Agni Purana — Chapter 5
AgP 5.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये वराहनृसिंहाद्यवतारो नाम चतुर्थो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {५} :श् अथ पञ्चमो ऽध्यायः श्रीरामावतारवर्णनम् अग्निर् उवाच रामायणमहं वक्ष्ये नारदेनोदितं पुरा वाल्मीकये यथा तद्वत् पठितं भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye varāhanṛsiṃhādyavatāro nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {5} :ś atha pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīrāmāvatāravarṇanam agnir uvāca rāmāyaṇamahaṃ vakṣye nāradenoditaṃ purā vālmīkaye yathā tadvat paṭhitaṃ bhuktimuktidam
[Colophon: Thus the fourth chapter, called "The Descents as the Boar, the Man-Lion, and the rest," in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. Chapter 5. Now the fifth chapter: the description of the descent of the blessed Rāma.] Agni said: I shall declare the Rāmāyaṇa, formerly told by Nārada to Vālmīki; recited just so, it grants enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 5.2
नारद उवाच विष्णुनाभ्यब्जजो ब्रह्मा मरीचिर्ब्रह्मणः सुतः मरीचेः कश्यपस्तस्मात् सूर्यो वैवस्वतो मनुः
nārada uvāca viṣṇunābhyabjajo brahmā marīcirbrahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ marīceḥ kaśyapastasmāt sūryo vaivasvato manuḥ
Nārada said: From the lotus of Viṣṇu's navel was born Brahmā; Marīci was Brahmā's son; from Marīci came Kaśyapa, from him the Sun, (and then) Manu Vaivasvata.
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AgP 5.3
ततस्तस्मात्तथेक्ष्वाकुस् तस्य वंशे ककुत्स्थकः ककुत्स्थस्य रघुस्तस्माद् अजो दशरथस्ततः
tatastasmāttathekṣvākus tasya vaṃśe kakutsthakaḥ kakutsthasya raghustasmād ajo daśarathastataḥ
Then from him came Ikṣvāku; in his line was Kakutstha; Kakutstha's (descendant) was Raghu, from him Aja, and from him Daśaratha.
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AgP 5.4
रावणादेर्बधार्थाय चतुर्धाभूत् स्वयं हरिः राज्ञो दशरथाद्रामः कौशल्यायां बभूव ह
rāvaṇāderbadhārthāya caturdhābhūt svayaṃ hariḥ rājño daśarathādrāmaḥ kauśalyāyāṃ babhūva ha
For the sake of killing Rāvaṇa and the others, Hari himself became fourfold: from king Daśaratha, Rāma was born of Kausalyā,
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AgP 5.5
कैकेय्यां भरतः पुत्रः सुमित्रायाञ्च लक्ष्मणः शत्रुघ्न ऋष्यशृङ्गेण तासु सन्दत्तपायसात्
kaikeyyāṃ bharataḥ putraḥ sumitrāyāñca lakṣmaṇaḥ śatrughna ṛṣyaśṛṅgeṇa tāsu sandattapāyasāt
Bharata was the son born of Kaikeyī, and of Sumitrā came Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna — from the rice-pudding given to those (wives) by Ṛṣyaśṛṅga,
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AgP 5.6
प्राशिताद्यज्ञसंसिद्धाद् रामाद्याश् च समाः पितुः यज्ञविघ्नविनाशाय विश्वामित्रार्थितो नृपः
prāśitādyajñasaṃsiddhād rāmādyāś ca samāḥ pituḥ yajñavighnavināśāya viśvāmitrārthito nṛpaḥ
from the eaten (pudding) perfected by the sacrifice; and Rāma and the others were equal to their father. Requested by Viśvāmitra, the king, for the destruction of the obstacles to (his) sacrifice,
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AgP 5.7
रामं सम्प्रेषयामास लक्ष्मणं मुनिना सह :प् १० रामो गतो ऽस्त्रशस्त्राणि शिक्षितस्ताडकान्तकृत्(१)
rāmaṃ sampreṣayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaṃ muninā saha :p 10 rāmo gato 'straśastrāṇi śikṣitastāḍakāntakṛt(1)
sent forth Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa together with the sage. Rāma, having gone, was taught the missiles and weapons, and made an end of Tāḍakā.
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AgP 5.8
मारीचं मानवास्त्रेण मोहितं दूरतो ऽनयत् सुबाहुं यज्ञहन्तारं सबलञ्चावधीत् बली
mārīcaṃ mānavāstreṇa mohitaṃ dūrato 'nayat subāhuṃ yajñahantāraṃ sabalañcāvadhīt balī
With the Mānava missile he drove Mārīca, bewildered, far away; and the strong one slew Subāhu, the destroyer of the sacrifice, together with his army.
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AgP 5.9
सिद्धाश्रमनिवासी च विश्वामित्रादिभिः सह गतः क्रतुं मैथिलस्य द्रष्टुञ्चापं सहानुजः
siddhāśramanivāsī ca viśvāmitrādibhiḥ saha gataḥ kratuṃ maithilasya draṣṭuñcāpaṃ sahānujaḥ
And dwelling at the Siddhāśrama, he went with Viśvāmitra and the others, along with his younger brother, to the sacrifice of the king of Mithilā and to see the bow.
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AgP 5.10
शतानन्दनिमित्तेन विश्वामित्रप्रभावितः रामाय कथितो राज्ञा समुनिः पूजितः क्रतौ
śatānandanimittena viśvāmitraprabhāvitaḥ rāmāya kathito rājñā samuniḥ pūjitaḥ kratau
On the occasion of Śatānanda('s presence), Rāma was told by the king of Viśvāmitra's greatness; and at the sacrifice the sage too was honoured.
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AgP 5.11
धनुरापूरयामास लीलया स बभञ्ज तत्(२) वीर्यशुक्लाञ्च जनकः सीतां कन्यान्त्वयोनिजाम्
dhanurāpūrayāmāsa līlayā sa babhañja tat(2) vīryaśuklāñca janakaḥ sītāṃ kanyāntvayonijām
He drew the bow and in sport broke it; and Janaka (gave) Sītā, a maiden not born from a womb, white with valour,
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AgP 5.12
ददौ रामाय रामो ऽपि पित्रादौ हि समागते उपयेमे जानकीन्ताम् उर्मिलां लक्ष्मणस् तथा(३)
dadau rāmāya rāmo 'pi pitrādau hi samāgate upayeme jānakīntām urmilāṃ lakṣmaṇas tathā(3)
gave (her) to Rāma; and Rāma, when his father and the rest had arrived, married Jānakī, and Lakṣmaṇa likewise Ūrmilā;
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AgP 5.13
श्रुतकीर्तिं माण्डवीञ्च कुशध्वजसुते तथा जनकस्यानुजस्यैते शत्रुघ्नभरतावुभौ
śrutakīrtiṃ māṇḍavīñca kuśadhvajasute tathā janakasyānujasyaite śatrughnabharatāvubhau
and Śrutakīrti and Māṇḍavī, the two daughters of Kuśadhvaja, the younger brother of Janaka — these two, Śatrughna and Bharata,
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AgP 5.14
कन्ये द्वे उपयेमाते जनकेन सुपूजितः रामो ऽगात्सवशिष्ठाद्यैर् जामदग्न्यं विजित्य च अयोध्यां भरतोभ्यागात्(४) सशत्रुघ्नो युधाजितः
kanye dve upayemāte janakena supūjitaḥ rāmo 'gātsavaśiṣṭhādyair jāmadagnyaṃ vijitya ca ayodhyāṃ bharatobhyāgāt(4) saśatrughno yudhājitaḥ
married the two maidens. Well honoured by Janaka, Rāma set out with Vasiṣṭha and the others, and having conquered the son of Jamadagni (came) to Ayodhyā; Bharata, with Śatrughna, went off (to the country) of Yudhājit. [Colophon and manuscript notes follow.]
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