Agni Purana — Chapter 6

AgP 6.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये रामायणे बालकाण्डवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमो ऽध्यायः :न् १ ताडकापहृदिति ख, ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ बभञ्ज तद्दृढं धनुरिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ तदा इति ख, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः ४ भरतोथागात् इति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् ११ छप्तेर् {६} :श् अथ षष्ठो ऽध्यायः श्रीरामावतारवर्णनं नारद उवाच भरते ऽथ गते रामः पित्रादीनभ्यपूजयत् राजा दशरथो रामम् उवाच शृणु राघव

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n 1 tāḍakāpahṛditi kha, ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 babhañja taddṛḍhaṃ dhanuriti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 tadā iti kha, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 4 bharatothāgāt iti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 11 chapter {6} :ś atha ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ śrīrāmāvatāravarṇanaṃ nārada uvāca bharate 'tha gate rāmaḥ pitrādīnabhyapūjayat rājā daśaratho rāmam uvāca śṛṇu rāghava

[Colophon: Thus the fifth chapter, called "The Description of the Bālakāṇḍa," in the Rāmāyaṇa (section) of the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. Notes: 1. "tāḍakāpahṛt" is the reading of the three manuscripts kha, ga, ṅa; 2. "babhañja tad dṛḍhaṃ dhanuḥ" is the reading of manuscript ga; 3. "tadā" is the reading of the three manuscripts kha, gha, ṅa; 4. "bharato 'thāgāt" is the reading of the three manuscripts kha, ga, gha. Page 11. Chapter 6. Now the sixth chapter: the description of the descent of the blessed Rāma.] Nārada said: Then, when Bharata had gone, Rāma paid honour to his father and the rest. King Daśaratha said to Rāma: Listen, Rāghava.

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AgP 6.2

गुणानुरागाद्राज्ये त्वं प्रजाभिरभिषेचितः मनसाहं प्रभाते ते यौवराज्यं ददामि ह

guṇānurāgādrājye tvaṃ prajābhirabhiṣecitaḥ manasāhaṃ prabhāte te yauvarājyaṃ dadāmi ha

"Out of affection for your virtues you have been consecrated to the kingship by the people; in my mind I hereby give you the office of heir apparent at daybreak.

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AgP 6.3

रात्रौ त्वं सीतया सार्धं संयतः सुव्रतो भव राज्ञश् च मन्त्रिणश्चाष्टौ सवसिष्ठास् तथाब्रुवन्

rātrau tvaṃ sītayā sārdhaṃ saṃyataḥ suvrato bhava rājñaś ca mantriṇaścāṣṭau savasiṣṭhās tathābruvan

Tonight, together with Sītā, be restrained and keep a strict vow." And the king's eight counsellors, together with Vasiṣṭha, spoke likewise.

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AgP 6.4

सृष्टिर्जयन्तो विजयः सिद्धार्थो राष्ट्रवर्धनः(१) अशोको धर्मपालश् च सुमन्त्रः सवसिष्ठकः(२)

sṛṣṭirjayanto vijayaḥ siddhārtho rāṣṭravardhanaḥ(1) aśoko dharmapālaś ca sumantraḥ savasiṣṭhakaḥ(2)

Sṛṣṭi, Jayanta, Vijaya, Siddhārtha, Rāṣṭravardhana, Aśoka, Dharmapāla, and Sumantra, together with Vasiṣṭha.

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AgP 6.5

पित्रादिवचनं श्रुत्वा तथेत्युक्त्वा स राघवः स्थितो देवार्चनं कृत्वा कौशल्यायै निवेद्य तत्

pitrādivacanaṃ śrutvā tathetyuktvā sa rāghavaḥ sthito devārcanaṃ kṛtvā kauśalyāyai nivedya tat

Having heard the words of his father and the others, that descendant of Raghu said "So be it," and stayed on; he performed worship of the gods and reported it to Kausalyā.

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AgP 6.6

राजोवाच वसिष्ठादीन् रामराज्याभिषेचने सम्भारान् सम्भवन्तु स्म इत्य् उक्त्वा कैकेयीङ्गतः

rājovāca vasiṣṭhādīn rāmarājyābhiṣecane sambhārān sambhavantu sma ity uktvā kaikeyīṅgataḥ

The king said to Vasiṣṭha and the others: "Let the materials for Rāma's royal consecration be got ready"; having said this, he went to Kaikeyī.

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AgP 6.7

अयोध्यालङ्कृतिं दृष्ट्वा ज्ञात्वा रामाभिषेचनं भविष्यतीत्याचचक्षे कैकेयीं मन्थरा सखी(३)

ayodhyālaṅkṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā jñātvā rāmābhiṣecanaṃ bhaviṣyatītyācacakṣe kaikeyīṃ mantharā sakhī(3)

Seeing the decoration of Ayodhyā and learning of Rāma's consecration, the companion Mantharā announced to Kaikeyī, "It is going to take place."

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AgP 6.8

पादौ गृहीत्वा रामेण कर्षिता सापराधतः तेन वैरेण सा राम- वनवासञ्च काङ्क्षति

pādau gṛhītvā rāmeṇa karṣitā sāparādhataḥ tena vaireṇa sā rāma- vanavāsañca kāṅkṣati

Once, seizing her by the feet, Rāma had dragged her because of an offence; out of that hostility she desires Rāma's exile in the forest.

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AgP 6.9

कैकेयि त्वं समुत्तिष्ठ रामराज्याभिषेचनं मरणं तव पुत्रस्य मम ते नात्र संशयः

kaikeyi tvaṃ samuttiṣṭha rāmarājyābhiṣecanaṃ maraṇaṃ tava putrasya mama te nātra saṃśayaḥ

"Kaikeyī, get up! (There is to be) Rāma's royal consecration—and the death of your son and of you; of this there is no doubt."

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AgP 6.10

:न् १ राज्यवर्धन इति ख, ग, घ चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ सुमन्त्रश् च वशिष्ठक इति ख, ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकचतुष्टयपाठः ३ मन्थरासती इति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः मन्थरा सतीमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२ कब्जयोक्तञ्च तच् छ्रुत्वा एकमाभरणं ददौ उवाच मे यथा रामस् तथा मे भरतः सुतः

:n 1 rājyavardhana iti kha, ga, gha cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 sumantraś ca vaśiṣṭhaka iti kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakacatuṣṭayapāṭhaḥ 3 mantharāsatī iti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ mantharā satīmiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 12 kabjayoktañca tac chrutvā ekamābharaṇaṃ dadau uvāca me yathā rāmas tathā me bharataḥ sutaḥ

[Textual notes: (1) "rājyavardhana" is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha. (2) "sumantraś ca vaśiṣṭhaka" is the reading of the four manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha, ṅa. (3) "mantharāsatī" is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha, ṅa; "mantharā satīm" is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. Page 12] And hearing that spoken by the hunchbacked woman, she gave (her) a single ornament and said: "As Rāma is to me, so is my son Bharata."

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AgP 6.11

उपायन्तु न पश्यामि भरतो येन राज्यभाक् कैकेयीमब्रवीत् क्रुद्धा हारं त्यक्त्वाथ मन्थरा

upāyantu na paśyāmi bharato yena rājyabhāk kaikeyīmabravīt kruddhā hāraṃ tyaktvātha mantharā

"But I see no means by which Bharata may have a share of the kingdom." Then Mantharā, angry, threw away the necklace and said to Kaikeyī:

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AgP 6.12

बालिशे रक्ष भरतम् आत्मानं माञ्च राघवात् भविता राघवो राजा राघवस्य ततः सुतः

bāliśe rakṣa bharatam ātmānaṃ māñca rāghavāt bhavitā rāghavo rājā rāghavasya tataḥ sutaḥ

"Foolish woman, protect Bharata, yourself and me from the descendant of Raghu! Rāghava will become king, and after him Rāghava's son.

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AgP 6.13

राजवंशस्तु कैकेयि भरतात् परिहास्यते देवासुरे पुरा युद्धे शम्बरेण हताः सुराः

rājavaṃśastu kaikeyi bharatāt parihāsyate devāsure purā yuddhe śambareṇa hatāḥ surāḥ

And thus the royal line, Kaikeyī, will pass Bharata by. Long ago in the war of gods and demons the gods were slain by Śambara.

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AgP 6.14

रात्रौ भर्ता गतस्तत्र रक्षितो विद्यया त्वया वरद्वयन्तदा प्रादाद् याचेदानीं नृपञ्च तत्

rātrau bhartā gatastatra rakṣito vidyayā tvayā varadvayantadā prādād yācedānīṃ nṛpañca tat

At night your husband went there, and was protected by you by (your) magic art; then he granted two boons. Ask the king now for that.

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AgP 6.15

रामस्य च वनेवासं नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च यौवराज्यञ्च भरते तदिदानीं प्रदास्यति

rāmasya ca vanevāsaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca yauvarājyañca bharate tadidānīṃ pradāsyati

Then he will now grant Rāma's dwelling in the forest for fourteen years, and the office of crown prince for Bharata.

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AgP 6.16

प्रोत्साहिता कुब्जया सा अनर्थे चार्थदर्शिनी उवाच सदुपायं मे कच्चित्तं(१) कारयिष्यति

protsāhitā kubjayā sā anarthe cārthadarśinī uvāca sadupāyaṃ me kaccittaṃ(1) kārayiṣyati

Incited by the hunchback, she, seeing advantage in what was to her ruin, said: "A good plan has been told me by you; will he perhaps have it done?"

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AgP 6.17

क्रोधागारं प्रविष्टाथ पतिता भुवि मूर्छिता द्विजादीनर्चयित्वाथ राजा दशरथस्तदा

krodhāgāraṃ praviṣṭātha patitā bhuvi mūrchitā dvijādīnarcayitvātha rājā daśarathastadā

Then she entered the chamber of anger and lay fallen on the ground in a swoon. And King Daśaratha then, after honouring the twice-born and the rest,

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AgP 6.18

ददर्श केकयीं रुष्टाम् उवाच कथमीदृशी रोगार्ता किं भयोद्विग्ना किमिच्छसि करोमि तत्

dadarśa kekayīṃ ruṣṭām uvāca kathamīdṛśī rogārtā kiṃ bhayodvignā kimicchasi karomi tat

saw Kaikeyī in a rage, and said: "Why are you like this? Are you afflicted by illness, or alarmed by some fear? What do you wish? I will do it."

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AgP 6.19

येन रामेण हि विना न जीवामि मुहूर्तकम् शपामि तेन कुर्यां वै वाञ्छितं तव सुन्दरि

yena rāmeṇa hi vinā na jīvāmi muhūrtakam śapāmi tena kuryāṃ vai vāñchitaṃ tava sundari

"By that very Rāma without whom I cannot live for a moment, I swear: I shall indeed do what you desire, fair lady."

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AgP 6.20

सत्यं ब्रूहीति सोवाच नृपं मह्यं ददासि चेत् वरद्वयं पूर्वदत्तं सत्यात् त्वं देहि मे नृप

satyaṃ brūhīti sovāca nṛpaṃ mahyaṃ dadāsi cet varadvayaṃ pūrvadattaṃ satyāt tvaṃ dehi me nṛpa

"Speak the truth," she said to the king, "if you will grant me the two boons granted before: out of (your) truthfulness give them to me, O king.

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AgP 6.21

चतुर्दशसमा रामो वने वसतु संयतः :न् १ कथितमिति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् १३ सम्भारैर् एभिरद्यैव भरतोत्राभिषेच्यताम्

caturdaśasamā rāmo vane vasatu saṃyataḥ :n 1 kathitamiti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 13 sambhārair ebhiradyaiva bharatotrābhiṣecyatām

Let Rāma, under restraint, dwell in the forest for fourteen years. [Textual note: (1) "kathitam" is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha, ṅa. Page 13] With these very materials let Bharata be consecrated here today.

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AgP 6.22

विषं पीत्वा मरिष्यामि दास्यसि त्वं न चेन्नृप तच् छ्रुत्वा मूर्छितो भूमौ वज्राहत इवापतत्

viṣaṃ pītvā mariṣyāmi dāsyasi tvaṃ na cennṛpa tac chrutvā mūrchito bhūmau vajrāhata ivāpatat

If you will not grant it, O king, I shall drink poison and die." Hearing that, he fell fainting to the ground like one struck by a thunderbolt.

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AgP 6.23

मुहूर्ताच्चेतनां प्राप्य कैकेयीमिदमब्रवीत् किं कृतं तव रामेण मया वा पापनिश् चये

muhūrtāccetanāṃ prāpya kaikeyīmidamabravīt kiṃ kṛtaṃ tava rāmeṇa mayā vā pāpaniś caye

Regaining consciousness after a moment, he said this to Kaikeyī: "What has Rāma done to you, or I, O you who are set upon evil,

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AgP 6.24

यन्मामेवं ब्रवीषि त्वं सर्वलोकाप्रियङ्करि केवलं त्वत्प्रियं कृत्वा भविष्यामि सुनिन्दितः

yanmāmevaṃ bravīṣi tvaṃ sarvalokāpriyaṅkari kevalaṃ tvatpriyaṃ kṛtvā bhaviṣyāmi suninditaḥ

that you speak to me thus, you who do what is displeasing to the whole world? Merely by doing what pleases you I shall become utterly reviled.

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AgP 6.25

या त्वं भार्या(१) कालरात्री भरतो नेदृशः सुतः प्रशाधि विधवा राज्यं मृते मयि गते सुते

yā tvaṃ bhāryā(1) kālarātrī bharato nedṛśaḥ sutaḥ praśādhi vidhavā rājyaṃ mṛte mayi gate sute

"You who are (my) wife are a night of death; Bharata is no such son. Rule the kingdom as a widow, when I am dead and (my) son is gone."

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AgP 6.26

सत्यपाशनिबद्धस्तु राममाहूय चाब्रवीत् कैकेय्या वञ्चितो राम राज्यं कुरु निगृह्य माम्

satyapāśanibaddhastu rāmamāhūya cābravīt kaikeyyā vañcito rāma rājyaṃ kuru nigṛhya mām

But (the king), bound by the noose of his (given) word, summoned Rāma and said: "Rāma, I have been deceived by Kaikeyī; seize me and take the kingdom."

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AgP 6.27

त्वया वने तु वस्तव्यं कैकेयीभरतो नृपः पितरञ्चैव कैकेयीं नमस्कृत्य प्रदक्षिणं

tvayā vane tu vastavyaṃ kaikeyībharato nṛpaḥ pitarañcaiva kaikeyīṃ namaskṛtya pradakṣiṇaṃ

"But you must dwell in the forest" — (so said) Kaikeyī — "and Bharata (shall be) king." Having bowed to his father and to Kaikeyī and circumambulated (them),

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AgP 6.28

कृत्वा नत्वा च कौशल्यां समाश्वस्य सलक्ष्मणः सीतया भार्यया सार्धं सरथः ससुमन्त्रकः

kṛtvā natvā ca kauśalyāṃ samāśvasya salakṣmaṇaḥ sītayā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ sarathaḥ sasumantrakaḥ

and having bowed to Kausalyā and consoled her, together with Lakṣmaṇa, along with his wife Sītā, with the chariot and with Sumantra,

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AgP 6.29

दत्वा दानानि विप्रेभ्यो दीनानाथेभ्य एव सः मातृभिश् चैव विप्राद्यैः शोकार्तैर् निर्गतः पुरात्

datvā dānāni viprebhyo dīnānāthebhya eva saḥ mātṛbhiś caiva viprādyaiḥ śokārtair nirgataḥ purāt

having given gifts to the brahmins and to the poor and helpless, he went out from the city with his mothers and with the brahmins and others, stricken with grief.

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AgP 6.30

उषित्वा तमसातीरे रात्रौ पौरान् विहाय च प्रभाते तमपश्यन्तो ऽयोध्यां ते पुनरागताः

uṣitvā tamasātīre rātrau paurān vihāya ca prabhāte tamapaśyanto 'yodhyāṃ te punarāgatāḥ

Having spent the night on the bank of the Tamasā and left the townsfolk behind, at dawn, not seeing him, they returned again to Ayodhyā.

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AgP 6.31

रुदन् राजापि कौशल्या- गृहमागात् सुदुःखितः पौरा जना स्त्रियः सर्वा रुरुदू राजयोषितः

rudan rājāpi kauśalyā- gṛhamāgāt suduḥkhitaḥ paurā janā striyaḥ sarvā rurudū rājayoṣitaḥ

The king too, weeping, deeply grieved, went to Kausalyā's house; the townsfolk, the people, and all the women, the king's wives, wept.

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AgP 6.32

रामो रथस्थश्चीराढ्यः शृङ्गवेरपुरं ययौ गुहेन पूजितस्तत्र इङ्गुदीमूलमाश्रितः(२)

rāmo rathasthaścīrāḍhyaḥ śṛṅgaverapuraṃ yayau guhena pūjitastatra iṅgudīmūlamāśritaḥ(2)

Rāma, standing in the chariot, clad in bark garments, went to Śṛṅgaverapura; honored there by Guha, he took his rest at the foot of an iṅgudī tree.

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AgP 6.33

:न् १ न त्वं भार्या इति ग, घ, छ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ संश्रित इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् १४ लक्ष्मणः स गुहो रात्रौ चक्रतुर्जागरं हि तौ सुमन्त्रं सरथं त्यक्त्वा प्रातर् नावाथ जाह्नवीं

:n 1 na tvaṃ bhāryā iti ga, gha, cha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 saṃśrita iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 14 lakṣmaṇaḥ sa guho rātrau cakraturjāgaraṃ hi tau sumantraṃ sarathaṃ tyaktvā prātar nāvātha jāhnavīṃ

[Textual notes: 1 'na tvaṃ bhāryā' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked ga, gha, cha; 2 'saṃśrita' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ga, gha. p. 14] Lakṣmaṇa and that Guha kept watch through the night; then in the morning, leaving Sumantra with the chariot, (they crossed) the Jāhnavī by boat.

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AgP 6.34

रामलक्ष्मणसीताश् च तीर्णा आपुः प्रयागकम् भरद्वाजं नमस्कृत्य चित्रकूटं गिरिं ययुः

rāmalakṣmaṇasītāś ca tīrṇā āpuḥ prayāgakam bharadvājaṃ namaskṛtya citrakūṭaṃ giriṃ yayuḥ

And Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, having crossed, reached Prayāga; having bowed to Bharadvāja, they went to Mount Citrakūṭa.

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AgP 6.35

वास्तुपूजान्ततः कृत्वा स्थिता मन्दाकिनीतटे सीतायै दर्शयामास चित्रकूटञ्च राघवः

vāstupūjāntataḥ kṛtvā sthitā mandākinītaṭe sītāyai darśayāmāsa citrakūṭañca rāghavaḥ

After performing the worship of the dwelling place, they settled on the bank of the Mandākinī, and Rāghava showed Citrakūṭa to Sītā.

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AgP 6.36

नखैर् विदारयन्तन्तां काकन्तच्चक्षुराक्षिपत् ऐषिकास्त्रेण शरणं प्राप्तो देवान् विहायसः

nakhair vidārayantantāṃ kākantaccakṣurākṣipat aiṣikāstreṇa śaraṇaṃ prāpto devān vihāyasaḥ

A crow was tearing at her with its claws; he struck out that (crow's) eye with the aiṣīka missile, and (the crow) obtained refuge among the gods in the sky.

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AgP 6.37

रामे वनं गते राजा षष्ठे ऽह्नि निशि चाब्रवीत् कौशल्यां स कथां पौर्वां(१) यदज्ञानद्धतः पुरा

rāme vanaṃ gate rājā ṣaṣṭhe 'hni niśi cābravīt kauśalyāṃ sa kathāṃ paurvāṃ(1) yadajñānaddhataḥ purā

On the sixth day after Rāma had gone to the forest, at night, the king told Kausalyā that former story, of one whom he had long ago killed unknowingly.

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AgP 6.38

कौमारे शरयूतीरे यज्ञदत्तकुमारकः शब्दभेदाच्च कुम्भेन शब्दं कुर्वंश् च तत्पिता

kaumāre śarayūtīre yajñadattakumārakaḥ śabdabhedācca kumbhena śabdaṃ kurvaṃś ca tatpitā

In his youth, on the bank of the Sarayū, (there was) the boy son of Yajñadatta; (the king shot) at the sound (of a jar) — and his father, while making the sound with a jar (was there too).

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AgP 6.39

शशाप विलपन्मात्रा शोकं कृत्वा रुदन्मुहुः पुत्रं विना मरिष्यावस् त्वं च शोकान्मरिष्यसि

śaśāpa vilapanmātrā śokaṃ kṛtvā rudanmuhuḥ putraṃ vinā mariṣyāvas tvaṃ ca śokānmariṣyasi

Lamenting with the mother, grieving, weeping again and again, he cursed (him): "We two shall die without our son, and you too shall die of grief."

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AgP 6.40

पुत्रं विना स्मरन् शोकात् कौशल्ये मरणं मम कथामुक्त्वाथ हा रामम् उक्त्वा राजा दिवङ्गतः

putraṃ vinā smaran śokāt kauśalye maraṇaṃ mama kathāmuktvātha hā rāmam uktvā rājā divaṅgataḥ

"Remembering (that), Kausalyā, my death (comes) from grief at being without (my) son." Having told the story and then having cried "Alas, Rāma!", the king went to heaven.

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AgP 6.41

सुप्तं मत्त्वाथ कौशल्या सुप्ता शोकार्तमेव सा सुप्रभाते गायनाश् च सूतमागधवन्दिनः

suptaṃ mattvātha kauśalyā suptā śokārtameva sā suprabhāte gāyanāś ca sūtamāgadhavandinaḥ

Then Kausalyā, thinking him asleep, herself fell asleep, stricken with grief. At bright dawn the singers, the bards, the Māgadhas and the panegyrists,

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AgP 6.42

प्रबोधका बोधयन्ति न च बुध्यत्यसौ मृतः(२) कौशल्या तं मृतं ज्ञात्वा हा हतास्मीति चाब्रवीत्(३)

prabodhakā bodhayanti na ca budhyatyasau mṛtaḥ(2) kauśalyā taṃ mṛtaṃ jñātvā hā hatāsmīti cābravīt(3)

the awakeners, try to awaken (him), but he does not wake — he is dead. Kausalyā, knowing him to be dead, cried out, "Alas, I am undone!"

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AgP 6.43

नरा नार्यो ऽथ रुरुदुर् आनीतो भरतस्तदा वशिष्ठाद्यैः सशत्रुघ्नः शीघ्रं राजगृहात्पुरीम्

narā nāryo 'tha rurudur ānīto bharatastadā vaśiṣṭhādyaiḥ saśatrughnaḥ śīghraṃ rājagṛhātpurīm

Then the men and women wept; and Bharata, together with Śatrughna, was quickly brought by Vasiṣṭha and the others from the king's house to the city.

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AgP 6.44

:न् १ पूर्वामिति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ नृप इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ चापतदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५ दृष्ट्वा सशोकां कैकेयीं निन्दयामास दुःखितः अकीर्तिः पातिता मूर्ध्नि कौशल्यां स प्रशस्य च

:n 1 pūrvāmiti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 nṛpa iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 cāpataditi ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 15 dṛṣṭvā saśokāṃ kaikeyīṃ nindayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ akīrtiḥ pātitā mūrdhni kauśalyāṃ sa praśasya ca

[Textual notes: 1 'pūrvām' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ga, ṅa; 2 'nṛpaḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa; 3 'cāpatat' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. p. 15] Seeing Kaikeyī full of sorrow, he, in his grief, reproached her: "Infamy has been brought down upon (your) head!" — and praising Kausalyā,

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AgP 6.45

पितरन्तैलद्रोणिस्थं संस्कृत्य सरयूतटे वशिष्ठाद्यैर् जनैर् उक्तो राज्यं कुर्विति सो ऽब्रवीत्

pitarantailadroṇisthaṃ saṃskṛtya sarayūtaṭe vaśiṣṭhādyair janair ukto rājyaṃ kurviti so 'bravīt

Having performed the funeral rites for his father, who lay in a vat of oil, on the bank of the Sarayū, and being told by Vasiṣṭha and the other people, "Rule the kingdom," he said:

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AgP 6.46

व्रजामि राममानेतुं रामो राजा मतो बली(१) शृङ्गवेरं प्रयागञ्च भरद्वाजेन भोजितः

vrajāmi rāmamānetuṃ rāmo rājā mato balī(1) śṛṅgaveraṃ prayāgañca bharadvājena bhojitaḥ

"I go to bring Rāma back; the mighty Rāma is (my) chosen king." (He went to) Śṛṅgavera and Prayāga, and was fed by Bharadvāja.

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AgP 6.47

नमस्कृत्य भरद्वाजं रामं लक्ष्मणमागतः पिता स्वर्गं गतो राम अयोध्यायां नृपो भव

namaskṛtya bharadvājaṃ rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇamāgataḥ pitā svargaṃ gato rāma ayodhyāyāṃ nṛpo bhava

Having bowed to Bharadvāja, he came to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (and said): "Your father has gone to heaven, Rāma; be king in Ayodhyā.

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AgP 6.48

अहं वनं प्रयास्यामि त्वदादेशप्रतीक्षकः रामः श्रुत्वा जलं दत्वा गृहीत्वा पादुके व्रज

ahaṃ vanaṃ prayāsyāmi tvadādeśapratīkṣakaḥ rāmaḥ śrutvā jalaṃ datvā gṛhītvā pāduke vraja

I shall go to the forest, awaiting your command." Rāma, hearing this, offered the water (libation) and (said), "Take the sandals and go.

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AgP 6.49

राज्यायाहन्नयास्यामि(२) सत्याच्चीरजटाधरः रामोक्तो भरतश्चायान् नन्दिग्रामे स्थितो बली त्यक्त्वायोध्यां पादुके ते पूज्य राज्यमपालयत्

rājyāyāhannayāsyāmi(2) satyāccīrajaṭādharaḥ rāmokto bharataścāyān nandigrāme sthito balī tyaktvāyodhyāṃ pāduke te pūjya rājyamapālayat

I will not come for the kingship, for the sake of truth, wearing bark and matted hair." So addressed by Rāma, mighty Bharata came and stayed in Nandigrāma; having left Ayodhyā, he honoured those sandals and guarded the kingdom.

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