Agni Purana — Chapter 11

AgP 11.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये रामायणे युद्धकाण्डवर्णनं नाम दशमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {११} :श् अथ एकादशो ऽध्यायः श्रीरामावतारवर्णनं नारद उवाच राज्यस्थं राघवं जग्मुर् अगस्त्याद्याः सुपूजिताः धन्यस्त्वं विजयी यस्माद् इन्द्रजिद्विनिपातितः

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye rāmāyaṇe yuddhakāṇḍavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {11} :ś atha ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīrāmāvatāravarṇanaṃ nārada uvāca rājyasthaṃ rāghavaṃ jagmur agastyādyāḥ supūjitāḥ dhanyastvaṃ vijayī yasmād indrajidvinipātitaḥ

[Colophon: thus in the primeval great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, in the Rāmāyaṇa, the tenth chapter, called the description of the Book of War. Chapter 11: now the eleventh chapter, the description of the incarnation of Śrī Rāma.] Nārada said: Agastya and the others, being well honoured, came to Rāghava as he sat upon the throne: "Fortunate are you, and victorious, since Indrajit has been struck down.

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AgP 11.2

ब्रह्मात्मजः पुलस्त्योभूत् विश्रवास्तस्य नैकषी पुष्पोत्कटाभूत् प्रथमा तत्पुत्रोभूद्धनेश्वरः

brahmātmajaḥ pulastyobhūt viśravāstasya naikaṣī puṣpotkaṭābhūt prathamā tatputrobhūddhaneśvaraḥ

Brahmā's son was Pulastya; his (son) was Viśravas. Naikaṣī and Puṣpotkaṭā (were his wives); the first (bore) a son, Dhaneśvara (Kubera).

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AgP 11.3

नैकष्यां रावणो जज्ञे विंशद्बाहुर्दशाननः :न् १ स्वर्गमार्गेण वै गत इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २६ तपसा ब्रह्मदत्तेन वरेण जितदैवतः

naikaṣyāṃ rāvaṇo jajñe viṃśadbāhurdaśānanaḥ :n 1 svargamārgeṇa vai gata iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 26 tapasā brahmadattena vareṇa jitadaivataḥ

Of Naikaṣī was born Rāvaṇa, twenty-armed and ten-faced, who by his austerity, through a boon granted by Brahmā, had conquered the gods. [Apparatus: note 1: the kha manuscript reads 'svargamārgeṇa vai gataḥ'. Page 26.]

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AgP 11.4

कुम्भकर्णः सनिद्रो ऽभूद् धर्मिष्ठो ऽभूद्विभीषणः स्वसा शूर्पणखा तेषां रावणान्मेघनादकः

kumbhakarṇaḥ sanidro 'bhūd dharmiṣṭho 'bhūdvibhīṣaṇaḥ svasā śūrpaṇakhā teṣāṃ rāvaṇānmeghanādakaḥ

Kumbhakarṇa was full of sleep; Vibhīṣaṇa was most righteous; their sister was Śūrpaṇakhā; from Rāvaṇa (was born) Meghanāda,

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AgP 11.5

इन्द्रं जित्वेन्द्रजिच्चाभूद् रावणादधिको बली हतस्त्वया लक्ष्मणेन देवादेः क्षेममिच्छता

indraṃ jitvendrajiccābhūd rāvaṇādadhiko balī hatastvayā lakṣmaṇena devādeḥ kṣemamicchatā

and having conquered Indra he became Indrajit, mightier in strength than Rāvaṇa; he was slain by you and by Lakṣmaṇa, who desired the welfare of the gods and the rest.

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AgP 11.6

इत्युक्त्वा ते गता विप्रा अगस्त्याद्या नमस्कृताः देवप्रार्थितरामोक्तः शत्रुघ्नो लवणार्दनः

ityuktvā te gatā viprā agastyādyā namaskṛtāḥ devaprārthitarāmoktaḥ śatrughno lavaṇārdanaḥ

Having said this, those brahmins, Agastya and the others, being saluted, departed. Rāma, entreated by the gods, gave the word, and Śatrughna became the slayer of Lavaṇa.

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AgP 11.7

अभूत् पूर्मथुरा काचित् रामोक्तो भरतो ऽवधीत् कोटित्रयञ्च शैलूष- पुत्राणां निशितैः शरैः

abhūt pūrmathurā kācit rāmokto bharato 'vadhīt koṭitrayañca śailūṣa- putrāṇāṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

There was a certain (city) formerly Mathurā. Told by Rāma, Bharata slew three crores of the sons of Śailūṣa with his sharp arrows,

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AgP 11.8

शैलूषं दुष्टगन्धर्वं सिन्धुतीरनिवासिनम् तक्षञ्च पुष्करं पुत्रं स्थापयित्वाथ देशयोः

śailūṣaṃ duṣṭagandharvaṃ sindhutīranivāsinam takṣañca puṣkaraṃ putraṃ sthāpayitvātha deśayoḥ

and Śailūṣa, the wicked gandharva who dwelt on the bank of the Sindhu; and having installed (his sons) Takṣa and Puṣkara in the two countries,

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AgP 11.9

भरतोगात्सशत्रुघ्नो राघवं पूजयन् स्थितः रामो दुष्टान्निहत्याजौ शिष्टान् सम्पाल्य मानवः

bharatogātsaśatrughno rāghavaṃ pūjayan sthitaḥ rāmo duṣṭānnihatyājau śiṣṭān sampālya mānavaḥ

Bharata went, together with Śatrughna, and remained honouring Rāghava. Rāma, having slain the wicked in battle and fully protected the good, being (in the form of) a man —

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AgP 11.10

पुत्रौ कुशलवौ जातौ वाल्मीकेराश्रमे वरौ लोकापवादात्त्यक्तायां ज्ञातौ सुचरितश्रवात्

putrau kuśalavau jātau vālmīkerāśrame varau lokāpavādāttyaktāyāṃ jñātau sucaritaśravāt

two excellent sons, Kuśa and Lava, were born in Vālmīki's hermitage to her who had been abandoned because of the people's slander, and they became known through the hearing of her good conduct.

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AgP 11.11

राज्येभिषिच्य ब्रह्माहम् अस्मीति ध्यानतत्परः दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च

rājyebhiṣicya brahmāham asmīti dhyānatatparaḥ daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca

Having consecrated (them) to the kingship, intent on the meditation "I am Brahman" — for ten thousand years and ten hundred years

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AgP 11.12

राज्यं कृत्वा क्रतून् कृत्वा स्वर्गं देवार्चितो ययौ सपौरः सानुजः सीता- पुत्रो जनपदान्वितः

rājyaṃ kṛtvā kratūn kṛtvā svargaṃ devārcito yayau sapauraḥ sānujaḥ sītā- putro janapadānvitaḥ

having ruled the kingdom and performed sacrifices, honoured by the gods he went to heaven, with the townsfolk, with his younger brothers, (with) Sītā's sons, and accompanied by the country people.

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AgP 11.13

अग्निर् उवाच वाल्मीकिर् नारदाच्छ्रुत्वा रामायणमकारयत् सविस्तरं यदेतच्च शृणुयात्स दिवं व्रजेत्

agnir uvāca vālmīkir nāradācchrutvā rāmāyaṇamakārayat savistaraṃ yadetacca śṛṇuyātsa divaṃ vrajet

Agni said: Vālmīki, having heard it from Nārada, composed the Rāmāyaṇa at full length; and whoever should hear this would go to heaven.

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