Agni Purana — Chapter 8
AgP 8.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये रामायणे आरण्यककाण्डवर्णनं नाम सप्तमो ऽध्यायः :न् १ मृत्युर्न तद्वरमिति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ प्रेषित इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ विरथ इति ख, ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः ४ आह्वयामास इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १८ छप्तेर् {८} :श् अथ अष्टमो ऽध्यायः श्रीरामावतारकथनं नारद उवाच रामः पम्पासरो गत्वा शोचन् स शर्वरीं ततः(१) हनूमता स सुग्रीवं(२) नीतो मित्रञ्चकार ह
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye rāmāyaṇe āraṇyakakāṇḍavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n 1 mṛtyurna tadvaramiti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 preṣita iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 viratha iti kha, ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 4 āhvayāmāsa iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 18 chapter {8} :ś atha aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīrāmāvatārakathanaṃ nārada uvāca rāmaḥ pampāsaro gatvā śocan sa śarvarīṃ tataḥ(1) hanūmatā sa sugrīvaṃ(2) nīto mitrañcakāra ha
Thus, in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, in the Rāmāyaṇa (section), the seventh chapter, named the Description of the Āraṇyaka-kāṇḍa. [Textual notes: 1. Two manuscripts marked kha and ga read mṛtyurna tadvaram. 2. The manuscript marked kha reads preṣitaḥ. 3. Three manuscripts marked kha, ga and ṅa read viratha. 4. The manuscript marked ṅa reads āhvayāmāsa. Page 18. Chapter 8.] Now the eighth chapter: the telling of the incarnation of the blessed Rāma. Nārada said: Rāma, going to Lake Pampā, grieving, then spent the night there; he was brought by Hanūmān to Sugrīva and made friendship (with him).
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AgP 8.2
सप्त तालान् विनिर्भिद्य शरेणैकेन पश्यतः पादेन दुन्दुभेः कायञ् चिक्षेप दशयोजनं
sapta tālān vinirbhidya śareṇaikena paśyataḥ pādena dundubheḥ kāyañ cikṣepa daśayojanaṃ
Splitting seven palm trees with a single arrow while (Sugrīva) watched, with his foot he flung the carcass of Dundubhi ten yojanas.
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AgP 8.3
तद्रिपुं बालिनं हत्वा भ्रातरं वैरकारिणम् किष्किन्धां कपिराज्यञ्च रुमान्तारां समर्पयत्
tadripuṃ bālinaṃ hatvā bhrātaraṃ vairakāriṇam kiṣkindhāṃ kapirājyañca rumāntārāṃ samarpayat
Having slain his enemy Bālin, his brother who had made enmity (with him), he handed over Kiṣkindhā, the kingship of the monkeys, and Rumā and Tārā (to Sugrīva).
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AgP 8.4
ऋष्यमूके हरीशाय किष्किन्धेशो ऽब्रवीत्स च(३) सीतां त्वं प्राश्यसे यद्वत्(४) तथा राम करोमि ते
ṛṣyamūke harīśāya kiṣkindheśo 'bravītsa ca(3) sītāṃ tvaṃ prāśyase yadvat(4) tathā rāma karomi te
On Ṛṣyamūka the lord of Kiṣkindhā said to the lord of the monkeys: "Rāma, I will so act for you that you will obtain Sītā."
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AgP 8.5
तच् छ्रुत्वा माल्यवत्पृष्ठे चातुर्मास्यं चकार सः किष्किन्धायाञ्च सुग्रीवो यदा नायाति दर्शनं
tac chrutvā mālyavatpṛṣṭhe cāturmāsyaṃ cakāra saḥ kiṣkindhāyāñca sugrīvo yadā nāyāti darśanaṃ
Hearing that, he passed the four months (of the rains) on the ridge of Mālyavat; and when Sugrīva, in Kiṣkindhā, did not come into sight,
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AgP 8.6
तदाब्रवीत्तं रामोक्तं लक्ष्मणो व्रज राघवम् न स सङ्कुचितः पन्था येन बाली हतो गतः
tadābravīttaṃ rāmoktaṃ lakṣmaṇo vraja rāghavam na sa saṅkucitaḥ panthā yena bālī hato gataḥ
then Lakṣmaṇa said to him what Rāma had said: "Go to the Rāghava; that path is not closed off by which Bālin went, slain."
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AgP 8.7
समये तिष्ठ सुग्रीव मा बालिपथमन्वगाः सुग्रीव आह संसक्तो(५) गतं कालं न बुद्धवान्
samaye tiṣṭha sugrīva mā bālipathamanvagāḥ sugrīva āha saṃsakto(5) gataṃ kālaṃ na buddhavān
"Keep to the agreement, Sugrīva; do not follow Bālin's road." Sugrīva said that, being caught up (in pleasures), he had not noticed the time that had passed.
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AgP 8.8
इत्युक्त्वा स गतो रामं नत्वोवाच हरीश्वरः आनीता वानराः सर्वे सीतायाश् च गवेषणे
ityuktvā sa gato rāmaṃ natvovāca harīśvaraḥ ānītā vānarāḥ sarve sītāyāś ca gaveṣaṇe
Having said this, he went to Rāma, and the lord of the monkeys, bowing, said: "All the monkeys have been brought for the search for Sītā."
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AgP 8.9
:न् १ गौरवाच्छवरीनतः इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । शवरीं तत इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ हनूमता वानरेन्द्रमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ अब्रवीत्तत् इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ प्राप्स्यसि यथा इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ सुग्रीवमाह सङ्क्रुद्ध इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः । सुग्रीव ऋद्धिसंसक्त इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १९ त्वन्मतात् प्रेषयिष्यामि विचिन्वन्तु च जानकीम् पूर्वादौ मासमायान्तु मासादूर्ध्वं निहन्मि तान्
:n 1 gauravācchavarīnataḥ iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / śavarīṃ tata iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 hanūmatā vānarendramiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 abravīttat iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 prāpsyasi yathā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 sugrīvamāha saṅkruddha iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ / sugrīva ṛddhisaṃsakta iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 19 tvanmatāt preṣayiṣyāmi vicinvantu ca jānakīm pūrvādau māsamāyāntu māsādūrdhvaṃ nihanmi tān
[Textual notes: 1. The manuscript marked ṅa reads gauravāc chavarīnataḥ; the manuscripts marked kha and ga read śavarīṃ tataḥ. 2. The manuscript marked ṅa reads hanūmatā vānarendram. 3. The manuscript marked ga reads abravīttat. 4. The manuscript marked kha reads prāpsyasi yathā. 5. Two manuscripts marked kha and ga read sugrīvamāha saṅkruddhaḥ; the manuscript marked ṅa reads sugrīva ṛddhisaṃsaktaḥ. Page 19.] "With your consent I shall send them out, and let them search for Jānakī. Let them return within a month, in the east and the rest; beyond a month I shall kill them."
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AgP 8.10
इत्युक्ता वानराः पूर्व- पश्चिमोत्तरमार्गगाः जग्मू रामं ससुग्रीवम् अपश्यन्तस् तु जानकीम्
ityuktā vānarāḥ pūrva- paścimottaramārgagāḥ jagmū rāmaṃ sasugrīvam apaśyantas tu jānakīm
So instructed, the monkeys who went by the eastern, western and northern routes came (back) to Rāma together with Sugrīva, not having seen Jānakī.
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AgP 8.11
रामाङ्गुलीयं सङ्गृह्य हनूमान् वानरैः सह दक्षिणे मार्गयामास सुप्रभाया गुहान्तिके
rāmāṅgulīyaṃ saṅgṛhya hanūmān vānaraiḥ saha dakṣiṇe mārgayāmāsa suprabhāyā guhāntike
Taking Rāma's ring, Hanūmān together with the monkeys searched in the south, near the cave of Suprabhā.
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AgP 8.12
मासादूर्ध्वञ्च विन्यस्ता अपश्यन्तस्तु जानकीम् ऊचुर्वृथा मरिष्यामो जटायुर्धन्य एवसः
māsādūrdhvañca vinyastā apaśyantastu jānakīm ūcurvṛthā mariṣyāmo jaṭāyurdhanya evasaḥ
And when they had been out more than a month and still did not see Jānakī, they said: "We shall die for nothing; Jaṭāyu alone is fortunate,
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AgP 8.13
सीतार्थे यो ऽत्यजत् प्राणान् रावणेन हतो रणे तच् छ्रुत्वा प्राह सम्पातिर् विहाय कपिभक्षणं
sītārthe yo 'tyajat prāṇān rāvaṇena hato raṇe tac chrutvā prāha sampātir vihāya kapibhakṣaṇaṃ
who gave up his life for Sītā's sake, slain in battle by Rāvaṇa." Hearing that, Sampāti spoke, giving up (his intention of) eating the monkeys:
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AgP 8.14
भ्रातासौ मे जटायुर्वै मयोड्डीनो ऽर्कमण्डलम् अर्कतापाद्रक्षितो ऽगात् दग्धपक्षो ऽहमब्भ्रगः
bhrātāsau me jaṭāyurvai mayoḍḍīno 'rkamaṇḍalam arkatāpādrakṣito 'gāt dagdhapakṣo 'hamabbhragaḥ
"That brother of mine was Jaṭāyu. By me the sun's orb was flown up to; he, protected (by me) from the sun's heat, went off, while I, my wings burnt, fell into the water (or: went to the clouds)."
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AgP 8.15
रामवार्ताश्रवात् पक्षौ जातौ भूयो ऽथ जानकीम् पश्याम्यशोकवनिका- गतां लङ्कागतां किल
rāmavārtāśravāt pakṣau jātau bhūyo 'tha jānakīm paśyāmyaśokavanikā- gatāṃ laṅkāgatāṃ kila
"From hearing news of Rāma my two wings have grown again; and moreover I see Jānakī, come to Laṅkā indeed, dwelling in the aśoka grove."
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AgP 8.16
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णे लवणाब्धौ त्रिकूटके ज्ञात्वा रामं ससुग्रीवं वानराः कथयन्तु वै
śatayojanavistīrṇe lavaṇābdhau trikūṭake jñātvā rāmaṃ sasugrīvaṃ vānarāḥ kathayantu vai
"In the salt ocean, a hundred yojanas wide, on Trikūṭa (she is). Let the monkeys, having learned (this), tell Rāma together with Sugrīva."
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