of the worlds, Hari —

Verse 66 (padma.6.242.66)

इंदीवरदलश्यामं कोटिकंदर्प्पसन्निभम् । पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षं सर्वाभरणशोभितम् ।

iṁdīvaradalaśyāmaṁ koṭikaṁdarppasannibham padmapatraviśālākṣaṁ sarvābharaṇaśobhitam

dark as a blue-lotus petal, resembling a hundred million Kamadevas, with wide eyes like lotus leaves, adorned with every ornament,

Verse 67 (padma.6.242.67)

श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोरस्कं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् । उद्यद्दिनकरप्रख्यकुण्डलाभ्यां विराजितम् ।

śrīvatsakaustubhoraskaṁ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam udyaddinakaraprakhyakuṇḍalābhyāṁ virājitam

his chest bearing Shrivatsa and Kaustubha, adorned with every ornament, resplendent with earrings like the rising sun,

Verse 68 (padma.6.242.68)

अनेकसूर्य्यसंकाशं तेजसा महता वृतम् । परेशस्य तनो रम्यं दीपादुत्पन्नदीपवत् ।

anekasūryyasaṁkāśaṁ tejasā mahatā vṛtam pareśasya tano ramyaṁ dīpādutpannadīpavat

resembling a multitude of suns, wreathed in great splendor — the delightful body of the Supreme Lord, like a lamp lit from another lamp,

Verse 69 (padma.6.242.69)

ईशानं सर्वलोकानां योगिध्येयं सनातनम् । सर्वोपनिषदामर्थमनंतं परमेश्वरम् ।

īśānaṁ sarvalokānāṁ yogidhyeyaṁ sanātanam sarvopaniṣadāmarthamanaṁtaṁ parameśvaram

the ruler of all the worlds, the object of yogis' meditation, eternal, the meaning of all the Upanishads, infinite, the Supreme Lord,

Verse 70 (padma.6.242.70)

जगत्सर्गस्थितिलये हेतुभूतमनामयम् । शरण्यं सर्वभूतानां सर्वभूतमयं विभुम् ।

jagatsargasthitilaye hetubhūtamanāmayam śaraṇyaṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ sarvabhūtamayaṁ vibhum

the cause of the world's creation, preservation, and dissolution, untouched by affliction, the refuge of all beings, all-pervading, whose form is all beings.

Verse 71 (padma.6.242.71)

समुत्पन्ने जगन्नाथे देवदुंदुभयो दिवि । विनेदुः पुष्पवर्षाणि ववर्षुः सुरसत्तमाः ।

samutpanne jagannāthe devaduṁdubhayo divi vineduḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi vavarṣuḥ surasattamāḥ

When the Lord of the world was born, the drums of the gods resounded in heaven, and the best of the gods rained down showers of flowers.

Verse 72 (padma.6.242.72)

प्रजापतिमुखा देवा विमानस्था नभस्तले । तुष्टुवुर्मुनिभिः सार्द्धं हर्षपूर्णांगविह्वलाः ।

prajāpatimukhā devā vimānasthā nabhastale tuṣṭuvurmunibhiḥ sārddhaṁ harṣapūrṇāṁgavihvalāḥ

The gods, with Prajapati at their head, stationed in celestial cars in the sky, praised him together with the sages, their bodies overcome with joy.

Verse 73 (padma.6.242.73)

जगुर्गंधर्वपतयो ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः । ववुः पुण्यशिवा वाताः सुप्रभोभूद्दिवाकरः ।

jagurgaṁdharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ vavuḥ puṇyaśivā vātāḥ suprabhobhūddivākaraḥ

The lords of the Gandharvas sang, and the hosts of Apsaras danced; auspicious, gentle winds blew, the sun shone with excellent brightness,

Verse 74 (padma.6.242.74)

जज्वलुश्चाग्नयः शांता विमलाश्च दिशोदश । ततस्स राजा हर्षेण पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा सनातनम् ।

jajvaluścāgnayaḥ śāṁtā vimalāśca diśodaśa tatassa rājā harṣeṇa putraṁ dṛṣṭvā sanātanam

the fires blazed calmly, and the ten directions became clear. Then that king, joyfully seeing his eternal son,

Verse 75 (padma.6.242.75)

पुरोधसा वसिष्ठेन जातकर्म्मतदाऽकरोत् । नाम चास्मै ददौ रम्यं वसिष्ठो भगवांस्तदा ।

purodhasā vasiṣṭhena jātakarmmatadā'karot nāma cāsmai dadau ramyaṁ vasiṣṭho bhagavāṁstadā

had the birth-rites performed by his family priest Vasishtha. And the Lord Vasishtha then gave him a delightful name.

Verse 76 (padma.6.242.76)

श्रियः कमलवासिन्या रमणोऽयं महान्प्रभुः । तस्माच्छ्रीराम इत्यस्य नाम सिद्धं पुरातनम् ।

śriyaḥ kamalavāsinyā ramaṇo'yaṁ mahānprabhuḥ tasmācchrīrāma ityasya nāma siddhaṁ purātanam

"This great Lord is the delighter of Shri, who dwells in the lotus; therefore the name 'Shri Rama' is fittingly and anciently established for him.

Verse 77 (padma.6.242.77)

सहस्रनाम्नां श्रीशस्य तुल्यं मुक्तिप्रदं नृणाम् । विष्णुमासि समुत्पन्नो विष्णुरित्यभिधीयते ।

sahasranāmnāṁ śrīśasya tulyaṁ muktipradaṁ nṛṇām viṣṇumāsi samutpanno viṣṇurityabhidhīyate

"Equal to the thousand names of the Lord of Shri, bestowing liberation on men — since he was born under the auspices of Vishnu, he is designated Vishnu as well."

Verse 78 (padma.6.242.78)

एवं नामास्य दत्वाथ वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः । परिणीय नमस्कृत्य स्तुत्वा स्तुतिभिरेव च ।

evaṁ nāmāsya datvātha vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ pariṇīya namaskṛtya stutvā stutibhireva ca

Having thus given him this name, the Lord-sage Vasishtha, circling him, bowing, and praising him with hymns of praise,

Verse 79 (padma.6.242.79)

संकीर्त्य नामसाहस्रं मंगलार्थं महात्मनः । विनिर्ययौ महातेजास्तस्मात्पुण्यतमाद्गृहात् ।

saṁkīrtya nāmasāhasraṁ maṁgalārthaṁ mahātmanaḥ viniryayau mahātejāstasmātpuṇyatamādgṛhāt

reciting the thousand names for the auspiciousness of that great soul, that greatly radiant one went forth from that most sacred house.

Verse 80 (padma.6.242.80)

राजाथ विप्रमुख्येभ्यो ददौ बहुधनं मुदा । गवामयुतदानं च कारयामास धर्म्मतः ।

rājātha vipramukhyebhyo dadau bahudhanaṁ mudā gavāmayutadānaṁ ca kārayāmāsa dharmmataḥ

Then the king joyfully gave much wealth to the foremost Brahmins, and had ten thousand cows given in donation, according to dharma.

Verse 81 (padma.6.242.81)

ग्रामाणां शतसाहस्रं ददौ रघुकुलोत्तमः । वस्त्रैराभरणैर्दिव्यैरसंख्येयैर्धनैरपि ।

grāmāṇāṁ śatasāhasraṁ dadau raghukulottamaḥ vastrairābharaṇairdivyairasaṁkhyeyairdhanairapi

That best of the Raghu line gave a hundred thousand villages, and, with divine garments, ornaments, and countless riches,

Verse 82 (padma.6.242.82)

विष्णोस्संतुष्टये तत्र तर्प्पयामास भूसुरान् । कौसल्या च सुतं दृष्ट्वा रामं राजीवलोचनम् ।

viṣṇossaṁtuṣṭaye tatra tarppayāmāsa bhūsurān kausalyā ca sutaṁ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṁ rājīvalocanam

satisfied the Brahmins there, for Vishnu's pleasure. And Kausalya, seeing her son Rama, lotus-eyed,

Verse 83 (padma.6.242.83)

फुल्लहस्तारविंदाभं पद्महस्ताम्बुजान्वितम् । तस्य श्रीपादकमले पद्माब्जे च वरानने ।

phullahastāraviṁdābhaṁ padmahastāmbujānvitam tasya śrīpādakamale padmābje ca varānane

resembling a full-blown lotus in his hand, holding a lotus in his lotus-hand — upon his glorious lotus feet, O beautiful-faced one,

Verse 84 (padma.6.242.84)

शंखचक्रगदापद्मध्वजवस्त्रादिचिह्निते । दृष्ट्वा वक्षसि श्रीवत्सं कौस्तुभं वनमालया ।

śaṁkhacakragadāpadmadhvajavastrādicihnite dṛṣṭvā vakṣasi śrīvatsaṁ kaustubhaṁ vanamālayā

marked with the conch, discus, mace, lotus, banner, garment, and other emblems, seeing upon his chest the Shrivatsa, the Kaustubha, and the forest-garland,

Verse 85 (padma.6.242.85)

तस्यांगे सा जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । स्मितवक्त्रे विशालाक्षी भुवनानि चतुर्दश ।

tasyāṁge sā jagatsarvaṁ sadevāsuramānuṣam smitavaktre viśālākṣī bhuvanāni caturdaśa

upon his body she, wide-eyed, her face smiling, saw the entire universe, with its gods, demons, and men, and the fourteen worlds;

Verse 86 (padma.6.242.86)

निश्वासे तस्य वेदांश्च सेतिहासान्महात्मनः । द्वीपानब्धीन्गिरींस्तस्य जघने वरवर्णिनि ।

niśvāse tasya vedāṁśca setihāsānmahātmanaḥ dvīpānabdhīngirīṁstasya jaghane varavarṇini

in his breath, the Vedas together with the Itihasas, of that great soul; in his loins, O fair one, the continents, oceans, and mountains;

Verse 87 (padma.6.242.87)

नाभ्यां ब्रह्मशिवौ तस्य कर्णयोश्च दिशः शुभाः । नेत्रयोर्वह्निसूर्यौ च घ्राणे वायुं महाजवम् ।

nābhyāṁ brahmaśivau tasya karṇayośca diśaḥ śubhāḥ netrayorvahnisūryau ca ghrāṇe vāyuṁ mahājavam

in his navel, Brahma and Shiva; in his ears, the auspicious directions; in his eyes, fire and the sun; in his nostrils, the swift-moving wind;

Verse 88 (padma.6.242.88)

सर्वोपनिषदामर्थं दृष्ट्वा तस्य विभूतयः । कृत्स्ना भीता वरारोहा प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः। हर्षाश्रुपूर्णनयना प्रांजलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।

sarvopaniṣadāmarthaṁ dṛṣṭvā tasya vibhūtayaḥ kṛtsnā bhītā varārohā praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ harṣāśrupūrṇanayanā prāṁjalirvākyamabravīt

seeing his manifold glories, the very meaning of all the Upanishads, that lovely one, entirely terrified, bowing again and again, her eyes full of tears of joy, spoke with joined palms.

Verse 89 (padma.6.242.89)

कौशल्योवाच- धन्यास्मि देवदेवेश लब्ध्वा त्वां तनयं प्रभो । प्रसीद मे जगन्नाथ पुत्रस्नेहं प्रदर्शय ।

kauśalyovāca dhanyāsmi devadeveśa labdhvā tvāṁ tanayaṁ prabho prasīda me jagannātha putrasnehaṁ pradarśaya

Kausalya said: "I am blessed, O Lord of the gods of gods, having obtained you as my son, O Lord. Be gracious to me, O Lord of the world; show me a mother's love."

Verse 90 (padma.6.242.90)

ईश्वर उवाच- एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो मात्रा सर्वगतो हरिः । मायामानुषतां प्राप्य शिशुभावाद्रुरोद सः ।

īśvara uvāca evamukto hṛṣīkeśo mātrā sarvagato hariḥ māyāmānuṣatāṁ prāpya śiśubhāvādruroda saḥ

Ishvara said: Thus addressed, Hrishikesha, the all-pervading Hari, taking on his illusory human nature, wept as an infant would.

Verse 91 (padma.6.242.91)

अथ प्रमुदिता देवी कौशल्या शुभलक्षणा । पुत्रमालिंग्य हर्षेण स्तन्यं प्रादात्सुमध्यमा ।

atha pramuditā devī kauśalyā śubhalakṣaṇā putramāliṁgya harṣeṇa stanyaṁ prādātsumadhyamā

Then that joyful goddess Kausalya, of auspicious marks, embracing her son with joy, that slender-waisted one, gave him her breast.

Verse 92 (padma.6.242.92)

तस्याः स्तन्यं पपौ देवो बालभावात्सनातनः । उवास मातुरुत्संगे जगद्भर्ता महाविभुः ।

tasyāḥ stanyaṁ papau devo bālabhāvātsanātanaḥ uvāsa māturutsaṁge jagadbhartā mahāvibhuḥ

That eternal god drank her milk, in his infant guise; the sustainer of the world, that mighty, all-pervading one, rested upon his mother's lap.

Verse 93 (padma.6.242.93)

देशे तस्मिञ्छुशुभे रम्ये सर्वकामप्रदे नृणाम् । उत्सवं चक्रिरे पौरा हृष्टा जनपदा नराः ।

deśe tasmiñchuśubhe ramye sarvakāmaprade nṛṇām utsavaṁ cakrire paurā hṛṣṭā janapadā narāḥ

In that beautiful, delightful land, granting every desire to men, the citizens celebrated, and the joyful people of the countryside too.

Verse 94 (padma.6.242.94)

कैकेय्यां भरतो जज्ञे पांचजन्यांशचोदितः । सुमित्रा जनयामास लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम् ।

kaikeyyāṁ bharato jajñe pāṁcajanyāṁśacoditaḥ sumitrā janayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaṁ śubhalakṣaṇam

To Kaikeyi was born Bharata, from a portion of the conch Panchajanya. Sumitra gave birth to Lakshmana, of auspicious marks,

Verse 95 (padma.6.242.95)

शत्रुघ्नं च महाभागा देवशत्रुप्रतापनम् । अनंतांशेन संभूतो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ।

śatrughnaṁ ca mahābhāgā devaśatrupratāpanam anaṁtāṁśena saṁbhūto lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā

and to Shatrughna, that illustrious one, the scourge of the enemies of the gods. Lakshmana, born of a portion of Ananta, was the slayer of enemy heroes;

Verse 96 (padma.6.242.96)

सुदर्शनांशाच्छत्रुघ्नः संजज्ञेऽमितविक्रमः । ते सर्वे ववृधुस्तत्र वैवस्वतमनोः कुले ।

sudarśanāṁśācchatrughnaḥ saṁjajñe'mitavikramaḥ te sarve vavṛdhustatra vaivasvatamanoḥ kule

Shatrughna, of measureless valor, was born of a portion of Sudarshana. All of them grew up there, in the line of Vaivasvata Manu.

Verse 97 (padma.6.242.97)

संस्कृतास्ते सुताः सम्यग्वसिष्ठेन महौजसा । अधीतवेदास्ते सर्वे श्रुतवंतस्तथा नृपाः ।

saṁskṛtāste sutāḥ samyagvasiṣṭhena mahaujasā adhītavedāste sarve śrutavaṁtastathā nṛpāḥ

Those sons, duly consecrated by the greatly radiant Vasishtha, all studied the Vedas and became learned princes,

Verse 98 (padma.6.242.98)

सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्वज्ञा धनुर्वेदे च निष्ठिताः । बभूवुः परमोदारा लोकानां हर्षवर्द्धनाः ।

sarvaśāstrārthatatvajñā dhanurvede ca niṣṭhitāḥ babhūvuḥ paramodārā lokānāṁ harṣavarddhanāḥ

knowers of the truth of the meaning of all the scriptures, established in the science of archery; they became most generous, increasers of the joy of the worlds.

Verse 99 (padma.6.242.99)

युग्मं बभूवतुस्तत्र राजानौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । तथा भरतशत्रुघ्नौ तयोर्युग्मं बभूव ह ।

yugmaṁ babhūvatustatra rājānau rāmalakṣmaṇau tathā bharataśatrughnau tayoryugmaṁ babhūva ha

There, Rama and Lakshmana became one pair; and likewise Bharata and Shatrughna became the other pair.

Verse 100 (padma.6.242.100)

अथ लोकेश्वरी लक्ष्मीर्जनकस्य निवेशने । शुभक्षेत्रे हलोद्धाते सुनासीरे शुभेक्षणे ।

atha lokeśvarī lakṣmīrjanakasya niveśane śubhakṣetre haloddhāte sunāsīre śubhekṣaṇe

Then Lakshmi, the mistress of the world, in the dwelling of Janaka, in an auspicious field, turned up by the plough, in a good furrow, of auspicious appearance —

Verse 101 (padma.6.242.101)

बालार्ककोटिसंकाशा रक्तोत्पलकराम्बुजा । सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता ।

bālārkakoṭisaṁkāśā raktotpalakarāmbujā sarvalakṣaṇasaṁpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā

resembling a myriad rising suns, her lotus-hands holding a red lotus, endowed with every auspicious mark, adorned with every ornament —

Verse 102 (padma.6.242.102)

धृत्वा वक्षसि चार्वङ्गी मालामम्लानपङ्कजाम् । सीतामुखे समुत्पन्ना बालभावेन सुंदरी ।

dhṛtvā vakṣasi cārvaṅgī mālāmamlānapaṅkajām sītāmukhe samutpannā bālabhāvena suṁdarī

that lovely-limbed one, wearing upon her chest a garland of unwithering lotuses, appeared through Sita's mouth, beautiful, in the form of a child.

Verse 103 (padma.6.242.103)

तां दृष्ट्वा जनको राजा कन्यां वेदमयीं शुभाम् । उद्धृत्यापत्यभावेन पुपोष मिथिलापतिः ।

tāṁ dṛṣṭvā janako rājā kanyāṁ vedamayīṁ śubhām uddhṛtyāpatyabhāvena pupoṣa mithilāpatiḥ

Seeing that maiden, auspicious, made of the essence of the Veda, King Janaka, raising her up, brought her up as his own daughter, that lord of Mithila.

Verse 104 (padma.6.242.104)

जनकस्य गृहे रम्ये सर्वलोकेश्वरप्रिया । ववृधे सर्वलोकस्य रक्षणार्थं सुरेश्वरी ।

janakasya gṛhe ramye sarvalokeśvarapriyā vavṛdhe sarvalokasya rakṣaṇārthaṁ sureśvarī

In Janaka's delightful house, that beloved of the Lord of all the worlds, that goddess-queen, grew up for the protection of all the worlds.

Verse 105 (padma.6.242.105)

एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवि कौशिको लोकविश्रुतः । सिद्धाश्रमे महापुण्ये भागीरथ्यास्तटे शुभे ।

etasminnaṁtare devi kauśiko lokaviśrutaḥ siddhāśrame mahāpuṇye bhāgīrathyāstaṭe śubhe

Meanwhile, O Goddess, Kaushika, renowned throughout the world, in the most sacred Siddhashrama, on the auspicious bank of the Bhagirathi —

Verse 106 (padma.6.242.106)

क्रतुप्रवरमारेभे यष्टुं तत्र महामुनिः । वर्त्तमानस्य तस्यास्य यज्ञस्याथ द्विजन्मनः ।

kratupravaramārebhe yaṣṭuṁ tatra mahāmuniḥ varttamānasya tasyāsya yajñasyātha dvijanmanaḥ

began to perform there a most excellent sacrifice, that great sage. While that sacrifice of that twice-born one was in progress —

Verse 107 (padma.6.242.107)

क्रतुविध्वंसिनोऽभूवन्रावणस्य निशाचराः । कौशिकश्चिंतयित्वाथ रघुवंशोद्भवं हरिम् ।

kratuvidhvaṁsino'bhūvanrāvaṇasya niśācarāḥ kauśikaściṁtayitvātha raghuvaṁśodbhavaṁ harim

Ravana's night-wandering demons became the disruptors of the sacrifice. Kaushika, then, thinking of Hari, born in the Raghu line —

Verse 108 (padma.6.242.108)

आनेतुमैच्छद्धर्मात्मा लोकानां हितकाम्यया । स गत्वा नगरीं रम्यामयोध्यां रघुपालिताम् ।

ānetumaicchaddharmātmā lokānāṁ hitakāmyayā sa gatvā nagarīṁ ramyāmayodhyāṁ raghupālitām

that righteous one wished to bring him, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds. He, going to that delightful city, Ayodhya, ruled by the Raghus,

Verse 109 (padma.6.242.109)

नृपश्रेष्ठं दशरथं ददर्श मुनिसत्तमः । राजापि कौशिकं दृष्ट्वा प्रत्युत्थाय कृतांजलिः ।

nṛpaśreṣṭhaṁ daśarathaṁ dadarśa munisattamaḥ rājāpi kauśikaṁ dṛṣṭvā pratyutthāya kṛtāṁjaliḥ

that foremost of sages saw Dasharatha, best of kings. The king too, seeing Kaushika, rising up, with joined palms,

Verse 110 (padma.6.242.110)

पुत्रैः सह महातेजा ववंदे मुनिसत्तमम् । धन्योऽहमस्मीति वदन्हर्षेण रघुनंदनं ।

putraiḥ saha mahātejā vavaṁde munisattamam dhanyo'hamasmīti vadanharṣeṇa raghunaṁdanaṁ

that greatly radiant one, together with his sons, bowed to that foremost of sages. Saying "I am blessed," joyfully, that delight of the Raghus —

Verse 111 (padma.6.242.111)

अर्चयामास विधिना निवेश्य परमासने । परिणीय नमस्कृत्य किं करोमीत्युवाच तम् ।

arcayāmāsa vidhinā niveśya paramāsane pariṇīya namaskṛtya kiṁ karomītyuvāca tam

worshipped him duly, seating him upon the finest seat; circling him, bowing, he asked him, "What may I do?"

Verse 112 (padma.6.242.112)

ततः प्रोवाच हृष्टात्मा विश्वामित्रो महातपाः । विश्वामित्र उवाच- देहि मे राघवं राजन्रक्षणार्थं क्रतोर्मम ।

tataḥ provāca hṛṣṭātmā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ viśvāmitra uvāca dehi me rāghavaṁ rājanrakṣaṇārthaṁ kratormama

Then Vishvamitra, of great austerity, his heart glad, spoke. Vishvamitra said: "Give me Raghava, O king, for the protection of my sacrifice.

Verse 113 (padma.6.242.113)

साफल्यमस्तु मे यज्ञे राघवस्य समीपतः । तस्माद्रामं रक्षणार्थं दातुमर्हसि भूपते ।

sāphalyamastu me yajñe rāghavasya samīpataḥ tasmādrāmaṁ rakṣaṇārthaṁ dātumarhasi bhūpate

Let my sacrifice attain success through Raghava's presence. Therefore, O lord of the earth, you should give Rama for its protection."

Verse 114 (padma.6.242.114)

ईश्वर उवाच- तच्छ्रुत्वा मुनिवर्य्यस्य वाक्यं सर्वविदां वरः । प्रददौ मुनिवर्य्याय राघवं सह लक्ष्मणम् ।

īśvara uvāca tacchrutvā munivaryyasya vākyaṁ sarvavidāṁ varaḥ pradadau munivaryyāya rāghavaṁ saha lakṣmaṇam

Ishvara said: Hearing that word of that excellent sage, that best of all the wise gave to the excellent sage Raghava, together with Lakshmana.

Verse 115 (padma.6.242.115)

आदाय राघवं तत्र विश्वामित्रो महातपाः । स्वमाश्रममभिप्रीतः प्रययौ द्विजसत्तमः ।

ādāya rāghavaṁ tatra viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ svamāśramamabhiprītaḥ prayayau dvijasattamaḥ

Taking Raghava there, Vishvamitra, of great austerity, delighted, that foremost of the twice-born, went to his own hermitage.

Verse 116 (padma.6.242.116)

ततः प्रहृष्टास्त्रिदशाः प्रयाते रघुसत्तमे । ववृषुः पुष्पवर्षाणि तुष्टुवुश्च महौजसः ।

tataḥ prahṛṣṭāstridaśāḥ prayāte raghusattame vavṛṣuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi tuṣṭuvuśca mahaujasaḥ

Then the gods, greatly rejoicing when that foremost of the Raghus set forth, rained down showers of flowers and praised that one of great splendor.

Verse 117 (padma.6.242.117)

अथाजगाम हृष्टात्मा वैनतेयो महाबलः । अदृश्यभूतो भूतानां संप्राप्य रघुसत्तमम् ।

athājagāma hṛṣṭātmā vainateyo mahābalaḥ adṛśyabhūto bhūtānāṁ saṁprāpya raghusattamam

Then came the joyful, mighty Garuda, invisible to all beings, reaching that foremost of the Raghus.

Verse 118 (padma.6.242.118)

ताभ्यां दिव्ये च धनुषी तूणौ चाक्षयसायकौ । दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि शस्त्राणि दत्वा च प्रययौ द्विजः ।

tābhyāṁ divye ca dhanuṣī tūṇau cākṣayasāyakau divyānyastrāṇi śastrāṇi datvā ca prayayau dvijaḥ

Giving to those two divine bows, quivers with inexhaustible arrows, and divine weapons and missiles, that twice-born bird departed.

Verse 119 (padma.6.242.119)

तौ रामलक्ष्मणौ वीरौ कौशिकेन महात्मना । गच्छंती ज्ञापितारण्ये राक्षसी घोरदर्शना ।

tau rāmalakṣmaṇau vīrau kauśikena mahātmanā gacchaṁtī jñāpitāraṇye rākṣasī ghoradarśanā

Those two heroes, Rama and Lakshmana, going, as informed by the great-souled Kaushika, into the forest, encountered a terrible-looking rakshasi —

Verse 120 (padma.6.242.120)

नाम्ना तु ताडका देवि भार्या सुंदस्य रक्षसः । जघ्नतुस्तां महावीरौ बाणैर्दिव्यधनुश्च्युतैः ।

nāmnā tu tāḍakā devi bhāryā suṁdasya rakṣasaḥ jaghnatustāṁ mahāvīrau bāṇairdivyadhanuścyutaiḥ

named Tataka, O Goddess, wife of the rakshasa Sunda. Those two great heroes slew her with arrows loosed from their divine bows.

Verse 121 (padma.6.242.121)

निहता राघवेणाथ राक्षसी घोरदर्शना । त्यक्त्वा तनुं घोररूपां दिव्यरूपा बभूव सा ।

nihatā rāghaveṇātha rākṣasī ghoradarśanā tyaktvā tanuṁ ghorarūpāṁ divyarūpā babhūva sā

Slain by Raghava, that terrible-looking rakshasi, casting off her terrible form, became of divine form.

Verse 122 (padma.6.242.122)

जाज्वल्यमानावपुषा सर्वाभरणविभूषिता । प्रययौ वैष्णवं लोकं प्रणम्य च रघूत्तमौ ।

jājvalyamānāvapuṣā sarvābharaṇavibhūṣitā prayayau vaiṣṇavaṁ lokaṁ praṇamya ca raghūttamau

Her body radiant, adorned with every ornament, she went to the Vaishnava world, having bowed to those two foremost of the Raghus.

Verse 123 (padma.6.242.123)

तां हत्वा राघवः श्रीमान्कौशिकस्याश्रमं शुभम् । प्रविवेश महातेजा लक्ष्मणेन महात्मना ।

tāṁ hatvā rāghavaḥ śrīmānkauśikasyāśramaṁ śubham praviveśa mahātejā lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā

Having slain her, the glorious Raghava, that greatly radiant one, entered the auspicious hermitage of Kaushika, together with the great-souled Lakshmana.

Verse 124 (padma.6.242.124)

ततः प्रहृष्टा मुनयः प्रत्युद्गम्य रघूत्तमम् । निवेश्य पूजयामासुरर्घाद्यैः परमात्मने ।

tataḥ prahṛṣṭā munayaḥ pratyudgamya raghūttamam niveśya pūjayāmāsurarghādyaiḥ paramātmane

Then the joyful sages, coming forth to meet that foremost of the Raghus, seating him, worshipped that Supreme Soul with offerings of water and the rest.

Verse 125 (padma.6.242.125)

कौशिकः कृतदीक्षस्तु यंष्टुं यज्ञमनुत्तमम् । आरेभे मुनिभिः सार्द्धं विधिना मुनिसत्तमः ।

kauśikaḥ kṛtadīkṣastu yaṁṣṭuṁ yajñamanuttamam ārebhe munibhiḥ sārddhaṁ vidhinā munisattamaḥ

Kaushika, having taken the consecration, that foremost of sages, began, together with the sages, to duly perform that supreme sacrifice.

Verse 126 (padma.6.242.126)

वर्त्तमाने महायज्ञे मारीचो नाम राक्षसः । भ्रात्रा सुबाहुना तत्र विघ्नं कर्तुमवस्थितः ।

varttamāne mahāyajñe mārīco nāma rākṣasaḥ bhrātrā subāhunā tatra vighnaṁ kartumavasthitaḥ

While that great sacrifice was in progress, a rakshasa named Maricha, together with his brother Subahu, stood there to cause disruption.

Verse 127 (padma.6.242.127)

दृष्ट्वा तौ राक्षसौ घोरौ राघवः परवीरहा । जघानैकेन बाणेन सुबाहुं राक्षसेश्वरम् ।

dṛṣṭvā tau rākṣasau ghorau rāghavaḥ paravīrahā jaghānaikena bāṇena subāhuṁ rākṣaseśvaram

Seeing those two terrible rakshasas, Raghava, that slayer of enemy heroes, slew, with a single arrow, Subahu, lord of the rakshasas.

Verse 128 (padma.6.242.128)

पवनास्त्रेण महता मारीचं स निशाचरम् । सागरे पातयामास शुष्कपर्णमिवानिलः ।

pavanāstreṇa mahatā mārīcaṁ sa niśācaram sāgare pātayāmāsa śuṣkaparṇamivānilaḥ

With the great wind-weapon, he cast that night-wanderer Maricha into the ocean, as the wind casts a dry leaf.

Verse 129 (padma.6.242.129)

स रामस्य महावीर्य्यं दृष्ट्वा राक्षससत्तमः । न्यस्तशस्त्रस्तपस्तप्तुं प्रययौ महादाश्रमम् ।

sa rāmasya mahāvīryyaṁ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasasattamaḥ nyastaśastrastapastaptuṁ prayayau mahādāśramam

That foremost of rakshasas, seeing Rama's great valor, laying down his weapons, went to a great hermitage to perform austerities.

Verse 130 (padma.6.242.130)

विश्वामित्रो महातेजाः समाप्ते महति क्रतौ । प्रहृष्टमनसा तत्र पूजयामास राघवम् ।

viśvāmitro mahātejāḥ samāpte mahati kratau prahṛṣṭamanasā tatra pūjayāmāsa rāghavam

Vishvamitra, that greatly radiant one, when the great sacrifice was completed, with a joyful heart, worshipped Raghava there.

Verse 131 (padma.6.242.131)

समाश्लिष्य महात्मानं काकपक्षधरं हरिम् । नीलोत्पलदलश्यामं पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणम् ।

samāśliṣya mahātmānaṁ kākapakṣadharaṁ harim nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṁ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam

Embracing that great soul, Hari, wearing the side-locks of a boy, dark as a blue-lotus petal, with wide eyes like lotus leaves,

Verse 132 (padma.6.242.132)

उपाघ्राय तदा मूर्ध्नि तुष्टाव मुनिसत्तमः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे राजा मिथिलाया अधीश्वरः ।

upāghrāya tadā mūrdhni tuṣṭāva munisattamaḥ etasminnaṁtare rājā mithilāyā adhīśvaraḥ

smelling his head, that foremost of sages praised him. Meanwhile, the king, lord of Mithila —

Verse 133 (padma.6.242.133)

वाजपेयं क्रतुं यष्टुमारेभे मुनिसत्तमैः । तं द्रष्टुं प्रययुस्सर्वे विश्वामित्रपुरोगमाः ।

vājapeyaṁ kratuṁ yaṣṭumārebhe munisattamaiḥ taṁ draṣṭuṁ prayayussarve viśvāmitrapurogamāḥ

began to perform the Vajapeya sacrifice, together with the foremost sages. All of them, with Vishvamitra at their head, went to see it —

Verse 134 (padma.6.242.134)

मुनयो रघुशार्दूल सहिताः पुण्यचेतसः । गच्छतस्तस्य रामस्य पदाब्जेन महात्मनः ।

munayo raghuśārdūla sahitāḥ puṇyacetasaḥ gacchatastasya rāmasya padābjena mahātmanaḥ

those sages of pure heart, together with that tiger among the Raghus. As that great-souled Rama went along,

Verse 135 (padma.6.242.135)

अभूत्सा पावनी भूमिः समाक्रांता महाशिला । सापि शप्ता पुरा भर्त्रा गौतमेन द्विजन्मना ।

abhūtsā pāvanī bhūmiḥ samākrāṁtā mahāśilā sāpi śaptā purā bhartrā gautamena dvijanmanā

that ground became purified where his lotus foot trod upon the great stone. That one, formerly cursed by her husband, the twice-born Gautama —

Verse 136 (padma.6.242.136)

अहल्या रघुनाथस्य पादस्पर्शाच्छुभाऽभवत् । अथ संप्राप्य नगरीं मिथिलां मुनिसत्तमाः ।

ahalyā raghunāthasya pādasparśācchubhā'bhavat atha saṁprāpya nagarīṁ mithilāṁ munisattamāḥ

Ahalya, became blessed through the touch of Raghunatha's foot. Then, having reached the city of Mithila, those foremost of sages,

Verse 137 (padma.6.242.137)

राघवाभ्यां तु सहिता बभूवुः प्रीतमानसाः । समागतान्महाभागान्दृष्ट्वा राजा महाबलः ।

rāghavābhyāṁ tu sahitā babhūvuḥ prītamānasāḥ samāgatānmahābhāgāndṛṣṭvā rājā mahābalaḥ

together with the two sons of Raghu, became joyful of heart. Seeing those illustrious ones arrived, the mighty king,

Verse 138 (padma.6.242.138)

प्रत्युद्गम्य प्रणम्याथ पूजयामास मैथिलः । रामं पद्मविशालाक्षमिंदीवरदलप्रभम् ।

pratyudgamya praṇamyātha pūjayāmāsa maithilaḥ rāmaṁ padmaviśālākṣamiṁdīvaradalaprabham

that lord of Mithila, coming forth to meet them, bowing, worshipped Rama, whose eyes were wide as lotuses, with the splendor of a blue-lotus petal,

Verse 139 (padma.6.242.139)

पीताम्बरधरं श्लक्ष्णं कोमलावयवोज्ज्वलम् । अवधीरित कंदर्प्पकोटिलावण्यमुत्तमम् ।

pītāmbaradharaṁ ślakṣṇaṁ komalāvayavojjvalam avadhīrita kaṁdarppakoṭilāvaṇyamuttamam

clad in yellow garments, gentle, radiant with soft limbs, his supreme beauty surpassing a hundred million Kamadevas,

Verse 140 (padma.6.242.140)

सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् । स्वस्य हृत्पद्ममध्ये यः परेशस्य तनुर्हरिः ।

sarvalakṣaṇasampannaṁ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam svasya hṛtpadmamadhye yaḥ pareśasya tanurhariḥ

endowed with every auspicious mark, adorned with every ornament — Hari, the very body of the Supreme Lord dwelling within the lotus of his own heart,

Verse 141 (padma.6.242.141)

उत्पन्नो दीपवद्दीपात्सौशील्यादिगुणैः परैः । तं दृष्ट्वा रघुनाथं स जनको हृष्टमानसः ।

utpanno dīpavaddīpātsauśīlyādiguṇaiḥ paraiḥ taṁ dṛṣṭvā raghunāthaṁ sa janako hṛṣṭamānasaḥ

manifest like a lamp lit from a lamp, with gentleness and other supreme qualities — seeing that Raghunatha, Janaka, his heart joyful,

Verse 142 (padma.6.242.142)

परेशमेव तं मेने रामं दशरथात्मजम् । पूजयामास काकुत्स्थं धन्योस्मीति ब्रुवन्नृपः ।

pareśameva taṁ mene rāmaṁ daśarathātmajam pūjayāmāsa kākutsthaṁ dhanyosmīti bruvannṛpaḥ

regarded that Rama, son of Dasharatha, as the Supreme Lord himself. That king worshipped Kakutstha, saying, "I am blessed."

Verse 143 (padma.6.242.143)

प्रसादं वासुदेवस्य विष्णोर्मेने नरेश्वरः । प्रदातुं दुहितां तस्मै मनसा चिंतयन्प्रभुः ।

prasādaṁ vāsudevasya viṣṇormene nareśvaraḥ pradātuṁ duhitāṁ tasmai manasā ciṁtayanprabhuḥ

That lord of men regarded it as the grace of Vasudeva Vishnu; that ruler, in his mind, resolved to give his daughter to him.

Verse 144 (padma.6.242.144)

आत्मजौ रघुवंशस्य ज्ञात्वा तत्र नृपोत्तमः । पूजयामास धर्मेण वस्त्रैराभरणैः शुभैः ।

ātmajau raghuvaṁśasya jñātvā tatra nṛpottamaḥ pūjayāmāsa dharmeṇa vastrairābharaṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Knowing them to be the two sons of the Raghu line, that best of kings there duly worshipped them with garments and auspicious ornaments.

Verse 145 (padma.6.242.145)

ऋषीन्समर्चयामास मधुपर्कादिपूजनैः । ततोऽवसाने यज्ञस्य रामो राजीवलोचनः ।

ṛṣīnsamarcayāmāsa madhuparkādipūjanaiḥ tato'vasāne yajñasya rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ

He worshipped the sages with the madhuparka and other rites. Then, at the conclusion of the sacrifice, Rama, the lotus-eyed —

Verse 146 (padma.6.242.146)

भंक्त्वा शैवं धनुर्दिव्यं जितवान्जनकात्मजाम् । अथासौ वीर्यशुल्केन महता परितोषितः ।

bhaṁktvā śaivaṁ dhanurdivyaṁ jitavānjanakātmajām athāsau vīryaśulkena mahatā paritoṣitaḥ

breaking the divine bow of Shiva, won the daughter of Janaka. Then that king, greatly pleased by this bride-price of valor,

Verse 147 (padma.6.242.147)

मुदा धरणिजां तस्मै प्रददौ मिथिलाधिपः । केशवाय श्रियमिव यथापूर्वं महार्णवः ।

mudā dharaṇijāṁ tasmai pradadau mithilādhipaḥ keśavāya śriyamiva yathāpūrvaṁ mahārṇavaḥ

joyfully gave to him that earth-born daughter, that lord of Mithila — as, of old, the great ocean gave Shri to Keshava.

Verse 148 (padma.6.242.148)

स दूतं प्रेषयामास राघवं मिथिलाधिपः । पुत्राभ्यां सह धर्मात्मा मिथिलायां विवेश ह ।

sa dūtaṁ preṣayāmāsa rāghavaṁ mithilādhipaḥ putrābhyāṁ saha dharmātmā mithilāyāṁ viveśa ha

That lord of Mithila sent a messenger. That righteous king, together with his two other sons, entered Mithila.

Verse 149 (padma.6.242.149)

वसिष्ठवामदेवाद्यैः प्रीतैः सह महीपतिः । उवास नगरे रम्ये जनकस्य रघूत्तमः ।

vasiṣṭhavāmadevādyaiḥ prītaiḥ saha mahīpatiḥ uvāsa nagare ramye janakasya raghūttamaḥ

Together with the pleased Vasishtha, Vamadeva, and the others, that lord of the earth, that foremost of the Raghus, dwelt in Janaka's delightful city.

Verse 150 (padma.6.242.150)

तस्मिन्नेव शुभे काले रामस्य धरणीसुताम् । विवाहमकरोद्राजा मिथिलेन समर्चितः ।

tasminneva śubhe kāle rāmasya dharaṇīsutām vivāhamakarodrājā mithilena samarcitaḥ

At that very auspicious time, the king, duly honored by the king of Mithila, performed the marriage of Rama with the earth-born daughter.

Verse 151 (padma.6.242.151)

लक्ष्मणस्योर्मिलां नाम कन्यां जनकसंभवाम् । जनकस्यानुजस्याथ तनये शुभवर्चसी ।

lakṣmaṇasyormilāṁ nāma kanyāṁ janakasaṁbhavām janakasyānujasyātha tanaye śubhavarcasī

[The king married] to Lakshmana the maiden named Urmila, born of Janaka. And then the two daughters of Janaka's younger brother, of auspicious splendor —

Verse 152 (padma.6.242.152)

मांडवी श्रुतकीर्त्तिश्च सर्वलक्षणलक्षिते । भरतस्य च सौमित्रेर्विवाहमकरोन्नृपः ।

māṁḍavī śrutakīrttiśca sarvalakṣaṇalakṣite bharatasya ca saumitrervivāhamakaronnṛpaḥ

Mandavi and Shrutakirti, endowed with every auspicious mark — the king performed the marriages of Bharata and of Saumitri with them.

Verse 153 (padma.6.242.153)

निर्वर्त्यौद्वाहिकं तत्र राजा दशरथो बली । अयोध्यां प्रस्थितः श्रीमान्पौरैर्जनपदैर्वृतः ।

nirvartyaudvāhikaṁ tatra rājā daśaratho balī ayodhyāṁ prasthitaḥ śrīmānpaurairjanapadairvṛtaḥ

Having completed the marriage rites there, that mighty king Dasharatha, glorious, surrounded by citizens and countryfolk, set out for Ayodhya,

Verse 154 (padma.6.242.154)

पारिबर्हं समादाय मैथिलेन च पूजितः । ससुतः सस्नुषः साश्वः सगजः सबलानुगः ।

pāribarhaṁ samādāya maithilena ca pūjitaḥ sasutaḥ sasnuṣaḥ sāśvaḥ sagajaḥ sabalānugaḥ

receiving the dowry-gifts, honored by the king of Mithila, together with his sons, daughters-in-law, horses, elephants, and attendant troops.

Verse 155 (padma.6.242.155)

तदध्वनि महावीर्य्यो जामदग्निः प्रतापवान् । गृहीत्वा परशुं चापं संक्रुद्ध इव केसरी ।

tadadhvani mahāvīryyo jāmadagniḥ pratāpavān gṛhītvā paraśuṁ cāpaṁ saṁkruddha iva kesarī

On that road, the greatly valorous, mighty Jamadagnya, taking up his axe and bow, like an enraged lion,

Verse 156 (padma.6.242.156)

अभ्यधावच्च काकुत्स्थं योद्धुकामो नृपांतकः । संप्राप्य राघवं दृष्ट्वा वचनं प्राह भार्गवः ।

abhyadhāvacca kākutsthaṁ yoddhukāmo nṛpāṁtakaḥ saṁprāpya rāghavaṁ dṛṣṭvā vacanaṁ prāha bhārgavaḥ

that destroyer of kings, wishing to fight, rushed toward Kakutstha. Reaching Raghava, seeing him, that descendant of Bhrigu spoke this word.

Verse 157 (padma.6.242.157)

परशुराम उवाच- रामराम महाबाहो शृणुष्व वचनं मम । बहुशः पार्थिवान्हत्वा संयुगे भूरिविक्रमान् ।

paraśurāma uvāca rāmarāma mahābāho śṛṇuṣva vacanaṁ mama bahuśaḥ pārthivānhatvā saṁyuge bhūrivikramān

Parashurama said: "Rama, Rama, mighty-armed one, listen to my words. Having slain, many times, in battle, kings of great valor,

Verse 158 (padma.6.242.158)

ब्राह्मणेभ्यो महीं दत्वा तपस्तप्तुमहं गतः । तव वीर्यबलं श्रुत्वा त्वया योद्धुमिहागतः ।

brāhmaṇebhyo mahīṁ datvā tapastaptumahaṁ gataḥ tava vīryabalaṁ śrutvā tvayā yoddhumihāgataḥ

having given the earth to the Brahmins, I went to perform austerities. Hearing of your strength and valor, I have come here to fight you.

Verse 159 (padma.6.242.159)

इक्ष्वाकवो न वध्या मे मातामहकुलोद्भवाः । वीर्य्यं क्षत्रबलं श्रुत्वा न शक्यं सहितुं मम ।

ikṣvākavo na vadhyā me mātāmahakulodbhavāḥ vīryyaṁ kṣatrabalaṁ śrutvā na śakyaṁ sahituṁ mama

The Ikshvakus are not to be slain by me, being born of my maternal grandfather's line — yet hearing of your valor and Kshatriya strength, my pride cannot tolerate it —

Verse 160 (padma.6.242.160)

रौद्रं चापं दुराधर्षं भज्यमानां त्वया नृप । तस्माद्वदान्य युद्धं मे दीयतां रघुसत्तम ।

raudraṁ cāpaṁ durādharṣaṁ bhajyamānāṁ tvayā nṛpa tasmādvadānya yuddhaṁ me dīyatāṁ raghusattama

that terrible, unassailable bow was broken by you, O king. Therefore, O generous one, O foremost of the Raghus, give me battle.

Verse 161 (padma.6.242.161)

इदं तु वैष्णवं चापं तेन तुल्यमरिंदम । आरोपय स्ववीर्येण निर्जितोस्मि त्वयैव हि ।

idaṁ tu vaiṣṇavaṁ cāpaṁ tena tulyamariṁdama āropaya svavīryeṇa nirjitosmi tvayaiva hi

O tamer of foes, here is this Vaishnava bow, equal to that one. String it with your own strength — if you do so, I am indeed conquered by you.

Verse 162 (padma.6.242.162)

अथवा त्यज शस्त्राणि पुरस्ताद्बलिनो मम । शरणं भज काकुत्स्थ कातरोस्यथ चेतसी ।

athavā tyaja śastrāṇi purastādbalino mama śaraṇaṁ bhaja kākutstha kātarosyatha cetasī

Or else, O Kakutstha, lay down your weapons before me, the stronger one; take refuge, if your heart is faint."

Verse 163 (padma.6.242.163)

ईश्वर उवाच- एवमुक्तस्तु काकुत्स्थो भार्गवेण प्रतापवान् । तच्चापं तस्य जग्राह तच्छक्तिं वैष्णवीमपि ।

īśvara uvāca evamuktastu kākutstho bhārgaveṇa pratāpavān taccāpaṁ tasya jagrāha tacchaktiṁ vaiṣṇavīmapi

Ishvara said: Thus addressed by that descendant of Bhrigu, that mighty Kakutstha took hold of that bow, and its Vaishnava power too.

Verse 164 (padma.6.242.164)

शक्त्या वियुक्तस्स तदा जामदग्निः प्रतापवान् । निर्वीर्यो नष्टतेजाभूत्कर्म्महीनो यथा द्विजः ।

śaktyā viyuktassa tadā jāmadagniḥ pratāpavān nirvīryo naṣṭatejābhūtkarmmahīno yathā dvijaḥ

Deprived of that power, that mighty Jamadagnya then became devoid of valor, his splendor destroyed, like a Brahmin without his ritual duties.

Verse 165 (padma.6.242.165)

विनष्टतेज संदृष्ट्वा भार्गवं नृपसत्तमाः । साधुसध्विति काकुत्स्थं प्रशशंसुर्मुहुर्मुहुः ।

vinaṣṭateja saṁdṛṣṭvā bhārgavaṁ nṛpasattamāḥ sādhusadhviti kākutsthaṁ praśaśaṁsurmuhurmuhuḥ

Seeing that descendant of Bhrigu, his splendor destroyed, the best of kings praised Kakutstha again and again, saying "Well done, well done!"

Verse 166 (padma.6.242.166)

काकुत्स्थस्तन्महच्चापं गृहीत्वारोप्य लीलया । संधाय बाणं तच्चापे भार्गवं प्राह विस्मितम् ।

kākutsthastanmahaccāpaṁ gṛhītvāropya līlayā saṁdhāya bāṇaṁ taccāpe bhārgavaṁ prāha vismitam

Kakutstha, taking up that great bow, stringing it with ease, fitting an arrow to that bow, spoke to that astonished descendant of Bhrigu.

Verse 167 (padma.6.242.167)

राम उवाच- अनेन शरमुख्येन किं कर्त्तव्यं तव द्विज । छेद्मि लोकमिमं चाधः स्वर्गं वा हन्मि ते तपः ।

rāma uvāca anena śaramukhyena kiṁ karttavyaṁ tava dvija chedmi lokamimaṁ cādhaḥ svargaṁ vā hanmi te tapaḥ

Rama said: "What must be done with this excellent arrow regarding you, O Brahmin? Shall I sever this lower world, or shall I destroy your heavenly merit gained through austerity?"

Verse 168 (padma.6.242.168)

ईश्वर उवाच- तन्दृष्ट्वा घोरसंकाशं बाणं रामस्य भार्गवः । ज्ञात्वा तं परमात्मानं प्रहृष्टो राममब्रवीत् ।

īśvara uvāca tandṛṣṭvā ghorasaṁkāśaṁ bāṇaṁ rāmasya bhārgavaḥ jñātvā taṁ paramātmānaṁ prahṛṣṭo rāmamabravīt

Ishvara said: Seeing that terrible-looking arrow of Rama, that descendant of Bhrigu, recognizing him as the Supreme Soul, joyfully said to Rama.

Verse 169 (padma.6.242.169)

परशुराम उवाच- रामराम महाबाहो न वेद्मि त्वां सनातनम् । जानाम्यद्यैव काकुत्स्थ तव वीर्य्यगुणादिभिः ।

paraśurāma uvāca rāmarāma mahābāho na vedmi tvāṁ sanātanam jānāmyadyaiva kākutstha tava vīryyaguṇādibhiḥ

Parashurama said: "Rama, Rama, mighty-armed one, I did not know you, the eternal one. I know now, this very day, O Kakutstha, through your valor and other qualities —

Verse 170 (padma.6.242.170)

त्वमादिपुरुषः साक्षात्परब्रह्मपरोऽव्ययः । त्वमनंतो महाविष्णुर्वासुदेवः परात्परः ।

tvamādipuruṣaḥ sākṣātparabrahmaparo'vyayaḥ tvamanaṁto mahāviṣṇurvāsudevaḥ parātparaḥ

you are the primeval Person, directly the Supreme Brahman, the highest, imperishable one. You are the infinite great Vishnu, Vasudeva, higher than the highest.

Verse 171 (padma.6.242.171)

नारायणस्त्वं श्रीशस्त्वमीश्वरस्त्वं त्रयीमयः । त्वं कालस्त्वं जगत्सर्वमकाराख्यस्त्वमेव च ।

nārāyaṇastvaṁ śrīśastvamīśvarastvaṁ trayīmayaḥ tvaṁ kālastvaṁ jagatsarvamakārākhyastvameva ca

You are Narayana, you are the Lord of Shri, you are the Lord, of the essence of the threefold Veda. You are Time, you are the entire universe, and you are the one designated by the syllable 'A'.

Verse 172 (padma.6.242.172)

स्रष्टा धाता च संहर्त्ता त्वमेव परमेश्वरः । त्वमचिंत्यो महद्भूतरूपस्त्वं तु मनुर्महान् ।

sraṣṭā dhātā ca saṁharttā tvameva parameśvaraḥ tvamaciṁtyo mahadbhūtarūpastvaṁ tu manurmahān

You alone are the creator, sustainer, and destroyer, the Supreme Lord. You are inconceivable, of the form of the great elements; you are the great Manu.

Verse 173 (padma.6.242.173)

चतुःषट्पंचगुणवांस्त्वमेव पुरुषोत्तमः । त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोंकारस्त्रयीमयः ।

catuḥṣaṭpaṁcaguṇavāṁstvameva puruṣottamaḥ tvaṁ yajñastvaṁ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṁkārastrayīmayaḥ

Endowed with the four, the six, the five qualities, you alone are Purushottama. You are the sacrifice, you are the exclamation Vashat, you are the syllable Om, of the essence of the threefold Veda.

Verse 174 (padma.6.242.174)

व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपस्त्वं गुणभृन्निर्ग्गुणः परः । स्तोतुं त्वाहमशक्तश्च वेदानामप्यगोचरम् ।

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpastvaṁ guṇabhṛnnirgguṇaḥ paraḥ stotuṁ tvāhamaśaktaśca vedānāmapyagocaram

Your true nature is both manifest and unmanifest; you bear the gunas yet are beyond them, supreme. I am unable to praise you, who are beyond the reach even of the Vedas.

Verse 175 (padma.6.242.175)

यच्चापलत्वं कृतवांस्त्वां युयुत्सुतया प्रभो । तत्क्षंतव्यं त्वया नाथ कृपया केवलेन तु ।

yaccāpalatvaṁ kṛtavāṁstvāṁ yuyutsutayā prabho tatkṣaṁtavyaṁ tvayā nātha kṛpayā kevalena tu

Whatever rashness I have shown toward you, O Lord, in my desire to fight — let that be forgiven by you, O Master, solely out of grace.

Verse 176 (padma.6.242.176)

तव शक्त्या नृपान्सर्वाञ्जित्वा दत्वा महीं द्विजान् । त्वत्प्रसादवशादेव शांतिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् ।

tava śaktyā nṛpānsarvāñjitvā datvā mahīṁ dvijān tvatprasādavaśādeva śāṁtimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm

By your power, having conquered all the kings and given the earth to the Brahmins, by your grace alone, I have attained final peace."

Verse 177 (padma.6.242.177)

ईश्वर उवाच- एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थं जामदग्निर्महातपाः । परिणीय नमस्कृत्वा राघवं लोकरक्षकम् ।

īśvara uvāca evamuktvā tu kākutsthaṁ jāmadagnirmahātapāḥ pariṇīya namaskṛtvā rāghavaṁ lokarakṣakam

Ishvara said: Having thus spoken to Kakutstha, Jamadagnya, of great austerity, circling him, bowing to Raghava, protector of the world,

Verse 178 (padma.6.242.178)

शतक्रतुकृतं स्वर्गं तदस्त्राय न्यवेदयत् । राघवोऽथ महातेजा ववंदे तं महामुनिम् ।

śatakratukṛtaṁ svargaṁ tadastrāya nyavedayat rāghavo'tha mahātejā vavaṁde taṁ mahāmunim

consigned to that weapon the heaven earned by his hundred sacrifices. Then Raghava, that greatly radiant one, bowed to that great sage.

Verse 179 (padma.6.242.179)

विधिवत्पूजयामास पाद्यार्घाचमनादिभिः । तेन संपूजितस्तत्र जामदग्निर्महातपाः ।

vidhivatpūjayāmāsa pādyārghācamanādibhiḥ tena saṁpūjitastatra jāmadagnirmahātapāḥ

He duly worshipped him with foot-water, offering-water, sipping-water, and the rest. Duly honored there by him, Jamadagnya, of great austerity —

Verse 180 (padma.6.242.180)

तपस्तप्तुं ययौ रम्यं नरनारायणाश्रमम् । राजा दशरथः सोऽथ पुत्रैर्दारसमन्वितैः ।

tapastaptuṁ yayau ramyaṁ naranārāyaṇāśramam rājā daśarathaḥ so'tha putrairdārasamanvitaiḥ

went to perform austerities at the delightful hermitage of Nara-Narayana. King Dasharatha then, together with his sons and their wives,

Verse 181 (padma.6.242.181)

स्वां पुरीं सुमुहूर्त्तेन प्रविवेश महाबलः । राघवो लक्ष्मणश्चैव शत्रुघ्नो भरतस्तथा ।

svāṁ purīṁ sumuhūrttena praviveśa mahābalaḥ rāghavo lakṣmaṇaścaiva śatrughno bharatastathā

that mighty one, entered his own city at an auspicious hour. Raghava, and Lakshmana, and Shatrughna, and likewise Bharata,

Verse 182 (padma.6.242.182)

स्वान्स्वान्दारानुपागम्य रेमिरे हृष्टमानसाः । तत्र द्वादश वर्षाणि सीतया सह राघवः ।

svānsvāndārānupāgamya remire hṛṣṭamānasāḥ tatra dvādaśa varṣāṇi sītayā saha rāghavaḥ

each going to his own wife, took delight, hearts joyful. There, for twelve years, Raghava, together with Sita,

Verse 183 (padma.6.242.183)

रमयामास धर्मात्मा नारायण इव श्रिया । तस्मिन्नेव तु राजाथ काले दशरथः सुतम् ।

ramayāmāsa dharmātmā nārāyaṇa iva śriyā tasminneva tu rājātha kāle daśarathaḥ sutam

that righteous soul, took his delight, as Narayana does with Shri. At that very time, King Dasharatha wished —

Verse 184 (padma.6.242.184)

ज्येष्ठं राज्येन संयोक्तुमैच्छत्प्रीत्या महीपतिः । तस्य भार्याथ कैकेयी पुरा दत्तवरा प्रिया ।

jyeṣṭhaṁ rājyena saṁyoktumaicchatprītyā mahīpatiḥ tasya bhāryātha kaikeyī purā dattavarā priyā

that lord of the earth, out of love, wished to invest his eldest son with the kingdom. Then his beloved wife Kaikeyi, to whom he had formerly granted boons,

Verse 185 (padma.6.242.185)

अयाचत नृपश्रेष्ठं भरतस्याभिषेचनम् । विवासनं च रामस्य वत्सराणि चतुर्दश ।

ayācata nṛpaśreṣṭhaṁ bharatasyābhiṣecanam vivāsanaṁ ca rāmasya vatsarāṇi caturdaśa

entreated that best of kings for the coronation of Bharata, and the banishment of Rama for fourteen years.

Verse 186 (padma.6.242.186)

स राजा सत्यवचनाद्रामं राज्यादथोः सुतम् । विवासयामास तदा दुःखेन हतचेतनः ।

sa rājā satyavacanādrāmaṁ rājyādathoḥ sutam vivāsayāmāsa tadā duḥkhena hatacetanaḥ

That king, bound by his truthful word, then, his mind overcome with sorrow, banished Rama, his son, from the kingdom.

Verse 187 (padma.6.242.187)

शक्तोऽपि राघवस्तस्मिन्राज्यं संत्यज्य धर्मतः । दशग्रीववधार्थाय पितुर्वचनहेतुना ।

śakto'pi rāghavastasminrājyaṁ saṁtyajya dharmataḥ daśagrīvavadhārthāya piturvacanahetunā

Though capable, Raghava, righteously forsaking that kingdom, for the sake of slaying Dashagriva, and for the sake of his father's word,

Verse 188 (padma.6.242.188)

वनं जगाम काकुत्स्थो लक्ष्मणेन च सीतया । राजा पुत्रवियोगार्त्तः शोकेन च ममार सः ।

vanaṁ jagāma kākutstho lakṣmaṇena ca sītayā rājā putraviyogārttaḥ śokena ca mamāra saḥ

that Kakutstha went to the forest, together with Lakshmana and Sita. The king, tormented by separation from his son, died of grief.

Verse 189 (padma.6.242.189)

नियुज्यमानो भरतस्तस्मिन्राज्ये समंत्रिभिः । नैच्छद्राज्यं स धर्म्मात्मा सौभ्रात्रमनुदर्शयन् ।

niyujyamāno bharatastasminrājye samaṁtribhiḥ naicchadrājyaṁ sa dharmmātmā saubhrātramanudarśayan

Bharata, being urged to that kingdom by the ministers, that righteous soul did not desire the kingdom, displaying his brotherly love —

Verse 190 (padma.6.242.190)

वनमागम्य काकुत्स्थमयाचद्भ्रातरं ततः । रामस्तु पितुरादेशान्नैच्छद्राज्यमरिंदमः ।

vanamāgamya kākutsthamayācadbhrātaraṁ tataḥ rāmastu piturādeśānnaicchadrājyamariṁdamaḥ

coming to the forest, he entreated his brother Kakutstha to return. But Rama, that tamer of foes, on account of his father's command, did not desire the kingdom.

Verse 191 (padma.6.242.191)

स्वपादुके ददौ तस्मै भक्त्या सोऽप्यग्रहीत्तथा । रामस्य पादुके राज्यमवाप्य भरतः शुभे ।

svapāduke dadau tasmai bhaktyā so'pyagrahīttathā rāmasya pāduke rājyamavāpya bharataḥ śubhe

He gave him his own sandals; and he, with devotion, accepted them likewise. O auspicious one, Bharata, having obtained the kingdom, through Rama's sandals —

Verse 192 (padma.6.242.192)

प्रत्यहं गंधपुष्पैश्च पूजयन्कैकयीसुतः । तपश्चरणयुक्तेन तस्मिंस्तस्थौ नृपोत्तमः ।

pratyahaṁ gaṁdhapuṣpaiśca pūjayankaikayīsutaḥ tapaścaraṇayuktena tasmiṁstasthau nṛpottamaḥ

worshipping them daily with fragrance and flowers, that son of Kaikeyi, that best of kings, dwelt there, engaged in the practice of austerity.

Verse 193 (padma.6.242.193)

यावदागमनं तस्य राघवस्य महात्मनः । तावद्व्रतपराः सर्वे बभूवुः पुरवासिनः ।

yāvadāgamanaṁ tasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ tāvadvrataparāḥ sarve babhūvuḥ puravāsinaḥ

Until the return of that great-souled Raghava, all the city-dwellers remained devoted to vows.

Verse 194 (padma.6.242.194)

राघवश्चित्रकूटाद्रौ भरद्वाजाश्रमे शुभे । रमयामास वैदेह्या मन्दाकिन्या जले शुभे ।

rāghavaścitrakūṭādrau bharadvājāśrame śubhe ramayāmāsa vaidehyā mandākinyā jale śubhe

Raghava, on the auspicious Mount Chitrakuta, at Bharadvaja's hermitage, took his delight with Vaidehi, in the auspicious waters of the Mandakini.

Verse 195 (padma.6.242.195)

कदाचिदंके वैदेह्याः शेते रामो महामनाः । ऐंद्रिः काकस्समागम्य तस्मिन्नेव चचार ह ।

kadācidaṁke vaidehyāḥ śete rāmo mahāmanāḥ aiṁdriḥ kākassamāgamya tasminneva cacāra ha

Once, that great-minded Rama lay resting on Vaidehi's lap. A crow, Indra's son, roaming there, came near, disguised.

Verse 196 (padma.6.242.196)

स दृष्ट्वा जानकीं तत्र कंदर्प्पशरपीडितः । विददार नखैस्तीक्ष्णैः पीनोन्नतपयोधरम् ।

sa dṛṣṭvā jānakīṁ tatra kaṁdarppaśarapīḍitaḥ vidadāra nakhaistīkṣṇaiḥ pīnonnatapayodharam

Seeing Janaki there, tormented by the arrows of Kama, he tore, with sharp claws, her full, raised breast.

Verse 197 (padma.6.242.197)

तं दृष्ट्वा वायसं रामः कुशं जग्राह पाणिना । ब्रह्मणास्त्रेण संयोज्य चिक्षेप धरणीधरः ।

taṁ dṛṣṭvā vāyasaṁ rāmaḥ kuśaṁ jagrāha pāṇinā brahmaṇāstreṇa saṁyojya cikṣepa dharaṇīdharaḥ

Seeing that crow, Rama took a blade of kusha grass in hand, and, joining it with the Brahma weapon, that sustainer of the earth hurled it.

Verse 198 (padma.6.242.198)

तं तृणं घोरसंकाशं ज्वालारचितविग्रहम् । दृष्ट्वा काकः प्रदुद्राव विमुंचन्कातरं स्वरम् ।

taṁ tṛṇaṁ ghorasaṁkāśaṁ jvālāracitavigraham dṛṣṭvā kākaḥ pradudrāva vimuṁcankātaraṁ svaram

Seeing that blade of grass, terrible to behold, its form composed of flame, the crow fled, uttering a fearful cry.

Verse 199 (padma.6.242.199)

तं काकं प्रत्यनुययौ रामस्यास्त्रं सुदारुणम् । वायसस्त्रिषुलोकेषु बभ्राम भयपीडितः ।

taṁ kākaṁ pratyanuyayau rāmasyāstraṁ sudāruṇam vāyasastriṣulokeṣu babhrāma bhayapīḍitaḥ

That most terrible weapon of Rama pursued that crow. The crow wandered through the three worlds, tormented by fear.

Verse 200 (padma.6.242.200)

यत्र यत्र ययौ काकः शरणार्थी स वायसः । तत्र तत्र तदस्त्रं तु प्रविवेश भयावहम् ।

yatra yatra yayau kākaḥ śaraṇārthī sa vāyasaḥ tatra tatra tadastraṁ tu praviveśa bhayāvaham

Wherever that crow went, seeking refuge, there too that fearsome weapon followed, entering that place.

Verse 201 (padma.6.242.201)

ब्रह्माणमिंद्रं रुद्रं च यमं वरुणमेव च । शरणार्थी जगामाशु वायसः शस्त्रपीडितः ।

brahmāṇamiṁdraṁ rudraṁ ca yamaṁ varuṇameva ca śaraṇārthī jagāmāśu vāyasaḥ śastrapīḍitaḥ

Seeking refuge, that crow, tormented by the weapon, went swiftly to Brahma, Indra, Rudra, Yama, and likewise Varuna.

Verse 202 (padma.6.242.202)

तं दृष्ट्वा वायसं सर्वे रुद्राद्या देव दानवाः । न शक्ताः स्म वयं त्रातुमिति प्राहुर्मनीषिणः । अथ प्रोवाच भगवान्ब्रह्मा त्रिभुवनेश्वरः ।

taṁ dṛṣṭvā vāyasaṁ sarve rudrādyā deva dānavāḥ na śaktāḥ sma vayaṁ trātumiti prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ atha provāca bhagavānbrahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ

Seeing that crow, all the gods and danavas, headed by Rudra, those wise ones, said, "We are not able to protect you." Then the Lord Brahma, ruler of the three worlds, spoke.

Verse 203 (padma.6.242.203)

ब्रह्मोवाच- भो भो बलिभुजां श्रेष्ठ तमेव शरणं व्रज । स एव रक्षकः श्रीमान्सर्वेषां करुणानिधिः ।

brahmovāca bho bho balibhujāṁ śreṣṭha tameva śaraṇaṁ vraja sa eva rakṣakaḥ śrīmānsarveṣāṁ karuṇānidhiḥ

Brahma said: "O best of birds, go for refuge to him alone. He alone, glorious, is the protector, the treasury of compassion for all.

Verse 204 (padma.6.242.204)

रक्षत्येव क्षमासारो वत्सलं शरणागतान् । ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां सौशील्यादिगुणान्वितः ।

rakṣatyeva kṣamāsāro vatsalaṁ śaraṇāgatān īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ sauśīlyādiguṇānvitaḥ

That essence of forbearance surely protects, with affection, those who come to him for refuge. He is the Lord of all beings, endowed with gentleness and other qualities.

Verse 205 (padma.6.242.205)

रक्षिता जीवलोकस्य पिता माता सखा सुहृत् । शरणं व्रज देवेशं नान्यत्र शरणं द्विज ।

rakṣitā jīvalokasya pitā mātā sakhā suhṛt śaraṇaṁ vraja deveśaṁ nānyatra śaraṇaṁ dvija

He is the protector of the world of living beings, its father, mother, friend, and well-wisher. Go for refuge to that Lord of gods; there is no refuge elsewhere."

Verse 206 (padma.6.242.206)

महादेव उवाच- इत्युक्तस्तेन बलिभुग्ब्रह्मणा रघुनंदनम् । उपेत्य सहसा भूमौ निपपात भयातुरः ।

mahādeva uvāca ityuktastena balibhugbrahmaṇā raghunaṁdanam upetya sahasā bhūmau nipapāta bhayāturaḥ

Mahadeva said: Thus addressed by Brahma, that eater of offerings, approaching that delight of the Raghus, fell suddenly to the ground, stricken with fear.

Verse 207 (padma.6.242.207)

प्राणसंशयमापन्नं दृष्ट्वा सीताथ वायसम् । त्राहित्राहीति भर्तारमुवाच विनयाद्विभुम् ।

prāṇasaṁśayamāpannaṁ dṛṣṭvā sītātha vāyasam trāhitrāhīti bhartāramuvāca vinayādvibhum

Seeing that crow, brought to the point of death, Sita then humbly said to her all-pervading husband, "Save him, save him!"

Verse 208 (padma.6.242.208)

पुरतः पतितं देवी धरण्यां वायसं तदा । तच्छिरः पादयोस्तस्य योजयामास जानकी ।

purataḥ patitaṁ devī dharaṇyāṁ vāyasaṁ tadā tacchiraḥ pādayostasya yojayāmāsa jānakī

The goddess Janaki then placed the head of that crow, fallen before her upon the ground, at his feet.

Verse 209 (padma.6.242.209)

समुत्थाप्य करेणाथ कृपापीयूषसागरः । ररक्ष रामो गुणवान् वायसं दययार्दितः ।

samutthāpya kareṇātha kṛpāpīyūṣasāgaraḥ rarakṣa rāmo guṇavān vāyasaṁ dayayārditaḥ

Raising him up with his hand, that ocean of the nectar of compassion, that virtuous Rama, his heart softened by mercy, protected the crow.

Verse 210 (padma.6.242.210)

तमाह वायसं रामो मा भैरिति दयानिधिः । अभयं ते प्रदास्यामि गच्छ गच्छ यथासुखम् ।

tamāha vāyasaṁ rāmo mā bhairiti dayānidhiḥ abhayaṁ te pradāsyāmi gaccha gaccha yathāsukham

That treasury of compassion, Rama, said to the crow, "Do not fear. I shall grant you fearlessness. Go, go, as you please."

Verse 211 (padma.6.242.211)

प्रणम्य राघवायाथ सीतायै च मुहुर्मुहुः । स्वर्ल्लोकं प्रययावाशु राघवेण च रक्षितः ।

praṇamya rāghavāyātha sītāyai ca muhurmuhuḥ svarllokaṁ prayayāvāśu rāghaveṇa ca rakṣitaḥ

Bowing to Raghava and to Sita again and again, protected by Raghava, he swiftly went to the heavenly world.

Verse 212 (padma.6.242.212)

ततो रामस्तु वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन च धीमता । उवास चित्रकूटाद्रौ स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ।

tato rāmastu vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca dhīmatā uvāsa citrakūṭādrau stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ

Then Rama, together with Vaidehi and the wise Lakshmana, dwelt on Mount Chitrakuta, praised by the great sages.

Verse 213 (padma.6.242.213)

तस्मिन्संपूज्यमानस्तु भरद्वाजेन राघवः । जगामात्रेस्सुविपुलमाश्रमं रघुसत्तमः ।

tasminsaṁpūjyamānastu bharadvājena rāghavaḥ jagāmātressuvipulamāśramaṁ raghusattamaḥ

Duly honored there by Bharadvaja, Raghava, that foremost of the Raghus, went to the very spacious hermitage of Atri.

Verse 214 (padma.6.242.214)

समागतं रघुवरं दृष्ट्वा मुनिवरोत्तमः । भार्यया सह धर्म्मात्मा प्रत्युद्गम्य मुदा युतः ।

samāgataṁ raghuvaraṁ dṛṣṭvā munivarottamaḥ bhāryayā saha dharmmātmā pratyudgamya mudā yutaḥ

Seeing that foremost of the Raghus arrived, that best of sages, righteous, together with his wife, filled with joy, coming forth to meet him,

Verse 215 (padma.6.242.215)

आसने सुशुभे मुख्ये निवेश्य सह सीतया । अर्घ्यपाद्याचमनीयं च वस्त्राणि विविधानि च ।

āsane suśubhe mukhye niveśya saha sītayā arghyapādyācamanīyaṁ ca vastrāṇi vividhāni ca

seating him, together with Sita, upon a most excellent, auspicious seat, offered water for the hands, feet, and sipping, and various garments,

Verse 216 (padma.6.242.216)

मधुपर्कन्ददौ प्रीत्या भूषणं चानुलेपनम् । तस्य पत्न्यनसूया तु दिव्यांबरमनुत्तमम् ।

madhuparkandadau prītyā bhūṣaṇaṁ cānulepanam tasya patnyanasūyā tu divyāṁbaramanuttamam

gave the madhuparka with love, and ornaments and unguents. His wife, Anasuya, gave a most excellent divine garment,

Verse 217 (padma.6.242.217)

सीतायै प्रददौ प्रीत्या भूषणानि द्युमंति च । दिव्यान्नपानभक्षाद्यैर्भोजयामास राघवम् ।

sītāyai pradadau prītyā bhūṣaṇāni dyumaṁti ca divyānnapānabhakṣādyairbhojayāmāsa rāghavam

and lovingly gave to Sita radiant ornaments too. She fed Raghava with divine food, drink, sweets, and the rest.

Verse 218 (padma.6.242.218)

तेन संपूजितस्तत्र भक्त्या परमया नृपः । उवास दिवसं तत्र प्रीत्या रामस्सलक्ष्मणः ।

tena saṁpūjitastatra bhaktyā paramayā nṛpaḥ uvāsa divasaṁ tatra prītyā rāmassalakṣmaṇaḥ

Duly honored there by him with the greatest devotion, that king, Rama, together with Lakshmana, dwelt there that day with love.

Verse 219 (padma.6.242.219)

प्रभाते विमले रामः समुत्थाय महामुनिम्। परिणीय प्रणम्याथ गमनायोपचक्रमे ।

prabhāte vimale rāmaḥ samutthāya mahāmunim pariṇīya praṇamyātha gamanāyopacakrame

At clear dawn, Rama, rising, circling that great sage, and bowing, began to prepare for departure.

Verse 220 (padma.6.242.220)

अनुज्ञातस्ततस्तेन रामो राजीवलोचनः । प्रययौ दंडकारण्यं महर्षिकुलसंकुलम् ।

anujñātastatastena rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ prayayau daṁḍakāraṇyaṁ maharṣikulasaṁkulam

Permitted then by him, Rama, the lotus-eyed, went to the Dandaka forest, thronged with families of great sages.

Verse 221 (padma.6.242.221)

तत्रातिभीषणं घोरं विराधं नाम राक्षसम् । हत्वाथ शरभंगस्य प्रविवेशाश्रमं शुभम् ।

tatrātibhīṣaṇaṁ ghoraṁ virādhaṁ nāma rākṣasam hatvātha śarabhaṁgasya praviveśāśramaṁ śubham

There, having slain the most terrible, dreadful rakshasa named Viradha, he then entered the auspicious hermitage of Sharabhanga.

Verse 222 (padma.6.242.222)

स तु दृष्ट्वाथ काकुत्स्थं सद्यः संक्षीणकल्मषः । प्रययौ ब्रह्मलोकं तु गंधर्वाप्सरसान्वितम् ।

sa tu dṛṣṭvātha kākutsthaṁ sadyaḥ saṁkṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ prayayau brahmalokaṁ tu gaṁdharvāpsarasānvitam

He, seeing Kakutstha, instantly freed of his impurities, went to Brahmaloka, endowed with Gandharvas and Apsaras.

Verse 223 (padma.6.242.223)

सुतीक्ष्णस्याप्यगस्त्यस्य ह्यगस्त्यभ्रातुरेव च । क्रमेण प्रययौ रामस्तैश्च संपूजितस्तथा ।

sutīkṣṇasyāpyagastyasya hyagastyabhrātureva ca krameṇa prayayau rāmastaiśca saṁpūjitastathā

Rama then went, in order, to Sutikshna's, and to Agastya's, and to Agastya's brother's hermitages, and was duly honored by them likewise.

Verse 224 (padma.6.242.224)

पंचवट्यां ततो रामो गोदावर्यास्तटे शुभे । उवास सुचिरं कालं सुखेन परमेण च ।

paṁcavaṭyāṁ tato rāmo godāvaryāstaṭe śubhe uvāsa suciraṁ kālaṁ sukhena parameṇa ca

Then Rama dwelt at Panchavati, on the auspicious bank of the Godavari, for a very long time, in the greatest happiness.

Verse 225 (padma.6.242.225)

तत्र गत्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठास्तापसा धर्मचारिणः । पूजयामासुरात्मेशं रामं राजीवलोचनम् ।

tatra gatvā muniśreṣṭhāstāpasā dharmacāriṇaḥ pūjayāmāsurātmeśaṁ rāmaṁ rājīvalocanam

Going there, the foremost sages, ascetics, righteous in conduct, worshipped Rama, Lord of the self, the lotus-eyed.

Verse 226 (padma.6.242.226)

भयं विज्ञापयामासुस्तं च रक्षोगणेरितम् । तानाश्वास्य तु काकुस्थो ददौ चाभयदक्षिणाम् ।

bhayaṁ vijñāpayāmāsustaṁ ca rakṣogaṇeritam tānāśvāsya tu kākustho dadau cābhayadakṣiṇām

They made known to him their fear caused by the hosts of rakshasas. Kakutstha, reassuring them, granted them the gift of fearlessness.

Verse 227 (padma.6.242.227)

ते तु संपूजितास्तेन स्वाश्रमान्संप्रपेदिरे । तस्मिंस्त्रयोदशाब्दानि रामस्य परिनिर्य्ययुः ।

te tu saṁpūjitāstena svāśramānsaṁprapedire tasmiṁstrayodaśābdāni rāmasya pariniryyayuḥ

Duly honored by him, they returned to their own hermitages. There, thirteen years of Rama's exile passed.

Verse 228 (padma.6.242.228)

गोदावर्य्यास्तटे रम्ये पंचवट्यां मनोरमे । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य राक्षसी घोररूपिणी ।

godāvaryyāstaṭe ramye paṁcavaṭyāṁ manorame kasyacittvatha kālasya rākṣasī ghorarūpiṇī

On the delightful bank of the Godavari, at charming Panchavati, after some time, a terrible-formed rakshasi —

Verse 229 (padma.6.242.229)

रावणस्य स्वसा तत्र प्रविवेश दुरासदा । सा तु दृष्ट्वा रघुवरं कोटिकंदर्प्पसन्निभम् ।

rāvaṇasya svasā tatra praviveśa durāsadā sā tu dṛṣṭvā raghuvaraṁ koṭikaṁdarppasannibham

Ravana's sister, unassailable, came there. Seeing that best of the Raghus, resembling a hundred million Kamadevas,

Verse 230 (padma.6.242.230)

इंदीवरदलश्यामं पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणम् । प्रोन्नतांसं महाबाहुं कम्बुग्रीवं महाहनुम् ।

iṁdīvaradalaśyāmaṁ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam pronnatāṁsaṁ mahābāhuṁ kambugrīvaṁ mahāhanum

dark as a blue-lotus petal, with wide eyes like lotus leaves, broad-shouldered, mighty-armed, with a neck like a conch-shell, strong-jawed,

Verse 231 (padma.6.242.231)

संपूर्णचंद्रसदृशं सस्मिताननपंकजम् । भृंगावलिनिभैः स्निग्धैः कुटिलैः शीर्षजैर्वृतम् ।

saṁpūrṇacaṁdrasadṛśaṁ sasmitānanapaṁkajam bhṛṁgāvalinibhaiḥ snigdhaiḥ kuṭilaiḥ śīrṣajairvṛtam

resembling the full moon, his lotus-face smiling, surrounded by hair glossy and curling like rows of bees,

Verse 232 (padma.6.242.232)

रक्तारविंदसदृशं पद्महस्ततलांकितम् । निष्कलंकेन्दुसदृशं नखपंक्तिविराजितम् ।

raktāraviṁdasadṛśaṁ padmahastatalāṁkitam niṣkalaṁkendusadṛśaṁ nakhapaṁktivirājitam

his palms marked like a red lotus, resplendent with a row of nails like the spotless moon,

Verse 233 (padma.6.242.233)

स्निग्धकोमलदूर्वाभं सौकुमार्य्यनिधिं शुभम् । पीतकौशेयवसनं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् ।

snigdhakomaladūrvābhaṁ saukumāryyanidhiṁ śubham pītakauśeyavasanaṁ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam

glossy and soft as durva-grass, that auspicious treasury of tenderness, clad in yellow silk garments, adorned with every ornament,

Verse 234 (padma.6.242.234)

युवाकुमारवयसं जगन्मोहनविग्रहम् । दृष्ट्वा तं राक्षसी रामं कंदर्प्पशरपीडिता ।

yuvākumāravayasaṁ jaganmohanavigraham dṛṣṭvā taṁ rākṣasī rāmaṁ kaṁdarppaśarapīḍitā

of youthful yet boyish age, his form enchanting the world — seeing that Rama, that rakshasi, tormented by the arrows of Kama,

Verse 235 (padma.6.242.235)

अब्रवीत्समुपेत्याथ रामं कमललोचनम् । राक्षस्युवाच- कस्त्वं तापसवेषेण वर्त्तसे दंडके वने ।

abravītsamupetyātha rāmaṁ kamalalocanam rākṣasyuvāca kastvaṁ tāpasaveṣeṇa varttase daṁḍake vane

approaching, spoke to Rama, the lotus-eyed. The rakshasi said: "Who are you, dwelling in the Dandaka forest in the guise of an ascetic?

Verse 236 (padma.6.242.236)

आगतोऽसि किमर्थं च राक्षसानां दुरासदे । शीघ्रमाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन नानृतं वक्तुमर्हसि ।

āgato'si kimarthaṁ ca rākṣasānāṁ durāsade śīghramācakṣva tattvena nānṛtaṁ vaktumarhasi

And for what purpose have you come to this land unassailable even by the rakshasas? Tell me quickly, truthfully; you ought not to speak falsely.

Verse 237 (padma.6.242.237)

महेश्वर उवाच- इत्युक्तः स तदा रामः संप्रहस्याब्रवीद्वचः । राम उवाच-। राज्ञो दशरथस्याहं पुत्रो राम इतीरितः । असौ ममानुजो धन्वी लक्ष्मणो नाम चानघः ।

maheśvara uvāca ityuktaḥ sa tadā rāmaḥ saṁprahasyābravīdvacaḥ rāma uvāca rājño daśarathasyāhaṁ putro rāma itīritaḥ asau mamānujo dhanvī lakṣmaṇo nāma cānaghaḥ

Maheshvara said: Thus addressed, Rama then, smiling, spoke this word. Rama said: "I am the son of King Dasharatha, called Rama. This is my younger brother, the bowman named Lakshmana, sinless.

Verse 238 (padma.6.242.238)

पत्नी चेयं च मे सीता जनकस्यात्मजा प्रिया । पितुर्वचननिर्देशादहं वनमिहागतः ।

patnī ceyaṁ ca me sītā janakasyātmajā priyā piturvacananirdeśādahaṁ vanamihāgataḥ

And this is my wife, Sita, the beloved daughter of Janaka. By the command of my father's word, I have come here to the forest.

Verse 239 (padma.6.242.239)

विचरामो महारण्यमृषीणां हितकाम्यया । आगतासि किमर्थं त्वमाश्रमं मम सुंदरि ।

vicarāmo mahāraṇyamṛṣīṇāṁ hitakāmyayā āgatāsi kimarthaṁ tvamāśramaṁ mama suṁdari

We wander in this great forest for the welfare of the sages. For what reason have you come to my hermitage, O beautiful one?

Verse 240 (padma.6.242.240)

का त्वं कस्य कुले जाता सर्वं सत्यं वदस्व मे । महेश्वर उवाच- इत्युक्ता सा तु रामेण प्राह वाक्यमशंकिता ।

kā tvaṁ kasya kule jātā sarvaṁ satyaṁ vadasva me maheśvara uvāca ityuktā sā tu rāmeṇa prāha vākyamaśaṁkitā

Who are you? In whose family were you born? Tell me all this truthfully." Maheshvara said: Thus addressed by Rama, she, unabashed, spoke.

Verse 241 (padma.6.242.241)

राक्षस्युवाच- अहं विश्रवसः पुत्री रावणस्य स्वसा नृप । नाम्ना शूर्पणखा नाम त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता ।

rākṣasyuvāca ahaṁ viśravasaḥ putrī rāvaṇasya svasā nṛpa nāmnā śūrpaṇakhā nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā

The rakshasi said: "O king, I am the daughter of Vishrava, the sister of Ravana, named Shurpanakha, renowned in all three worlds.

Verse 242 (padma.6.242.242)

इदं च दंडकारण्यं भ्रात्रा दत्तं मम प्रभो । भक्षयन्नृषिसंघान्वै विचरामि महावने ।

idaṁ ca daṁḍakāraṇyaṁ bhrātrā dattaṁ mama prabho bhakṣayannṛṣisaṁghānvai vicarāmi mahāvane

And this Dandaka forest was given to me by my brother, O Lord. I wander in this great forest, devouring the hosts of sages.

Verse 243 (padma.6.242.243)

त्वां तु दृष्ट्वा मुनिवरं कंदर्पशरपीडिता । रंतुकामा त्वया सार्द्धमागतास्मि सुनिर्भया ।

tvāṁ tu dṛṣṭvā munivaraṁ kaṁdarpaśarapīḍitā raṁtukāmā tvayā sārddhamāgatāsmi sunirbhayā

But seeing you, best of sages, tormented by the arrows of Kama, desiring to sport with you, I have come, quite fearlessly.

Verse 244 (padma.6.242.244)

मम त्वं नृपशार्दूल भर्ता भवितुमर्हसि । इमां तव सतीं सीतां ग्रसितुं भूप कामये ।

mama tvaṁ nṛpaśārdūla bhartā bhavitumarhasi imāṁ tava satīṁ sītāṁ grasituṁ bhūpa kāmaye

O tiger among kings, you ought to become my husband. I desire, O king, to devour this chaste wife of yours, Sita —

Verse 245 (padma.6.242.245)

वनेषु गिरिमुख्येषु रमयामि त्वया सह । महेश्वर उवाच-। इत्युक्त्वा राक्षसी सीतां ग्रसितुं वीक्ष्य चोद्यताम् ।

vaneṣu girimukhyeṣu ramayāmi tvayā saha maheśvara uvāca ityuktvā rākṣasī sītāṁ grasituṁ vīkṣya codyatām

and delight with you in the forests, on the great mountains." Maheshvara said: Having said this, that rakshasi, seen preparing to devour Sita,

Verse 246 (padma.6.242.246)

श्रीरामः खड्गमुद्यम्य नासाकर्णौ प्रचिच्छिदे ।

śrīrāmaḥ khaḍgamudyamya nāsākarṇau pracicchide

Shri Rama, raising his sword, cut off her nose and ears.

Verse 247 (padma.6.242.247)

रुदंती सभयं शीघ्रं राक्षसी विकृतानना । खरालयं प्रविश्याह तस्य रामस्य चेष्टितम् ।

rudaṁtī sabhayaṁ śīghraṁ rākṣasī vikṛtānanā kharālayaṁ praviśyāha tasya rāmasya ceṣṭitam

Weeping, fearful, swiftly, that rakshasi of disfigured face, entering Khara's abode, told him of Rama's deed.

Verse 248 (padma.6.242.248)

स तु राक्षससाहस्रैर्दूषणत्रिशिरो वृतः । आजगाम भृशं योद्धुं राघवं शत्रुसूदनः ।

sa tu rākṣasasāhasrairdūṣaṇatriśiro vṛtaḥ ājagāma bhṛśaṁ yoddhuṁ rāghavaṁ śatrusūdanaḥ

He, that slayer of enemies, surrounded by thousands of rakshasas, together with Dushana and Trishira, came fiercely to fight Raghava.

Verse 249 (padma.6.242.249)

तान्रामः कानने घोरे बाणः कालांतकोपमैः । निजघान महाकायान्राक्षसांस्तत्र लीलया ।

tānrāmaḥ kānane ghore bāṇaḥ kālāṁtakopamaiḥ nijaghāna mahākāyānrākṣasāṁstatra līlayā

Rama, in that terrible forest, with arrows resembling Death itself, slew, with ease, those huge-bodied rakshasas there.

Verse 250 (padma.6.242.250)

खरं त्रिशिरसं चैव दूषणं तु महाबलम् । रणे निपातयामास बाणैराशीविषोपमैः ।

kharaṁ triśirasaṁ caiva dūṣaṇaṁ tu mahābalam raṇe nipātayāmāsa bāṇairāśīviṣopamaiḥ

Khara, and Trishira, and the mighty Dushana, he felled in battle with arrows like venomous serpents.

Verse 251 (padma.6.242.251)

निहत्य राक्षसान्सर्वान्दंडकारण्यवासिनः । पूजितः सुरसंघैश्च स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ।

nihatya rākṣasānsarvāndaṁḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ pūjitaḥ surasaṁghaiśca stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ

Having slain all the rakshasas dwelling in the Dandaka forest, honored by the hosts of gods, praised by the great sages,

Verse 252 (padma.6.242.252)

उवास दंडकारण्ये सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च । राक्षसानां वधं श्रुत्वा रावणः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।

uvāsa daṁḍakāraṇye sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca rākṣasānāṁ vadhaṁ śrutvā rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ

he dwelt in the Dandaka forest with Sita and Lakshmana. Hearing of the slaying of the rakshasas, Ravana, overcome with rage,

Verse 253 (padma.6.242.253)

आजगाम जनस्थानं मारीचेन दुरात्मना । संप्राप्य पंचवट्यां तु दशग्रीवः स राक्षसः ।

ājagāma janasthānaṁ mārīcena durātmanā saṁprāpya paṁcavaṭyāṁ tu daśagrīvaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ

came to Janasthana, together with the evil-souled Maricha. Arriving at Panchavati, that rakshasa Dashagriva,

Verse 254 (padma.6.242.254)

मायाविना मरीचेन मृगरूपेण रक्षसः । अपहृत्याश्रमाद्दूरे तौ तु दशरथात्मजौ ।

māyāvinā marīcena mṛgarūpeṇa rakṣasaḥ apahṛtyāśramāddūre tau tu daśarathātmajau

with the illusion-wielding Maricha, in the form of a deer, having drawn those two sons of Dasharatha far from the hermitage,

Verse 255 (padma.6.242.255)

जहार सीतां रामस्य भार्यां स्ववधकांक्षया । ह्रियमाणां तु तां दृष्ट्वा जटायुर्गृध्रराड्बली ।

jahāra sītāṁ rāmasya bhāryāṁ svavadhakāṁkṣayā hriyamāṇāṁ tu tāṁ dṛṣṭvā jaṭāyurgṛdhrarāḍbalī

carried off Sita, Rama's wife, desiring his own destruction. Seeing her being carried off, Jatayu, the mighty king of vultures,

Verse 256 (padma.6.242.256)

रामस्य सौहृदात्तत्र युयुधे तेन रक्षसा । तं हत्वा बाहुवीर्येण रावणं शत्रुवारणः ।

rāmasya sauhṛdāttatra yuyudhe tena rakṣasā taṁ hatvā bāhuvīryeṇa rāvaṇaṁ śatruvāraṇaḥ

out of friendship for Rama, fought there with that rakshasa. Having slain him by the might of his arms, Ravana, that queller of enemies,

Verse 257 (padma.6.242.257)

प्रविवेश पुरीं लंकां राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृताम् । अशोकवनिकामध्ये निःक्षिप्य जनकात्मजाम् ।

praviveśa purīṁ laṁkāṁ rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtām aśokavanikāmadhye niḥkṣipya janakātmajām

entered the city of Lanka, thronged with many rakshasas. Having placed the daughter of Janaka in the midst of the Ashoka grove,

Verse 258 (padma.6.242.258)

निधनं रामबाणेन कांक्षयन्स्वगृहं विशत् । रामस्तु राक्षसं हत्वा मारीचं मृगरूपिणम् ।

nidhanaṁ rāmabāṇena kāṁkṣayansvagṛhaṁ viśat rāmastu rākṣasaṁ hatvā mārīcaṁ mṛgarūpiṇam

courting his own death by Rama's arrow, he entered his own house. Rama, having slain the rakshasa Maricha, in his deer-form,

Verse 259 (padma.6.242.259)

पुनराविश्य तत्राथ भ्रात्रा सौमित्रिणा ततः । राक्षसापहृतां भार्यां ज्ञात्वा दशरथात्मजः ।

punarāviśya tatrātha bhrātrā saumitriṇā tataḥ rākṣasāpahṛtāṁ bhāryāṁ jñātvā daśarathātmajaḥ

returning there again, together with his brother Saumitri, learning that his wife had been carried off by the rakshasa, that son of Dasharatha,

Verse 260 (padma.6.242.260)

प्रभूतशोकसंतप्तो विललाप महामतिः । मार्गमाणो वने सीतां पथि गृध्रं महाबलम् ।

prabhūtaśokasaṁtapto vilalāpa mahāmatiḥ mārgamāṇo vane sītāṁ pathi gṛdhraṁ mahābalam

tormented with great grief, that great-minded one lamented. Searching for Sita in the forest, on the path, he saw a mighty vulture,

Verse 261 (padma.6.242.261)

विच्छिन्नपादपक्षं च पतितं धरणीतले । रुधिरापूर्णसर्वांगं दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमागतः ।

vicchinnapādapakṣaṁ ca patitaṁ dharaṇītale rudhirāpūrṇasarvāṁgaṁ dṛṣṭvā vismayamāgataḥ

his feet and wings severed, fallen upon the ground, his whole body covered in blood — seeing him, he was struck with wonder.

Verse 262 (padma.6.242.262)

पप्रच्छ राघवं श्रीमान्केन किं त्वं जिघांसितः । गृध्रस्तु राघवं दृष्ट्वा मंदमंदमुवाच ह ।

papraccha rāghavaṁ śrīmānkena kiṁ tvaṁ jighāṁsitaḥ gṛdhrastu rāghavaṁ dṛṣṭvā maṁdamaṁdamuvāca ha

The glorious Raghava asked, "By whom, and how, have you been sought to be slain?" That vulture, seeing Raghava, spoke very faintly.

Verse 263 (padma.6.242.263)

गृध्र उवाच- रावणेन हृता राम तव भार्यां बलीयसा । तेन राक्षसमुख्येन संग्रामे निहतोस्म्यहम् ।

gṛdhra uvāca rāvaṇena hṛtā rāma tava bhāryāṁ balīyasā tena rākṣasamukhyena saṁgrāme nihatosmyaham

The vulture said: "O Rama, your wife was carried off by that mighty Ravana. By that chief of rakshasas I have been struck down in battle."

Verse 264 (padma.6.242.264)

महेश्वर उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा राघवस्याग्रे सहसा त्यक्तजीवितः । संस्कारमकरोद्रामस्तस्य ब्रह्मविधानतः ।

maheśvara uvāca ityuktvā rāghavasyāgre sahasā tyaktajīvitaḥ saṁskāramakarodrāmastasya brahmavidhānataḥ

Maheshvara said: Having said this, he suddenly gave up his life before Raghava. Rama performed his funeral rites according to Brahmanical rite.

Verse 265 (padma.6.242.265)

स्वपदं च ददौ तस्मै योगिगम्यं सनातनम् । राघवस्य प्रसादेन स गृध्रः परमं पदम् ।

svapadaṁ ca dadau tasmai yogigamyaṁ sanātanam rāghavasya prasādena sa gṛdhraḥ paramaṁ padam

And he gave him his own eternal abode, attainable by yogis. By Raghava's grace, that vulture —

Verse 266 (padma.6.242.266)

हरेः सामान्यरूपेण मुक्तिं प्राप खगोत्तमः । माल्यवंतं ततो गत्वा मतंगस्याश्रमे शुभे ।

hareḥ sāmānyarūpeṇa muktiṁ prāpa khagottamaḥ mālyavaṁtaṁ tato gatvā mataṁgasyāśrame śubhe

attained liberation in a form equal to Hari's own, that best of birds. Then, going to Mount Malyavan, at the auspicious hermitage of Matanga,

Verse 267 (padma.6.242.267)

अभिगम्य महाभागां शबरीं धर्मचारिणीम् । सा तु भागवतश्रेष्ठा दृष्ट्वा तौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।

abhigamya mahābhāgāṁ śabarīṁ dharmacāriṇīm sā tu bhāgavataśreṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā tau rāmalakṣmaṇau

he approached the illustrious Shabari, righteous in conduct. She, that excellent devotee, seeing those two, Rama and Lakshmana,

Verse 268 (padma.6.242.268)

प्रत्युद्गम्य नमस्कृत्वा निवेश्य कुशविष्टरे । पादप्रक्षालनं कृत्वा वन्यैः पुष्पैः सुगंधिभिः ।

pratyudgamya namaskṛtvā niveśya kuśaviṣṭare pādaprakṣālanaṁ kṛtvā vanyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sugaṁdhibhiḥ

coming forth to meet them, bowing, seating them upon a mat of kusha grass, washing their feet, with fragrant forest flowers,

Verse 269 (padma.6.242.269)

अर्चयामास भक्त्या वै हर्षनिर्भरमानसा । फलानि च सुगंधीनि मूलानि मधुराणि च ।

arcayāmāsa bhaktyā vai harṣanirbharamānasā phalāni ca sugaṁdhīni mūlāni madhurāṇi ca

worshipped them with devotion, her heart overflowing with joy. Fragrant fruits, and sweet roots —

Verse 270 (padma.6.242.270)

निवेदयामास तदा राघवाभ्यां दृढव्रता । फलान्यास्वाद्य काकुत्स्थस्तस्यै मुक्तिं ददौ पराम् ।

nivedayāmāsa tadā rāghavābhyāṁ dṛḍhavratā phalānyāsvādya kākutsthastasyai muktiṁ dadau parām

that one of firm vow then offered to those two Raghavas. Having tasted the fruits, Kakutstha gave her supreme liberation.

Verse 271 (padma.6.242.271)

ततः पंपासरो गत्वा राघवः शत्रुसूदनः । जघान राक्षसं तत्र कबंधं घोररूपिणम् ।

tataḥ paṁpāsaro gatvā rāghavaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ jaghāna rākṣasaṁ tatra kabaṁdhaṁ ghorarūpiṇam

Then, going to Lake Pampa, Raghava, that slayer of enemies, slew there the terrible-formed rakshasa Kabandha.

Verse 272 (padma.6.242.272)

तं निहत्य महावीर्यो ददाह स्वर्गतश्च सः । ततो गोदावरीं गत्वा रामो राजीवलोचनः ।

taṁ nihatya mahāvīryo dadāha svargataśca saḥ tato godāvarīṁ gatvā rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ

Having slain him, that one of great valor cremated him, and he went to heaven. Then, going to the Godavari, Rama, the lotus-eyed,

Verse 273 (padma.6.242.273)

पप्रच्छ सीतां गंगे त्वं किं तां जानासि मे प्रियाम् । न शशंस तदा तस्मै सा गंगा तमसावृता ।

papraccha sītāṁ gaṁge tvaṁ kiṁ tāṁ jānāsi me priyām na śaśaṁsa tadā tasmai sā gaṁgā tamasāvṛtā

asked, "O Ganga, do you know of my beloved Sita?" That Ganga, then, overcome with darkness, did not tell him.

Verse 274 (padma.6.242.274)

शशाप राघवः क्रोधाद्रक्ततोया भवेति ताम् । ततो भयात्समुद्विग्ना पुरस्कृत्य महामुनीन् ।

śaśāpa rāghavaḥ krodhādraktatoyā bhaveti tām tato bhayātsamudvignā puraskṛtya mahāmunīn

Raghava, in anger, cursed her: "Become blood-watered!" Then, distressed with fear, putting the great sages forward,

Verse 275 (padma.6.242.275)

कृतांजलिपुटा दीना राघवं शरणं गता । ततो महर्षयस्सर्वे रामं प्राहुस्सनातनम् ।

kṛtāṁjalipuṭā dīnā rāghavaṁ śaraṇaṁ gatā tato maharṣayassarve rāmaṁ prāhussanātanam

with joined palms, humbled, she went for refuge to Raghava. Then all the great sages spoke to Rama, that eternal one.

Verse 276 (padma.6.242.276)

ऋषय ऊचुः- त्वत्पादकमलोद्भूता गंगा त्रैलोक्यपावनी । त्वमेव हि जगन्नाथ तां शापान्मोक्तुमर्हसि ।

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ tvatpādakamalodbhūtā gaṁgā trailokyapāvanī tvameva hi jagannātha tāṁ śāpānmoktumarhasi

The sages said: "This Ganga, born from your lotus foot, purifier of the three worlds — you alone, O Lord of the world, are able to release her from this curse."

Verse 277 (padma.6.242.277)

महेश्वर उवाच- ततः प्रोवाच धर्मात्मा रामः शरणवत्सलः । राम उवाच- शबर्याः स्नानमात्रेण संगता शुभवारिणा । मुक्ता भवतु मच्छापाद्गंगेयं पापनाशिनी ।

maheśvara uvāca tataḥ provāca dharmātmā rāmaḥ śaraṇavatsalaḥ rāma uvāca śabaryāḥ snānamātreṇa saṁgatā śubhavāriṇā muktā bhavatu macchāpādgaṁgeyaṁ pāpanāśinī

Maheshvara said: Then that righteous Rama, loving toward those who seek refuge, spoke. Rama said: "By the mere bathing of Shabari, joined with her auspicious waters, let this Ganga, destroyer of sin, be freed from my curse."

Verse 278 (padma.6.242.278)

एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थः शबरीतीर्थमुत्तमम् । गंगा गयासमं चक्रे शार्ङ्गकोट्या महाबलः ।

evamuktvā tu kākutsthaḥ śabarītīrthamuttamam gaṁgā gayāsamaṁ cakre śārṅgakoṭyā mahābalaḥ

Having said this, Kakutstha, that mighty one, with the tip of his Sharnga bow, made the excellent ford of Shabari equal to Gaya.

Verse 279 (padma.6.242.279)

महाभागवतानां च तीर्थं यस्योदकेऽभवत् । तच्छरीरं जगद्वंद्यं भविष्यति न संशयः ।

mahābhāgavatānāṁ ca tīrthaṁ yasyodake'bhavat taccharīraṁ jagadvaṁdyaṁ bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ

[Rama declared:] "That tirtha whose waters have become associated with great devotees — whoever's body is immersed there shall surely become worthy of the world's veneration."

Verse 280 (padma.6.242.280)

एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थ ऋष्यमूकं गिरिं ययौ । ततः पंपासरस्तीरे वानरेण हनूमता ।

evamuktvā tu kākutstha ṛṣyamūkaṁ giriṁ yayau tataḥ paṁpāsarastīre vānareṇa hanūmatā

Having said this, Kakutstha went to Mount Rishyamuka. Then, on the shore of Lake Pampa, by the monkey Hanuman,

Verse 281 (padma.6.242.281)

संगतस्तस्य वचनात्सुग्रीवेण समागतः । सुग्रीववचनाद्धत्वा वालिनं वानरेश्वरम् ।

saṁgatastasya vacanātsugrīveṇa samāgataḥ sugrīvavacanāddhatvā vālinaṁ vānareśvaram

he was met; and, at his word, he came together with Sugriva. At Sugriva's word, having slain Vali, lord of the monkeys,

Verse 282 (padma.6.242.282)

सुग्रीवमेव तद्राज्ये रामोसावभ्यषेचयत् । स तु संप्रेषयामास दिदृक्षुर्जनकात्मजाम् ।

sugrīvameva tadrājye rāmosāvabhyaṣecayat sa tu saṁpreṣayāmāsa didṛkṣurjanakātmajām

Rama installed Sugriva himself in that kingdom. He then, desiring to find the daughter of Janaka, sent forth —

Verse 283 (padma.6.242.283)

हनुमत्प्रमुखान्वीरान्वानरान्वानराधिपः । स लंघयित्वा जलधिं हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः ।

hanumatpramukhānvīrānvānarānvānarādhipaḥ sa laṁghayitvā jaladhiṁ hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ

the lord of the monkeys sent the heroic monkeys, headed by Hanuman. Leaping across the ocean, Hanuman, son of the Wind,

Verse 284 (padma.6.242.284)

प्रविश्य नगरीं लंकां दृष्ट्वा सीतां दृढव्रताम् । उपवासकृशां दीनां भृशं शोकपरायणाम् ।

praviśya nagarīṁ laṁkāṁ dṛṣṭvā sītāṁ dṛḍhavratām upavāsakṛśāṁ dīnāṁ bhṛśaṁ śokaparāyaṇām

entering the city of Lanka, saw Sita, of firm vow, emaciated from fasting, wretched, utterly given over to grief,

Verse 285 (padma.6.242.285)

मलपंकेन दिग्धांगीं मलिनाम्बरधारिणीम् । निवेदयित्वाऽभिज्ञानं प्रवृत्तिं च निवेद्य ताम् ।

malapaṁkena digdhāṁgīṁ malināmbaradhāriṇīm nivedayitvā'bhijñānaṁ pravṛttiṁ ca nivedya tām

her body smeared with dirt and mud, wearing soiled garments. Presenting his token, and relating Rama's news to her,

Verse 286 (padma.6.242.286)

सप्तमंत्रिसुतांस्तत्र रावणस्य सुतं तथा । तोरणस्तंभमुत्पाट्य निजघान स्वयं कपिः ।

saptamaṁtrisutāṁstatra rāvaṇasya sutaṁ tathā toraṇastaṁbhamutpāṭya nijaghāna svayaṁ kapiḥ

he, that monkey, uprooting a gateway pillar, himself slew, there, seven sons of ministers, and likewise the son of Ravana.

Verse 287 (padma.6.242.287)

समाश्वास्य च वैदेहीं बभंजोपवनं तदा । वनपालान्किंकरांश्च पंचसेनाग्रनायकान् ।

samāśvāsya ca vaidehīṁ babhaṁjopavanaṁ tadā vanapālānkiṁkarāṁśca paṁcasenāgranāyakān

Having comforted Vaidehi, he then destroyed the pleasure-garden, and the garden-keepers and servants, and the five leaders of the army.

Verse 288 (padma.6.242.288)

रावणस्य सुतेनाथ निगृहीतो यदृच्छया । दृष्ट्वा च राक्षसेंद्रं तु संभाषित्वा तथैव च ।

rāvaṇasya sutenātha nigṛhīto yadṛcchayā dṛṣṭvā ca rākṣaseṁdraṁ tu saṁbhāṣitvā tathaiva ca

Then, seized by Ravana's son, of his own accord, and seeing the lord of the rakshasas, and speaking with him likewise,

Verse 289 (padma.6.242.289)

ददाह नगरीं लंकां स्वलांगूलाग्निना कपिः । तया दत्तमभिज्ञानं गृहीत्वा पुनरागमत् ।

dadāha nagarīṁ laṁkāṁ svalāṁgūlāgninā kapiḥ tayā dattamabhijñānaṁ gṛhītvā punarāgamat

that monkey burned the city of Lanka with the fire of his own tail. Taking the token given by her, he returned again.

Verse 290 (padma.6.242.290)

सोऽभिगम्य महातेजा रामं कमललोचनम् । न्यवेदयद्वानरेंद्रो दृष्टा सीतेति तत्वतः ।

so'bhigamya mahātejā rāmaṁ kamalalocanam nyavedayadvānareṁdro dṛṣṭā sīteti tatvataḥ

That greatly radiant lord of the monkeys, approaching Rama, the lotus-eyed, reported to him truthfully, "Sita has been found."

Verse 291 (padma.6.242.291)

सुग्रीवसहितो रामो वानरैर्बहुभिर्वृतः । महोदधेस्तटं गत्वा तत्रानीकं न्यवेशयत् ।

sugrīvasahito rāmo vānarairbahubhirvṛtaḥ mahodadhestaṭaṁ gatvā tatrānīkaṁ nyaveśayat

Rama, together with Sugriva, surrounded by many monkeys, going to the shore of the great ocean, stationed his army there.

Verse 292 (padma.6.242.292)

रावणस्यानुजो भ्राता विभीषण इतीरितः । धर्मात्मा सत्यसंधश्च महाभागवतोत्तमः ।

rāvaṇasyānujo bhrātā vibhīṣaṇa itīritaḥ dharmātmā satyasaṁdhaśca mahābhāgavatottamaḥ

Ravana's younger brother, named Vibhishana, righteous, true to his word, an excellent great devotee,

Verse 293 (padma.6.242.293)

ज्ञात्वा समागतं रामं परित्यज्य स्वपूर्वजम् । राज्यं सुतांश्च दारांश्च राघवं शरणं ययौ ।

jñātvā samāgataṁ rāmaṁ parityajya svapūrvajam rājyaṁ sutāṁśca dārāṁśca rāghavaṁ śaraṇaṁ yayau

learning that Rama had arrived, forsaking his own elder brother, his kingdom, sons, and wife, went for refuge to Raghava.

Verse 294 (padma.6.242.294)

परिगृह्य च तं रामो मारुतेर्वचनात्प्रभुः । तस्मै दत्वाऽभयं सौम्यं रक्षो राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् ।

parigṛhya ca taṁ rāmo mārutervacanātprabhuḥ tasmai datvā'bhayaṁ saumyaṁ rakṣo rājye'bhyaṣecayat

And accepting him, at the word of Hanuman, that Lord Rama, gentle, granting him fearlessness, anointed that rakshasa to the kingdom.

Verse 295 (padma.6.242.295)

ततस्समुद्रं काकुत्स्थस्तर्तुकामः प्रपद्य वै । सुप्रसन्नजलं तं तु दृष्ट्वा रामो महाबलः ।

tatassamudraṁ kākutsthastartukāmaḥ prapadya vai suprasannajalaṁ taṁ tu dṛṣṭvā rāmo mahābalaḥ

Then Kakutstha, wishing to cross the ocean, approaching it, and seeing that its waters remained undisturbed, that mighty Rama —

Verse 296 (padma.6.242.296)

शार्ङ्गमादाय बाणौघैः शोषयामास वारिधिम् । ततस्तु सरितामीशः काकुत्स्थं करुणानिधिम् ।

śārṅgamādāya bāṇaughaiḥ śoṣayāmāsa vāridhim tatastu saritāmīśaḥ kākutsthaṁ karuṇānidhim

taking up the Sharnga bow, with floods of arrows, began to dry up the ocean. Then the lord of rivers, that Ocean, approaching that treasury of compassion, Kakutstha —

Verse 297 (padma.6.242.297)

प्रपद्य शरणं देवमर्चयामास वारिधिः । पुनरापूर्य जलधिं वरुणास्त्रेण राघवः ।

prapadya śaraṇaṁ devamarcayāmāsa vāridhiḥ punarāpūrya jaladhiṁ varuṇāstreṇa rāghavaḥ

went for refuge and worshipped him, that god. Raghava, filling the ocean again with the Varuna weapon,

Verse 298 (padma.6.242.298)

उदधेर्वचनात्सेतुं सागरे मकरालये । गिरिभिर्वानरानीतैर्नलः सेतुमकारयत् ।

udadhervacanātsetuṁ sāgare makarālaye giribhirvānarānītairnalaḥ setumakārayat

at the word of the Ocean, in that sea abode of crocodiles, Nala built the bridge with mountains brought by the monkeys.

Verse 299 (padma.6.242.299)

ततो गत्वा पुरीं लंकां सन्निवेश्य महाबलम् । सम्यगायोधनं चक्रे वानराणां च रक्षसाम् ।

tato gatvā purīṁ laṁkāṁ sanniveśya mahābalam samyagāyodhanaṁ cakre vānarāṇāṁ ca rakṣasām

Then, going to the city of Lanka, stationing that mighty army, a great battle ensued between the monkeys and the rakshasas.

Verse 300 (padma.6.242.300)

ततो दशास्यतनयः शक्रजिद्राक्षसो बली । बबंध नागपाशैश्च तावुभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।

tato daśāsyatanayaḥ śakrajidrākṣaso balī babaṁdha nāgapāśaiśca tāvubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau

Then the son of the ten-faced one, the mighty rakshasa Indrajit, bound both Rama and Lakshmana with serpent-nooses.

Verse 301 (padma.6.242.301)

वैनतेयः समागत्य तान्यस्त्राणि प्रमोचयत् । राक्षसा निहतास्सर्वे वानरैश्च महाबलैः ।

vainateyaḥ samāgatya tānyastrāṇi pramocayat rākṣasā nihatāssarve vānaraiśca mahābalaiḥ

Garuda, coming there, released them from those weapons. All the rakshasas were slain by the mighty monkeys.

Verse 302 (padma.6.242.302)

रावणस्यानुजं वीरं कुंभकर्णं महाबलम् । निजघान रणे रामो बाणैरग्निशिखोपमैः ।

rāvaṇasyānujaṁ vīraṁ kuṁbhakarṇaṁ mahābalam nijaghāna raṇe rāmo bāṇairagniśikhopamaiḥ

Rama slew, in battle, Ravana's heroic, mighty younger brother Kumbhakarna, with arrows like flames of fire.

Verse 303 (padma.6.242.303)

ब्रह्मास्त्रेणेन्द्रजित्क्रुद्धः पातयामास वानरान् । हनूमता समानीतो महौषधि महीधरः ।

brahmāstreṇendrajitkruddhaḥ pātayāmāsa vānarān hanūmatā samānīto mahauṣadhi mahīdharaḥ

Indrajit, enraged, with the Brahma weapon, felled the monkeys. The mountain bearing the great healing herbs was brought by Hanuman —

Verse 304 (padma.6.242.304)

तस्यानीतस्य च स्पर्शात्सर्व एव समुत्थिताः । ततो रामानुजो वीरः शक्रजेतारमाहवे ।

tasyānītasya ca sparśātsarva eva samutthitāḥ tato rāmānujo vīraḥ śakrajetāramāhave

by the touch of that which he brought, all of them arose. Then Rama's younger brother, that hero, in battle, that conqueror of Indra's conqueror —

Verse 305 (padma.6.242.305)

निपातयामास शरैर्वृत्रं वज्रधरो यथा । निर्ययावथ पौलस्त्यो योद्धुं रामेण संयुगे ।

nipātayāmāsa śarairvṛtraṁ vajradharo yathā niryayāvatha paulastyo yoddhuṁ rāmeṇa saṁyuge

felled him with arrows, as the wielder of the thunderbolt slew Vritra. Then the descendant of Pulastya went forth to fight Rama in battle,

Verse 306 (padma.6.242.306)

चतुरंगबलैः सार्द्धं मंत्रिभिश्च महाबलः । समंततोभवद्युद्धं वानराणां च रक्षसाम् ।

caturaṁgabalaiḥ sārddhaṁ maṁtribhiśca mahābalaḥ samaṁtatobhavadyuddhaṁ vānarāṇāṁ ca rakṣasām

that mighty one, together with his fourfold army and his ministers. On every side there was war between the monkeys and the rakshasas,

Verse 307 (padma.6.242.307)

रामरावणयोश्चैव तथा सौमित्रिणा सह । शक्त्या निपातयामास लक्ष्मणं राक्षसेश्वरः ।

rāmarāvaṇayoścaiva tathā saumitriṇā saha śaktyā nipātayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaṁ rākṣaseśvaraḥ

and between Rama and Ravana, and likewise with Saumitri. The lord of rakshasas felled Lakshmana with his spear.

Verse 308 (padma.6.242.308)

ततः क्रुद्धो महातेजा राघवो राक्षसांतकः । जघान राक्षसान्वीराञ्शरैः कालांतकोपमैः ।

tataḥ kruddho mahātejā rāghavo rākṣasāṁtakaḥ jaghāna rākṣasānvīrāñśaraiḥ kālāṁtakopamaiḥ

Then, enraged, that greatly radiant Raghava, destroyer of rakshasas, slew the heroic rakshasas with arrows resembling Death, the ender of all.

Verse 309 (padma.6.242.309)

प्रदीप्तैर्बाणसाहस्रैः कालदंडोपमैर्भृशम् । छादयामास काकुत्स्थो दशग्रीवं च राक्षसम् ।

pradīptairbāṇasāhasraiḥ kāladaṁḍopamairbhṛśam chādayāmāsa kākutstho daśagrīvaṁ ca rākṣasam

With thousands of blazing arrows, resembling the very staff of Death, Kakutstha thoroughly covered that rakshasa Dashagriva.

Verse 310 (padma.6.242.310)

स तु निर्भिन्नसर्वांगो राघवास्त्रैर्निशाचरः । भयात्प्रदुद्राव रणाल्लंकां प्रति निशाचरः ।

sa tu nirbhinnasarvāṁgo rāghavāstrairniśācaraḥ bhayātpradudrāva raṇāllaṁkāṁ prati niśācaraḥ

That night-wanderer, his whole body pierced by Raghava's weapons, fled in fear from the battle, toward Lanka.

Verse 311 (padma.6.242.311)

जगद्राममयं पश्यन्निर्वेदाद्गृहमाविशत् । ततो हनूमता नीतो महौषधिमहागिरिः ।

jagadrāmamayaṁ paśyannirvedādgṛhamāviśat tato hanūmatā nīto mahauṣadhimahāgiriḥ

Seeing the entire world as filled with Rama, in despair, he entered his house. Then, by that great mountain of healing herbs, brought by Hanuman —

Verse 312 (padma.6.242.312)

तेन रामानुजस्तूर्णं लब्धसंज्ञोऽभवत्तदा । दशग्रीवस्ततो होममारेभे जयकांक्षया ।

tena rāmānujastūrṇaṁ labdhasaṁjño'bhavattadā daśagrīvastato homamārebhe jayakāṁkṣayā

Rama's younger brother swiftly regained consciousness then. Dashagriva then began a fire-sacrifice, desiring victory,

Verse 313 (padma.6.242.313)

ध्वंसितं वानरेंद्रैस्तदभिचारात्मकं रिपोः । पुनर्युद्धाय पौलस्त्यो रामेण सह निर्ययौ ।

dhvaṁsitaṁ vānareṁdraistadabhicārātmakaṁ ripoḥ punaryuddhāya paulastyo rāmeṇa saha niryayau

which was destroyed by the lords of the monkeys, that sorcery-rite of the enemy. Once more, for battle, the descendant of Pulastya went forth against Rama,

Verse 314 (padma.6.242.314)

दिव्यस्यन्दनमारुह्य राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्युतः । ततः शतमखो दिव्यं रथं हर्यश्वसंयुतम् ।

divyasyandanamāruhya rākṣasairbahubhiryutaḥ tataḥ śatamakho divyaṁ rathaṁ haryaśvasaṁyutam

mounting a divine chariot, joined by many rakshasas. Then Indra sent a divine chariot, yoked with tawny horses,

Verse 315 (padma.6.242.315)

राघवाय ससूतं हि प्रेषयामास बुद्धिमान् । रथं मातलिना नीतं समारुह्य रघूत्तमः ।

rāghavāya sasūtaṁ hi preṣayāmāsa buddhimān rathaṁ mātalinā nītaṁ samāruhya raghūttamaḥ

together with a charioteer, that wise one, sent to Raghava. Mounting that chariot, brought by Matali, that foremost of the Raghus,

Verse 316 (padma.6.242.316)

स्तूयमानं सुरगणैर्युयुधे तेन रक्षसा । ततो युद्धमभूद्धोरं रामरावणयोर्महत् ।

stūyamānaṁ suragaṇairyuyudhe tena rakṣasā tato yuddhamabhūddhoraṁ rāmarāvaṇayormahat

praised by the hosts of gods, fought with that rakshasa. Then a terrible, great battle arose between Rama and Ravana,

Verse 317 (padma.6.242.317)

सप्ताह्निकमहोरात्रं शस्त्रास्त्रैरतिभीषणम् । विमानस्थाः सुरास्सर्वे ददृशुस्तत्र संयुगम् ।

saptāhnikamahorātraṁ śastrāstrairatibhīṣaṇam vimānasthāḥ surāssarve dadṛśustatra saṁyugam

lasting seven days and nights, most terrible with weapons and missiles. All the gods, stationed in their celestial cars, watched that battle there.

Verse 318 (padma.6.242.318)

दशग्रीवस्य चिच्छेद शिरांसि रघुसत्तमः । समुत्थितानि बहुशो वरदानात्कपर्दिनः ।

daśagrīvasya ciccheda śirāṁsi raghusattamaḥ samutthitāni bahuśo varadānātkapardinaḥ

That foremost of the Raghus severed the heads of Dashagriva, which arose again and again, regenerated by the boon of Shiva.

Verse 319 (padma.6.242.319)

ब्राह्ममस्त्रं महारौद्रं वधायास्य दुरात्मनः । ससर्ज राघवस्तूर्णं कालाग्निसदृशप्रभम् ।

brāhmamastraṁ mahāraudraṁ vadhāyāsya durātmanaḥ sasarja rāghavastūrṇaṁ kālāgnisadṛśaprabham

For the slaying of that evil-souled one, Raghava swiftly released the Brahma weapon, most terrible, resembling the fire of dissolution in splendor.

Verse 320 (padma.6.242.320)

तदस्त्रं राघवोत्सृष्टं रावणस्य स्तनांतरम् । विदार्य धरणीं भित्त्वा रसातलतले गतम् ।

tadastraṁ rāghavotsṛṣṭaṁ rāvaṇasya stanāṁtaram vidārya dharaṇīṁ bhittvā rasātalatale gatam

That weapon, loosed by Raghava, piercing the space between Ravana's breasts, cleaving the earth, went down to the depths of the netherworld,

Verse 321 (padma.6.242.321)

संपूज्यमानं भुजगै राघवस्य करं ययौ । स गतासुर्महादैत्यः पपात च ममार च ।

saṁpūjyamānaṁ bhujagai rāghavasya karaṁ yayau sa gatāsurmahādaityaḥ papāta ca mamāra ca

and, honored by the serpents there, returned to Raghava's hand. That great demon, his life gone, fell, and died.

Verse 322 (padma.6.242.322)

ततो देवगणास्सर्वे हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः । ववृषुः पुष्पवर्षाणि महात्मनि जगद्गुरौ ।

tato devagaṇāssarve harṣanirbharamānasāḥ vavṛṣuḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi mahātmani jagadgurau

Then all the hosts of gods, hearts overflowing with joy, rained down showers of flowers upon that great soul, the teacher of the world.

Verse 323 (padma.6.242.323)

जगुर्गंधर्वपतयो ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः । ववुः पुण्यास्तथा वाताः सुप्रभोऽभूद्दिवाकरः ।

jagurgaṁdharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ vavuḥ puṇyāstathā vātāḥ suprabho'bhūddivākaraḥ

The lords of the Gandharvas sang, and the hosts of Apsaras danced; auspicious winds blew, the sun shone with excellent brightness.

Verse 324 (padma.6.242.324)

तुष्टुवुर्मुनयः सिद्धा देवगंधर्वकिन्नराः । लंकायां राक्षसश्रेष्ठमभिषिच्य विभीषणम् ।

tuṣṭuvurmunayaḥ siddhā devagaṁdharvakinnarāḥ laṁkāyāṁ rākṣasaśreṣṭhamabhiṣicya vibhīṣaṇam

The sages, Siddhas, gods, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras praised him. Having anointed the excellent rakshasa Vibhishana in Lanka,

Verse 325 (padma.6.242.325)

कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं मेने रघुकुलोत्तमः । रामस्तत्राब्रवीद्वाक्यमभिषिच्य विभीषणम् ।

kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṁ mene raghukulottamaḥ rāmastatrābravīdvākyamabhiṣicya vibhīṣaṇam

that best of the Raghu line regarded himself as, as it were, fulfilled. Rama, having anointed Vibhishana, spoke this word there.

Verse 326 (padma.6.242.326)

राम उवाच- यावच्चंद्रश्च सूर्यश्च यावत्तिष्ठति मेदिनी । यावन्ममकथालोके तावद्राज्यं विभीषणे ।

rāma uvāca yāvaccaṁdraśca sūryaśca yāvattiṣṭhati medinī yāvanmamakathāloke tāvadrājyaṁ vibhīṣaṇe

Rama said: "As long as the sun and moon endure, as long as the earth stands, as long as my story remains in the world — so long shall this kingdom remain with Vibhishana.

Verse 327 (padma.6.242.327)

गत्वा मम पदं दिव्यं योगिगम्यं सनातनम् । सपुत्रपौत्रः सगणः संप्राप्नुहि महाबलः ।

gatvā mama padaṁ divyaṁ yogigamyaṁ sanātanam saputrapautraḥ sagaṇaḥ saṁprāpnuhi mahābalaḥ

"And afterward, having gone to my divine, eternal abode, attainable by yogis, may you, O mighty one, together with your sons, grandsons, and hosts, attain it too."

Verse 328 (padma.6.242.328)

ईश्वर उवाच- एवं दत्वा वरं तस्मै राक्षसाय महाबलः । संप्राप्य मैथिलीं तत्र परुषं जनसंसदि ।

īśvara uvāca evaṁ datvā varaṁ tasmai rākṣasāya mahābalaḥ saṁprāpya maithilīṁ tatra paruṣaṁ janasaṁsadi

Ishvara said: Having thus granted that boon to that rakshasa, that mighty one, having recovered Maithili there, in the assembly of the people, harshly —

Verse 329 (padma.6.242.329)

उवाच राघवः सीतां गर्हितं वचनं बहु । सा तेन गर्हिता साध्वी विवेश चानलं महत् ।

uvāca rāghavaḥ sītāṁ garhitaṁ vacanaṁ bahu sā tena garhitā sādhvī viveśa cānalaṁ mahat

Raghava spoke to Sita many reproachful words. She, thus reproached, that virtuous woman, entered a great fire.

Verse 330 (padma.6.242.330)

ततो देवगणास्सर्वे शिवब्रह्मपुरोगमाः । दृष्ट्वा तु मातरं वह्नौ प्रविशंतीं भयातुराः । समागम्य रघुश्रेष्ठं सर्वे प्रांजलयोऽब्रुवन् ।

tato devagaṇāssarve śivabrahmapurogamāḥ dṛṣṭvā tu mātaraṁ vahnau praviśaṁtīṁ bhayāturāḥ samāgamya raghuśreṣṭhaṁ sarve prāṁjalayo'bruvan

Then all the hosts of gods, with Shiva and Brahma at their head, seeing the Mother entering the fire, stricken with fear, coming together, all spoke to that best of the Raghus with joined palms.

Verse 331 (padma.6.242.331)

देवा ऊचुः- रामराम महाबाहो शृणु त्वं चातिविक्रम । सीतातिविमला साध्वी तव नीत्यानपायिनी ।

devā ūcuḥ rāmarāma mahābāho śṛṇu tvaṁ cātivikrama sītātivimalā sādhvī tava nītyānapāyinī

The gods said: "Rama, Rama, mighty-armed, most valorous one, listen. Sita is utterly stainless, virtuous, unwavering in her devotion to you.

Verse 332 (padma.6.242.332)

अत्याज्या तु वृथा सा हि भास्करेण प्रभा यथा । सेयं लोकहितार्थाय समुत्पन्ना महीतले ।

atyājyā tu vṛthā sā hi bhāskareṇa prabhā yathā seyaṁ lokahitārthāya samutpannā mahītale

She is not to be forsaken in vain, as light is never truly separable from the sun. She was born upon the earth for the welfare of the world —

Verse 333 (padma.6.242.333)

माता सर्वस्य जगतः समस्तजगदाश्रया । रावणः कुंभकर्णश्च भृत्यौ पूर्वपरायणौ ।

mātā sarvasya jagataḥ samastajagadāśrayā rāvaṇaḥ kuṁbhakarṇaśca bhṛtyau pūrvaparāyaṇau

the mother of the entire world, the refuge of the whole universe. Ravana and Kumbhakarna were your own servants in a former state —

Verse 334 (padma.6.242.334)

शापात्तौ सनकादीनां समुत्पन्नौ महीतले । तयोर्विमुक्त्यै वैदेही गृहीता दण्डके वने ।

śāpāttau sanakādīnāṁ samutpannau mahītale tayorvimuktyai vaidehī gṛhītā daṇḍake vane

by the curse of Sanaka and the others, they were born upon the earth. For their liberation, Vaidehi was seized in the Dandaka forest.

Verse 335 (padma.6.242.335)

तावुभौ वै वधं प्राप्तौ त्वया राक्षसपुंगवौ । तौ विमुक्तौ दिवं यातौ पुत्रपौत्रसहानुगौ ।

tāvubhau vai vadhaṁ prāptau tvayā rākṣasapuṁgavau tau vimuktau divaṁ yātau putrapautrasahānugau

Both of them, those foremost of rakshasas, attained death by you; freed, they went to heaven, together with their sons, grandsons, and followers.

Verse 336 (padma.6.242.336)

त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं परं ब्रह्म योगिध्येयः सनातनः । त्वमेव सर्वदेवानामनादिनिधनोऽव्ययः ।

tvaṁ viṣṇustvaṁ paraṁ brahma yogidhyeyaḥ sanātanaḥ tvameva sarvadevānāmanādinidhano'vyayaḥ

You are Vishnu, you are the Supreme Brahman, the eternal object of yogis' meditation. You alone, of all the gods, are without beginning or end, imperishable.

Verse 337 (padma.6.242.337)

त्वं हि नारायणः श्रीमान्सीता लक्ष्मीः सनातनी । माता सा सर्वलोकानां पिता त्वं परमेश्वर ।

tvaṁ hi nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānsītā lakṣmīḥ sanātanī mātā sā sarvalokānāṁ pitā tvaṁ parameśvara

You are indeed the glorious Narayana; Sita is the eternal Lakshmi. She is the mother of all the worlds; you, O Supreme Lord, are their father.

Verse 338 (padma.6.242.338)

नित्यैवैष जगन्माता तव नित्यानपायिनी । यथा सर्वगतस्त्वं हि तथा चेयं रघूत्तम ।

nityaivaiṣa jaganmātā tava nityānapāyinī yathā sarvagatastvaṁ hi tathā ceyaṁ raghūttama

This mother of the world is ever, eternally, inseparable from you. As you are all-pervading, so too is she, O foremost of the Raghus.

Verse 339 (padma.6.242.339)

तस्माच्छुद्धसमाचारां सीतां साध्वीं दृढव्रताम् । गृहाण सौम्य काकुत्स्थ क्षीराब्धेरिव मा चिरम् ।

tasmācchuddhasamācārāṁ sītāṁ sādhvīṁ dṛḍhavratām gṛhāṇa saumya kākutstha kṣīrābdheriva mā ciram

Therefore, O gentle Kakutstha, accept Sita, of pure conduct, virtuous, of firm vow, without delay, as Vishnu received Lakshmi from the Ocean of Milk."

Verse 340 (padma.6.242.340)

ईश्वर उवाच- एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र लोकसाक्षी स पावकः । आदाय सीतां रामाय प्रददौ सुरसन्निधौ । अब्रवीत्तत्र काकुत्स्थं वह्निः सर्वशरीरगः ।

īśvara uvāca etasminnaṁtare tatra lokasākṣī sa pāvakaḥ ādāya sītāṁ rāmāya pradadau surasannidhau abravīttatra kākutsthaṁ vahniḥ sarvaśarīragaḥ

Ishvara said: Meanwhile, there, that witness of all the world, Fire, taking Sita, gave her to Rama, in the presence of the gods. Agni, present in every body, said this to Kakutstha there.

Verse 341 (padma.6.242.341)

वह्निरुवाच- इयं शुद्धसमाचारा सीता निष्कल्मषा विभो । गृहाण मा चिरं राम सत्यं सत्यं तवाब्रुवन् ।

vahniruvāca iyaṁ śuddhasamācārā sītā niṣkalmaṣā vibho gṛhāṇa mā ciraṁ rāma satyaṁ satyaṁ tavābruvan

Fire said: "This Sita is of pure conduct, spotless, O all-pervading one. Accept her without delay, O Rama; I speak the truth, the truth, to you."

Verse 342 (padma.6.242.342)

ईश्वर उवाच- ततोऽग्निवचनात्सीतां परिगृह्य रघूद्वहः । बभूव रामः संहृष्टः पूज्यमानः सुरोत्तमैः ।

īśvara uvāca tato'gnivacanātsītāṁ parigṛhya raghūdvahaḥ babhūva rāmaḥ saṁhṛṣṭaḥ pūjyamānaḥ surottamaiḥ

Ishvara said: Then, at Agni's word, accepting Sita, that foremost of the Raghus, Rama, became greatly joyful, honored by the best of gods.

Verse 343 (padma.6.242.343)

राक्षसैर्निहता ये तु संग्रामे वानरोत्तमाः । पितामहवरात्तूर्णं जीवमानाः समुत्थिताः ।

rākṣasairnihatā ye tu saṁgrāme vānarottamāḥ pitāmahavarāttūrṇaṁ jīvamānāḥ samutthitāḥ

Those excellent monkeys who had been slain by the rakshasas in battle, by the grandsire's boon, swiftly rose up again, alive.

Verse 344 (padma.6.242.344)

ततस्तु पुष्पकं नाम विमानं सूर्यसन्निभम् । भ्रात्रा गृहीतं संग्रामे कौबेरं राक्षसेश्वरः ।

tatastu puṣpakaṁ nāma vimānaṁ sūryasannibham bhrātrā gṛhītaṁ saṁgrāme kauberaṁ rākṣaseśvaraḥ

Then the celestial car named Pushpaka, resembling the sun, belonging to Kubera, seized by his brother in battle — that lord of rakshasas —

Verse 345 (padma.6.242.345)

तद्राघवाय प्रददौ वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च । तेन संपूजितः श्रीमान्रामचंद्रः प्रतापवान् ।

tadrāghavāya pradadau vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca tena saṁpūjitaḥ śrīmānrāmacaṁdraḥ pratāpavān

gave it to Raghava, along with garments and ornaments. Duly honored by him, the glorious, mighty Ramachandra —

Verse 346 (padma.6.242.346)

आरुरोह विमानाग्र्यं वैदेह्या भार्यया सह । लक्ष्मणेन च शूरेण भ्रात्रा दशरथात्मजः ।

āruroha vimānāgryaṁ vaidehyā bhāryayā saha lakṣmaṇena ca śūreṇa bhrātrā daśarathātmajaḥ

mounted that foremost celestial car, together with his wife Vaidehi, and with his heroic brother Lakshmana, that son of Dasharatha,

Verse 347 (padma.6.242.347)

ऋक्षवानरसंघातैः सुग्रीवेण महात्मना । विभीषणेन शूरेण राक्षसैश्च महाबलैः ।

ṛkṣavānarasaṁghātaiḥ sugrīveṇa mahātmanā vibhīṣaṇena śūreṇa rākṣasaiśca mahābalaiḥ

together with the hosts of bears and monkeys, with the great-souled Sugriva, with the heroic Vibhishana, and with the mighty rakshasas —

Verse 348 (padma.6.242.348)

यथाविमाने वैकुंठे नित्यमुक्तैर्महात्मभिः । तथा सर्वे समारुह्य ऋक्षवानरराक्षसाः ।

yathāvimāne vaikuṁṭhe nityamuktairmahātmabhiḥ tathā sarve samāruhya ṛkṣavānararākṣasāḥ

as in the celestial car of Vaikuntha, with the eternally liberated great souls — thus all the bears, monkeys, and rakshasas, having mounted together —

Verse 349 (padma.6.242.349)

अयोध्यां प्रस्थितो रामः स्तूयमानः सुरोत्तमैः । भरद्वाजाश्रमं गत्वा रामः सत्यपराक्रमः ।

ayodhyāṁ prasthito rāmaḥ stūyamānaḥ surottamaiḥ bharadvājāśramaṁ gatvā rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ

Rama, praised by the best of gods, set out for Ayodhya. Going to Bharadvaja's hermitage, Rama, of true valor,

Verse 350 (padma.6.242.350)

भरतस्यांतिके तत्र हनूमंतं व्यसर्जयत् । स निषादालयं गत्वा गुहं दृष्ट्वाऽथ वैष्णवम् ।

bharatasyāṁtike tatra hanūmaṁtaṁ vyasarjayat sa niṣādālayaṁ gatvā guhaṁ dṛṣṭvā'tha vaiṣṇavam

sent Hanuman there to Bharata's presence. He, going to the dwelling of the Nishadas, seeing Guha, that devotee of Vishnu,

Verse 351 (padma.6.242.351)

राघवागमनं तस्मै प्राह वानरपुंगवः । नंदिग्रामं ततो गत्वा दृष्ट्वा तं राघवानुजम् ।

rāghavāgamanaṁ tasmai prāha vānarapuṁgavaḥ naṁdigrāmaṁ tato gatvā dṛṣṭvā taṁ rāghavānujam

that foremost of monkeys told him of Raghava's coming. Then, going to Nandigrama, seeing that younger brother of Raghava,

Verse 352 (padma.6.242.352)

न्यवेदयत्तथा तस्मै रामस्यागमनोत्सवम् । भरतश्चागतं श्रुत्वा वानरेण रघूत्तमम् ।

nyavedayattathā tasmai rāmasyāgamanotsavam bharataścāgataṁ śrutvā vānareṇa raghūttamam

he likewise reported to him the joyous news of Rama's coming. And Bharata, hearing from the monkey that that foremost of the Raghus had returned,

Verse 353 (padma.6.242.353)

प्रर्हर्षमतुलं लेभे सानुजः ससुहृज्जनः । पुनरागत्य काकुत्स्थं हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः ।

prarharṣamatulaṁ lebhe sānujaḥ sasuhṛjjanaḥ punarāgatya kākutsthaṁ hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ

attained incomparable joy, together with his younger brother and his companions. Returning again to Kakutstha, Hanuman, son of the Wind,

Verse 354 (padma.6.242.354)

सर्वं शशंस रामाय भरतस्य च वर्तितम् । राघवस्तु विमानाग्र्यादवरुह्य सहानुजः ।

sarvaṁ śaśaṁsa rāmāya bharatasya ca vartitam rāghavastu vimānāgryādavaruhya sahānujaḥ

told Rama everything, of how Bharata was faring. Raghava, descending from that foremost celestial car, together with his younger brother,

Verse 355 (padma.6.242.355)

ववंदे भार्यया सार्द्धं भारद्वाजं तपोनिधिम् । स तु संपूजयामास काकुत्स्थं सानुजं मुनिः ।

vavaṁde bhāryayā sārddhaṁ bhāradvājaṁ taponidhim sa tu saṁpūjayāmāsa kākutsthaṁ sānujaṁ muniḥ

bowed, together with his wife, to Bharadvaja, that treasury of austerity. That sage duly honored Kakutstha, together with his brother,

Verse 356 (padma.6.242.356)

पक्वान्नैः फलमूलाद्यैर्वस्त्रैराभरणैरपि । तेन संपूजितस्तत्र प्रणम्य मुनिसत्तमम् ।

pakvānnaiḥ phalamūlādyairvastrairābharaṇairapi tena saṁpūjitastatra praṇamya munisattamam

with cooked food, fruits, roots, and the rest, with garments and ornaments too. Duly honored there by him, bowing to that foremost of sages,

Verse 357 (padma.6.242.357)

अनुज्ञातः समारुह्य पुष्पकं सानुगस्तदा । नंदिग्रामं ययौ रामः पुष्पकेण सुहृद्वृतः ।

anujñātaḥ samāruhya puṣpakaṁ sānugastadā naṁdigrāmaṁ yayau rāmaḥ puṣpakeṇa suhṛdvṛtaḥ

permitted, mounting the Pushpaka together with his followers, then Rama went to Nandigrama, surrounded by friends, upon the Pushpaka.

Verse 358 (padma.6.242.358)

मंत्रिभिः पौरमुख्यैश्च सानुजः केकयीसुतः । प्रत्युद्ययौ नृपवरैः सबलैः पूर्वजं मुदा ।

maṁtribhiḥ pauramukhyaiśca sānujaḥ kekayīsutaḥ pratyudyayau nṛpavaraiḥ sabalaiḥ pūrvajaṁ mudā

Together with the ministers and the foremost citizens, that son of Kaikeyi, together with his younger brother, and with the best of kings and their forces, went forth joyfully to meet his elder brother.

Verse 359 (padma.6.242.359)

संप्राप्य रघुशार्दूलं ववंदे सानुगैर्वृतः । पुष्पकादवरुह्याथ राघवः शत्रुतापनः ।

saṁprāpya raghuśārdūlaṁ vavaṁde sānugairvṛtaḥ puṣpakādavaruhyātha rāghavaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ

Reaching that tiger among the Raghus, surrounded by his followers, he bowed to him. Then, descending from the Pushpaka, Raghava, the scourge of enemies,

Verse 360 (padma.6.242.360)

भरतं चैव शत्रुघ्नमुपसंपरिषस्वजे । पुरोहितं वसिष्ठं च मातृवृद्धांश्च बांधवान् ।

bharataṁ caiva śatrughnamupasaṁpariṣasvaje purohitaṁ vasiṣṭhaṁ ca mātṛvṛddhāṁśca bāṁdhavān

embraced both Bharata and Shatrughna. He bowed to the priest Vasishtha, to the elder mothers, and to his kinsmen —

Verse 361 (padma.6.242.361)

प्रणनाम महातेजाः सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च । विभीषणं च सुग्रीवं जाम्बवंतं तथांगदम् ।

praṇanāma mahātejāḥ sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca vibhīṣaṇaṁ ca sugrīvaṁ jāmbavaṁtaṁ tathāṁgadam

that greatly radiant one, together with Sita and Lakshmana, bowed. [Bharata embraced] Vibhishana, and Sugriva, Jambavan, and likewise Angada,

Verse 362 (padma.6.242.362)

हनुमंतं सुषेणं च भरतः परिषस्वजे । भ्रातृभिः सानुगैस्तत्र मंगलस्नानपूर्वकम् ।

hanumaṁtaṁ suṣeṇaṁ ca bharataḥ pariṣasvaje bhrātṛbhiḥ sānugaistatra maṁgalasnānapūrvakam

and Hanuman and Sushena. Then, together with his brothers and their followers there, after an auspicious ceremonial bath,

Verse 363 (padma.6.242.363)

दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरो दिव्यगंधानुलेपनः । आरुरोह रथं दिव्यं सुमंत्राधिष्ठितं शुभम् ।

divyamālyāṁbaradharo divyagaṁdhānulepanaḥ āruroha rathaṁ divyaṁ sumaṁtrādhiṣṭhitaṁ śubham

wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with divine fragrance, he mounted the divine, auspicious chariot, driven by Sumantra.

Verse 364 (padma.6.242.364)

संस्तूयमानस्त्रिदशैर्वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन च । भरतश्चैव सुग्रीवः शत्रुघ्नश्च विभीषणः ।

saṁstūyamānastridaśairvaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca bharataścaiva sugrīvaḥ śatrughnaśca vibhīṣaṇaḥ

Praised by the gods, together with Vaidehi and Lakshmana; and Bharata, and Sugriva, and Shatrughna, and Vibhishana,

Verse 365 (padma.6.242.365)

अङ्गदश्च सुषेणश्च जाम्बवान्मारुतात्मजः । नीलो नलश्च सुभगः शरभो गंधमादनः ।

aṅgadaśca suṣeṇaśca jāmbavānmārutātmajaḥ nīlo nalaśca subhagaḥ śarabho gaṁdhamādanaḥ

and Angada, and Sushena, and Jambavan, and Hanuman, and Nila, and the fortunate Nala, and Sharabha, and Gandhamadana,

Verse 366 (padma.6.242.366)

अन्ये च कपयः शूरा निषादाधिपतिर्गुहः । राक्षसाश्च महावीर्याः पार्थिवेंद्रा महाबलाः ।

anye ca kapayaḥ śūrā niṣādādhipatirguhaḥ rākṣasāśca mahāvīryāḥ pārthiveṁdrā mahābalāḥ

and other heroic monkeys, and Guha, lord of the Nishadas, and the mighty rakshasas, and the best of kings, of great strength —

Verse 367 (padma.6.242.367)

गजानश्वानथो सम्यगारुह्य बहुशः शुभान् । नानामंगलवादित्रैः स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलैस्तथा ।

gajānaśvānatho samyagāruhya bahuśaḥ śubhān nānāmaṁgalavāditraiḥ stutibhiḥ puṣkalaistathā

duly mounting many auspicious elephants and horses, with various auspicious musical instruments, and with abundant hymns of praise likewise,

Verse 368 (padma.6.242.368)

ऋक्षवानररक्षोभिर्निषादवरसैनिकैः । प्रविवेश महातेजाः साकेतं पुरमव्ययम् ।

ṛkṣavānararakṣobhirniṣādavarasainikaiḥ praviveśa mahātejāḥ sāketaṁ puramavyayam

together with bears, monkeys, and rakshasas, and the finest Nishada soldiers, that greatly radiant one entered the imperishable city of Saketa.

Verse 369 (padma.6.242.369)

आलोक्य राजनगरीं पथि राजपुत्रो राजानमेव पितरं परिचिंतयानः । सुग्रीवमारुतिविभीषणपुण्यपादसंचारपूतभवनं प्रविवेश रामः ।

ālokya rājanagarīṁ pathi rājaputro rājānameva pitaraṁ pariciṁtayānaḥ sugrīvamārutivibhīṣaṇapuṇyapādasaṁcārapūtabhavanaṁ praviveśa rāmaḥ

Beholding the royal city on his path, that prince, thinking of his father, the king, himself — Rama entered that palace, purified by the sacred footsteps of Sugriva, Hanuman, and Vibhishana.