Brahma Purana — Chapter 154
BrP 154.1
सहस्रकुण्डम् आख्यातं तीर्थं वेदविदो विदुः यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण सुखी संपद्यते नरः ॥
sahasrakuṇḍam ākhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ vedavido viduḥ yasya smaraṇamātreṇa sukhī saṃpadyate naraḥ //
There is a ford declared to be Sahasrakuṇḍa, which the knowers of the Veda know; merely by remembering it a man becomes happy.
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BrP 154.2
पुरा दाशरथी रामः सेतुं बद्ध्वा महार्णवे लङ्कां दग्ध्वा रिपून् हत्वा रावणादीन् रणे शरैः ॥
purā dāśarathī rāmaḥ setuṃ baddhvā mahārṇave laṅkāṃ dagdhvā ripūn hatvā rāvaṇādīn raṇe śaraiḥ //
Long ago Rāma, son of Daśaratha, having built a causeway over the great ocean, having burnt Laṅkā and slain his enemies Rāvaṇa and the rest with arrows in battle,
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BrP 154.3
वैदेहीं च समासाद्य रामो वचनम् अब्रवीत् पश्यत्सु लोकपालेषु तस्याचार्ये पुरः स्थिते ॥
vaidehīṃ ca samāsādya rāmo vacanam abravīt paśyatsu lokapāleṣu tasyācārye puraḥ sthite //
and having come up to the daughter of Videha, Rāma spoke these words, while the guardians of the worlds looked on and his teacher stood before him:
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BrP 154.4
अग्नौ शुद्धिगतां सीतां रामो लक्ष्मणसंनिधौ एहि वैदेहि शुद्धासि अङ्कम् आरोढुम् अर्हसि ॥
agnau śuddhigatāṃ sītāṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇasaṃnidhau ehi vaidehi śuddhāsi aṅkam āroḍhum arhasi //
To Sītā, who had gone into the fire for purification, Rāma said, in Lakṣmaṇa's presence: "Come, Vaidehī, you are pure; you may fittingly mount my lap."
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BrP 154.5
नेत्य् उवाच तदा श्रीमान् अङ्गदो हनुमांस् तथा अयोध्यायां तु वैदेहि सार्धं यामः सुहृज्जनैः ॥
nety uvāca tadā śrīmān aṅgado hanumāṃs tathā ayodhyāyāṃ tu vaidehi sārdhaṃ yāmaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ //
Then the illustrious Aṅgada said "No," and Hanumān likewise: "Rather, Vaidehī, let us go to Ayodhyā together with our friends."
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BrP 154.6
तत्र शुद्धिम् अवाप्याथ पुनर् भ्रातृषु मातृषु लौकिकेष्व् अपि पश्यत्सु ततः शुद्धा नृपात्मजा ॥
tatra śuddhim avāpyātha punar bhrātṛṣu mātṛṣu laukikeṣv api paśyatsu tataḥ śuddhā nṛpātmajā //
"There, having again attained purification while the brothers, the mothers, and also the common people look on, the king's daughter will then be pure."
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BrP 154.7
अयोध्यायां सुपुण्ये ऽह्नि अङ्कम् आरोढुम् अर्हसि अस्याश् चरित्रविषये संदेहः कस्य जायते ॥
ayodhyāyāṃ supuṇye 'hni aṅkam āroḍhum arhasi asyāś caritraviṣaye saṃdehaḥ kasya jāyate //
"On a most auspicious day in Ayodhyā you may (then) mount (his) lap; who then would have any doubt in the matter of her conduct?"
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BrP 154.8
लोकापवादस् तद् अपि निरस्यः स्वजनेषु हि तयोर् वाक्यम् अनादृत्य लक्ष्मणः सविभीषणः ॥
lokāpavādas tad api nirasyaḥ svajaneṣu hi tayor vākyam anādṛtya lakṣmaṇaḥ savibhīṣaṇaḥ //
For the people's slander must be dispelled among one's own kinsfolk; disregarding the words of those two, Lakṣmaṇa together with Vibhīṣaṇa—
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BrP 154.9
रामश् च जाम्बवांश् चैव ताम् आह्वयन् नृपात्मजाम् स्वस्तीत्य् उक्ता देवताभी राज्ञो ऽङ्कं चारुरोह सा ॥
rāmaś ca jāmbavāṃś caiva tām āhvayan nṛpātmajām svastīty uktā devatābhī rājño 'ṅkaṃ cāruroha sā //
and Rāma and Jāmbavān too called that king's daughter; addressed by the gods with "Be well!", she mounted the king's lap.
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BrP 154.10
मुदितास् ते ययुः शीघ्रं पुष्पकेण विराजता अयोध्यां नगरीं प्राप्य तथा राज्यं स्वकं तु यत् ॥
muditās te yayuḥ śīghraṃ puṣpakeṇa virājatā ayodhyāṃ nagarīṃ prāpya tathā rājyaṃ svakaṃ tu yat //
Delighted, they went swiftly by the shining Puṣpaka; reaching the city of Ayodhyā and likewise their own kingdom, whatever it was—
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BrP 154.11
मुदितास् ते ऽभवन् सर्वे सदा रामानुवर्तिनः ततः कतिपयाहेषु अनार्येभ्यो विरूपिकाम् ॥
muditās te 'bhavan sarve sadā rāmānuvartinaḥ tataḥ katipayāheṣu anāryebhyo virūpikām //
they all became delighted, always following Rāma. Then, after a few days, (there arose) from the base people a distorting
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BrP 154.12
वाचं श्रुत्वा स तत्याज गुर्विणीं ताम् अयोनिजाम् मिथ्यापवादम् अपि हि न सहन्ते कुलोन्नताः ॥
vācaṃ śrutvā sa tatyāja gurviṇīṃ tām ayonijām mithyāpavādam api hi na sahante kulonnatāḥ //
speech; hearing it, he abandoned her, pregnant, not born from a womb; for those exalted in lineage do not endure even a false accusation.
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BrP 154.13
वाल्मीकेर् मुनिमुख्यस्य आश्रमस्य समीपतः तत्याज लक्ष्मणः सीताम् अदुष्टां रुदतीं रुदन् ॥
vālmīker munimukhyasya āśramasya samīpataḥ tatyāja lakṣmaṇaḥ sītām aduṣṭāṃ rudatīṃ rudan //
Near the hermitage of Vālmīki, the chief of sages, Lakṣmaṇa, weeping, abandoned the weeping, faultless Sītā.
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BrP 154.14
नोल्लङ्घ्याज्ञा गुरूणाम् इत्य् असौ तद् अकरोद् भिया ततः कतिपयाहेषु व्यतीतेषु नृपात्मजः ॥
nollaṅghyājñā gurūṇām ity asau tad akarod bhiyā tataḥ katipayāheṣu vyatīteṣu nṛpātmajaḥ //
"The command of elders is not to be transgressed"—thus he did that out of fear. Then, when a few days had passed, the king's son
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BrP 154.15
रामः सौमित्रिणा सार्धं हयमेधाय दीक्षितः तत्रैवाजग्मतुर् उभौ रामपुत्रौ यशस्विनौ ॥
rāmaḥ saumitriṇā sārdhaṃ hayamedhāya dīkṣitaḥ tatraivājagmatur ubhau rāmaputrau yaśasvinau //
Rāma, together with Sumitrā's son, was consecrated for the horse sacrifice; and there the two illustrious sons of Rāma came,
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BrP 154.16
लवः कुशश् च विख्यातौ नारदाव् इव गायकौ रामायणं समग्रं तद् गन्धर्वाव् इव सुस्वरौ ॥
lavaḥ kuśaś ca vikhyātau nāradāv iva gāyakau rāmāyaṇaṃ samagraṃ tad gandharvāv iva susvarau //
the renowned Lava and Kuśa, singers like two Nāradas, sweet-voiced like two Gandharvas, (singing) that whole Rāmāyaṇa,
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BrP 154.17
रामस्य चरितं सर्वं गायमानौ समीयतुः यज्ञवाटं राजसुतौ हेतुभिर् लक्षितौ तदा ॥
rāmasya caritaṃ sarvaṃ gāyamānau samīyatuḥ yajñavāṭaṃ rājasutau hetubhir lakṣitau tadā //
singing all the deeds of Rāma, the two king's sons came together to the sacrificial enclosure, recognized then by tokens:
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BrP 154.18
रामपुत्राव् उभौ शूरौ वैदेह्यास् तनयाव् इति ताव् आनीय ततः पुत्राव् अभिषिच्य यथाक्रमम् ॥
rāmaputrāv ubhau śūrau vaidehyās tanayāv iti tāv ānīya tataḥ putrāv abhiṣicya yathākramam //
"Both are Rāma's sons, heroes, the offspring of the Vaidehī." Then, having brought those two sons and consecrated them in due order,
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BrP 154.19
अङ्कारूढौ ततः कृत्वा सस्वजे तौ पुनः पुनः संसारदुःखखिन्नानाम् अगतीनां शरीरिणाम् ॥
aṅkārūḍhau tataḥ kṛtvā sasvaje tau punaḥ punaḥ saṃsāraduḥkhakhinnānām agatīnāṃ śarīriṇām //
then having made them mount his lap, he embraced them again and again. For embodied beings, worn out by the suffering of saṃsāra and without recourse,
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BrP 154.20
पुत्रालिङ्गनम् एवात्र परं विश्रान्तिकारणम् मुहुर् आलिङ्ग्य तौ पुत्रौ मुहुः स्वजति चुम्बति ॥
putrāliṅganam evātra paraṃ viśrāntikāraṇam muhur āliṅgya tau putrau muhuḥ svajati cumbati //
the embracing of a son is here the highest cause of rest. Embracing those two sons again and again, he repeatedly clasps and kisses (them),
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BrP 154.21
किम् अप्य् अन्तर् ध्यायति च निःश्वसत्य् अपि वै मुहुः एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे प्राप्ता राक्षसा लङ्कवासिनः ॥
kim apy antar dhyāyati ca niḥśvasaty api vai muhuḥ etasminn antare prāptā rākṣasā laṅkavāsinaḥ //
and inwardly he ponders something, and indeed repeatedly sighs. In this interval the rākṣasas dwelling in Laṅkā arrived,
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BrP 154.22
सुग्रीवो हनुमांश् चैव अङ्गदो जाम्बवांस् तथा अन्ये च वानराः सर्वे विभीषणपुरःसराः ॥
sugrīvo hanumāṃś caiva aṅgado jāmbavāṃs tathā anye ca vānarāḥ sarve vibhīṣaṇapuraḥsarāḥ //
Sugrīva and Hanumān, and Aṅgada and Jāmbavān likewise, and all the other monkeys, with Vibhīṣaṇa at their head.
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BrP 154.23
ते चागत्य नृपं प्राप्ताः सिंहासनम् उपस्थितम् सीताम् अदृष्ट्वा हनुमान् अङ्गदः कनकाङ्गदः ॥
te cāgatya nṛpaṃ prāptāḥ siṃhāsanam upasthitam sītām adṛṣṭvā hanumān aṅgadaḥ kanakāṅgadaḥ //
And they, having come, reached the king seated upon the lion-throne; not seeing Sītā, Hanumān and Aṅgada of the golden armlets (asked):
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BrP 154.24
क्व गतायोनिजा माता एको रामो ऽत्र दृश्यते रामेण सा परित्यक्ता इत्य् ऊचुर् द्वारपालकाः ॥
kva gatāyonijā mātā eko rāmo 'tra dṛśyate rāmeṇa sā parityaktā ity ūcur dvārapālakāḥ //
"Where has the mother not born from a womb gone? Rāma alone is seen here." "She was abandoned by Rāma," said the doorkeepers—
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BrP 154.25
पश्यत्सु लोकपालेषु आर्ये तत्र प्रवादिनि अग्नौ शुद्धिगतां सीतां किं तु राजा निरङ्कुशः ॥
paśyatsu lokapāleṣu ārye tatra pravādini agnau śuddhigatāṃ sītāṃ kiṃ tu rājā niraṅkuśaḥ //
"Sītā, who had gone through purification in the fire while the world-guardians looked on and the noble one there proclaimed it—yet the king is unrestrained."
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BrP 154.26
उत्पन्नैर् लौकिकैर् वाक्यै रामस् त्यजति तां प्रियाम् मरिष्याव इति ह्य् उक्त्वा गौतमीं पुनर् ईयतुः ॥
utpannair laukikair vākyai rāmas tyajati tāṃ priyām mariṣyāva iti hy uktvā gautamīṃ punar īyatuḥ //
Because of the worldly talk that had arisen, Rāma abandons that beloved woman; saying "We two shall die," the two (of them) went again to the Gautamī.
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BrP 154.27
रामस् तौ पृष्ठतो ऽभ्येत्य अयोध्यावासिभिः सह आगत्य गौतमीं तत्र ऽकुर्वंस् ते परमं तपः ॥
rāmas tau pṛṣṭhato 'bhyetya ayodhyāvāsibhiḥ saha āgatya gautamīṃ tatra 'kurvaṃs te paramaṃ tapaḥ //
Rāma, coming after those two from behind together with the residents of Ayodhyā, having arrived at the Gautamī there, they performed the highest austerity.
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BrP 154.28
स्मारं स्मारं निश्वसन्तस् तां सीतां लोकमातरम् संसारास्थाविरहिता गौतमीसेवनोत्सुकाः ॥
smāraṃ smāraṃ niśvasantas tāṃ sītāṃ lokamātaram saṃsārāsthāvirahitā gautamīsevanotsukāḥ //
Remembering again and again, sighing for that Sītā, the mother of the world, free from any hold on the round of rebirth, eager for attendance upon the Gautamī.
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BrP 154.29
लोकत्रयपतिः साक्षाद् रामो ऽनुजसमन्वितः प्राप्तः स्नात्वा च गौतम्यां शिवाराधनतत्परः ॥
lokatrayapatiḥ sākṣād rāmo 'nujasamanvitaḥ prāptaḥ snātvā ca gautamyāṃ śivārādhanatatparaḥ //
The lord of the three worlds in person, Rāma accompanied by his younger brother, arrived, and having bathed in the Gautamī, was intent on the worship of Śiva.
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BrP 154.30
परितापं जहौ सर्वं सहस्रपरिवारितः यत्र चासीत् स वृत्तान्तः सहस्रकुण्डम् उच्यते ॥
paritāpaṃ jahau sarvaṃ sahasraparivāritaḥ yatra cāsīt sa vṛttāntaḥ sahasrakuṇḍam ucyate //
He gave up all his torment, surrounded by the thousand (of his company); and where that event took place is called Sahasrakuṇḍa ("Thousand Pits").
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BrP 154.31
दशापराणि तीर्थानि तत्र सर्वार्थदानि च तत्र स्नानं च दानं च सहस्रफलदायकम् ॥
daśāparāṇi tīrthāni tatra sarvārthadāni ca tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca sahasraphaladāyakam //
There are ten further tīrthas there, granting every object (of desire); bathing and giving there bestow a thousandfold fruit.
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BrP 154.32
यत्र श्रीगौतमीतीरे वसिष्ठादिमुनीश्वरैः सर्वापत्तारकं होमम् अकारयद् अघान्तकम् ॥
yatra śrīgautamītīre vasiṣṭhādimunīśvaraiḥ sarvāpattārakaṃ homam akārayad aghāntakam //
Where, on the bank of the holy Gautamī, he had performed through Vasiṣṭha and the other foremost sages a fire-offering that carries one across every calamity and puts an end to sin.
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BrP 154.33
सहस्रसंख्यायुक्तेषु कुण्डेषु वसुधारया सर्वान् अपेक्षितान् कामान् अवापासौ महातपाः ॥
sahasrasaṃkhyāyukteṣu kuṇḍeṣu vasudhārayā sarvān apekṣitān kāmān avāpāsau mahātapāḥ //
In the pits, a thousand in number, by means of the vasudhārā (stream-of-wealth oblation), that man of great austerity obtained all the desires he looked for.
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BrP 154.34
गौतम्याः सरिदम्बायाः प्रसादाद् राक्षसान्तकः सहस्रकुण्डाभिधं तद् अभूत् तीर्थं महाफलम् ॥
gautamyāḥ saridambāyāḥ prasādād rākṣasāntakaḥ sahasrakuṇḍābhidhaṃ tad abhūt tīrthaṃ mahāphalam //
By the favour of the Gautamī, the mother-river, (Rāma) the ender of the rākṣasas (obtained this); that tīrtha named Sahasrakuṇḍa came to be, of great fruit.
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