Agni Purana — Chapter 9
AgP 9.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये रामायाणे किष्किन्धाकाण्डवर्णनं नाम अष्टमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {९} :श् अथ नवमो ऽध्यायः श्रीरामावतारकथनं नारद उवाच सम्पातिवचनं श्रुत्वा हनुमानङ्गदादयः अब्धिं दृष्ट्वाब्रुवंस्ते ऽब्धिं लङ्घयेत् को नु जीवयेत्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye rāmāyāṇe kiṣkindhākāṇḍavarṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {9} :ś atha navamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīrāmāvatārakathanaṃ nārada uvāca sampātivacanaṃ śrutvā hanumānaṅgadādayaḥ abdhiṃ dṛṣṭvābruvaṃste 'bdhiṃ laṅghayet ko nu jīvayet
Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, in the Rāmāyaṇa, the eighth chapter, called the description of the Kiṣkindhā-kāṇḍa. Now the ninth chapter: the telling of the descent of Śrī Rāma. Nārada said: Having heard Sampāti's speech, Hanumān, Aṅgada and the others, on seeing the ocean, said: "Who indeed could leap the ocean, and stay alive?"
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AgP 9.2
:प् २० कपीनां जीवनार्थाय रामकार्यप्रसिद्धये शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं पुप्लुवे ऽब्धिं स मारुतिः
:p 20 kapīnāṃ jīvanārthāya rāmakāryaprasiddhaye śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ pupluve 'bdhiṃ sa mārutiḥ
For the sake of the monkeys' lives, and for the accomplishment of Rāma's business, that son of the Wind leapt across the ocean, a hundred yojanas wide.
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AgP 9.3
दृष्ट्वोत्थितञ्च मैनाकं सिंहिकां विनिपात्य च लङ्कां दृष्ट्वा राक्षसानां गृहाणि वनितागृहे
dṛṣṭvotthitañca mainākaṃ siṃhikāṃ vinipātya ca laṅkāṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasānāṃ gṛhāṇi vanitāgṛhe
And having seen Maināka rise up, and having struck down Siṃhikā, and having seen Laṅkā, the houses of the rākṣasas, (and) in the women's quarters—
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AgP 9.4
दशग्रीवस्य कुम्भस्य कुम्भकर्णस्य रक्षसः विभीषणस्येन्द्रजितो गृहे ऽन्येषां च रक्षसो
daśagrīvasya kumbhasya kumbhakarṇasya rakṣasaḥ vibhīṣaṇasyendrajito gṛhe 'nyeṣāṃ ca rakṣaso
in the house of the ten-necked one, of Kumbha, of the rākṣasa Kumbhakarṇa, of Vibhīṣaṇa, of Indrajit, and of the other rākṣasas—
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AgP 9.5
नापश्यत् पानभूम्यादौ सीतां चिन्तापरायणः अशोकवनिकां गत्वा दृष्टवाञ्छिंशपातले
nāpaśyat pānabhūmyādau sītāṃ cintāparāyaṇaḥ aśokavanikāṃ gatvā dṛṣṭavāñchiṃśapātale
he did not see Sītā, in the drinking-halls and the rest; absorbed in anxiety, he went to the aśoka grove and saw (her) at the foot of a śiṃśapā tree—
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AgP 9.6
राक्षसीरक्षितां सीतां भव भार्येति वादिनं रावणं शिंशपास्थो ऽथ नेति सीतान्तु वादिनीं
rākṣasīrakṣitāṃ sītāṃ bhava bhāryeti vādinaṃ rāvaṇaṃ śiṃśapāstho 'tha neti sītāntu vādinīṃ
Sītā, guarded by rākṣasīs; and then, stationed in the śiṃśapā, (he saw) Rāvaṇa saying "Be my wife," but Sītā saying "No,"
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AgP 9.7
भव भार्या रावणस्य राक्षसीर्वादिनीः कपिः गते तु रावणे प्राह राजा दशरथो ऽभवत्
bhava bhāryā rāvaṇasya rākṣasīrvādinīḥ kapiḥ gate tu rāvaṇe prāha rājā daśaratho 'bhavat
and the rākṣasīs saying "Be Rāvaṇa's wife." But when Rāvaṇa had gone, the monkey spoke: "There was a king, Daśaratha.
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AgP 9.8
रामो ऽस्य(१) लक्ष्मणः पुत्रौ वनवासङ्गतौ वरौ रामपत्नी जानकी त्वं रावणेन हृता बलात्
rāmo 'sya(1) lakṣmaṇaḥ putrau vanavāsaṅgatau varau rāmapatnī jānakī tvaṃ rāvaṇena hṛtā balāt
Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are his two excellent sons, who went to dwell in the forest. You are Jānakī, Rāma's wife, carried off by force by Rāvaṇa.
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AgP 9.9
रामः सुग्रीवमित्रस् त्वां मार्गयन् प्रेषयच्च माम्(२) साभिज्ञानञ्चागुलीयं रामदत्तं गृहाण वै
rāmaḥ sugrīvamitras tvāṃ mārgayan preṣayacca mām(2) sābhijñānañcāgulīyaṃ rāmadattaṃ gṛhāṇa vai
Rāma, whose friend is Sugrīva, searching for you, sent me; and take this ring, given by Rāma, as a token."
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AgP 9.10
सीताङ्गुलीयं जग्राह सापश्यन्मारूतिन्तरौ भूयो ऽग्रे चोपविष्टं तम् उवाच यदि जीवति
sītāṅgulīyaṃ jagrāha sāpaśyanmārūtintarau bhūyo 'gre copaviṣṭaṃ tam uvāca yadi jīvati
Sītā took the ring; she looked at the son of the Wind, seated once more before her, and said to him, "If he is alive,
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AgP 9.11
रामः कथं न नयति शृङ्कितामब्रवीत् कपिः रामः सीते न जानीते ज्ञात्वा त्वां स नयिष्यति
rāmaḥ kathaṃ na nayati śṛṅkitāmabravīt kapiḥ rāmaḥ sīte na jānīte jñātvā tvāṃ sa nayiṣyati
how is it that Rāma does not take me away?" The monkey said to her, who was full of misgiving: "Sītā, Rāma does not know; once he knows, he will fetch you,
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AgP 9.12
रावणं राक्षसं हत्वा सबलं देवि मा शुच साभिज्ञानं देहि मे त्वं मणिं सीताददत्कपौ
rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasaṃ hatvā sabalaṃ devi mā śuca sābhijñānaṃ dehi me tvaṃ maṇiṃ sītādadatkapau
after slaying the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa together with his army. Do not grieve, lady. Give me a token." Sītā gave the jewel to the monkey.
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AgP 9.13
उवाच मां यथा रामो नयेच्छीघ्रं तथा कुरु :न् १ रामश् च इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ त्वां मार्गयेत् प्रेषयेच्च मामिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २१ काकाक्षिपातनकथाम् प्रतियाहि हि शोकह
uvāca māṃ yathā rāmo nayecchīghraṃ tathā kuru :n 1 rāmaś ca iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 tvāṃ mārgayet preṣayecca māmiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 21 kākākṣipātanakathām pratiyāhi hi śokaha
She said: "Act so that Rāma may quickly take me away." [Notes: 1. 'rāmaś ca' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 2. 'may he search for you and may he send me' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha.] "Report back too, O remover of sorrow, the story of the striking down of the crow's eye."
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AgP 9.14
मणिं कथां गृहीत्वाह हनूमान्नेष्यते पतिः अथवा ते त्वरा काचित् पृष्ठमारुह मे शुभे
maṇiṃ kathāṃ gṛhītvāha hanūmānneṣyate patiḥ athavā te tvarā kācit pṛṣṭhamāruha me śubhe
Having taken the jewel and the story, Hanumān said: "Your husband will fetch you. Or else, if you are in any haste, mount upon my back, auspicious lady.
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AgP 9.15
अद्य त्वां दर्शयिष्यामि ससुग्रीवञ्च राघवम् सीताब्रवीद्धनूमन्तं नयतां मां हि राघवः
adya tvāṃ darśayiṣyāmi sasugrīvañca rāghavam sītābravīddhanūmantaṃ nayatāṃ māṃ hi rāghavaḥ
Today I will show you Rāghava together with Sugrīva." Sītā said to Hanumān: "Let it be Rāghava himself who takes me."
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AgP 9.16
हनूमान् स दशग्रीव दर्शनोपायमाकरोत् वनं बभञ्ज तत्पालान् हत्वा दन्तनखादिभिः
hanūmān sa daśagrīva darśanopāyamākarot vanaṃ babhañja tatpālān hatvā dantanakhādibhiḥ
That Hanumān contrived a means of being seen by the ten-necked one: he wrecked the grove, killing its keepers with teeth and claws and the rest.
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AgP 9.17
हत्वातु किङ्करान् सर्वान् सप्त मन्त्रिसुतानपि पुत्रमक्षं कुमारञ्च शक्रजिच्च बबन्ध तम्
hatvātu kiṅkarān sarvān sapta mantrisutānapi putramakṣaṃ kumārañca śakrajicca babandha tam
And having slain all the Kiṅkaras, and the seven sons of the minister too, and (Rāvaṇa's) son Akṣa the prince—then Śakrajit (Indrajit) bound him
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AgP 9.18
नागपाशेन पिङ्गाक्षं दर्शयामास रावणम् उवाच रावणः कस्त्वं मारुतिः प्राह रावणम्
nāgapāśena piṅgākṣaṃ darśayāmāsa rāvaṇam uvāca rāvaṇaḥ kastvaṃ mārutiḥ prāha rāvaṇam
With the serpent-noose (bound), he showed the tawny-eyed one to Rāvaṇa. Rāvaṇa said: "Who are you?" The son of the Wind spoke to Rāvaṇa:
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AgP 9.19
रामदूतो राघवाय सीतां देहि मरिष्यसि रामबाणैर् हतः सार्धं लङ्कास्थै राक्षसैर् ध्रुवम्
rāmadūto rāghavāya sītāṃ dehi mariṣyasi rāmabāṇair hataḥ sārdhaṃ laṅkāsthai rākṣasair dhruvam
"(I am) Rāma's messenger. Give Sītā to the Rāghava, (or) you will die, slain by Rāma's arrows together with the rākṣasas dwelling in Laṅkā, certainly."
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AgP 9.20
रावणो हन्तुमुद्युक्तो विभीषणनिवारितः दीपयामास लाङ्गलं दीप्तपुच्छः स मारुतिः
rāvaṇo hantumudyukto vibhīṣaṇanivāritaḥ dīpayāmāsa lāṅgalaṃ dīptapucchaḥ sa mārutiḥ
Rāvaṇa, poised to kill (him), was restrained by Vibhīṣaṇa. (Rāvaṇa) set his tail alight; and that son of the Wind, with his tail blazing,
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AgP 9.21
दग्ध्वा लङ्कां राक्षसांश् च दृष्ट्वा सीतां प्रणम्य ताम् समुद्रपारमागम्य दृष्टा सीतेति चाब्रवीत्
dagdhvā laṅkāṃ rākṣasāṃś ca dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ praṇamya tām samudrapāramāgamya dṛṣṭā sīteti cābravīt
having burnt Laṅkā and the rākṣasas, and having seen Sītā and bowed to her, came to the far shore of the ocean and said, "Sītā has been seen."
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AgP 9.22
अङ्गदादीनङ्गदाद्यैः पीत्वा मधुवने मधु जित्वा दधिमुखादींश् च दृष्ट्वा रामञ्च ते ऽब्रुवन्
aṅgadādīnaṅgadādyaiḥ pītvā madhuvane madhu jitvā dadhimukhādīṃś ca dṛṣṭvā rāmañca te 'bruvan
Having drunk honey in the Madhu grove with Aṅgada and the others, and having defeated Dadhimukha and the rest, they saw Rāma and spoke (to him).
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AgP 9.23
दृष्टा सीतेति रामो ऽपि हृष्टः पप्रच्छ मारुतिम् कथं दृष्ट्वा त्वया सीता किमुवाच च माम्प्रति
dṛṣṭā sīteti rāmo 'pi hṛṣṭaḥ papraccha mārutim kathaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvayā sītā kimuvāca ca māmprati
"Sītā has been seen" — and Rāma too, delighted, asked the son of the Wind: "How was Sītā seen by you, and what did she say about me?
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AgP 9.24
सीताकथामृतेनैव सिञ्च मां कामवह्निगम् हनूमानब्रवीद्रामं लङ्घयित्वाब्धिमागतः
sītākathāmṛtenaiva siñca māṃ kāmavahnigam hanūmānabravīdrāmaṃ laṅghayitvābdhimāgataḥ
"Sprinkle me, who am set in the fire of longing, with the very nectar of the tale of Sītā." Hanumān, having leapt the ocean and come (back), said to Rāma:
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AgP 9.25
सीतां दृष्ट्वा पुरीं दग्ध्वा सीतामणिं गृहाण वै हत्वा त्वं रावणं सीतां प्राप्स्यसे राम मा शुच
sītāṃ dṛṣṭvā purīṃ dagdhvā sītāmaṇiṃ gṛhāṇa vai hatvā tvaṃ rāvaṇaṃ sītāṃ prāpsyase rāma mā śuca
"Having seen Sītā and burnt the city (I have come); take, indeed, Sītā's jewel. Having slain Rāvaṇa you will obtain Sītā; Rāma, do not grieve."
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AgP 9.26
गृहीत्वा तं मणिं रामो रुरोद विरहातुरः :प् २२ मणिं दृष्ट्वा जानकी मे दृष्टा सीता नयस्व माम्
gṛhītvā taṃ maṇiṃ rāmo ruroda virahāturaḥ :p 22 maṇiṃ dṛṣṭvā jānakī me dṛṣṭā sītā nayasva mām
Taking that jewel, Rāma wept, afflicted by separation: "Seeing the jewel, (I feel) Jānakī — Sītā — has been seen by me. Take me (to her)."
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AgP 9.27
तया विना न जीवामि सुग्रीवाद्यैः प्रबोधितः समुद्रतीरं गतवान् तत्र रामं विभीषणः
tayā vinā na jīvāmi sugrīvādyaiḥ prabodhitaḥ samudratīraṃ gatavān tatra rāmaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
"Without her I do not live." Roused by Sugrīva and the others, he went to the ocean's shore. There, to Rāma, Vibhīṣaṇa
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AgP 9.28
गतस्तिरस्कृतो भ्रात्रा रावणेन दुरात्मना रामाय देहि सीतां त्व मित्युक्तेनासहायवान्
gatastiraskṛto bhrātrā rāvaṇena durātmanā rāmāya dehi sītāṃ tva mityuktenāsahāyavān
came, having been scorned by his brother, the evil-souled Rāvaṇa — for when he had said "Give Sītā to Rāma," he was left without support.
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AgP 9.29
रामो विभीषणं मित्रं लङ्कैश्वर्ये ऽभ्यषेचयत् समुद्रं प्रार्थयन्मार्गं यदा नायात्तदा शरैः
rāmo vibhīṣaṇaṃ mitraṃ laṅkaiśvarye 'bhyaṣecayat samudraṃ prārthayanmārgaṃ yadā nāyāttadā śaraiḥ
Rāma consecrated his friend Vibhīṣaṇa in the lordship of Laṅkā. He asked the ocean for a passage; when it did not come, then with arrows
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AgP 9.30
भेदयामास रामञ्च उवाचाब्धिः समागतः नलेन सेतुं बध्वाब्धौ लङ्कां व्रज गभीरकः
bhedayāmāsa rāmañca uvācābdhiḥ samāgataḥ nalena setuṃ badhvābdhau laṅkāṃ vraja gabhīrakaḥ
he made it split apart. And the ocean, having come (to him), said to Rāma: "Having built a bridge over the sea by means of Nala, go to Laṅkā; deep
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AgP 9.31
अहं त्वया कृतः पूर्वं रामो ऽपि नलसेतुना कृतेन तरुशैलाद्यैर् गतः पारं महोदधेः वानरैः स सुवेलस्थः सह लङ्कां ददर्श वै
ahaṃ tvayā kṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ rāmo 'pi nalasetunā kṛtena taruśailādyair gataḥ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ vānaraiḥ sa suvelasthaḥ saha laṅkāṃ dadarśa vai
was I made by you formerly." And Rāma too, by the bridge of Nala made with trees, rocks and the like, went to the far shore of the great ocean with the monkeys; standing on Suvela he beheld Laṅkā.
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