Brahma Purana — Chapter 123

BrP 123.1

रामतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं भ्रूणहत्याविनाशनम् तस्य श्रवणमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

rāmatīrtham iti khyātaṃ bhrūṇahatyāvināśanam tasya śravaṇamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //

(There is a place) known as Rāma's ford, which destroys the sin of killing an embryo; merely by hearing of it one is released from all sins.

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BrP 123.2

इक्ष्वाकुवंशप्रभवः क्षत्रियो लोकविश्रुतः बलवान् मतिमाञ् शूरो यथा शक्रः पुरंदरः ॥

ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavaḥ kṣatriyo lokaviśrutaḥ balavān matimāñ śūro yathā śakraḥ puraṃdaraḥ //

(There was) a kṣatriya born in the Ikṣvāku line, renowned in the world, strong, wise, and heroic, like Śakra, the breaker of cities.

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BrP 123.3

पितृपैतामहं राज्यं कुर्वन्न् आस्ते यथा बलिः तस्य तिस्रो महिष्यः स्यू राज्ञो दशरथस्य हि ॥

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ kurvann āste yathā baliḥ tasya tisro mahiṣyaḥ syū rājño daśarathasya hi //

He remained ruling the kingdom (inherited) from his father and grandfather, like Bali; and that king Daśaratha had three chief queens.

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BrP 123.4

कौशल्या च सुमित्रा च कैकेयी च महामते एताः कुलीनाः सुभगा रूपलक्षणसंयुताः ॥

kauśalyā ca sumitrā ca kaikeyī ca mahāmate etāḥ kulīnāḥ subhagā rūpalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ //

Kausalyā, Sumitrā, and Kaikeyī, O great-minded one: these were well-born, fortunate, endowed with beauty and (auspicious) marks.

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BrP 123.5

तस्मिन् राजनि राज्ये तु स्थिते ऽयोध्यापतौ मुने वसिष्ठे ब्रह्मविच्छ्रेष्ठे पुरोधसि विशेषतः ॥

tasmin rājani rājye tu sthite 'yodhyāpatau mune vasiṣṭhe brahmavicchreṣṭhe purodhasi viśeṣataḥ //

While that king, the lord of Ayodhyā, was established in his kingdom, O sage, and especially while Vasiṣṭha, best of the knowers of brahman, was his house-priest —

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BrP 123.6

न च व्याधिर् न दुर्भिक्षं न चावृष्टिर् न चाधयः ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां नित्यं शूद्राणां च विशेषतः ॥

na ca vyādhir na durbhikṣaṃ na cāvṛṣṭir na cādhayaḥ brahmakṣatraviśāṃ nityaṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ //

there was no disease, no famine, no drought, and no mental afflictions ever for the brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, and especially not for the śūdras.

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BrP 123.7

आश्रमाणां तु सर्वेषाम् आनन्दो ऽभूत् पृथक् पृथक् तस्मिञ् शासति राजेन्द्र इक्ष्वाकूणां कुलोद्वहे ॥

āśramāṇāṃ tu sarveṣām ānando 'bhūt pṛthak pṛthak tasmiñ śāsati rājendra ikṣvākūṇāṃ kulodvahe //

And for all the stages of life there was joy, each in its own way, while he, the upholder of the Ikṣvāku family, was ruling, O lord of kings.

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BrP 123.8

देवानां दानवानां तु राज्यार्थे विग्रहो ऽभवत् क्वापि तत्र जयं प्रापुर् देवाः क्वापि तथेतरे ॥

devānāṃ dānavānāṃ tu rājyārthe vigraho 'bhavat kvāpi tatra jayaṃ prāpur devāḥ kvāpi tathetare //

But between the gods and the dānavas there arose a conflict over sovereignty; in it sometimes the gods gained victory, and sometimes likewise the others.

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BrP 123.9

एवं प्रवर्तमाने तु त्रैलोक्यम् अतिपीडितम् अभून् नारद तत्राहम् अवदं दैत्यदानवान् ॥

evaṃ pravartamāne tu trailokyam atipīḍitam abhūn nārada tatrāham avadaṃ daityadānavān //

While things went on in this way the three worlds became greatly oppressed, O Nārada; then I spoke to the daityas and dānavas,

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BrP 123.10

देवांश् चापि विशेषेण न कृतं तैर् मदीरितम् पुनश् च संगरस् तेषां बभूव सुमहान् मिथः ॥

devāṃś cāpi viśeṣeṇa na kṛtaṃ tair madīritam punaś ca saṃgaras teṣāṃ babhūva sumahān mithaḥ //

and to the gods in particular; (but) what I said was not done by them, and again a very great battle between them took place, one against the other.

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BrP 123.11

विष्णुं गत्वा सुराः प्रोचुस् तथेशानं जगन्मयम् ताव् ऊचतुर् उभौ देवान् असुरान् दैत्यदानवान् ॥

viṣṇuṃ gatvā surāḥ procus tatheśānaṃ jaganmayam tāv ūcatur ubhau devān asurān daityadānavān //

The gods went to Viṣṇu and spoke, and likewise to Īśāna who is (made of) the universe; and those two both said to the gods and to the asuras, the daityas and dānavas:

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BrP 123.12

तपसा बलिनो यान्तु पुनः कुर्वन्तु संगरम् तथेत्य् आहुर् ययुः सर्वे तपसे नियतव्रताः ॥

tapasā balino yāntu punaḥ kurvantu saṃgaram tathety āhur yayuḥ sarve tapase niyatavratāḥ //

"Let them become strong through austerity and then fight again." They said "So be it," and all went off to austerity with strict vows.

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BrP 123.13

ययुस् तु राक्षसान् देवाः पुनस् ते मत्सरान्विताः देवानां दानवानां च संगरो ऽभूत् सुदारुणः ॥

yayus tu rākṣasān devāḥ punas te matsarānvitāḥ devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca saṃgaro 'bhūt sudāruṇaḥ //

But the gods went against the rākṣasas, again filled with jealousy, and a most terrible battle took place between the gods and the dānavas.

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BrP 123.14

न तत्र देवा जेतारो नैव दैत्याश् च दानवाः संयुगे वर्तमाने तु वाग् उवाचाशरीरिणी ॥

na tatra devā jetāro naiva daityāś ca dānavāḥ saṃyuge vartamāne tu vāg uvācāśarīriṇī //

There neither the gods were victors nor the daityas and dānavas; and while the battle was going on a bodiless voice spoke:

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BrP 123.15

येषां दशरथो राजा ते जेतारो न चेतरे ॥

yeṣāṃ daśaratho rājā te jetāro na cetare //

"Those whose king is Daśaratha are the victors, and not the others."

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BrP 123.16

इति श्रुत्वा जयायोभौ जग्मतुर् देवदानवौ तत्र वायुस् त्वरन् प्राप्तो राजानम् अवदत् तदा ॥

iti śrutvā jayāyobhau jagmatur devadānavau tatra vāyus tvaran prāpto rājānam avadat tadā //

Hearing this, both the gods and the dānavas went (to him) for victory; there Vāyu, arriving in haste, then said to the king:

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BrP 123.17

आगन्तव्यं त्वया राजन् देवदानवसंगरे यत्र राजा दशरथो जयस् तत्रेति विश्रुतम् ॥

āgantavyaṃ tvayā rājan devadānavasaṃgare yatra rājā daśaratho jayas tatreti viśrutam //

"You must come, O king, to the battle of the gods and dānavas; for it is proclaimed that where king Daśaratha is, there is victory.

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BrP 123.18

तस्मात् त्वं देवपक्षे स्या भवेयुर् जयिनः सुराः ॥

tasmāt tvaṃ devapakṣe syā bhaveyur jayinaḥ surāḥ //

Therefore may you be on the gods' side, so that the gods may be the victors."

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BrP 123.19

तद् वायुवचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दशरथो नृपः आगम्यते मया सत्यं गच्छ वायो यथासुखम् ॥

tad vāyuvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā daśaratho nṛpaḥ āgamyate mayā satyaṃ gaccha vāyo yathāsukham //

Hearing that speech of Vāyu, king Daśaratha (said): "I shall truly come; go, Vāyu, as you please."

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BrP 123.20

गते वायौ तदा दैत्या आजग्मुर् भूपतिं प्रति ते ऽप्य् ऊचुर् भगवन्न् अस्मत्साहाय्यं कर्तुम् अर्हसि ॥

gate vāyau tadā daityā ājagmur bhūpatiṃ prati te 'py ūcur bhagavann asmatsāhāyyaṃ kartum arhasi //

When Vāyu had gone, the daityas then came to the king, and they too said: "Lord, you ought to render us your help."

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BrP 123.21

राजन् दशरथ श्रीमन् विजयस् त्वयि संस्थितः तस्मात् त्वं वै दैत्यपतेः साहाय्यं कर्तुम् अर्हसि ॥

rājan daśaratha śrīman vijayas tvayi saṃsthitaḥ tasmāt tvaṃ vai daityapateḥ sāhāyyaṃ kartum arhasi //

"O King Daśaratha, illustrious one, victory rests with you; therefore you indeed ought to render aid to the lord of the Daityas."

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BrP 123.22

ततः प्रोवाच नृपतिर् वायुना प्रार्थितः पुरा प्रतिज्ञातं मया तच् च यान्तु दैत्याश् च दानवाः ॥

tataḥ provāca nṛpatir vāyunā prārthitaḥ purā pratijñātaṃ mayā tac ca yāntu daityāś ca dānavāḥ //

Then the king, entreated by Vāyu, said: "It has already been promised by me before; so let the Daityas and Dānavas go (their way)."

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BrP 123.23

स तु राजा तथा चक्रे गत्वा चैव त्रिविष्टपम् युद्धं चक्रे तथा दैत्यैर् दानवैः सह राक्षसैः ॥

sa tu rājā tathā cakre gatvā caiva triviṣṭapam yuddhaṃ cakre tathā daityair dānavaiḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ //

And that king acted accordingly: going to heaven, he made war with the Daityas, the Dānavas, and the Rākṣasas.

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BrP 123.24

पश्यत्सु देवसंघेषु नमुचेर् भ्रातरस् तदा विविधुर् निशितैर् बाणैर् अथाक्षं नृपतेस् तथा ॥

paśyatsu devasaṃgheṣu namucer bhrātaras tadā vividhur niśitair bāṇair athākṣaṃ nṛpates tathā //

Then, while the hosts of gods looked on, Namuci's brothers pierced (him) with sharpened arrows, and likewise the axle of the king('s chariot).

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BrP 123.25

भिन्नाक्षं तं रथं राजा न जानाति स संभ्रमात् राजान्तिके स्थिता सुभ्रूः कैकेय्याज्ञायि नारद ॥

bhinnākṣaṃ taṃ rathaṃ rājā na jānāti sa saṃbhramāt rājāntike sthitā subhrūḥ kaikeyyājñāyi nārada //

The king, in his agitation, did not notice that his chariot's axle was broken; but the fair-browed woman standing beside the king—it was noticed by Kaikeyī, O Nārada.

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BrP 123.26

न ज्ञापितं तया राज्ञे स्वयम् आलोक्य सुव्रता भग्नम् अक्षं समालक्ष्य चक्रे हस्तं तदा स्वकम् ॥

na jñāpitaṃ tayā rājñe svayam ālokya suvratā bhagnam akṣaṃ samālakṣya cakre hastaṃ tadā svakam //

It was not reported by her to the king; seeing it herself, that woman of good vows, having observed the broken axle, then put her own hand (in its place).

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BrP 123.27

अक्षवन् मुनिशार्दूल तद् एतन् महद् अद्भुतम् रथेन रथिनां श्रेष्ठस् तया दत्तकरेण च ॥

akṣavan muniśārdūla tad etan mahad adbhutam rathena rathināṃ śreṣṭhas tayā dattakareṇa ca //

(It served) as an axle, O tiger among sages—this is a great marvel—and with the chariot thus (held) by the hand given by her, the best of chariot-warriors

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BrP 123.28

जितवान् दैत्यदनुजान् देवैः प्राप्य वरान् बहून् ततो देवैर् अनुज्ञातस् त्व् अयोध्यां पुनर् अभ्यगात् ॥

jitavān daityadanujān devaiḥ prāpya varān bahūn tato devair anujñātas tv ayodhyāṃ punar abhyagāt //

conquered the Daityas and the sons of Danu, and received many boons from the gods; then, permitted by the gods, he went back again to Ayodhyā.

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BrP 123.29

स तु मध्ये महाराजो मार्गे वीक्ष्य तदा प्रियाम् कैकेय्याः कर्म तद् दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः ॥

sa tu madhye mahārājo mārge vīkṣya tadā priyām kaikeyyāḥ karma tad dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ //

But the great king, looking at his beloved on the road midway, and seeing that deed of Kaikeyī's, was filled with the utmost amazement.

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BrP 123.30

ततस् तस्यै वरान् प्रादात् त्रींस् तु नारद सा अपि अनुमान्य नृपप्रोक्तं कैकेयी वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tatas tasyai varān prādāt trīṃs tu nārada sā api anumānya nṛpaproktaṃ kaikeyī vākyam abravīt //

Then he granted her three boons, O Nārada; and she too, Kaikeyī, assenting to what the king had said, spoke these words:

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BrP 123.31

त्वयि तिष्ठन्तु राजेन्द्र त्वया दत्ता वरा अमी ॥

tvayi tiṣṭhantu rājendra tvayā dattā varā amī //

"Let these boons granted by you remain deposited with you, O lord of kings."

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BrP 123.32

विभूषणानि राजेन्द्रो दत्त्वा स प्रियया सह रथेन विजयी राजा ययौ स्वनगरं सुखी ॥

vibhūṣaṇāni rājendro dattvā sa priyayā saha rathena vijayī rājā yayau svanagaraṃ sukhī //

The lord of kings, having given ornaments, went victorious with his beloved by chariot to his own city, happy.

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BrP 123.33

योषितां किम् अदेयं हि प्रियाणाम् उचितागमे स कदाचिद् दशरथो मृगयाशीलिभिर् वृतः ॥

yoṣitāṃ kim adeyaṃ hi priyāṇām ucitāgame sa kadācid daśaratho mṛgayāśīlibhir vṛtaḥ //

For what is not to be given to beloved women when the fit occasion comes? Once that Daśaratha, surrounded by men given to hunting,

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BrP 123.34

अटन्न् अरण्ये शर्वर्यां वारिबन्धम् अथाकरोत् सप्तव्यसनहीनेन भवितव्यं तु भूभुजा ॥

aṭann araṇye śarvaryāṃ vāribandham athākarot saptavyasanahīnena bhavitavyaṃ tu bhūbhujā //

roaming in the forest at night, then made a blind at the water—though a king ought to be free of the seven vices.

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BrP 123.35

इति जानन्न् अपि च तच् चकार तु विधेर् वशात् गर्तं प्रविश्य पानार्थम् आगतान् निशितैः शरैः ॥

iti jānann api ca tac cakāra tu vidher vaśāt gartaṃ praviśya pānārtham āgatān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ //

Though knowing this, he did that, by the force of fate: entering a pit, (he shot) with sharpened arrows those that came to drink,

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BrP 123.36

मृगान् हन्ति महाबाहुः शृणु कालविपर्ययम् गर्तं प्रविष्टे नृपतौ तस्मिन्न् एव नगोत्तमे ॥

mṛgān hanti mahābāhuḥ śṛṇu kālaviparyayam gartaṃ praviṣṭe nṛpatau tasminn eva nagottame //

and the mighty-armed one kills deer—hear now the reversal wrought by time: while the king had entered the pit, on that very excellent mountain,

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BrP 123.37

वृद्धो वैश्रवणो नाम न शृणोति न पश्यति तस्य भार्या तथाभूता ताव् अब्रूतां तदा सुतम् ॥

vṛddho vaiśravaṇo nāma na śṛṇoti na paśyati tasya bhāryā tathābhūtā tāv abrūtāṃ tadā sutam //

there was an old man named Vaiśravaṇa who neither heard nor saw; his wife was in the same condition; the two then said to their son:

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BrP 123.38

आवां तृषार्तौ रात्रिश् च कृष्णा चापि प्रवर्तते वृद्धानां जीवितं कृत्स्नं बालस् त्वम् असि पुत्रक ॥

āvāṃ tṛṣārtau rātriś ca kṛṣṇā cāpi pravartate vṛddhānāṃ jīvitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ bālas tvam asi putraka //

"We two are tormented by thirst, and the night that has come on is dark; the old have their whole life (in their child); you are (still) a boy, dear son.

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BrP 123.39

अन्धानां बधिराणां च वृद्धानां धिक् च जीवितम् जराजर्जरदेहानां धिग् धिक् पुत्रक जीवितम् ॥

andhānāṃ badhirāṇāṃ ca vṛddhānāṃ dhik ca jīvitam jarājarjaradehānāṃ dhig dhik putraka jīvitam //

A curse on the life of the blind, the deaf, and the aged; fie, fie, dear son, on the life of those whose bodies are worn out by old age!

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BrP 123.40

तावत् पुंभिर् जीवितव्यं यावल् लक्ष्मीर् दृढं वपुः यावद् आज्ञाप्रतिहता तीर्थादाव् अन्यथा मृतिः ॥

tāvat puṃbhir jīvitavyaṃ yāval lakṣmīr dṛḍhaṃ vapuḥ yāvad ājñāpratihatā tīrthādāv anyathā mṛtiḥ //

Men should live only so long as there is fortune and a firm body, so long as their command is unthwarted; otherwise, death at a sacred ford or the like (is better).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.41

इत्य् एतद् वचनं श्रुत्वा वृद्धयोर् गुरुवत्सलः पुत्रः प्रोवाच तद् दुःखं गिरा मधुरया हरन् ॥

ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā vṛddhayor guruvatsalaḥ putraḥ provāca tad duḥkhaṃ girā madhurayā haran //

Having heard this speech of the two old people, the son, devoted to his elders, spoke, taking away that sorrow of theirs with sweet words:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.42

मयि जीवति किं नाम युवयोर् दुःखम् ईदृशम् न हरत्य् आत्मजः पित्रोर् यश् चरित्रैर् मनोरुजम् ॥

mayi jīvati kiṃ nāma yuvayor duḥkham īdṛśam na haraty ātmajaḥ pitror yaś caritrair manorujam //

"While I am alive, what indeed is such sorrow of yours? What son does not, by his conduct, take away the heart's ache of his parents?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.43

तेन किं तनुजेनेह कुलोद्वेगविधायिना ॥

tena kiṃ tanujeneha kulodvegavidhāyinā //

What use here is that son who brings distress upon the family?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.44

इत्य् उक्त्वा पितरौ नत्वा ताव् आश्वास्य महामनाः तरुस्कन्धे समारोप्य वृद्धौ च पितरौ तदा ॥

ity uktvā pitarau natvā tāv āśvāsya mahāmanāḥ taruskandhe samāropya vṛddhau ca pitarau tadā //

Having said this and bowed to his parents, the great-minded one, comforting the two of them, then set his aged parents upon the trunk of a tree,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.45

हस्ते गृहीत्वा कलशं जगाम ऋषिपुत्रकः स ऋषिर् न तु राजानं जानाति नृपतिर् द्विजम् ॥

haste gṛhītvā kalaśaṃ jagāma ṛṣiputrakaḥ sa ṛṣir na tu rājānaṃ jānāti nṛpatir dvijam //

and taking the water-pot in his hand, the young son of the sage went (to the water). But that sage did not know of the king, nor the king of the brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.46

उभौ सरभसौ तत्र द्विजो वारि समाविशत् सत्वरं कलशे न्युब्जे वारि गृह्णन्तम् आशुगैः ॥

ubhau sarabhasau tatra dvijo vāri samāviśat satvaraṃ kalaśe nyubje vāri gṛhṇantam āśugaiḥ //

Both of them (came) there impetuously: the brahmin entered the water, swiftly (bending) the pot downward; (the king shot) with arrows at him as he was taking water in the tipped pot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.47

द्विजं राजा द्विपं मत्वा विव्याध निशितैः शरैः वनद्विपो ऽपि भूपानाम् अवध्यस् तद् विदन्न् अपि ॥

dvijaṃ rājā dvipaṃ matvā vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ vanadvipo 'pi bhūpānām avadhyas tad vidann api //

The king, taking the brahmin for an elephant, pierced him with sharp arrows — though he knew that even a forest elephant is not to be killed by kings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.48

विव्याध तं नृपः कुर्यान् न किं किं विधिवञ्चितः स विद्धो मर्मदेशे तु दुःखितो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥

vivyādha taṃ nṛpaḥ kuryān na kiṃ kiṃ vidhivañcitaḥ sa viddho marmadeśe tu duḥkhito vākyam abravīt //

The king pierced him — what would a man deceived by fate not do? And he, pierced in a vital spot, in pain spoke these words:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.49

केनेदं दुःखदं कर्म कृतं सद्ब्राह्मणस्य मे मैत्रो ब्राह्मण इत्य् उक्तो नापराधो ऽस्ति कश्चन ॥

kenedaṃ duḥkhadaṃ karma kṛtaṃ sadbrāhmaṇasya me maitro brāhmaṇa ity ukto nāparādho 'sti kaścana //

"By whom has this pain-giving deed been done to me, a good brahmin? I am called a friendly brahmin; there is no offence of mine whatever."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.50

तद् एतद् वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनेर् आर्तस्य भूपतिः निश्चेष्टश् च निरुत्साहो शनैस् तं देशम् अभ्यगात् ॥

tad etad vacanaṃ śrutvā muner ārtasya bhūpatiḥ niśceṣṭaś ca nirutsāho śanais taṃ deśam abhyagāt //

Having heard this speech of the afflicted sage, the king, motionless and dispirited, slowly approached that place.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.51

तं तु दृष्ट्वा द्विजवरं ज्वलन्तम् इव तेजसा असाव् अप्य् अभवत् तत्र सशल्य इव मूर्च्छितः ॥

taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā dvijavaraṃ jvalantam iva tejasā asāv apy abhavat tatra saśalya iva mūrcchitaḥ //

But seeing that best of brahmins, blazing as it were with fiery power, he too became there as though swooning, as if himself pierced by the arrow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.52

आत्मानम् आत्मना कृत्वा स्थिरं राजाब्रवीद् इदम् ॥

ātmānam ātmanā kṛtvā sthiraṃ rājābravīd idam //

Making himself steady by his own effort, the king said this:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.53

को भवान् द्विजशार्दूल किमर्थम् इह चागतः वद पापकृते मह्यं वद मे निष्कृतिं पराम् ॥

ko bhavān dvijaśārdūla kimartham iha cāgataḥ vada pāpakṛte mahyaṃ vada me niṣkṛtiṃ parām //

"Who are you, tiger among brahmins, and for what purpose have you come here? Tell me; tell me the supreme expiation for the sin I have done.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.54

ब्रह्महा वर्णिभिः किंतु श्वपचैर् अपि जातुचित् न स्प्रष्टव्यो महाबुद्धे द्रष्टव्यो न कदाचन ॥

brahmahā varṇibhiḥ kiṃtu śvapacair api jātucit na spraṣṭavyo mahābuddhe draṣṭavyo na kadācana //

But a brahmin-killer, O greatly wise one, is never to be touched even by (men of) the castes, nor even by dog-cookers, and never to be looked upon."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.55

तद् राजवचनं श्रुत्वा मुनिपुत्रो ऽब्रवीद् वचः ॥

tad rājavacanaṃ śrutvā muniputro 'bravīd vacaḥ //

Having heard that speech of the king, the sage's son spoke these words:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.56

उत्क्रमिष्यन्ति मे प्राणा अतो वक्ष्यामि किंचन स्वच्छन्दवृत्तिताज्ञाने विद्धि पाकं च कर्मणाम् ॥

utkramiṣyanti me prāṇā ato vakṣyāmi kiṃcana svacchandavṛttitājñāne viddhi pākaṃ ca karmaṇām //

"My life-breaths will depart; therefore I shall say something. Know that in (my) acting at will and in ignorance there is the ripening of (past) deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.57

आत्मार्थं तु न शोचामि वृद्धौ तु पितरौ मम तयोः शुश्रूषकः कः स्याद् अन्धयोर् एकपुत्रयोः ॥

ātmārthaṃ tu na śocāmi vṛddhau tu pitarau mama tayoḥ śuśrūṣakaḥ kaḥ syād andhayor ekaputrayoḥ //

I do not grieve for my own sake, but my parents are old: who could be their attendant, blind as they are and having but one son?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.58

विना मया महारण्ये कथं तौ जीवयिष्यतः ममाभाग्यम् अहो कीदृक् पितृशुश्रूषणे क्षतिः ॥

vinā mayā mahāraṇye kathaṃ tau jīvayiṣyataḥ mamābhāgyam aho kīdṛk pitṛśuśrūṣaṇe kṣatiḥ //

Without me, how will those two stay alive in the great forest? Alas, what sort of misfortune is mine — a breach in the service of my parents

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.59

जाता मे ऽद्य विना प्राणैर् हा विधे किं कृतं त्वया तथापि गच्छ तत्र त्वं गृहीतकलशस् त्वरन् ॥

jātā me 'dya vinā prāṇair hā vidhe kiṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā tathāpi gaccha tatra tvaṃ gṛhītakalaśas tvaran //

has come about for me today, along with the loss of my life-breaths. Alas, Fate, what have you done? Even so, go there quickly, taking the pot,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.60

ताभ्यां देह्य् उदपानं त्वं यथा तौ न मरिष्यतः ॥

tābhyāṃ dehy udapānaṃ tvaṃ yathā tau na mariṣyataḥ //

and give the two of them drinking water, so that they will not die."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.61

इत्य् एवं ब्रुवतस् तस्य गताः प्राणा महावने विसृज्य सशरं चापम् आदाय कलशं नृपः ॥

ity evaṃ bruvatas tasya gatāḥ prāṇā mahāvane visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpam ādāya kalaśaṃ nṛpaḥ //

As he was speaking thus, his life-breaths departed in the great forest; and the king, leaving behind bow and arrow, took up the water-jar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.62

तत्रागात् स तु वेगेन यत्र वृद्धौ महावने वृद्धौ चापि तदा रात्रौ ताव् अन्योन्यं समूचतुः ॥

tatrāgāt sa tu vegena yatra vṛddhau mahāvane vṛddhau cāpi tadā rātrau tāv anyonyaṃ samūcatuḥ //

He went there swiftly, to where the two aged ones were in the great forest; and the two aged ones then, in the night, said to each other:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.63

उद्विग्नः कुपितो वा स्याद् अथवा भक्षितः कथम् न प्राप्तश् चावयोर् यष्टिः किं कुर्मः का गतिर् भवेत् ॥

udvignaḥ kupito vā syād athavā bhakṣitaḥ katham na prāptaś cāvayor yaṣṭiḥ kiṃ kurmaḥ kā gatir bhavet //

"Has he become alarmed, or angry, or else has he somehow been devoured? Our staff has not come back. What shall we do? What refuge is there?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.64

न कोपि तादृशः पुत्रो विद्यते सचराचरे यः पित्रोर् अन्यथा वाक्यं न करोत्य् अपि निन्दितः ॥

na kopi tādṛśaḥ putro vidyate sacarācare yaḥ pitror anyathā vākyaṃ na karoty api ninditaḥ //

"There is no other son like him in (all this world) with its moving and unmoving beings, who does not act contrary to his parents' word even when reproached.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.65

वज्राद् अपि कठोरं वा जीवितं तम् अपश्यतोः शीघ्रं न यान्ति यत् प्राणास् तदेकायत्तजीवयोः ॥

vajrād api kaṭhoraṃ vā jīvitaṃ tam apaśyatoḥ śīghraṃ na yānti yat prāṇās tadekāyattajīvayoḥ //

Life is harder even than adamant for the two of us who do not see him, since our breaths do not depart quickly, though our life depends on him alone."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.66

एवं बहुविधा वाचो वृद्धयोर् वदतोर् वने तदा दशरथो राजा शनैस् तं देशम् अभ्यगात् ॥

evaṃ bahuvidhā vāco vṛddhayor vadator vane tadā daśaratho rājā śanais taṃ deśam abhyagāt //

While the two aged ones were speaking many such words in the forest, king Daśaratha then approached that spot slowly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.67

पादसंचारशब्देन मेनाते सुतम् आगतम् ॥

pādasaṃcāraśabdena menāte sutam āgatam //

By the sound of the moving of his feet, the two supposed that their son had come.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.68

कुतो वत्स चिरात् प्राप्तस् त्वं दृष्टिस् त्वं परायणम् न ब्रूषे किंतु रुष्टो ऽसि वृद्धयोर् अन्धयोः सुतः ॥

kuto vatsa cirāt prāptas tvaṃ dṛṣṭis tvaṃ parāyaṇam na brūṣe kiṃtu ruṣṭo 'si vṛddhayor andhayoḥ sutaḥ //

"Where have you been, child, that you come after so long? You are our eyesight, you are our sole recourse. Yet you do not speak—are you angry, son of two aged blind ones?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.69

सशल्य इव दुःखार्तः शोचन् दुष्कृतम् आत्मनः स भीत इव राजेन्द्रस् ताव् उवाचाथ नारद ॥

saśalya iva duḥkhārtaḥ śocan duṣkṛtam ātmanaḥ sa bhīta iva rājendras tāv uvācātha nārada //

Pained as if pierced by a dart, grieving over his own misdeed, that best of kings, as though afraid, then spoke to those two, O Nārada.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.70

उदपानं च कुरुतां तच् छ्रुत्वा नृपभाषितम् नायं वक्ता सुतो ऽस्माकं को भवांस् तत् पुरा वद ॥

udapānaṃ ca kurutāṃ tac chrutvā nṛpabhāṣitam nāyaṃ vaktā suto 'smākaṃ ko bhavāṃs tat purā vada //

"And let the two of you drink the water." Hearing that speech of the king, (they said:) "This speaker is not our son. Who are you? Tell us that first;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.71

पश्चात् पिबावः पानीयं ततो राजाब्रवीच् च तौ ॥

paścāt pibāvaḥ pānīyaṃ tato rājābravīc ca tau //

afterwards we two shall drink the water." Then the king said to them:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.72

तत्र तिष्ठति वां पुत्रो यत्र वारिसमाश्रयः ॥

tatra tiṣṭhati vāṃ putro yatra vārisamāśrayaḥ //

"Your son is standing there, where the water is to be had."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.73

तच् छ्रुत्वोचतुर् आर्तौ तौ सत्यं ब्रूहि न चान्यथा आचचक्षे ततो राजा सर्वम् एव यथातथम् ॥

tac chrutvocatur ārtau tau satyaṃ brūhi na cānyathā ācacakṣe tato rājā sarvam eva yathātatham //

Hearing that, the two, stricken, said: "Speak the truth and not otherwise." Then the king related everything just as it was.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.74

ततस् तु पतितौ वृद्धौ तत्रावां नय मा स्पृश ब्रह्मघ्नस्पर्शनं पापं न कदाचिद् विनश्यति ॥

tatas tu patitau vṛddhau tatrāvāṃ naya mā spṛśa brahmaghnasparśanaṃ pāpaṃ na kadācid vinaśyati //

Then the two aged ones, fallen (to the ground, said): "Lead the two of us there; do not touch us. The sin of a brahmin-slayer's touch is never destroyed."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.75

निन्ये वै श्रवणं वृद्धं सभार्यं नृपसत्तमः यत्रासौ पतितः पुत्रस् तं स्पृष्ट्वा तौ विलेपतुः ॥

ninye vai śravaṇaṃ vṛddhaṃ sabhāryaṃ nṛpasattamaḥ yatrāsau patitaḥ putras taṃ spṛṣṭvā tau vilepatuḥ //

That best of kings led the aged Śravaṇa together with his wife to where that son of theirs lay fallen; and touching him, the two lamented.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.76

यथा पुत्रवियोगेन मृत्युर् नौ विहितस् तथा त्वं चापि पाप पुत्रस्य वियोगान् मृत्युम् आप्स्यसि ॥

yathā putraviyogena mṛtyur nau vihitas tathā tvaṃ cāpi pāpa putrasya viyogān mṛtyum āpsyasi //

"As death is ordained for us two by separation from our son, so you too, wicked man, shall meet death from separation from a son."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.77

एवं तु जल्पतोर् ब्रह्मन् गताः प्राणास् ततो नृपः अग्निना योजयाम् आस वृद्धौ च ऋषिपुत्रकम् ॥

evaṃ tu jalpator brahman gatāḥ prāṇās tato nṛpaḥ agninā yojayām āsa vṛddhau ca ṛṣiputrakam //

As they were speaking thus, O brahmin, their breaths departed; then the king consigned to the fire both the aged ones and the young son of the sage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.78

ततो जगाम नगरं दुःखितो नृपतिर् मुने वसिष्ठाय च तत् सर्वं न्यवेदयद् अशेषतः ॥

tato jagāma nagaraṃ duḥkhito nṛpatir mune vasiṣṭhāya ca tat sarvaṃ nyavedayad aśeṣataḥ //

Then the king, grieving, went to the city, O sage, and reported all of that to Vasiṣṭha without omission.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.79

नृपाणां सूर्यवंश्यानां वसिष्ठो हि परा गतिः वसिष्ठो ऽपि द्विजश्रेष्ठैः संमन्त्र्याह च निष्कृतिम् ॥

nṛpāṇāṃ sūryavaṃśyānāṃ vasiṣṭho hi parā gatiḥ vasiṣṭho 'pi dvijaśreṣṭhaiḥ saṃmantryāha ca niṣkṛtim //

For Vasiṣṭha is the supreme recourse of the kings of the solar line; and Vasiṣṭha, having taken counsel with the best of the twice-born, declared the expiation:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.80

गालवं वामदेवं च जाबालिम् अथ कश्यपम् एतान् अन्यान् समाहूय हयमेधाय यत्नतः ॥

gālavaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca jābālim atha kaśyapam etān anyān samāhūya hayamedhāya yatnataḥ //

"Having summoned Gālava and Vāmadeva and Jābāli and Kaśyapa, these and others, with effort, for a horse sacrifice,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.81

यजस्व हयमेधैश् च बहुभिर् बहुदक्षिणैः ॥

yajasva hayamedhaiś ca bahubhir bahudakṣiṇaiḥ //

"Sacrifice with many horse-sacrifices, with abundant priestly fees."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.82

अकरोद् धयमेधांश् च राजा दशरथो द्विजैः एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तत्र वाग् उवाचाशरीरिणी ॥

akarod dhayamedhāṃś ca rājā daśaratho dvijaiḥ etasminn antare tatra vāg uvācāśarīriṇī //

And King Daśaratha performed the horse-sacrifices with (the help of) the brahmins. Meanwhile a bodiless voice spoke there:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.83

पूतं शरीरम् अभवद् राज्ञो दशरथस्य हि व्यवहार्यश् च भविता भविष्यन्ति तथा सुताः ज्येष्ठपुत्रप्रसादेन राजापापो भविष्यति ॥

pūtaṃ śarīram abhavad rājño daśarathasya hi vyavahāryaś ca bhavitā bhaviṣyanti tathā sutāḥ jyeṣṭhaputraprasādena rājāpāpo bhaviṣyati //

"The body of King Daśaratha has indeed become pure, and he will be fit to be dealt with; and sons will be born (to him). By the favour of the eldest son the king will become free of sin."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.84

ततो बहुतिथे काले ऋष्यशृङ्गान् मुनीश्वरात् देवानां कार्यसिद्ध्यर्थं सुता आसन् सुरोपमाः ॥

tato bahutithe kāle ṛṣyaśṛṅgān munīśvarāt devānāṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ sutā āsan suropamāḥ //

Then, after a good many days, from Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, the lord of sages, sons like gods were born, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.85

कौशल्यायां तथा रामः सुमित्रायां च लक्ष्मणः शत्रुघ्नश् चापि कैकेय्यां भरतो मतिमत्तरः ॥

kauśalyāyāṃ tathā rāmaḥ sumitrāyāṃ ca lakṣmaṇaḥ śatrughnaś cāpi kaikeyyāṃ bharato matimattaraḥ //

Thus Rāma (was born) of Kausalyā, and Lakṣmaṇa of Sumitrā, and also Śatrughna, and Bharata, the most intelligent, of Kaikeyī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.86

ते सर्वे मतिमन्तश् च प्रिया राज्ञो वशे स्थिताः तं राजानम् ऋषिः प्राप्य विश्वामित्रः प्रजापतिः ॥

te sarve matimantaś ca priyā rājño vaśe sthitāḥ taṃ rājānam ṛṣiḥ prāpya viśvāmitraḥ prajāpatiḥ //

All of them were intelligent and dear (to him), and remained under the king's control. The seer Viśvāmitra, a lord of creatures, having come to that king,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.87

रामं च लक्ष्मणं चापि अयाचत महामते यज्ञसंरक्षणार्थाय ज्ञाततन्महिमा मुनिः ॥

rāmaṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ cāpi ayācata mahāmate yajñasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya jñātatanmahimā muniḥ //

asked for Rāma and also for Lakṣmaṇa, O great-minded one, for the protection of his sacrifice—the sage who knew their greatness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.88

चिरप्राप्तसुतो वृद्धो राजा नैवेत्य् अभाषत ॥

ciraprāptasuto vṛddho rājā naivety abhāṣata //

The aged king, who had obtained sons (only) after long (waiting), said, "Not at all."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.89

महता दैवयोगेन कथंचिद् वार्धके मुने जाताव् आनन्दसंदोहदायकौ मम बालकौ ॥

mahatā daivayogena kathaṃcid vārdhake mune jātāv ānandasaṃdohadāyakau mama bālakau //

"By a great conjunction of fate, somehow, in old age, O sage, these two boys were born to me, bringing an abundance of joy."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.90

सशरीरम् इदं राज्यं दास्ये नैव सुताव् इमौ ॥

saśarīram idaṃ rājyaṃ dāsye naiva sutāv imau //

"This kingdom together with my body I will give; but not these two sons."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.91

वसिष्ठेन तदा प्रोक्तो राजा दशरथस् त्व् इति ॥

vasiṣṭhena tadā prokto rājā daśarathas tv iti //

Then King Daśaratha was addressed by Vasiṣṭha thus:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.92

रघवः प्रार्थनाभङ्गं न राजन् क्वापि शिक्षिताः ॥

raghavaḥ prārthanābhaṅgaṃ na rājan kvāpi śikṣitāḥ //

"O king, the Raghus have never anywhere been taught the breaking of a petition."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.93

रामं च लक्ष्मणं चैव कथंचिद् अवदन् नृपः ॥

rāmaṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva kathaṃcid avadan nṛpaḥ //

And the king, with difficulty, said to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.94

विश्वामित्रस्य ब्रह्मर्षेः कुरुतां यज्ञरक्षणम् ॥

viśvāmitrasya brahmarṣeḥ kurutāṃ yajñarakṣaṇam //

"Let the two of you carry out the protection of the sacrifice of Viśvāmitra, the brahmin-seer."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.95

वदन्न् इति सुतौ सोष्णं निश्वसन् ग्लपिताधरः पुत्रौ समर्पयाम् आस विश्वामित्रस्य शास्त्रकृत् ॥

vadann iti sutau soṣṇaṃ niśvasan glapitādharaḥ putrau samarpayām āsa viśvāmitrasya śāstrakṛt //

Saying this to his two sons, sighing hotly, his lips drooping, the upholder of the law handed over the sons to Viśvāmitra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.96

तथेत्य् उक्त्वा दशरथं नमस्य च पुनः पुनः जग्मतू रक्षणार्थाय विश्वामित्रेण तौ मुदा ॥

tathety uktvā daśarathaṃ namasya ca punaḥ punaḥ jagmatū rakṣaṇārthāya viśvāmitreṇa tau mudā //

Saying "So be it," and bowing to Daśaratha again and again, the two went gladly with Viśvāmitra for the sake of the protection (of the sacrifice).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.97

ततः प्रहृष्टः स मुनिर् मुदा प्रादात् तदोभयोः माहेश्वरीं महाविद्यां धनुर्विद्यापुरःसराम् ॥

tataḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ sa munir mudā prādāt tadobhayoḥ māheśvarīṃ mahāvidyāṃ dhanurvidyāpuraḥsarām //

Then that sage, greatly pleased, joyfully gave to the two the great knowledge of Maheśvara, preceded by the science of the bow:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.98

शास्त्रीम् आस्त्रीं लौकिकीं च रथविद्यां गजोद्भवाम् अश्वविद्यां गदाविद्यां मन्त्राह्वानविसर्जने ॥

śāstrīm āstrīṃ laukikīṃ ca rathavidyāṃ gajodbhavām aśvavidyāṃ gadāvidyāṃ mantrāhvānavisarjane //

the science of weapons taught in the treatises, the science of missiles, and the worldly (science), the science of chariots, that which arises with elephants, the science of horses, the science of the mace, (and the science) in the summoning and dismissing (of weapons) by mantras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.99

सर्वविद्याम् अथावाप्य उभौ तौ रामलक्ष्मणौ वनौकसां हितार्थाय जघ्नतुस् ताटकां वने ॥

sarvavidyām athāvāpya ubhau tau rāmalakṣmaṇau vanaukasāṃ hitārthāya jaghnatus tāṭakāṃ vane //

Then, having acquired every science, the two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, for the welfare of the forest-dwellers, slew Tāṭakā in the forest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.100

अहल्यां शापनिर्मुक्तां पादस्पर्शाच् च चक्रतुः यज्ञविध्वंसनायाताञ् जघ्नतुस् तत्र राक्षसान् ॥

ahalyāṃ śāpanirmuktāṃ pādasparśāc ca cakratuḥ yajñavidhvaṃsanāyātāñ jaghnatus tatra rākṣasān //

And by the touch of (Rāma's) foot they made Ahalyā released from the curse; and they slew there the demons that had come to destroy the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.101

कृतविद्यौ धनुष्पाणी चक्रतुर् यज्ञरक्षणम् ततो महामखे वृत्ते विश्वामित्रो मुनीश्वरः ॥

kṛtavidyau dhanuṣpāṇī cakratur yajñarakṣaṇam tato mahāmakhe vṛtte viśvāmitro munīśvaraḥ //

The two, their training complete, bows in hand, carried out the protection of the sacrifice. Then, when the great sacrifice was over, Viśvāmitra, lord of sages,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.102

पुत्राभ्यां सहितो राज्ञो जनकं द्रष्टुम् अभ्यगात् चित्राम् अदर्शयत् तत्र राजमध्ये नृपात्मजः ॥

putrābhyāṃ sahito rājño janakaṃ draṣṭum abhyagāt citrām adarśayat tatra rājamadhye nṛpātmajaḥ //

accompanied by the two sons, went to see Janaka the king; and there, in the midst of the kings, the prince displayed a marvel.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.103

रामः सौमित्रिसहितो धनुर्विद्यां गुरोर् मताम् तत्प्रीतो जनकः प्रादात् सीतां लक्ष्मीम् अयोनिजाम् ॥

rāmaḥ saumitrisahito dhanurvidyāṃ guror matām tatprīto janakaḥ prādāt sītāṃ lakṣmīm ayonijām //

Rāma, together with Sumitrā's son, (displayed) the science of the bow as approved by his teacher; pleased at this, Janaka gave (him) Sītā, a Lakṣmī, not born of a womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.104

तथैव लक्ष्मणस्यापि भरतस्यानुजस्य च शत्रुघ्नभरतादीनां वसिष्ठादिमते स्थितः ॥

tathaiva lakṣmaṇasyāpi bharatasyānujasya ca śatrughnabharatādīnāṃ vasiṣṭhādimate sthitaḥ //

And just so for Lakṣmaṇa, and for Bharata, and for the younger brother — for Śatrughna, Bharata and the rest — abiding by the counsel of Vasiṣṭha and the others,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.105

राजा दशरथः श्रीमान् विवाहम् अकरोन् मुने ततो बहुतिथे काले राज्यं तस्य प्रयच्छति ॥

rājā daśarathaḥ śrīmān vivāham akaron mune tato bahutithe kāle rājyaṃ tasya prayacchati //

the glorious king Daśaratha performed the marriage, O sage. Then, after a long while, he was making over the kingdom to him,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.106

नृपतौ सर्वलोकानाम् अनुमत्या गुरोर् अपि मन्थरात्मकदुर्दैवप्रेरिता मत्सराकुला ॥

nṛpatau sarvalokānām anumatyā guror api mantharātmakadurdaivapreritā matsarākulā //

to the prince, with the consent of all the people and of the teacher as well — (whereupon Kaikeyī,) driven by an evil fate whose very self was Mantharā, overcome with envy,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.107

कैकेयी विघ्नम् आतस्थे वनप्रव्राजनं तथा भरतस्य च तद् राज्यं राजा नैव च दत्तवान् ॥

kaikeyī vighnam ātasthe vanapravrājanaṃ tathā bharatasya ca tad rājyaṃ rājā naiva ca dattavān //

Kaikeyī raised an obstruction, and likewise the banishment to the forest, and that kingdom for Bharata; and the king did not give it at all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.108

पितरं सत्यवाक्यं तं कुर्वन् रामो महावनम् विवेश सीतया सार्धं तथा सौमित्रिणा सह ॥

pitaraṃ satyavākyaṃ taṃ kurvan rāmo mahāvanam viveśa sītayā sārdhaṃ tathā saumitriṇā saha //

Making his father a man of truthful word, Rāma entered the great forest together with Sītā and with Sumitrā's son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.109

सतां च मानसं शुद्धं स विवेश स्वकैर् गुणैः तस्मिन् विनिर्गते रामे वनवासाय दीक्षिते ॥

satāṃ ca mānasaṃ śuddhaṃ sa viveśa svakair guṇaiḥ tasmin vinirgate rāme vanavāsāya dīkṣite //

And by his own virtues he entered the pure minds of the good. When that Rāma had gone forth, consecrated for dwelling in the forest,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.110

समं लक्ष्मणसीताभ्यां राज्यतृष्णाविवर्जिते तं रामं चापि सौमित्रिं सीतां च गुणशालिनीम् ॥

samaṃ lakṣmaṇasītābhyāṃ rājyatṛṣṇāvivarjite taṃ rāmaṃ cāpi saumitriṃ sītāṃ ca guṇaśālinīm //

together with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, free of any thirst for the kingdom — (thinking of) that Rāma, and of Sumitrā's son, and of Sītā endowed with good qualities,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.111

दुःखेन महताविष्टो ब्रह्मशापं च संस्मरन् तदा दशरथो राजा प्राणांस् तत्याज दुःखितः ॥

duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭo brahmaśāpaṃ ca saṃsmaran tadā daśaratho rājā prāṇāṃs tatyāja duḥkhitaḥ //

overwhelmed with great grief, and recalling the brahmin's curse, king Daśaratha then, sorrowing, gave up his life-breaths.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.112

कृतकर्मविपाकेन राजा नीतो यमानुगैः तस्मै राज्ञे महाप्राज्ञ यावत् स्थावरजङ्गमे ॥

kṛtakarmavipākena rājā nīto yamānugaiḥ tasmai rājñe mahāprājña yāvat sthāvarajaṅgame //

By the ripening of the deeds he had done, the king was carried off by Yama's servants; for that king, O greatly wise one, as far as (all) that moves and stands still...

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.113

यमसद्मन्य् अनेकानि तामिस्रादीनि नारद नरकाण्य् अथ घोराणि भीषणानि बहूनि च ॥

yamasadmany anekāni tāmisrādīni nārada narakāṇy atha ghorāṇi bhīṣaṇāni bahūni ca //

In Yama's abode there are many hells, Tāmisra and the rest, O Nārada, dreadful and terrifying, and numerous.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.114

तत्र क्षिप्तस् तदा राजा नरकेषु पृथक् पृथक् पच्यते छिद्यते राजा पिष्यते चूर्ण्यते तथा ॥

tatra kṣiptas tadā rājā narakeṣu pṛthak pṛthak pacyate chidyate rājā piṣyate cūrṇyate tathā //

Cast there at that time, the king is cooked in the hells one after another; the king is cut, he is crushed, and he is ground to powder.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.115

शोष्यते दश्यते भूयो दह्यते च निमज्ज्यते एवमादिषु घोरेषु नरकेषु स पच्यते ॥

śoṣyate daśyate bhūyo dahyate ca nimajjyate evamādiṣu ghoreṣu narakeṣu sa pacyate //

He is dried up, he is bitten, again he is burned and he is plunged under; in dreadful hells such as these he is cooked.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.116

रामो ऽपि गच्छन्न् अध्वानं चित्रकूटम् अथागमत् तत्रैव त्रीणि वर्षाणि व्यतीतानि महामते ॥

rāmo 'pi gacchann adhvānaṃ citrakūṭam athāgamat tatraiva trīṇi varṣāṇi vyatītāni mahāmate //

Rāma too, travelling on his way, then came to Citrakūṭa; three years passed there, O greatly wise one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.117

पुनः स दक्षिणाम् आशाम् आक्रामद् दण्डकं वनम् विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु देशानां तद् धि पुण्यदम् ॥

punaḥ sa dakṣiṇām āśām ākrāmad daṇḍakaṃ vanam vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu deśānāṃ tad dhi puṇyadam //

Again he set out for the southern quarter, to the Daṇḍaka forest, famed in the three worlds — for that place among (all) regions is a giver of merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.118

प्राविशत् तन् महारण्यं भीषणं दैत्यसेवितम् तद्भयाद् ऋषिभिस् त्यक्तं हत्वा दैत्यांस् तु राक्षसान् ॥

prāviśat tan mahāraṇyaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ daityasevitam tadbhayād ṛṣibhis tyaktaṃ hatvā daityāṃs tu rākṣasān //

He entered that great wilderness, terrifying, frequented by Daityas, abandoned by the seers out of fear of them; but having slain the Daityas and Rākṣasas,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.119

विचरन् दण्डकारण्ये ऋषिसेव्यम् अथाकरोत् तत्रेदं वृत्तम् आख्यास्ये शृणु नारद यत्नतः ॥

vicaran daṇḍakāraṇye ṛṣisevyam athākarot tatredaṃ vṛttam ākhyāsye śṛṇu nārada yatnataḥ //

roaming in the Daṇḍaka forest, he then made it fit for seers to dwell in. I shall tell what happened there; listen carefully, Nārada.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.120

तावच् छनैस् त्व् अगाद् रामो यावद् योजनपञ्चकम् गौतमीं समनुप्राप्तो राजापि नरके स्थितः ॥

tāvac chanais tv agād rāmo yāvad yojanapañcakam gautamīṃ samanuprāpto rājāpi narake sthitaḥ //

Meanwhile Rāma went on slowly, as far as five yojanas, and reached the Gautamī; the king, meanwhile, remained in hell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.121

यमः स्वकिंकरान् आह रामो दशरथात्मजः गौतमीम् अभितो याति पितरं तस्य धीमतः ॥

yamaḥ svakiṃkarān āha rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ gautamīm abhito yāti pitaraṃ tasya dhīmataḥ //

Yama said to his own servants: "Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, is going along beside the Gautamī — (and there is) the father of that wise one (in hell)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.122

आकर्षन्त्व् अथ राजानं नरकान् नात्र संशयः उत्तीर्य गौतमीं याति यावद् योजनपञ्चकम् ॥

ākarṣantv atha rājānaṃ narakān nātra saṃśayaḥ uttīrya gautamīṃ yāti yāvad yojanapañcakam //

"So let them drag the king out of the hells — there is no doubt in this — since, having crossed the Gautamī, he (Rāma) travels as much as five yojanas."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.123

रामस् तावत् तस्य पिता नरके नैव पच्यताम् यद् एतन् मद्वचः पुण्यं न कुर्युर् यदि दूतकाः ॥

rāmas tāvat tasya pitā narake naiva pacyatām yad etan madvacaḥ puṇyaṃ na kuryur yadi dūtakāḥ //

"So long as Rāma (is there), let his father by no means be cooked in hell. If the messengers should not carry out this meritorious word of mine,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.124

ततश् च नरके घोरे यूयं सर्वे निमज्जथ या काप्य् उक्ता परा शक्तिः शिवस्य समवायिनी ॥

tataś ca narake ghore yūyaṃ sarve nimajjatha yā kāpy uktā parā śaktiḥ śivasya samavāyinī //

then you shall all sink into a dreadful hell. Whatever supreme power is spoken of, inseparably conjoined with Śiva —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.125

ताम् एव गौतमीं सन्तो वदन्त्य् अम्भःस्वरूपिणीम् हरिब्रह्ममहेशानां मान्या वन्द्या च सैव यत् ॥

tām eva gautamīṃ santo vadanty ambhaḥsvarūpiṇīm haribrahmamaheśānāṃ mānyā vandyā ca saiva yat //

the good declare that very (power) to be the Gautamī in the form of water, since she alone is honoured and to be revered by Hari, Brahmā and Maheśa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.126

निस्तीर्यते न केनापि तद् अतिक्रमजं त्व् अघम् पापिनो ऽप्य् आत्मजः कश्चिद् यश् च गङ्गाम् अनुस्मरेत् ॥

nistīryate na kenāpi tad atikramajaṃ tv agham pāpino 'py ātmajaḥ kaścid yaś ca gaṅgām anusmaret //

The sin arising from transgressing her cannot be crossed over by anyone; but if some son, even of a sinner, should call the Gaṅgā to mind,

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BrP 123.127

सो ऽनेकदुर्गनिरयान् निर्गतो मुक्ततां व्रजेत् किं पुनस् तादृशः पुत्रो गौतमीनिकटे स्थितः ॥

so 'nekadurganirayān nirgato muktatāṃ vrajet kiṃ punas tādṛśaḥ putro gautamīnikaṭe sthitaḥ //

he (the father), having gone out from many terrible hells, would attain release. How much more so when such a son is standing near the Gautamī —

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BrP 123.128

यस्यासौ नरके पक्तुं न कैरपि हि शक्यते दक्षिणाशापतेर् वाक्यं निशम्य यमकिंकराः ॥

yasyāsau narake paktuṃ na kairapi hi śakyate dakṣiṇāśāpater vākyaṃ niśamya yamakiṃkarāḥ //

whose (father) here cannot be cooked in hell by anyone at all!" Having heard the words of the lord of the southern quarter, Yama's servants,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.129

नरके पच्यमानं तम् अयोध्याधिपतिं नृपम् उत्तार्य घोरनरकाद् वचनं चेदम् अब्रुवन् ॥

narake pacyamānaṃ tam ayodhyādhipatiṃ nṛpam uttārya ghoranarakād vacanaṃ cedam abruvan //

having lifted that king, the lord of Ayodhyā, who was being cooked in hell, out of the dreadful hell, spoke these words:

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BrP 123.130

धन्यो ऽसि नृपशार्दूल यस्य पुत्रः स तादृशः इह चामुत्र विश्रान्तिः सुपुत्रः केन लभ्यते ॥

dhanyo 'si nṛpaśārdūla yasya putraḥ sa tādṛśaḥ iha cāmutra viśrāntiḥ suputraḥ kena labhyate //

"You are fortunate, O tiger among kings, whose son is such a one. By whom is a good son obtained, (who is) a resting-place both here and in the world beyond?"

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BrP 123.131

स विश्रान्तः शनै राजा किंकरान् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥

sa viśrāntaḥ śanai rājā kiṃkarān vākyam abravīt //

Rested, the king slowly spoke these words to the servants:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.132

नरकेष्व् अथ घोरेषु पच्यमानः पुनः पुनः कथं त्व् आकर्षितः शीघ्रं तन् मे वक्तुम् इहार्हथ ॥

narakeṣv atha ghoreṣu pacyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ kathaṃ tv ākarṣitaḥ śīghraṃ tan me vaktum ihārhatha //

"Being cooked again and again in the dreadful hells, how was I drawn out so quickly? You ought to tell me that here."

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BrP 123.133

तत्र कश्चिच् छान्तमना राजानम् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tatra kaścic chāntamanā rājānam idam abravīt //

Thereupon someone of calm mind said this to the king:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.134

वेदशास्त्रपुराणादाव् एतद् गोप्यं प्रयत्नतः प्रकाश्यते तद् अपि ते सामर्थ्यं पुत्रतीर्थयोः ॥

vedaśāstrapurāṇādāv etad gopyaṃ prayatnataḥ prakāśyate tad api te sāmarthyaṃ putratīrthayoḥ //

"In the Veda, the treatises, the Purāṇas and so on this is carefully kept secret; yet it is (here) revealed to you — the power of a son and of a sacred ford.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.135

रामस् तव सुतः श्रीमान् गौतमीतीरम् आगतः तस्मात् त्वं नरकाद् घोराद् आकृष्टो ऽसि नरोत्तम ॥

rāmas tava sutaḥ śrīmān gautamītīram āgataḥ tasmāt tvaṃ narakād ghorād ākṛṣṭo 'si narottama //

Your illustrious son Rāma has come to the bank of the Gautamī; therefore you have been drawn out of dreadful hell, O best of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.136

यदि त्वां तत्र गौतम्यां स्मरेद् रामः सलक्ष्मणः स्नानं कृत्वाथ पिण्डादि ते दद्यात् स नृपोत्तम ततस् त्वं सर्वपापेभ्यो मुक्तो यासि त्रिविष्टपम् ॥

yadi tvāṃ tatra gautamyāṃ smared rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvātha piṇḍādi te dadyāt sa nṛpottama tatas tvaṃ sarvapāpebhyo mukto yāsi triviṣṭapam //

If Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa, should remember you there at the Gautamī, and having bathed should then give you the rice-balls and the rest, O best of kings, then you, released from all your sins, will go to heaven."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.137

तत्र गत्वा भवद्वाक्यम् आख्यास्ये स्वसुतौ प्रति भवन्त एव शरणम् अनुज्ञां दातुम् अर्हथ ॥

tatra gatvā bhavadvākyam ākhyāsye svasutau prati bhavanta eva śaraṇam anujñāṃ dātum arhatha //

"Going there I shall report your words to my two sons. You alone are my refuge; you ought to grant permission."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.138

तद् राजवचनं श्रुत्वा कृपया यमकिंकराः आज्ञां च प्रददुस् तस्मै राजा प्रागात् सुतौ प्रति ॥

tad rājavacanaṃ śrutvā kṛpayā yamakiṃkarāḥ ājñāṃ ca pradadus tasmai rājā prāgāt sutau prati //

Having heard that speech of the king, Yama's servants out of compassion gave him leave, and the king set out towards his two sons,

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BrP 123.139

भीषणं यातनादेहम् आपन्नो निःश्वसन् मुहुः निरीक्ष्य स्वं लज्जमानः कृतं कर्म च संस्मरन् ॥

bhīṣaṇaṃ yātanādeham āpanno niḥśvasan muhuḥ nirīkṣya svaṃ lajjamānaḥ kṛtaṃ karma ca saṃsmaran //

having taken on a frightful body of torment, sighing repeatedly, ashamed as he looked at himself, and recalling the deed he had done.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.140

स्वेच्छया विहरन् गङ्गाम् आससाद च राघवः गौतम्यास् तटम् आश्रित्य रामो लक्ष्मण एव च ॥

svecchayā viharan gaṅgām āsasāda ca rāghavaḥ gautamyās taṭam āśritya rāmo lakṣmaṇa eva ca //

And the Rāghava, roaming at his own pleasure, reached the Gaṅgā; Rāma, and Lakṣmaṇa too, took up their station on the bank of the Gautamī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.141

सीतया सह वैदेह्या सस्नौ चैव यथाविधि नैव तत्राभवद् भोज्यं भक्ष्यं वा गौतमीतटे ॥

sītayā saha vaidehyā sasnau caiva yathāvidhi naiva tatrābhavad bhojyaṃ bhakṣyaṃ vā gautamītaṭe //

And he bathed according to the rule together with Sītā of Videha; but there on the bank of the Gautamī there was no food at all, nothing to eat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.142

तद्दिने तत्र वसतां गौतमीतीरवासिनाम् तद् दृष्ट्वा दुःखितो भ्राता लक्ष्मणो रामम् अब्रवीत् ॥

taddine tatra vasatāṃ gautamītīravāsinām tad dṛṣṭvā duḥkhito bhrātā lakṣmaṇo rāmam abravīt //

On that day, for those staying there, dwelling on the shore of the Gautamī — seeing that, his brother Lakṣmaṇa, grieved, said to Rāma:

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BrP 123.143

पुत्रौ दशरथस्यावां तवापि बलम् ईदृशम् नास्ति भोज्यम् अथास्माकं गङ्गातीरनिवासिनाम् ॥

putrau daśarathasyāvāṃ tavāpi balam īdṛśam nāsti bhojyam athāsmākaṃ gaṅgātīranivāsinām //

"We two are the sons of Daśaratha, and such is your strength — and yet there is no food for us who dwell on the bank of the Gaṅgā!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.144

भ्रातर् यद् विहितं कर्म नैव तच् चान्यथा भवेत् पृथिव्याम् अन्नपूर्णायां वयम् अन्नाभिलाषिणः ॥

bhrātar yad vihitaṃ karma naiva tac cānyathā bhavet pṛthivyām annapūrṇāyāṃ vayam annābhilāṣiṇaḥ //

"Brother, whatever deed is ordained, that cannot turn out otherwise: on an earth full of food, we are (left) longing for food."

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BrP 123.145

सौमित्रे नूनम् अस्माभिर् न ब्राह्मणमुखे हुतम् अवज्ञया महीदेवांस् तर्पयन्त्य् अर्चयन्ति न ॥

saumitre nūnam asmābhir na brāhmaṇamukhe hutam avajñayā mahīdevāṃs tarpayanty arcayanti na //

"Saumitri, surely we have not made offerings into the mouth of a brahmin; out of contempt (people) do not satisfy the gods of the earth, do not honour them."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.146

ते ये लक्ष्मण जायन्ते सर्वदैव बुभुक्षिताः स्नात्वा देवान् अथाभ्यर्च्य होतव्यश् च हुताशनः ततः स्वसमये देवो विधास्यत्य् अशनं तु नौ ॥

te ye lakṣmaṇa jāyante sarvadaiva bubhukṣitāḥ snātvā devān athābhyarcya hotavyaś ca hutāśanaḥ tataḥ svasamaye devo vidhāsyaty aśanaṃ tu nau //

"Those, Lakṣmaṇa, who (do so) are born ever hungry. Having bathed and then worshipped the gods, the fire is to be offered into; then, in its own due time, the god will provide food for us two."

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BrP 123.147

भ्रात्रोः संजल्पतोर् एवं पश्यतोः कर्मणो गतिम् शनैर् दशरथो राजा तं देशम् उपजग्मिवान् ॥

bhrātroḥ saṃjalpator evaṃ paśyatoḥ karmaṇo gatim śanair daśaratho rājā taṃ deśam upajagmivān //

While the two brothers were talking thus and observing the course of (past) deeds, king Daśaratha slowly came up to that place.

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BrP 123.148

तं दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणः शीघ्रं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् धनुर् आकृष्य कोपेन रक्षस् त्वं दानवो ऽथवा ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaḥ śīghraṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt dhanur ākṛṣya kopena rakṣas tvaṃ dānavo 'thavā //

Seeing him, Lakṣmaṇa at once said, "Halt, halt!" and, drawing his bow in anger, "Are you a demon or a dānava?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.149

आसन्नं च पुनर् दृष्ट्वा याहि याह्य् अत्र पुण्यभाक् रामो दाशरथी राजा धर्मभाक् पश्य वर्तते ॥

āsannaṃ ca punar dṛṣṭvā yāhi yāhy atra puṇyabhāk rāmo dāśarathī rājā dharmabhāk paśya vartate //

And seeing him come near again (he said): "Go away, go away! Here dwells the meritorious king Rāma, son of Daśaratha, a partaker of dharma — look!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.150

गुरुभक्तः सत्यसंधो देवब्राह्मणसेवकः त्रैलोक्यरक्षादक्षो ऽसौ वर्तते यत्र राघवः ॥

gurubhaktaḥ satyasaṃdho devabrāhmaṇasevakaḥ trailokyarakṣādakṣo 'sau vartate yatra rāghavaḥ //

"Devoted to his elders, true to his word, a servant of gods and brahmins, capable of protecting the three worlds — such is he, Rāghava, where he abides."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.151

न तत्र त्वादृशाम् अस्ति प्रवेशः पापकर्मणाम् यदि प्रविशसे पाप ततो वधम् अवाप्स्यसि ॥

na tatra tvādṛśām asti praveśaḥ pāpakarmaṇām yadi praviśase pāpa tato vadham avāpsyasi //

"There is no entry there for evildoers such as you. If you enter, wicked one, you will meet with death."

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BrP 123.152

तत् पुत्रवचनं श्रुत्वा शनैर् आहूय वाचया उवाचाधोमुखो भूत्वा स्नुषां पुत्रौ कृताञ्जलिः मुहुर् अन्तर् विनिध्यायन् गतिं दुष्कृतकर्मणः ॥

tat putravacanaṃ śrutvā śanair āhūya vācayā uvācādhomukho bhūtvā snuṣāṃ putrau kṛtāñjaliḥ muhur antar vinidhyāyan gatiṃ duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ //

Hearing that speech of his son, calling out softly with his voice, he spoke — with his face downcast, palms joined, to his daughter-in-law and his two sons — again and again pondering inwardly the fate of one who has done evil deeds:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.153

अहं दशरथो राजा पुत्रौ मे शृणुतं वचः तिसृभिर् ब्रह्महत्याभिर् वृतो ऽहं दुःखम् आगतः छिन्नं पश्यत मे देहं नरकेषु च पातितम् ॥

ahaṃ daśaratho rājā putrau me śṛṇutaṃ vacaḥ tisṛbhir brahmahatyābhir vṛto 'haṃ duḥkham āgataḥ chinnaṃ paśyata me dehaṃ narakeṣu ca pātitam //

"I am king Daśaratha; my sons, hear my words. Encompassed by three brahmin-murders, I have come to grief. See my body cut apart and cast down into the hells."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.154

ततः कृताञ्जली रामः सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च भूमौ प्रणेमुस् ते सर्वे वचनं चैतद् अब्रुवन् ॥

tataḥ kṛtāñjalī rāmaḥ sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca bhūmau praṇemus te sarve vacanaṃ caitad abruvan //

Then Rāma, with palms joined, together with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa — they all bowed to the ground and spoke this speech:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.155

कस्येदं कर्मणस् तात फलं नृपतिसत्तम ॥

kasyedaṃ karmaṇas tāta phalaṃ nṛpatisattama //

"Of what deed, father, is this the fruit, O best of kings?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.156

स च प्राह यथावृत्तं ब्रह्महत्यात्रयं तथा ॥

sa ca prāha yathāvṛttaṃ brahmahatyātrayaṃ tathā //

And he told how it had happened, and likewise the threefold brahmin-slaying.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.157

निष्कृतिर् ब्रह्महन्तॄणां पुत्रौ क्वापि न विद्यते ॥

niṣkṛtir brahmahantṝṇāṃ putrau kvāpi na vidyate //

"For slayers of brahmins, my sons, there is no expiation anywhere."

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BrP 123.158

ततो दुःखेन महतावृताः सर्वे भुवं गताः राजानं वनवासं च मातरं पितरं तथा ॥

tato duḥkhena mahatāvṛtāḥ sarve bhuvaṃ gatāḥ rājānaṃ vanavāsaṃ ca mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā //

Then, all of them overcome with great sorrow, they sank to the ground, (thinking of) the king, and the dwelling in the forest, and the mother and the father,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.159

दुःखागमं कर्मगतिं नरके पातनं तथा एवमाद्य् अथ संस्मृत्य मुमोह नृपतेः सुतः विसंज्ञं नृपतिं दृष्ट्वा सीता वाक्यम् अथाब्रवीत् ॥

duḥkhāgamaṃ karmagatiṃ narake pātanaṃ tathā evamādy atha saṃsmṛtya mumoha nṛpateḥ sutaḥ visaṃjñaṃ nṛpatiṃ dṛṣṭvā sītā vākyam athābravīt //

the coming of sorrow, the course of (past) deeds, and the falling into hell — remembering all this and the like, the king's son fainted. Seeing the king senseless, Sītā then spoke these words:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.160

न शोचन्ति महात्मानस् त्वादृशा व्यसनागमे चिन्तयन्ति प्रतीकारं दैव्यम् अप्य् अथ मानुषम् ॥

na śocanti mahātmānas tvādṛśā vyasanāgame cintayanti pratīkāraṃ daivyam apy atha mānuṣam //

"Great-souled ones like you do not grieve when calamity comes; they consider the remedy, whether divine or human."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.161

शोचद्भिर् युगसाहस्रं विपत्तिर् नैव तीर्यते व्यामोहम् आप्नुवन्तीह न कदाचिद् विचक्षणाः ॥

śocadbhir yugasāhasraṃ vipattir naiva tīryate vyāmoham āpnuvantīha na kadācid vicakṣaṇāḥ //

Calamity is never crossed over by those who grieve for a thousand ages; the discerning never fall into bewilderment here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.162

किम् अनेनात्र दुःखेन निष्फलेन जनेश्वर देहि हत्यां प्रथमतो या जाता ह्य् अतिभीषणा ॥

kim anenātra duḥkhena niṣphalena janeśvara dehi hatyāṃ prathamato yā jātā hy atibhīṣaṇā //

What is the use of this fruitless sorrow here, O lord of men? Give (me) first the killing, that one which arose as the most terrible.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.163

पितृभक्तः पुण्यशीलो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः अनागा यो हतो विप्रस् तत्पापस्यात्र निष्कृतिम् ॥

pitṛbhaktaḥ puṇyaśīlo vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ anāgā yo hato vipras tatpāpasyātra niṣkṛtim //

The brahmin who was devoted to his father, of holy conduct, who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Veda-limbs, and who, though guiltless, was slain — the expiation of that sin here

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.164

आचरामि यथाशास्त्रं मा शोकं कुरुतं युवाम् द्वितीयां लक्ष्मणो हत्यां गृह्णातु त्व् अपरां भवान् ॥

ācarāmi yathāśāstraṃ mā śokaṃ kurutaṃ yuvām dvitīyāṃ lakṣmaṇo hatyāṃ gṛhṇātu tv aparāṃ bhavān //

I will perform according to the scriptures; do not you two grieve. Let Lakṣmaṇa take up the second killing, and let you (Rāma) take the remaining one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.165

एतद् धर्मयुतं वाक्यं सीतया भाषितं दृढम् तथेति चाहतुर् उभौ ततो दशरथो ऽब्रवीत् ॥

etad dharmayutaṃ vākyaṃ sītayā bhāṣitaṃ dṛḍham tatheti cāhatur ubhau tato daśaratho 'bravīt //

This firm speech, in accord with dharma, was spoken by Sītā; and both said "so be it." Then Daśaratha said:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.166

त्वं हि ब्रह्मविदः कन्या जनकस्य त्व् अयोनिजा भार्या रामस्य किं चित्रं यद् युक्तम् अनुभाषसे ॥

tvaṃ hi brahmavidaḥ kanyā janakasya tv ayonijā bhāryā rāmasya kiṃ citraṃ yad yuktam anubhāṣase //

"You are the daughter of Janaka the knower of brahman, and not born from a womb, and the wife of Rāma: what wonder is it that you speak what is fitting?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.167

न कोपि भवतां किंतु श्रमः स्वल्पो ऽपि विद्यते गौतम्यां स्नानदानेन पिण्डनिर्वपणेन च ॥

na kopi bhavatāṃ kiṃtu śramaḥ svalpo 'pi vidyate gautamyāṃ snānadānena piṇḍanirvapaṇena ca //

"There is no (trouble) at all for you, but only the slightest effort, in bathing and giving at the Gautamī and in offering the piṇḍa;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.168

तिसृभिर् ब्रह्महत्याभिर् मुक्तो यामि त्रिविष्टपम् त्वया जनकसंभूते स्वकुलोचितम् ईरितम् ॥

tisṛbhir brahmahatyābhir mukto yāmi triviṣṭapam tvayā janakasaṃbhūte svakulocitam īritam //

freed from the three brahmin-killings, I go to the third heaven. By you, O (daughter) sprung from Janaka, what befits your own family has been declared.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.169

प्रापयन्ति परं पारं भवाब्धेः कुलयोषितः गोदावर्याः प्रसादेन किं नामास्त्य् अत्र दुर्लभम् ॥

prāpayanti paraṃ pāraṃ bhavābdheḥ kulayoṣitaḥ godāvaryāḥ prasādena kiṃ nāmāsty atra durlabham //

The women of a family bring (their kin) to the further shore of the ocean of existence; by the grace of the Godāvarī, what indeed is hard to get here?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.170

तथेति क्रियमाणे तु पिण्डदानाय शत्रुहा नैवापश्यद् भक्ष्यभोज्यं ततो लक्ष्मणम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tatheti kriyamāṇe tu piṇḍadānāya śatruhā naivāpaśyad bhakṣyabhojyaṃ tato lakṣmaṇam abravīt //

When "so be it" was being carried out, the slayer of foes saw no food or eatables for the piṇḍa-offering; then he said to Lakṣmaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.171

लक्ष्मणः प्राह विनयाद् इङ्गुद्याश् च फलानि च सन्ति तेषां च पिण्याकम् आनीतं तत्क्षणाद् इव ॥

lakṣmaṇaḥ prāha vinayād iṅgudyāś ca phalāni ca santi teṣāṃ ca piṇyākam ānītaṃ tatkṣaṇād iva //

Lakṣmaṇa said respectfully: "There are also the fruits of the iṅgudī tree"; and oil-cake of them was brought, as if that very instant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.172

पिण्याकेनाथ गङ्गायां पिण्डं दातुं तथा पितुः मनः कुर्वंस् ततो रामो मन्दो ऽभूद् दुःखितस् तदा ॥

piṇyākenātha gaṅgāyāṃ piṇḍaṃ dātuṃ tathā pituḥ manaḥ kurvaṃs tato rāmo mando 'bhūd duḥkhitas tadā //

Then, as he set his mind on giving the piṇḍa to his father with oil-cake on the Gaṅgā, Rāma became dispirited and grieved.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.173

दैवी वाग् अभवत् तत्र दुःखं त्यज नृपात्मज राज्यभ्रष्टो वनं प्राप्तः किं वै निष्किंचनो भवान् ॥

daivī vāg abhavat tatra duḥkhaṃ tyaja nṛpātmaja rājyabhraṣṭo vanaṃ prāptaḥ kiṃ vai niṣkiṃcano bhavān //

A divine voice arose there: "Give up sorrow, son of a king. Fallen from the kingdom, you have come to the forest: are you not indeed without any possessions?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.174

अशठो धर्मनिरतो न शोचितुम् इहार्हसि वित्तशाठ्येन यो धर्मं करोति स तु पातकी ॥

aśaṭho dharmanirato na śocitum ihārhasi vittaśāṭhyena yo dharmaṃ karoti sa tu pātakī //

Being guileless and devoted to dharma, you ought not to grieve in this. But he who performs dharma with fraud about wealth, he is the sinner.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.175

श्रूयते सर्वशास्त्रेषु यद् राम शृणु यत्नतः यदन्नः पुरुषो राजंस् तदन्नास् तस्य देवताः ॥

śrūyate sarvaśāstreṣu yad rāma śṛṇu yatnataḥ yadannaḥ puruṣo rājaṃs tadannās tasya devatāḥ //

Hear attentively, Rāma, what is heard in all the scriptures: whatever food a man has, O king, that food his deities have."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.176

पिण्डे निपतिते भूमौ नापश्यत् पितरं तदा शवं च पतितं यत्र शवतीर्थम् अनुत्तमम् ॥

piṇḍe nipatite bhūmau nāpaśyat pitaraṃ tadā śavaṃ ca patitaṃ yatra śavatīrtham anuttamam //

When the piṇḍa had fallen on the ground, he did not then see his father; and where the corpse had fallen, (there is) the unsurpassed Śava-tīrtha,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.177

महापातकसंघातविघातकृद् अनुस्मृतिः तत्रागच्छंल् लोकपाला रुद्रादित्यास् तथाश्विनौ ॥

mahāpātakasaṃghātavighātakṛd anusmṛtiḥ tatrāgacchaṃl lokapālā rudrādityās tathāśvinau //

the recollection of which destroys the accumulated mass of great sins. There came the guardians of the world, the Rudras and Ādityas, and the two Aśvins,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.178

स्वं स्वं विमानम् आरूढास् तेषां मध्ये ऽतिदीप्तिमान् विमानवरम् आरूढः स्तूयमानश् च किंनरैः ॥

svaṃ svaṃ vimānam ārūḍhās teṣāṃ madhye 'tidīptimān vimānavaram ārūḍhaḥ stūyamānaś ca kiṃnaraiḥ //

each mounted on his own aerial car; and in their midst, exceedingly brilliant, mounted on the finest car and praised by the kiṃnaras,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.179

आदित्यसदृशाकारस् तेषां मध्ये बभौ पिता तम् अदृष्ट्वा स्वपितरं देवान् दृष्ट्वा विमानिनः ॥

ādityasadṛśākāras teṣāṃ madhye babhau pitā tam adṛṣṭvā svapitaraṃ devān dṛṣṭvā vimāninaḥ //

his father shone in their midst, with a form like the sun's. Not seeing that father of his, but seeing the gods in their cars,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.180

कृताञ्जलिपुटो रामः पिता मे क्वेत्य् अभाषत इति दिव्याभवद् वाणी रामं संबोध्य सीतया ॥

kṛtāñjalipuṭo rāmaḥ pitā me kvety abhāṣata iti divyābhavad vāṇī rāmaṃ saṃbodhya sītayā //

Rāma, with cupped hands joined, said, "Where is my father?" Thereupon a divine voice arose, addressing Rāma along with Sītā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.181

तिसृभिर् ब्रह्महत्याभिर् मुक्तो दशरथो नृपः वृतं पश्य सुरैस् तात देवा अप्य् ऊचिरे च तम् ॥

tisṛbhir brahmahatyābhir mukto daśaratho nṛpaḥ vṛtaṃ paśya surais tāta devā apy ūcire ca tam //

"King Daśaratha has been freed from three brahmin-murders; look, dear one, he is surrounded by the gods" — and the gods too said to him:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.182

धन्यो ऽसि कृतकृत्यो ऽसि राम स्वर्गं गतः पिता नानानिरयसंघातात् पूर्वजान् उद्धरेत् तु यः ॥

dhanyo 'si kṛtakṛtyo 'si rāma svargaṃ gataḥ pitā nānānirayasaṃghātāt pūrvajān uddharet tu yaḥ //

"Fortunate are you, you have accomplished your task, Rāma: your father has gone to heaven. (Blessed is he) who lifts up his forebears out of the mass of the various hells.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.183

स धन्यो ऽलंकृतं तेन कृतिना भुवनत्रयम् एनं पश्य महाबाहो मुक्तपापं रविप्रभम् ॥

sa dhanyo 'laṃkṛtaṃ tena kṛtinā bhuvanatrayam enaṃ paśya mahābāho muktapāpaṃ raviprabham //

He is fortunate; by that man of merit the three worlds have been adorned. Behold him, O mighty-armed one, freed of sin, radiant as the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.184

सर्वसंपत्तियुक्तो ऽपि पापी दग्धद्रुमोपमः निष्किंचनो ऽपि सुकृती दृश्यते चन्द्रमौलिवत् ॥

sarvasaṃpattiyukto 'pi pāpī dagdhadrumopamaḥ niṣkiṃcano 'pi sukṛtī dṛśyate candramaulivat //

Even one endowed with every prosperity, if he is a sinner, is like a burnt tree; but even a man with nothing, if he has done good, appears like the moon-crested (Śiva).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.185

दृष्ट्वाब्रवीत् सुतं राजा आशीर्भिर् अभिनन्द्य च ॥

dṛṣṭvābravīt sutaṃ rājā āśīrbhir abhinandya ca //

Seeing (him), the king spoke to his son, greeting him with blessings:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.186

कृतकृत्यो ऽसि भद्रं ते तारितो ऽहं त्वयानघ धन्यः स पुत्रो लोके ऽस्मिन् पितॄणां यस् तु तारकः ॥

kṛtakṛtyo 'si bhadraṃ te tārito 'haṃ tvayānagha dhanyaḥ sa putro loke 'smin pitṝṇāṃ yas tu tārakaḥ //

"You have accomplished your task, blessings on you; I have been carried across by you, O sinless one. Fortunate in this world is that son who is a rescuer of his forefathers."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.187

ततः सुरगणाः प्रोचुर् देवानां कार्यसिद्धये रामं च पुरुषश्रेष्ठं गच्छ तात यथासुखम् ततस् तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा रामस् तान् अब्रवीत् सुरान् ॥

tataḥ suragaṇāḥ procur devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye rāmaṃ ca puruṣaśreṣṭhaṃ gaccha tāta yathāsukham tatas tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmas tān abravīt surān //

Then the hosts of gods, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose, spoke to Rāma, best of men: "Go, dear one, as you please." Then, hearing that speech, Rāma said to those gods:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.188

गुरौ पितरि मे देवाः किं कृत्यम् अवशिष्यते ॥

gurau pitari me devāḥ kiṃ kṛtyam avaśiṣyate //

"When my father, my elder, (is thus saved), O gods, what duty remains to be done?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.189

नदी न गङ्गया तुल्या न त्वया सदृशः सुतः न शिवेन समो देवो न तारेण समो मनुः ॥

nadī na gaṅgayā tulyā na tvayā sadṛśaḥ sutaḥ na śivena samo devo na tāreṇa samo manuḥ //

"No river is equal to Gaṅgā, no son is like you, no god is the equal of Śiva, no mantra the equal of the tāra (Oṃ)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.190

त्वया राम गुरूणां च कार्यं सर्वम् अनुष्ठितम् तारिताः पितरो राम त्वया पुत्रेण मानद गच्छन्तु सर्वे स्वस्थानं त्वं च गच्छ यथासुखम् ॥

tvayā rāma gurūṇāṃ ca kāryaṃ sarvam anuṣṭhitam tāritāḥ pitaro rāma tvayā putreṇa mānada gacchantu sarve svasthānaṃ tvaṃ ca gaccha yathāsukham //

"By you, Rāma, all the duty owed to elders has been performed; the fathers have been carried across, Rāma, by you their son, O bestower of honour. Let all go to their own place, and you too go as you please."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.191

तद् देववचनाद् धृष्टः सीतया लक्ष्मणाग्रजः तद् दृष्ट्वा गङ्गामाहात्म्यं विस्मितो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tad devavacanād dhṛṣṭaḥ sītayā lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ tad dṛṣṭvā gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ vismito vākyam abravīt //

Delighted at that speech of the gods, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, together with Sītā, having seen that greatness of Gaṅgā, spoke these words in amazement:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.192

अहो गङ्गाप्रभावो ऽयं त्रैलोक्ये नोपमीयते वयं धन्या यतो गङ्गा दृष्टास्माभिस् त्रिपावनी ॥

aho gaṅgāprabhāvo 'yaṃ trailokye nopamīyate vayaṃ dhanyā yato gaṅgā dṛṣṭāsmābhis tripāvanī //

"Ah, this power of Gaṅgā is beyond comparison in the three worlds! We are fortunate, since Gaṅgā, purifier of the three (worlds), has been seen by us."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.193

हर्षेण महता युक्तो देवं स्थाप्य महेश्वरम् तं षोडशभिर् ईशानम् उपचारैः प्रयत्नतः ॥

harṣeṇa mahatā yukto devaṃ sthāpya maheśvaram taṃ ṣoḍaśabhir īśānam upacāraiḥ prayatnataḥ //

Filled with great joy, having installed the god Maheśvara, (and) that Īśāna, with the sixteen services carefully —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.194

संपूज्यावरणैर् युक्तं षट्त्रिंशत्कलम् ईश्वरम् कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा रामस् तुष्टाव शंकरम् ॥

saṃpūjyāvaraṇair yuktaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśatkalam īśvaram kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā rāmas tuṣṭāva śaṃkaram //

having worshipped the Lord of thirty-six parts together with his encircling (attendant deities), Rāma, with palms joined, praised Śaṃkara:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.195

नमामि शंभुं पुरुषं पुराणं नमामि सर्वज्ञम् अपारभावम् नमामि रुद्रं प्रभुम् अक्षयं तं नमामि शर्वं शिरसा नमामि

namāmi śaṃbhuṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ namāmi sarvajñam apārabhāvam namāmi rudraṃ prabhum akṣayaṃ taṃ namāmi śarvaṃ śirasā namāmi

"I bow to Śambhu, the ancient Person; I bow to the all-knowing one of boundless being; I bow to Rudra, that imperishable Lord; I bow to Śarva, I bow with my head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.196

नमामि देवं परम् अव्ययं तम् उमापतिं लोकगुरुं नमामि नमामि दारिद्र्यविदारणं तं नमामि रोगापहरं नमामि

namāmi devaṃ param avyayaṃ tam umāpatiṃ lokaguruṃ namāmi namāmi dāridryavidāraṇaṃ taṃ namāmi rogāpaharaṃ namāmi

I bow to that god, supreme and undecaying; I bow to Umā's husband, the world's teacher; I bow to him who tears poverty apart; I bow to the remover of disease, I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.197

नमामि कल्याणम् अचिन्त्यरूपं नमामि विश्वोद्भवबीजरूपम् नमामि विश्वस्थितिकारणं तं नमामि संहारकरं नमामि

namāmi kalyāṇam acintyarūpaṃ namāmi viśvodbhavabījarūpam namāmi viśvasthitikāraṇaṃ taṃ namāmi saṃhārakaraṃ namāmi

I bow to the auspicious one of inconceivable form; I bow to him whose form is the seed of the universe's arising; I bow to him who is the cause of the world's continuance; I bow to the one who brings about dissolution, I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.198

नमामि गौरीप्रियम् अव्ययं तं नमामि नित्यं क्षरम् अक्षरं तम् नमामि चिद्रूपम् अमेयभावं त्रिलोचनं तं शिरसा नमामि

namāmi gaurīpriyam avyayaṃ taṃ namāmi nityaṃ kṣaram akṣaraṃ tam namāmi cidrūpam ameyabhāvaṃ trilocanaṃ taṃ śirasā namāmi

I bow to that undecaying beloved of Gaurī; I bow to that eternal one, perishable and imperishable; I bow to him whose form is consciousness, whose being is immeasurable; to that three-eyed one I bow with my head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.199

नमामि कारुण्यकरं भवस्य भयंकरं वापि सदा नमामि नमामि दातारम् अभीप्सितानां नमामि सोमेशम् उमेशम् आदौ

namāmi kāruṇyakaraṃ bhavasya bhayaṃkaraṃ vāpi sadā namāmi namāmi dātāram abhīpsitānāṃ namāmi someśam umeśam ādau

I bow to the doer of compassion, and always I bow to him who is terrifying to existence; I bow to the giver of things desired; I bow to Someśa, to Umā's lord, at the beginning.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.200

नमामि वेदत्रयलोचनं तं नमामि मूर्तित्रयवर्जितं तम् नमामि पुण्यं सदसद्व्यतीतं नमामि तं पापहरं नमामि

namāmi vedatrayalocanaṃ taṃ namāmi mūrtitrayavarjitaṃ tam namāmi puṇyaṃ sadasadvyatītaṃ namāmi taṃ pāpaharaṃ namāmi

I bow to him whose eyes are the three Vedas; I bow to him who is free of the three forms; I bow to the pure one who transcends being and non-being; I bow to him, the remover of sin, I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.201

नमामि विश्वस्य हिते रतं तं नमामि रूपाणि बहूनि धत्ते यो विश्वगोप्ता सदसत्प्रणेता नमामि तं विश्वपतिं नमामि

namāmi viśvasya hite rataṃ taṃ namāmi rūpāṇi bahūni dhatte yo viśvagoptā sadasatpraṇetā namāmi taṃ viśvapatiṃ namāmi

I bow to him who delights in the welfare of the universe; I bow to him who assumes many forms, who guards the universe, who leads on the real and the unreal; I bow to him, the lord of the universe, I bow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.202

यज्ञेश्वरं संप्रति हव्यकव्यं तथा गतिं लोकसदाशिवो यः आराधितो यश् च ददाति सर्वं नमामि दानप्रियम् इष्टदेवम्

yajñeśvaraṃ saṃprati havyakavyaṃ tathā gatiṃ lokasadāśivo yaḥ ārādhito yaś ca dadāti sarvaṃ namāmi dānapriyam iṣṭadevam

(I bow to) the lord of sacrifice, and likewise now to the offerings to gods and ancestors and to (their) goal, who is ever benign to the world; and who, when worshipped, gives everything — I bow to him who loves giving, the chosen deity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.203

नमामि सोमेश्वरम् अस्वतन्त्रम् उमापतिं तं विजयं नमामि नमामि विघ्नेश्वरनन्दिनाथं पुत्रप्रियं तं शिरसा नमामि

namāmi someśvaram asvatantram umāpatiṃ taṃ vijayaṃ namāmi namāmi vighneśvaranandināthaṃ putrapriyaṃ taṃ śirasā namāmi

I bow to Someśvara, who is not dependent (on another); I bow to him, Umā's husband, the victorious one; I bow to the lord of obstacles' and Nandin's master; with my head I bow to him who loves (his) sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.204

नमामि देवं भवदुःखशोक विनाशनं चन्द्रधरं नमामि नमामि गङ्गाधरम् ईशम् ईड्यम् उमाधवं देववरं नमामि

namāmi devaṃ bhavaduḥkhaśoka vināśanaṃ candradharaṃ namāmi namāmi gaṅgādharam īśam īḍyam umādhavaṃ devavaraṃ namāmi

I bow to the god who destroys the pain and sorrow of existence; I bow to the bearer of the moon; I bow to the bearer of Gaṅgā, the lord, the praiseworthy; I bow to Umā's consort, the best of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.205

नमाम्य् अजादीशपुरंदरादि सुरासुरैर् अर्चितपादपद्मम् नमामि देवीमुखवादनानाम् ईक्षार्थम् अक्षित्रितयं य ऐच्छत्

namāmy ajādīśapuraṃdarādi surāsurair arcitapādapadmam namāmi devīmukhavādanānām īkṣārtham akṣitritayaṃ ya aicchat

I bow to him whose lotus feet are worshipped by gods and demons — Aja (Brahmā), Īśa, Purandara and the rest; I bow to him who desired a triad of eyes in order to look upon the Goddess's face and (her) playing (of instruments).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 123.206

पञ्चामृतैर् गन्धसुधूपदीपैर् विचित्रपुष्पैर् विविधैश् च मन्त्रैः अन्नप्रकारैः सकलोपचारैः संपूजितं सोमम् अहं नमामि

pañcāmṛtair gandhasudhūpadīpair vicitrapuṣpair vividhaiś ca mantraiḥ annaprakāraiḥ sakalopacāraiḥ saṃpūjitaṃ somam ahaṃ namāmi

I bow to Soma, fully worshipped with the five nectars, with perfumes, fine incense and lamps, with variegated flowers and with manifold mantras, with kinds of food and with all the attendant rites.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.207

ततः स भगवान् आह रामं शंभुः सलक्ष्मणम् वरान् वृणीष्व भद्रं ते रामः प्राह वृषध्वजम् ॥

tataḥ sa bhagavān āha rāmaṃ śaṃbhuḥ salakṣmaṇam varān vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te rāmaḥ prāha vṛṣadhvajam //

Then that lord Śambhu said to Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa: "Choose boons; blessings on you!" Rāma said to the bull-bannered god:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.208

स्तोत्रेणानेन ये भक्त्या तोष्यन्ति त्वां सुरोत्तम तेषां सर्वाणि कार्याणि सिद्धिं यान्तु महेश्वर ॥

stotreṇānena ye bhaktyā toṣyanti tvāṃ surottama teṣāṃ sarvāṇi kāryāṇi siddhiṃ yāntu maheśvara //

"Those who with devotion will please you with this hymn, O best of gods — may all their undertakings reach success, O Maheśvara!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.209

येषां च पितरः शंभो पतिता नरकार्णवे तेषां पिण्डादिदानेन पूता यान्तु त्रिविष्टपम् ॥

yeṣāṃ ca pitaraḥ śaṃbho patitā narakārṇave teṣāṃ piṇḍādidānena pūtā yāntu triviṣṭapam //

"And those whose forefathers, O Śambhu, have fallen into the ocean of hell — may they, purified by the giving of piṇḍas and the rest, go to heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.210

जन्मप्रभृति पापानि मनोवाक्कायिकं त्व् अघम् अत्र तु स्नानमात्रेण तत् सद्यो नाशम् आप्नुयात् ॥

janmaprabhṛti pāpāni manovākkāyikaṃ tv agham atra tu snānamātreṇa tat sadyo nāśam āpnuyāt //

"The sins from birth onward, and the evil (done) by mind, speech and body — here, by bathing alone, may that at once meet with destruction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.211

अत्र ये भक्तितः शंभो ददत्य् अर्थिभ्य अण्व् अपि सर्वं तद् अक्षयं शंभो दातॄणां फलकृद् भवेत् ॥

atra ye bhaktitaḥ śaṃbho dadaty arthibhya aṇv api sarvaṃ tad akṣayaṃ śaṃbho dātṝṇāṃ phalakṛd bhavet //

"Those who here out of devotion, O Śambhu, give to petitioners even a mote — may all that be imperishable, O Śambhu, and bear fruit for the givers."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.212

एवम् अस्त्व् इति तं रामं शंकरो हृषितो ऽब्रवीत् गते तस्मिन् सुरश्रेष्ठे रामो ऽप्य् अनुचरैः सह ॥

evam astv iti taṃ rāmaṃ śaṃkaro hṛṣito 'bravīt gate tasmin suraśreṣṭhe rāmo 'py anucaraiḥ saha //

"So be it," said Śaṃkara, delighted, to that Rāma. When that best of gods had gone, Rāma too, together with (his) followers,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.213

गौतमी यत्र चोत्पन्ना शनैस् तं देशम् अभ्यगात् ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं रामतीर्थम् उदाहृतम् ॥

gautamī yatra cotpannā śanais taṃ deśam abhyagāt tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ rāmatīrtham udāhṛtam //

went slowly to that place where the Gautamī had arisen. From then on that holy ford has been called Rāmatīrtha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.214

दयालोर् अपतत् तत्र लक्ष्मणस्य कराच् छरः तद् बाणतीर्थम् अभवत् सर्वापद्विनिवारणम् ॥

dayālor apatat tatra lakṣmaṇasya karāc charaḥ tad bāṇatīrtham abhavat sarvāpadvinivāraṇam //

There an arrow fell from the hand of the compassionate Lakṣmaṇa; that became the Bāṇatīrtha, which averts all calamities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.215

यत्र सौमित्रिणा स्नानं शंकरस्यार्चनं कृतम् तत् तीर्थं लक्ष्मणं जातं तथा सीतासमुद्भवम् ॥

yatra saumitriṇā snānaṃ śaṃkarasyārcanaṃ kṛtam tat tīrthaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ jātaṃ tathā sītāsamudbhavam //

Where Sumitrā's son performed his bath and worship of Śaṃkara, that ford came to be Lakṣmaṇa (tīrtha), and likewise Sītāsamudbhava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.216

नानाविधाशेषपापसंघनिर्मूलनक्षमम् यद् अङ्घ्रिसंगाद् अभवद् गङ्गा त्रैलोक्यपावनी ॥

nānāvidhāśeṣapāpasaṃghanirmūlanakṣamam yad aṅghrisaṃgād abhavad gaṅgā trailokyapāvanī //

The Gaṅgā, purifier of the three worlds, able to uproot the whole mass of sins of every kind, came into being from contact with his feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 123.217

स यत्र स्नानम् अकरोत् तद् वैशिष्ट्यं किम् उच्यते तद् रामतीर्थसदृशं तीर्थं क्वापि न विद्यते ॥

sa yatra snānam akarot tad vaiśiṣṭyaṃ kim ucyate tad rāmatīrthasadṛśaṃ tīrthaṃ kvāpi na vidyate //

Where he performed his bath — what can be said of that place's excellence? A ford like that Rāmatīrtha exists nowhere at all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition