Brahma Purana — Chapter 157
BrP 157.1
किष्किन्धातीर्थम् आख्यातं सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् सर्वपापप्रशमनं यत्र संनिहितो भवः ॥
kiṣkindhātīrtham ākhyātaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ yatra saṃnihito bhavaḥ //
The Kiṣkindhā tīrtha is proclaimed as granting men all their desires, as quelling all sins, (the place) where Bhava is present.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 157.2
तस्य स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामि यत्नेन शृणु नारद पुरा दाशरथी रामो रावणं लोकरावणम् ॥
tasya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi yatnena śṛṇu nārada purā dāśarathī rāmo rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam //
I shall tell (you) its nature; listen attentively, Nārada. Long ago Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, (fought) Rāvaṇa, the tormentor of the world—
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BrP 157.3
किष्किन्धावासिभिः सार्धं जघान रणमूर्धनि सपुत्रं सबलं हत्वा सीताम् आदाय शत्रुहा ॥
kiṣkindhāvāsibhiḥ sārdhaṃ jaghāna raṇamūrdhani saputraṃ sabalaṃ hatvā sītām ādāya śatruhā //
Together with the dwellers of Kiṣkindhā he slew (him) at the front of the battle; and having killed (him) along with his son and his army, the slayer of foes took Sītā,
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BrP 157.4
भ्रात्रा सौमित्रिणा सार्धं वानरैश् च महाबलैः विभीषणेन बलिना देवैः प्रत्यागतो नृपः ॥
bhrātrā saumitriṇā sārdhaṃ vānaraiś ca mahābalaiḥ vibhīṣaṇena balinā devaiḥ pratyāgato nṛpaḥ //
and the king returned, together with his brother, the son of Sumitrā, and with the mighty monkeys, with the powerful Vibhīṣaṇa, and with the gods.
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BrP 157.5
कृतस्वस्त्ययनः श्रीमान् पुष्पकेण विराजितः यद् आसीद् धनराजस्य कामगेनाशुगामिना ॥
kṛtasvastyayanaḥ śrīmān puṣpakeṇa virājitaḥ yad āsīd dhanarājasya kāmagenāśugāminā //
The rites of blessing having been performed for him, the glorious (Rāma) shone forth in the Puṣpaka — that (chariot) which had been the lord of wealth's (Kubera's), going wherever one wished and moving swift as an arrow.
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BrP 157.6
अयोध्याम् अगमन् सर्वे गच्छन् गङ्गाम् अपश्यत रामो विरामः शत्रूणां शरण्यः शरणार्थिनाम् ॥
ayodhyām agaman sarve gacchan gaṅgām apaśyata rāmo virāmaḥ śatrūṇāṃ śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇārthinām //
They all went to Ayodhyā; as he went, Rāma — the end of his enemies, the refuge of those who seek refuge — saw the Gaṅgā.
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BrP 157.7
गौतमीं तु जगत्पुण्यां सर्वकामप्रदायिनीम् मनोनयनसंतापनिवारणपरायणाम् ॥
gautamīṃ tu jagatpuṇyāṃ sarvakāmapradāyinīm manonayanasaṃtāpanivāraṇaparāyaṇām //
(He saw) the Gautamī, holy to the world, granting all desires, wholly devoted to warding off the burning grief of mind and eye.
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BrP 157.8
तां दृष्ट्वा नृपतिः श्रीमान् गङ्गातीरम् अथाविशत् तां दृष्ट्वा प्राह नृपतिर् हर्षगद्गदया गिरा हरीन् सर्वान् अथामन्त्र्य हनुमत्प्रमुखान् मुने ॥
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpatiḥ śrīmān gaṅgātīram athāviśat tāṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha nṛpatir harṣagadgadayā girā harīn sarvān athāmantrya hanumatpramukhān mune //
Seeing her, the glorious king then approached the bank of the Gaṅgā; and seeing her, O sage, the king, having summoned all the monkeys headed by Hanumān, spoke with a voice choked with joy:
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BrP 157.9
अस्याः प्रभावाद् धरयो यो ऽसौ मम पिता प्रभुः सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तस् ततो यातस् त्रिविष्टपम् ॥
asyāḥ prabhāvād dharayo yo 'sau mama pitā prabhuḥ sarvapāpavinirmuktas tato yātas triviṣṭapam //
"By her power, O monkeys, he who was my father, the lord, was freed from all sins and went from here to heaven.
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BrP 157.10
इयं जनित्री सकलस्य जन्तोर् भुक्तिप्रदा मुक्तिम् अथापि दद्यात् पापानि हन्याद् अपि दारुणानि कान्यानयास्त्य् अत्र नदी समाना
iyaṃ janitrī sakalasya jantor bhuktipradā muktim athāpi dadyāt pāpāni hanyād api dāruṇāni kānyānayāsty atra nadī samānā
She is the mother of every creature; she gives enjoyment, and she may give liberation too; she destroys even dreadful sins. What river here is equal to her?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 157.11
हतानि शश्वद् दुरितानि चैव अस्याः प्रभावाद् अरयः सखायः विभीषणो मैत्रम् उपैति नित्यं सीता च लब्धा हनुमांश् च बन्धुः
hatāni śaśvad duritāni caiva asyāḥ prabhāvād arayaḥ sakhāyaḥ vibhīṣaṇo maitram upaiti nityaṃ sītā ca labdhā hanumāṃś ca bandhuḥ
And by her power my evils have been destroyed once and for all, enemies have become friends, Vibhīṣaṇa comes constantly into friendship, Sītā has been recovered, and Hanumān is my kinsman.
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BrP 157.12
लङ्का च भग्ना सगणं हि रक्षो हतं हि यस्याः परिसेवनेन यां गौतमो देववरं प्रपूज्य शिवं शरण्यं सजटाम् अवाप
laṅkā ca bhagnā sagaṇaṃ hi rakṣo hataṃ hi yasyāḥ parisevanena yāṃ gautamo devavaraṃ prapūjya śivaṃ śaraṇyaṃ sajaṭām avāpa
And Laṅkā was broken and the demon with his host slain — by the constant service of her, whom Gautama obtained, along with the matted locks, after worshipping Śiva, the best of gods, the giver of refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 157.15
सेयं जनित्री सकलेप्सितानाम् अमङ्गलानाम् अपि संनिहन्त्री जगत्पवित्रीकरणैकदक्षा दृष्टाद्य साक्षात् सरितां सवित्री ब्र्प्_१५७।१३ कायेन वाचा मनसा सदैनां ब्र्प्_१५७।१४अ व्रजामि गङ्गां शरणं शरण्याम् ब्र्प्_१५७।१४ब् एतत् समाकर्ण्य वचो नृपस्य तत्राप्लवन् हरयः सर्व एव पूजां चक्रुर् विधिवत् ते पृथक् च पुष्पैर् अनेकैः सर्वलोकोपहारैः
seyaṃ janitrī sakalepsitānām amaṅgalānām api saṃnihantrī jagatpavitrīkaraṇaikadakṣā dṛṣṭādya sākṣāt saritāṃ savitrī BrP_157.13 kāyena vācā manasā sadaināṃ brp_157.14a vrajāmi gaṅgāṃ śaraṇaṃ śaraṇyām brp_157.14b etat samākarṇya vaco nṛpasya tatrāplavan harayaḥ sarva eva pūjāṃ cakrur vidhivat te pṛthak ca puṣpair anekaiḥ sarvalokopahāraiḥ
This very one is the mother of all things desired, and the destroyer of all that is inauspicious, the one adept at purifying the world; today the mother of rivers has been seen face to face. (13) With body, speech and mind I always go to her, (14a) to the Gaṅgā, the refuge, for refuge. (14b) Hearing this speech of the king, all the monkeys bathed there, and each separately performed worship according to rule, with many flowers and with offerings of every kind.
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BrP 157.16
संपूज्य शर्वं नृपतिर् यथावत् स्तुत्वा वाक्यैः सर्वभावोपयुक्तैः ते वानरा मुदिताः सर्व एव नृत्यं च गीतं च तथैव चक्रुः
saṃpūjya śarvaṃ nṛpatir yathāvat stutvā vākyaiḥ sarvabhāvopayuktaiḥ te vānarā muditāḥ sarva eva nṛtyaṃ ca gītaṃ ca tathaiva cakruḥ
When the king had duly worshipped Śarva and praised (him) with words filled with every feeling, all those monkeys, delighted, likewise danced and sang.
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BrP 157.17
सुखोषितस् तां रजनीं महात्मा प्रियानुयुक्तः संवृतः प्रेमवद्भिः दुःखं जहौ सर्वम् अमित्रसंभवं किं नाप्यते गौतमीसेवनेन
sukhoṣitas tāṃ rajanīṃ mahātmā priyānuyuktaḥ saṃvṛtaḥ premavadbhiḥ duḥkhaṃ jahau sarvam amitrasaṃbhavaṃ kiṃ nāpyate gautamīsevanena
The great-souled one, having passed that night in comfort, attended by his beloved and surrounded by those who loved him, cast off all the sorrow arising from his enemies. What is not obtained by service of the Gautamī?
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BrP 157.19
सविस्मयः पश्यति भृत्यवर्गं गोदावरीं स्तौति च संप्रहृष्टः संमानयन् भृत्यगणं समग्रम् अवाप रामः कमपि प्रमोदम् ब्र्प्_१५७।१८ पुनः प्रभाते विमले तु सूर्ये ब्र्प्_१५७।१८ए विभीषणो दाशरथिं बभाषे ब्र्प्_१५७।१८फ़् नाद्यापि तृप्तास् तु भवाम तीर्थे कंचिच् च कालं निवसाम चात्र वत्स्याम चात्रैव पराश् चतस्रो रात्रीर् अथो याम वृतास् त्व् अयोध्याम्
savismayaḥ paśyati bhṛtyavargaṃ godāvarīṃ stauti ca saṃprahṛṣṭaḥ saṃmānayan bhṛtyagaṇaṃ samagram avāpa rāmaḥ kamapi pramodam BrP_157.18 punaḥ prabhāte vimale tu sūrye brp_157.18e vibhīṣaṇo dāśarathiṃ babhāṣe brp_157.18f nādyāpi tṛptās tu bhavāma tīrthe kaṃcic ca kālaṃ nivasāma cātra vatsyāma cātraiva parāś catasro rātrīr atho yāma vṛtās tv ayodhyām
Full of wonder he looks at his throng of servants, and greatly delighted he praises the Godāvarī; honouring his whole body of servants, Rāma attained a joy beyond telling. (18) Again at dawn, when the sun was clear, (18e) Vibhīṣaṇa said to the son of Daśaratha: (18f) "Even today we are not sated at this holy ford; let us dwell here for some time. Let us stay right here four nights more, and then let us go, all together, to Ayodhyā."
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BrP 157.20
तस्याथ वाक्यं हरयो ऽनुमेनिरे तथैव रात्रीर् अपराश् चतस्रः संपूज्य देवं सकलेश्वरं तं भ्रातृप्रियं तीर्थम् अथो जगाम
tasyātha vākyaṃ harayo 'numenire tathaiva rātrīr aparāś catasraḥ saṃpūjya devaṃ sakaleśvaraṃ taṃ bhrātṛpriyaṃ tīrtham atho jagāma
Then the monkeys assented to his words, and to the four further nights likewise; and having worshipped that god, the lord of all, he then went to the ford dear to his brother.
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BrP 157.21
सिद्धेश्वरं नाम जगत्प्रसिद्धं यस्य प्रभावात् प्रबलो दशास्यः एवं तु पञ्चाहम् अथोषिरे ते स्वं स्वं प्रतिष्ठापितलिङ्गम् अर्च्य
siddheśvaraṃ nāma jagatprasiddhaṃ yasya prabhāvāt prabalo daśāsyaḥ evaṃ tu pañcāham athoṣire te svaṃ svaṃ pratiṣṭhāpitaliṅgam arcya
(It is) named Siddheśvara, famed in the world, by whose power the ten-faced one became mighty. Thus they dwelt there five days, each worshipping the liṅga he had installed.
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BrP 157.22
शुश्रूषणं तत्र करोति वायोः सुतो ऽनुगामी हनुमान् नृपस्य गच्छन् नृपेन्द्रो हनुमन्तम् आह लिङ्गानि सर्वाणि विसर्जयस्व
śuśrūṣaṇaṃ tatra karoti vāyoḥ suto 'nugāmī hanumān nṛpasya gacchan nṛpendro hanumantam āha liṅgāni sarvāṇi visarjayasva
There the son of the Wind, Hanumān, the king's attendant, performs service; and as they were departing the lord of kings said to Hanumān: "Dismiss all the liṅgas."
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BrP 157.23
मत्स्थापितान्य् उत्तममन्त्रविद्भिस् तथेतरैः शंकरकिंकरैश् च नोद्वास्य पूजां परशंकरेण बाह्यं समायोज्यम् अहो भवस्य
matsthāpitāny uttamamantravidbhis tathetaraiḥ śaṃkarakiṃkaraiś ca nodvāsya pūjāṃ paraśaṃkareṇa bāhyaṃ samāyojyam aho bhavasya
"(These) established by me, and by those who know the highest mantras, and by others, the servants of Śaṅkara — without dismissing (them), worship of the supreme Śaṅkara... ah, the outer (worship) of Bhava is to be arranged."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 157.24
तिष्ठन्ति सुस्थास् तदनादरेण ते खड्गपत्त्रादिषु संभवन्ति ये ऽश्रद्दधानाः शिवलिङ्गपूजां विधाय कृत्यं न समाचरन्ति
tiṣṭhanti susthās tadanādareṇa te khaḍgapattrādiṣu saṃbhavanti ye 'śraddadhānāḥ śivaliṅgapūjāṃ vidhāya kṛtyaṃ na samācaranti
They stand firmly fixed; through disregard of them men come to be among the sword-leaved (hells) — those who, being without faith, having performed the worship of the Śiva-liṅga, do not carry out the (required) rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 157.25
यथोचितं ते यमकिंकरैर् हि पच्यन्त एवाखिलदुर्गतीषु रामाज्ञया वायुसुतो जगाम दोर्भ्यां न चोत्पाटयितुं शशाक
yathocitaṃ te yamakiṃkarair hi pacyanta evākhiladurgatīṣu rāmājñayā vāyusuto jagāma dorbhyāṃ na cotpāṭayituṃ śaśāka
They are indeed cooked, as is fitting, by Yama's servants in all the evil states. At Rāma's command the son of the Wind went, and was unable to uproot (it) with his two arms.
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BrP 157.26
ततः स्वपुच्छेन ग्रहीतुकामः संवेष्ट्य लिङ्गं तु विसृष्टकामः नैवाशकत् तन् महद् अद्भुतं स्यात् कपीश्वराणां नृपतेस् तथैव
tataḥ svapucchena grahītukāmaḥ saṃveṣṭya liṅgaṃ tu visṛṣṭakāmaḥ naivāśakat tan mahad adbhutaṃ syāt kapīśvarāṇāṃ nṛpates tathaiva
Then, wishing to grasp it with his own tail, he wound (it) about the liṅga, having given up desire; he was simply unable — that must be a great marvel to the monkey-lords and likewise to the king.
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BrP 157.27
कश् चालयेल् लब्धमहानुभावं महेशलिङ्गं पुरुषो मनस्वी तन् निश्चलं प्रेक्ष्य महानुभावो नृपप्रवीरः सहसा जगाम
kaś cālayel labdhamahānubhāvaṃ maheśaliṅgaṃ puruṣo manasvī tan niścalaṃ prekṣya mahānubhāvo nṛpapravīraḥ sahasā jagāma
What thoughtful man could move the liṅga of Maheśa, which has acquired great power? Seeing it immovable, the mighty hero among kings went off at once.
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BrP 157.28
विप्रान् अथामन्त्र्य विधाय पूजां प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य च रामचन्द्रः शुद्धातिशुद्धेन हृदाखिलैस् तैर् लिङ्गानि सर्वाणि ननाम रामः
viprān athāmantrya vidhāya pūjāṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya ca rāmacandraḥ śuddhātiśuddhena hṛdākhilais tair liṅgāni sarvāṇi nanāma rāmaḥ
Then, having taken leave of the brahmins, having performed worship and circumambulated, Rāmacandra — Rāma bowed to all the liṅgas with a heart purer than pure, together with all of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 157.29
किष्किन्धवासिप्रवरैर् अशेषैः संसेवितं तीर्थम् अतो बभूव अत्राप्लवाद् एव महान्ति पापान्य् अपि क्षयं यान्ति न संशयो ऽत्र
kiṣkindhavāsipravarair aśeṣaiḥ saṃsevitaṃ tīrtham ato babhūva atrāplavād eva mahānti pāpāny api kṣayaṃ yānti na saṃśayo 'tra
Thus the ford came to be served by all, without exception, of the foremost dwellers of Kiṣkindha. By bathing here alone even great sins go to destruction; there is no doubt in this.
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BrP 157.30
पुनश् च गङ्गां प्रणनाम भक्त्या प्रसीद मातर् मम गौतमीति जल्पन् मुहुर् विस्मितचित्तवृत्तिर् विलोकयन् प्रणमन् गौतमीं ताम्
punaś ca gaṅgāṃ praṇanāma bhaktyā prasīda mātar mama gautamīti jalpan muhur vismitacittavṛttir vilokayan praṇaman gautamīṃ tām
And again he bowed to Gaṅgā with devotion, saying over and over, "Be gracious, my mother Gautamī," his mind filled with amazement, gazing upon that Gautamī and bowing to her.
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BrP 157.31
ततः प्रभृत्य् एतद् अतीव पुण्यं किष्किन्धतीर्थं विबुधा वदन्ति पठेत् स्मरेद् वापि शृणोति भक्त्या पापापहं किं पुनः स्नानदानैः
tataḥ prabhṛty etad atīva puṇyaṃ kiṣkindhatīrthaṃ vibudhā vadanti paṭhet smared vāpi śṛṇoti bhaktyā pāpāpahaṃ kiṃ punaḥ snānadānaiḥ
From that time on the wise call this Kiṣkindha-tīrtha exceedingly meritorious. Should one recite of it, or remember it, or hear of it with devotion, it takes away sin — how much more so by bathing and giving gifts there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition