Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 11
SB 9 11.1
श्रीशुक उवाच भगवान् आत्मनात्मानं राम उत्तमकल्पकैः सर्वदेवमयं देवमीजे ऽथाचार्यवान् मखैः
śrīśuka uvāca bhagavān ātmanātmānaṃ rāma uttamakalpakaiḥ sarvadevamayaṃ devamīje 'thācāryavān makhaiḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Then the Lord Rāma, attended by priestly teachers, worshipped by sacrifices with the finest rites the god who comprises all gods—himself worshipping himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 11.2
होत्रे ऽददाद्दिशं प्राचीं ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां प्रभुः अध्वर्यवे प्रतीचीं वा उत्तरां सामगाय सः
hotre 'dadāddiśaṃ prācīṃ brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ prabhuḥ adhvaryave pratīcīṃ vā uttarāṃ sāmagāya saḥ
The lord gave the eastern quarter to the hotṛ, the southern to the brahman priest, the western to the adhvaryu, and the northern to the singer of the Sāman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 11.3
आचार्याय ददौ शेषां यावती भूस्तदन्तरा अन्यमान इदं कृत्स्नं ब्राह्मणो ऽर्हति निःस्पृहः
ācāryāya dadau śeṣāṃ yāvatī bhūstadantarā anyamāna idaṃ kṛtsnaṃ brāhmaṇo 'rhati niḥspṛhaḥ
To the ācārya he gave what remained, as much land as lay between those (quarters), thinking that a brāhmaṇa free of craving deserves the whole of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 11.4
इत्ययं तदलङ्कार वासोभ्यामवशेषितः तथा राज्ञ्यपि वैदेही सौमङ्गल्यावशेषिता
ityayaṃ tadalaṅkāra vāsobhyāmavaśeṣitaḥ tathā rājñyapi vaidehī saumaṅgalyāvaśeṣitā
Thus he was left with only his ornaments and his garments, and likewise the queen Vaidehī was left with only her marriage tokens.
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SB 9 11.5
ते तु ब्राह्मणदेवस्य वात्सल्यं वीक्ष्य संस्तुतम् प्रीताः क्लिन्नधियस्तस्मै प्रत्यर्प्येदं बभाषिरे
te tu brāhmaṇadevasya vātsalyaṃ vīkṣya saṃstutam prītāḥ klinnadhiyastasmai pratyarpyedaṃ babhāṣire
But they, seeing the affection of him who is the god of the brāhmaṇas, thus celebrated, were pleased, and with hearts melting they gave it back to him and said this:
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SB 9 11.6
अप्रत्तं नस्त्वया किं नु भगवन् भुवनेश्वर यन् नो ऽन्तर्हृदयं विश्य तमो हंसि स्वरोचिषा
aprattaṃ nastvayā kiṃ nu bhagavan bhuvaneśvara yan no 'ntarhṛdayaṃ viśya tamo haṃsi svarociṣā
"What at all has not been given to us by you, O Lord, ruler of the worlds, since you enter into our inmost heart and by your own radiance destroy the darkness?"
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SB 9 11.7
नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय रामायाकुण्ठमेधसे उत्तमश्लोकधुर्याय न्यस्तदण्डार्पिताङ्घ्रये
namo brahmaṇyadevāya rāmāyākuṇṭhamedhase uttamaślokadhuryāya nyastadaṇḍārpitāṅghraye
"Homage to the god devoted to brāhmaṇas, to Rāma of undulled intelligence, to the foremost of those hymned by the highest praise, at whose feet those who have laid down the rod (of rule) surrender."
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SB 9 11.8
कदाचिल् लोकजिज्ञासुर्गूढो रात्र्यामलक्षितः चरन् वाचो ऽशृणोद्रामो भार्यामुद्दिश्य कस्यचित्
kadācil lokajijñāsurgūḍho rātryāmalakṣitaḥ caran vāco 'śṛṇodrāmo bhāryāmuddiśya kasyacit
Once, wishing to learn (the mind of) the people, Rāma, disguised and unrecognized, roaming at night, heard words spoken by someone about his wife.
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SB 9 11.9
नाहं बिभर्मि त्वां दुष्टामसतीं परवेश्मगाम् स्त्रैणो हि बिभृयात् सीतां रामो नाहं भजे पुनः
nāhaṃ bibharmi tvāṃ duṣṭāmasatīṃ paraveśmagām straiṇo hi bibhṛyāt sītāṃ rāmo nāhaṃ bhaje punaḥ
"I will not support you, wicked and unchaste, who have gone to another man's house. A man ruled by his wife, a Rāma, might support a Sītā; I will not take (you) back."
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SB 9 11.10
इति लोकाद्बहुमुखाद्दुराराध्यादसंविदः पत्या भीतेन सा त्यक्ता प्राप्ता प्राचेतसाश्रमम्
iti lokādbahumukhāddurārādhyādasaṃvidaḥ patyā bhītena sā tyaktā prāptā prācetasāśramam
Thus, by her husband who feared the many-mouthed, hard-to-satisfy, undiscerning public, she was abandoned, and she reached the hermitage of Prācetasa (Vālmīki).
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SB 9 11.11
अन्तर्वत्न्यागते काले यमौ सा सुषुवे सुतौ कुशो लव इति ख्यातौ तयोश्चक्रे क्रिया मुनिः
antarvatnyāgate kāle yamau sā suṣuve sutau kuśo lava iti khyātau tayoścakre kriyā muniḥ
Being pregnant, when the time came she bore twin sons, known as Kuśa and Lava; the sage performed their rites for them.
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SB 9 11.12
अङ्गदश्चित्रकेतुश्च लक्ष्मणस्यात्मजौ स्मृतौ तक्षः पुष्कल इत्यास्तां भरतस्य महीपते
aṅgadaścitraketuśca lakṣmaṇasyātmajau smṛtau takṣaḥ puṣkala ityāstāṃ bharatasya mahīpate
Aṅgada and Citraketu are known as Lakṣmaṇa's sons; Takṣa and Puṣkala, O lord of the earth, were Bharata's.
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SB 9 11.13
सुबाहुः श्रुतसेनश्च शत्रुघ्नस्य बभूवतुः गन्धर्वान् कोटिशो जघ्ने भरतो विजये दिशाम्
subāhuḥ śrutasenaśca śatrughnasya babhūvatuḥ gandharvān koṭiśo jaghne bharato vijaye diśām
Subāhu and Śrutasena were Śatrughna's (sons). Bharata slew Gandharvas by the crore in his conquest of the directions.
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SB 9 11.14
तदीयं धनमानीय सर्वं राज्ञे न्यवेदयत् शत्रुघ्नश्च मधोः पुत्रं लवणं नाम राक्षसम् हत्वा मधुवने चक्रे मथुरां नाम वै पुरीम्
tadīyaṃ dhanamānīya sarvaṃ rājñe nyavedayat śatrughnaśca madhoḥ putraṃ lavaṇaṃ nāma rākṣasam hatvā madhuvane cakre mathurāṃ nāma vai purīm
Bringing all their wealth, he presented it to the king. And Śatrughna, having killed the Rākṣasa named Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded in the Madhu forest the city named Mathurā.
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SB 9 11.15
मुनौ निक्षिप्य तनयौ सीता भर्त्रा विवासिता ध्यायन्ती रामचरणौ विवरं प्रविवेश ह
munau nikṣipya tanayau sītā bhartrā vivāsitā dhyāyantī rāmacaraṇau vivaraṃ praviveśa ha
Sītā, banished by her husband, having entrusted her two sons to the sage, meditating on Rāma's feet, entered a cleft (in the earth).
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SB 9 11.16
तच् छ्रुत्वा भगवान् रामो रुन्धन्नपि धिया शुचः स्मरंस्तस्या गुणांस्तांस्तान् नाशक्नोद्रोद्धुमीश्वरः
tac chrutvā bhagavān rāmo rundhannapi dhiyā śucaḥ smaraṃstasyā guṇāṃstāṃstān nāśaknodroddhumīśvaraḥ
Hearing that, the Lord Rāma, though restraining his grief by understanding, remembering those many qualities of hers, was unable—Lord though he was—to hold it back.
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SB 9 11.17
स्त्रीपुंप्रसङ्ग एतादृक् सर्वत्र त्रासमावहः अपीश्वराणां किमुत ग्राम्यस्य गृहचेतसः
strīpuṃprasaṅga etādṛk sarvatra trāsamāvahaḥ apīśvarāṇāṃ kimuta grāmyasya gṛhacetasaḥ
Such is the attachment between woman and man: it brings fear everywhere, even for the mighty—how much more for a common man whose mind is set on household life.
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SB 9 11.18
तत ऊर्ध्वं ब्रह्मचर्यं धार्यन्नजुहोत् प्रभुः त्रयोदशाब्दसाहस्रमग्निहोत्रमखण्डितम्
tata ūrdhvaṃ brahmacaryaṃ dhāryannajuhot prabhuḥ trayodaśābdasāhasramagnihotramakhaṇḍitam
From then on the Lord, maintaining celibacy, offered the Agnihotra unbroken for thirteen thousand years.
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SB 9 11.19
स्मरतां हृदि विन्यस्य विद्धं दण्डककण्टकैः स्वपादपल्लवं राम आत्मज्योतिरगात् ततः
smaratāṃ hṛdi vinyasya viddhaṃ daṇḍakakaṇṭakaiḥ svapādapallavaṃ rāma ātmajyotiragāt tataḥ
Having placed in the hearts of those who remember (him) his own sprout-like foot, pierced by the thorns of the Daṇḍaka forest, Rāma thereafter went to his own effulgence.
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SB 9 11.21
यस्यामलं नृपसदःसु यशो ऽधुनापि गायन्त्यघघ्नमृषयो दिगिभेन्द्रपट्टम् यस्यामलं नृपसदःसु यशो ऽधुनापि गायन्त्यघघ्नमृषयो दिगिभेन्द्रपट्टम् तं नाकपालवसुपालकिरीटजुष्ट पादाम्बुजं रघुपतिं शरणं प्रपद्ये
yasyāmalaṃ nṛpasadaḥsu yaśo 'dhunāpi gāyantyaghaghnamṛṣayo digibhendrapaṭṭam yasyāmalaṃ nṛpasadaḥsu yaśo 'dhunāpi gāyantyaghaghnamṛṣayo digibhendrapaṭṭam taṃ nākapālavasupālakirīṭajuṣṭa pādāmbujaṃ raghupatiṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
He whose spotless, sin-destroying fame the sages sing even now in the assemblies of kings—(a fame that is) the banner-cloth upon the great elephants of the quarters: to him, the lord of the Raghus, whose lotus feet are attended by the crowns of the guardians of heaven and the protectors of the earth's wealth, I go for refuge.
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SB 9 11.22
स यैः स्पृष्टो ऽभिदृष्टो वा संविष्टो ऽनुगतो ऽपि वा कोसलास्ते ययुः स्थानं यत्र गच्छन्ति योगिनः
sa yaiḥ spṛṣṭo 'bhidṛṣṭo vā saṃviṣṭo 'nugato 'pi vā kosalāste yayuḥ sthānaṃ yatra gacchanti yoginaḥ
Those people of Kosala by whom he was touched, or looked upon, or with whom he sat, or who followed him, went to that place to which yogins go.
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SB 9 11.23
पुरुषो रामचरितं श्रवणैरुपधारयन् आनृशंस्यपरो राजन् कर्मबन्धैर्विमुच्यते
puruṣo rāmacaritaṃ śravaṇairupadhārayan ānṛśaṃsyaparo rājan karmabandhairvimucyate
A man who takes in the deeds of Rāma with his ears, being devoted to non-cruelty, O king, is freed from the bonds of karma.
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SB 9 11.24
श्रीराजोवाच कथं स भगवान् रामो भ्रात्-न् वा स्वयमात्मनः तस्मिन् वा ते ऽन्ववर्तन्त प्रजाः पौराश्च ईश्वरे
śrīrājovāca kathaṃ sa bhagavān rāmo bhrāt-n vā svayamātmanaḥ tasmin vā te 'nvavartanta prajāḥ paurāśca īśvare
The King said: How did the Lord Rāma (behave toward) his brothers, who were his own very self, and how did they, and the subjects and the citizens, conduct themselves toward him, the Lord?
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SB 9 11.25
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच अथादिशद्दिग्विजये भ्रात्-ंस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरः आत्मानं दर्शयन् स्वानां पुरीमैक्षत सानुगः
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca athādiśaddigvijaye bhrāt-ṃstribhuvaneśvaraḥ ātmānaṃ darśayan svānāṃ purīmaikṣata sānugaḥ
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Then the lord of the three worlds directed his brothers to the conquest of the directions, and, showing himself to his own people, he surveyed the city together with his attendants.
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SB 9 11.26
आसिक्तमार्गां गन्धोदैः करिणां मदशीकरैः स्वामिनं प्राप्तमालोक्य मत्तां वा सुतरामिव
āsiktamārgāṃ gandhodaiḥ kariṇāṃ madaśīkaraiḥ svāminaṃ prāptamālokya mattāṃ vā sutarāmiva
(He saw the city) its streets sprinkled with fragrant waters and with the ichor-spray of elephants—as if it were all the more intoxicated at seeing its master arrived.
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SB 9 11.27
प्रासादगोपुरसभा चैत्यदेवगृहादिषु विन्यस्तहेमकलशैः पताकाभिश्च मण्डिताम्
prāsādagopurasabhā caityadevagṛhādiṣu vinyastahemakalaśaiḥ patākābhiśca maṇḍitām
—adorned with golden pots set upon the palaces, gateways, assembly halls, sanctuaries, temples and the rest, and with banners;
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SB 9 11.28
पूगैः सवृन्तै रम्भाभिः पट्टिकाभिः सुवाससाम् आदर्शैरंशुकैः स्रग्भिः कृतकौतुकतोरणाम्
pūgaiḥ savṛntai rambhābhiḥ paṭṭikābhiḥ suvāsasām ādarśairaṃśukaiḥ sragbhiḥ kṛtakautukatoraṇām
—with festive archways made of areca palms with their clusters, plantain trees, strips of fine cloth, mirrors, cloths and garlands;
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SB 9 11.29
तमुपेयुस्तत्र तत्र पौरा अर्हणपाणयः आशिषो युयुजुर्देव पाहीमां प्राक् त्वयोद्धृताम्
tamupeyustatra tatra paurā arhaṇapāṇayaḥ āśiṣo yuyujurdeva pāhīmāṃ prāk tvayoddhṛtām
Here and there the citizens came up to him with offerings in their hands and pronounced blessings: "O lord, protect this (city/earth), which you formerly raised up."
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SB 9 11.30
ततः प्रजा वीक्ष्य पतिं चिरागतं दिदृक्षयोत्सृष्टगृहाः स्त्रियो नराः आरुह्य हर्म्याण्यरविन्दलोचनम् अतृप्तनेत्राः कुसुमैरवाकिरन्
tataḥ prajā vīkṣya patiṃ cirāgataṃ didṛkṣayotsṛṣṭagṛhāḥ striyo narāḥ āruhya harmyāṇyaravindalocanam atṛptanetrāḥ kusumairavākiran
Then the people, seeing their master come after long, the women and the men, having left their houses out of the wish to see him, climbed the mansions and, their eyes unsated, showered the lotus-eyed one with flowers.
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SB 9 11.31
अथ प्रविष्टः स्वगृहं जुष्टं स्वैः पूर्वराजभिः अनन्ताखिलकोषाढ्यमनर्घ्योरुपरिच्छदम्
atha praviṣṭaḥ svagṛhaṃ juṣṭaṃ svaiḥ pūrvarājabhiḥ anantākhilakoṣāḍhyamanarghyoruparicchadam
Then he entered his own palace, enjoyed by his own forebears among the earlier kings, rich with endless and complete treasuries, with vast furnishings beyond price;
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SB 9 11.32
विद्रुमोदुम्बरद्वारैर्वैदूर्यस्तम्भपङ्क्तिभिः स्थलैर्मारकतैः स्वच्छैर्भ्राजत्स्फटिकभित्तिभिः
vidrumodumbaradvārairvaidūryastambhapaṅktibhiḥ sthalairmārakataiḥ svacchairbhrājatsphaṭikabhittibhiḥ
—with doorframes of coral, with rows of pillars of cat's-eye gem, with floors of emerald, with gleaming walls of clear crystal;
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SB 9 11.33
चित्रस्रग्भिः पट्टिकाभिर्वासोमणिगणांशुकैः मुक्ताफलैश्चिदुल्लासैः कान्तकामोपपत्तिभिः
citrasragbhiḥ paṭṭikābhirvāsomaṇigaṇāṃśukaiḥ muktāphalaiścidullāsaiḥ kāntakāmopapattibhiḥ
(adorned) with many-coloured garlands, with (hanging) strips of cloth, with fine fabrics and clusters of gems, with pearls that gleam, and with all the appointments that lovers could desire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 11.34
धूपदीपैः सुरभिभिर्मण्डितं पुष्पमण्डनैः स्त्रीपुम्भिः सुरसङ्काशैर्जुष्टं भूषणभूषणैः
dhūpadīpaiḥ surabhibhirmaṇḍitaṃ puṣpamaṇḍanaiḥ strīpumbhiḥ surasaṅkāśairjuṣṭaṃ bhūṣaṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ
(the city was) decked with fragrant incense and lamps and with floral decorations, and thronged with women and men resembling gods, who were the very ornaments of their ornaments.
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SB 9 11.35
तस्मिन् स भगवान् रामः स्निग्धया प्रिययेष्टया रेमे स्वारामधीराणामृषभः सीतया किल
tasmin sa bhagavān rāmaḥ snigdhayā priyayeṣṭayā reme svārāmadhīrāṇāmṛṣabhaḥ sītayā kila
There the Lord Rāma, the foremost of those who are steady and take their joy in themselves, took his pleasure, it is said, with his loving, dear and cherished Sītā.
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SB 9 11.36
बुभुजे च यथाकालं कामान् धर्ममपीडयन् वर्षपूगान् बहून् नॄणामभिध्याताङ्घ्रिपल्लवः
bubhuje ca yathākālaṃ kāmān dharmamapīḍayan varṣapūgān bahūn nṝṇāmabhidhyātāṅghripallavaḥ
And he enjoyed the objects of desire at their proper times, without doing violence to dharma, for many multitudes of years — he whose lotus feet men meditate upon.
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