Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 22
BndP 2 22.1
विद्यते ऽभ्यधिकं कर्म शस्त्रसाध्यमनेकशः । तस्मात्त्वं देवदेवेशं समाराधय शङ्करम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,२१।८० ॥ भक्त्या परमया युक्तस्ततो ऽभीष्टमवाप्स्यसि ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,२१।८१ ॥इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे एकविंशति तमौध्यायः ॥ २१॥ वसिष्ठ उवाच इत्येवमुक्तो भृगुणा तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रणम्य च । रामस्तेनाभ्यनुज्ञातश्चकार गमने मनः
vidyate 'bhyadhikaṃ karma śastrasādhyamanekaśaḥ / tasmāttvaṃ devadeveśaṃ samārādhaya śaṅkaram // bndp_2,21.80 // bhaktyā paramayā yuktastato 'bhīṣṭamavāpsyasi // bndp_2,21.81 //iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde ekaviṃśati tamaudhyāyaḥ // 21// vasiṣṭha uvāca ityevamukto bhṛguṇā tathetyuktvā praṇamya ca / rāmastenābhyanujñātaścakāra gamane manaḥ
"there exists an exceedingly great work, achievable by weapons, in many ways. Therefore propitiate Śaṅkara, the lord of the gods of gods; (21.80) joined with supreme devotion, you will then obtain what you desire. (21.81) Thus the twenty-first chapter in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu, in the middle portion, in the third Upoddhāta section. (21) Vasiṣṭha said: Addressed thus by Bhṛgu, saying "So be it" and bowing, Rāma, permitted by him, set his mind on going.
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BndP 2 22.2
भृगुं ख्यातिं च विधिवत्परिक्रम्य प्रणम्यच । परिष्वक्तस्तथा ताभ्यामाशीर्भिराभिनन्दितः
bhṛguṃ khyātiṃ ca vidhivatparikramya praṇamyaca / pariṣvaktastathā tābhyāmāśīrbhirābhinanditaḥ
Having duly circumambulated and bowed to Bhṛgu and to Khyāti, he was embraced by those two and greeted with blessings;
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BndP 2 22.3
मुनींश्च तान्नमस्कृत्य तैः सर्वैरनुमोदितः । निश्चक्रमाश्रमात्तस्मात्तपसे कृतनिश्चयः
munīṃśca tānnamaskṛtya taiḥ sarvairanumoditaḥ / niścakramāśramāttasmāttapase kṛtaniścayaḥ
And having bowed to those sages, approved by them all, he went out from that hermitage, resolved upon ascetic practice.
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BndP 2 22.4
ततो गुरुनियोगेन तदुक्तेनैव वर्त्मना । हिमवन्तं गिरिवरं ययौ रामो महामनाः
tato guruniyogena taduktenaiva vartmanā / himavantaṃ girivaraṃ yayau rāmo mahāmanāḥ
Then, by the injunction of his teacher, along that very road which had been described, great-minded Rāma went to Himavat, best of mountains.
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BndP 2 22.5
सो ऽतीत्य विविधान्देशान्पर्वतान्सरितस्तथा । वनानि मुनिमुख्यानामावासांश्चात्यगाच्छनैः
so 'tītya vividhāndeśānparvatānsaritastathā / vanāni munimukhyānāmāvāsāṃścātyagācchanaiḥ
He, crossing various lands, mountains and rivers, and the forests and dwellings of the chief sages, passed on slowly.
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BndP 2 22.6
तत्रतत्र निवासेषु मुनीनां निवसन्पथि । तीर्थेषु क्षेत्रमुख्येषु निवसन्वा ययौ शनैः
tatratatra nivāseṣu munīnāṃ nivasanpathi / tīrtheṣu kṣetramukhyeṣu nivasanvā yayau śanaiḥ
Dwelling here and there along the way in the dwellings of sages, or staying at holy fords and at the chief sacred places, he went on slowly.
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BndP 2 22.7
अतीत्य सुबहून्देशान्पश्यन्नपि मनोरमान् । आससादच लश्रेष्ठं हिमवन्तमनुत्तमम्
atītya subahūndeśānpaśyannapi manoramān / āsasādaca laśreṣṭhaṃ himavantamanuttamam
Having passed very many lands, though (they were) delightful to look upon, he reached the best of mountains, unsurpassed Himavat.
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BndP 2 22.8
स गत्वा पर्वतवरं नानाद्रुमलतास्थितम् । ददर्श विपुलैः शृङ्गैरुल्लिखन्तमिवांबरम्
sa gatvā parvatavaraṃ nānādrumalatāsthitam / dadarśa vipulaiḥ śṛṅgairullikhantamivāṃbaram
Having gone (there), he beheld that best of mountains, set about with manifold trees and creepers, seeming to scratch the sky with its vast peaks.
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BndP 2 22.9
नानाधातुविचित्रैश्च प्रदेशैरुपशोभितम् । रत्नौषधीभिरभितः स्फुरद्भिरभिशोभितम्
nānādhātuvicitraiśca pradeśairupaśobhitam / ratnauṣadhībhirabhitaḥ sphuradbhirabhiśobhitam
(He saw it) adorned with regions variegated by many minerals, made beautiful on all sides by glittering gems and herbs.
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BndP 2 22.10
मरुत्संघट्टनाघृष्टनीरसांघ्रिपजन्मना । सानिलेनानलेनोच्छैर्दह्यमानं नवं क्वचित्
marutsaṃghaṭṭanāghṛṣṭanīrasāṃghripajanmanā / sānilenānalenocchairdahyamānaṃ navaṃ kvacit
In one place (he saw it) freshly burning high, with fire fanned by the wind, born of dry trees rubbed by the friction of the winds.
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BndP 2 22.11
क्वचिद्रविकरामर्शज्वलदर्केपलाग्निभिः । द्रवद्धिमाशिलाजातुजलशान्तदवानलम्
kvacidravikarāmarśajvaladarkepalāgnibhiḥ / dravaddhimāśilājātujalaśāntadavānalam
In one place, its forest-fire quenched by the water flowing from melting snow and from bitumen-rocks, (a fire) (kindled) by fires of sunstones blazing at the touch of the sun's rays.
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BndP 2 22.12
स्फटिकाञ्जनदुर्वर्णस्वर्णराशिप्रभाकरैः । स्फुरत्परस्परच्छायाशरैर्द्दीप्तवनं क्वचित्
sphaṭikāñjanadurvarṇasvarṇarāśiprabhākaraiḥ / sphuratparasparacchāyāśarairddīptavanaṃ kvacit
In one place its forest ablaze with arrows of flashing mutual reflections from the light-making heaps of crystal, black antimony, base metal and gold.
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BndP 2 22.13
उपत्यकशिलापृष्ठवालातपनिषेविभिः । तुषारक्लिन्नसिद्धौघौरुद्भासितवनं क्वचित्
upatyakaśilāpṛṣṭhavālātapaniṣevibhiḥ / tuṣāraklinnasiddhaughaurudbhāsitavanaṃ kvacit
In one place its forest lit up by throngs of Siddhas, wet with frost, resorting to the gentle sunshine on the surfaces of the rocks in the foothills.
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BndP 2 22.14
क्वचिदर्काशुसंभिन्नश्चामीकरशिलाश्रितैः । यक्षौघैर्भासितोपान्तं विशद्भिरिवपावकम्
kvacidarkāśusaṃbhinnaścāmīkaraśilāśritaiḥ / yakṣaughairbhāsitopāntaṃ viśadbhirivapāvakam
In one place its borders made bright by throngs of Yakṣas resting on gold-bearing rocks, mixed with (pierced by) the sun's rays, as if entering fire.
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BndP 2 22.15
दरीमुखविनिष्क्रान्ततरक्षूत्पतनाकुलैः । मृगयूथार्त्तसन्नादैरापूरितगुहं क्वचित्
darīmukhaviniṣkrāntatarakṣūtpatanākulaiḥ / mṛgayūthārttasannādairāpūritaguhaṃ kvacit
In one place its caves filled with the pained cries of herds of deer, agitated by the springing out of hyenas that had issued from the mouths of caverns.
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BndP 2 22.16
युद्ध्यद्वराहशार्दूलयूथपैरित स्तेरम् । प्रसभोन्मृष्टकान्तोरुशिलातरुतटं क्वचित्
yuddhyadvarāhaśārdūlayūthapairita steram / prasabhonmṛṣṭakāntoruśilātarutaṭaṃ kvacit
In one place its lovely great rocks, trees and slopes violently rubbed and scraped by the herd-leading boars and tigers as they fought.
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BndP 2 22.17
कलभोन्मेषणाकृष्टकरिणीभिरनुद्रुतैः । गवयैः खुरसंक्षुण्णशिलाप्रस्थतटङ्क्वचित्
kalabhonmeṣaṇākṛṣṭakariṇībhiranudrutaiḥ / gavayaiḥ khurasaṃkṣuṇṇaśilāprasthataṭaṅkvacit
In one place its rocky tablelands and slopes crushed by the hooves of gavayas, pursued by cow-elephants drawn on by the opening (of the eyes?) of their calves.
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BndP 2 22.18
वासितर्थे ऽभिसंवृद्धमदोन्मत्तमतङ्गजैः । युद्ध्यद्भिश्चूर्णितानेकगण्डशैलवनं क्वचित्
vāsitarthe 'bhisaṃvṛddhamadonmattamataṅgajaiḥ / yuddhyadbhiścūrṇitānekagaṇḍaśailavanaṃ kvacit
In one place its forest with many boulder-rocks pulverized by tuskers, maddened with rut swollen for the sake of the female elephants, as they fought.
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BndP 2 22.19
बृंहितश्रवणामर्षान्मातं गानभिधावताम् । सिंहानां चरणक्षुण्णनखभिन्नोपरं क्वचित्
bṛṃhitaśravaṇāmarṣānmātaṃ gānabhidhāvatām / siṃhānāṃ caraṇakṣuṇṇanakhabhinnoparaṃ kvacit
In one place its stones split by claws and crushed by the feet of lions rushing at the elephants, out of rage at hearing their trumpeting.
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BndP 2 22.20
सहसा निपतत्सिंहनखनिर्भिन्नमस्तकैः । गजैराक्रन्दनादेन पूर्यमामं वनं क्वचित्
sahasā nipatatsiṃhanakhanirbhinnamastakaiḥ / gajairākrandanādena pūryamāmaṃ vanaṃ kvacit
In one place its forest being filled with the cries of lament of elephants whose heads were split by the claws of lions falling upon them suddenly.
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BndP 2 22.21
अष्टपादबलाकृष्टकेसरा दारुणाखैः । भेद्यमानाखिलशिलागंभीरकुहरं क्वचित्
aṣṭapādabalākṛṣṭakesarā dāruṇākhaiḥ / bhedyamānākhilaśilāgaṃbhīrakuharaṃ kvacit
In one place its deep caverns and all its rocks being broken open by dreadful-clawed (lions?) whose manes were pulled by the strength of spiders.
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BndP 2 22.22
संरब्धा नेकशबरप्रसक्तैरृयूथपैः । इतरेतरसंमर्दं विप्रभग्नदृषत्क्वचित्
saṃrabdhā nekaśabaraprasaktairṛyūthapaiḥ / itaretarasaṃmardaṃ viprabhagnadṛṣatkvacit
In one place its rocks broken apart by mutual crushing, by furious herd-leaders (of buffaloes?) engaged with many Śabara tribesmen.
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BndP 2 22.23
गिरिकुञ्जेषु संक्रीडत्करिणीमद्विपं क्वचित् । करेणुमाद्रवन्मत्तगजाकलितकाननम्
girikuñjeṣu saṃkrīḍatkariṇīmadvipaṃ kvacit / kareṇumādravanmattagajākalitakānanam
In one place, a forest where cow-elephants sport with rutting bulls in the mountain groves; in another, a woodland thronged with maddened elephants rushing after the she-elephants.
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BndP 2 22.24
स्वपत्सिंहमुखश्वासमरुत्पुर्मदरीशतम् । गहनेषु गुरुत्राससाशङ्कविहरन्मृगम्
svapatsiṃhamukhaśvāsamarutpurmadarīśatam / gahaneṣu gurutrāsasāśaṅkaviharanmṛgam
(With) hundreds of caves filled with the wind of the breath from the mouths of sleeping lions; in the thickets, deer roaming warily in great fear.
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BndP 2 22.25
कण्टाकश्लिष्टलाङ्गूललोमत्रुटनकातरैः । क्रीडितं चमरीयूथैर्मन्दमन्दविचारिभिः
kaṇṭākaśliṣṭalāṅgūlalomatruṭanakātaraiḥ / krīḍitaṃ camarīyūthairmandamandavicāribhiḥ
Played over by herds of yak-cows that move very slowly, distressed at the tearing of their tail-hairs caught on thorns.
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BndP 2 22.26
गिरिकन्दरसंसक्तकिन्नरीसमुदीरितैः । सतालनादैरुदिनैर्भृताशेषदिशामुखम्
girikandarasaṃsaktakinnarīsamudīritaiḥ / satālanādairudinairbhṛtāśeṣadiśāmukham
Every quarter of the sky filled with the songs, sung to the beat, raised by kinnara women lodged in the mountain caverns.
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BndP 2 22.27
अरण्यदेवतानां च चरेतीनामितस्ततः । अलक्तकरसक्लिन्नचरणाङ्कितभूतलम्
araṇyadevatānāṃ ca caretīnāmitastataḥ / alaktakarasaklinnacaraṇāṅkitabhūtalam
And its ground marked by the feet, wet with lac-dye, of the forest deities moving hither and thither.
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BndP 2 22.28
मयूरकेकिरीवृन्दैः संगीत मधुरस्वरैः । प्रवृत्तनृत्तं परितो विततोदग्रबर्हिभिः
mayūrakekirīvṛndaiḥ saṃgīta madhurasvaraiḥ / pravṛttanṛttaṃ parito vitatodagrabarhibhiḥ
Sung over by flocks of peacocks and peahens with sweet voices, with dancing begun all around by the peacocks spreading wide their raised tail-feathers.
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BndP 2 22.29
जलस्थलरुहानेककुसुमोत्करवर्षिभिः । गात्राह्लादकरैर्मन्दं वीज्यमानं वनानिलैः
jalasthalaruhānekakusumotkaravarṣibhiḥ / gātrāhlādakarairmandaṃ vījyamānaṃ vanānilaiḥ
Gently fanned by forest breezes that bring pleasure to the limbs and shower down masses of many flowers grown in water and on land.
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BndP 2 22.30
भूतार्त्तवरसास्वादमाद्यत्पुंस्कोकिलारवैः । आकुलीकृतपर्यन्तसहकारवनान्तरम्
bhūtārttavarasāsvādamādyatpuṃskokilāravaiḥ / ākulīkṛtaparyantasahakāravanāntaram
Its bordering mango groves stirred up by the cries of male cuckoos intoxicated with tasting the fine sap of the season that had come.
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BndP 2 22.31
नानापुष्पासवोन्माद्यद्भृङ्गसंगीतनादितम् । अनेकविहगारावबधिरीकृतकाननम्
nānāpuṣpāsavonmādyadbhṛṅgasaṃgītanāditam / anekavihagārāvabadhirīkṛtakānanam
Resounding with the concert of bees maddened by the liquor of various flowers, its woods deafened by the cries of many birds.
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BndP 2 22.32
मधुद्रवार्द्राविरलप्रत्यग्रकुसुमोत्करैः । वनान्तमारुताकीर्णैरलङ्कृतमहीतलम्
madhudravārdrāviralapratyagrakusumotkaraiḥ / vanāntamārutākīrṇairalaṅkṛtamahītalam
Its ground adorned with dense heaps of fresh flowers moist with dripping honey, scattered about by the breezes of the forest's edge.
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BndP 2 22.33
उपरिष्टान्निपततां विषमोपलसंकटे । निर्झराणां महारावैः समन्ताद्बधिरीकृतम्
upariṣṭānnipatatāṃ viṣamopalasaṃkaṭe / nirjharāṇāṃ mahārāvaiḥ samantādbadhirīkṛtam
Deafened on all sides by the great roar of the cascades falling from above into the narrow clefts of the rugged rocks.
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BndP 2 22.34
विततानेकसंसक्तशाखाग्राविरलच्छदैः । पाटलैर्विटपच्छायैरुपशल्यसमुत्थितैः
vitatānekasaṃsaktaśākhāgrāviralacchadaiḥ / pāṭalairviṭapacchāyairupaśalyasamutthitaiḥ
With pale-red shadows of boughs risen up close by, whose dense foliage is many interlaced spreading branch-tips.
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BndP 2 22.35
कदंबनिंबहिन्तालसर्जबेधूकतिन्दुकैः । कपित्थपनसाशोकसहकारेगुदाशनैः
kadaṃbaniṃbahintālasarjabedhūkatindukaiḥ / kapitthapanasāśokasahakāregudāśanaiḥ
With kadamba, nimba, hintāla, sarja, madhūka(?) and tinduka trees, with kapittha, panasa, aśoka, mango, ingudī and asana trees.
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BndP 2 22.36
नागचंपकपुन्नागकोविदारप्रियङ्गुभिः । प्रियालनीपबकुलबन्धूकाक्षतमालकैः
nāgacaṃpakapunnāgakovidārapriyaṅgubhiḥ / priyālanīpabakulabandhūkākṣatamālakaiḥ
With nāga, campaka, punnāga, kovidāra and priyaṅgu trees, with priyāla, nīpa, bakula, bandhūka and kṣatamālaka(?) trees.
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BndP 2 22.37
द्राक्षामधूकामलकजंबूकङ्कोलजातिभिः । बिल्वार्जुनकरञ्जाम्रबीजपूराङ्घ्रिपैरपि
drākṣāmadhūkāmalakajaṃbūkaṅkolajātibhiḥ / bilvārjunakarañjāmrabījapūrāṅghripairapi
With grape-vines, madhūka, āmalaka, jambū, kaṅkola and jāti, and also with bilva, arjuna, karañja, mango and citron trees.
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BndP 2 22.38
पिचुलांबष्ठकनकवैकङ्कतशमीधवैः । पुत्रजीवाभयारिष्टलोहोदुंबरपिप्पलैः
piculāṃbaṣṭhakanakavaikaṅkataśamīdhavaiḥ / putrajīvābhayāriṣṭalohoduṃbarapippalaiḥ
With picula, ambaṣṭha, kanaka, vaikaṅkata, śamī and dhava, with putrajīva, abhayā, ariṣṭa, loha(?), udumbara and pippala.
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BndP 2 22.39
अन्यैश्च विविधैर्वृक्षैः समन्तादुपशोभितम् । निरन्तरतरुच्छायासुदूरविनिवारितैः
anyaiśca vividhairvṛkṣaiḥ samantādupaśobhitam / nirantaratarucchāyāsudūravinivāritaiḥ
And beautified on all sides by various other trees; (its ground) screened far and wide by the unbroken shade of the trees,
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BndP 2 22.40
समन्तादर्ककिरणैरनासादितभूतलम् । नानापक्वफलास्वादबलपुष्टैः प्लवेगमैः
samantādarkakiraṇairanāsāditabhūtalam / nānāpakvaphalāsvādabalapuṣṭaiḥ plavegamaiḥ
its surface nowhere reached by the sun's rays; (and) with monkeys grown strong from tasting the various ripe fruits,
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BndP 2 22.41
आक्रान्तचकितानेकवनपङ्क्तिशताकुलम् । तत्र तत्रातिरम्यैश्च शिलाकुहरनिर्गतैः
ākrāntacakitānekavanapaṅktiśatākulam / tatra tatrātiramyaiśca śilākuharanirgataiḥ
it was crowded with hundreds of rows of forest trees overrun (by them) and set shaking; and here and there, with most delightful (streams) issuing from the caves in the rocks,
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BndP 2 22.42
प्रतापविषमैराजन्ह्रास्यमानं सरिच्छतैः । सारोवरैश्च विपुलैः कुमुदोत्पलमण्डितैः
pratāpaviṣamairājanhrāsyamānaṃ saricchataiḥ / sārovaraiśca vipulaiḥ kumudotpalamaṇḍitaiḥ
it was made to resound, O king, by hundreds of rivers rough in their force; and it was beautified all around by broad lakes adorned with kumuda and utpala lotuses
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BndP 2 22.43
नानाविहगसंघुष्टैः समन्तादुपशोभितम् । समासाद्यथ शैलेन्द्रं तुषारशिशिरं गिरिम्
nānāvihagasaṃghuṣṭaiḥ samantādupaśobhitam / samāsādyatha śailendraṃ tuṣāraśiśiraṃ girim
(the mountain) resounding with flocks of many kinds of birds, adorned on every side — having then reached that lord of mountains, the hill cold with snow,
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BndP 2 22.44
आरुरोह भगुश्रेष्ठस्तरसा तं मुदान्वितः । तस्य प्रविश्य गहनं वनं रामो महामनाः
āruroha bhaguśreṣṭhastarasā taṃ mudānvitaḥ / tasya praviśya gahanaṃ vanaṃ rāmo mahāmanāḥ
the best of the Bhṛgus, filled with joy, swiftly climbed it; and having entered its dense forest, the great-minded Rāma
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BndP 2 22.45
विचचार शनै राजन्नुपशल्यमहीरुहम् । स तत्र विचरन्दिक्षु हरिणीभिः समन्ततः
vicacāra śanai rājannupaśalyamahīruham / sa tatra vicarandikṣu hariṇībhiḥ samantataḥ
roamed slowly, O king, among the trees on the outskirts; as he wandered there, on every side, in all directions, by the does
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BndP 2 22.46
विक्ष्यमाणो मुदं लेभे साशङ्कं मुग्धदृष्टिभिः । स तत्र कुसुमामोदगन्धिभिर्वनवायुभिः
vikṣyamāṇo mudaṃ lebhe sāśaṅkaṃ mugdhadṛṣṭibhiḥ / sa tatra kusumāmodagandhibhirvanavāyubhiḥ
being gazed at hesitantly with their innocent eyes, he felt delight; there, by the forest breezes fragrant with the scent of flowers,
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BndP 2 22.47
वीज्यमानो जहर्षे स वीक्ष्योदारां वनश्रियम् । विविधाश्च स्थरीः सूक्ष्ममुपरिक्रम्य भार्गवः
vījyamāno jaharṣe sa vīkṣyodārāṃ vanaśriyam / vividhāśca stharīḥ sūkṣmamuparikramya bhārgavaḥ
being fanned, he rejoiced, beholding the lofty beauty of the forest; and the descendant of Bhṛgu, having gently walked over the various level places,
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BndP 2 22.48
द्वन्द्वांश्च धातून्विविधान्पश्यन्नेवमतर्कयत् । अहो ऽयं सर्वशैलानामाधिपत्ये ऽभिषेचितः
dvandvāṃśca dhātūnvividhānpaśyannevamatarkayat / aho 'yaṃ sarvaśailānāmādhipatye 'bhiṣecitaḥ
and seeing the various pairs (of things) and the many minerals, he reflected thus: "Ah! this one has been consecrated to the overlordship of all mountains,
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BndP 2 22.49
ब्रह्मणा यज्ञभाक्चैव स्थाने संप्रतिपादितः । अस्य शैलाधिराजत्वं सुव्यक्तमभिलक्ष्यते
brahmaṇā yajñabhākcaiva sthāne saṃpratipāditaḥ / asya śailādhirājatvaṃ suvyaktamabhilakṣyate
and by Brahmā he has been duly established in his place as a sharer in the sacrifice; his sovereignty over mountains is very plainly to be seen.
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BndP 2 22.50
रवैः कीचकवेणुनां मधुरीकृतकाननः । नितंबस्थलसंसक्ततुषारनिचयैग्यम्
ravaiḥ kīcakaveṇunāṃ madhurīkṛtakānanaḥ / nitaṃbasthalasaṃsaktatuṣāranicayaigyam
With his woodlands made sweet by the sounds of hollow bamboos, [and] by the masses of snow clinging to his slopes ...
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BndP 2 22.51
विभातीवाहितस्वच्छपरीतधवलांशुकः । निबिडश्रितनीहारनिकरेण तथोपरि
vibhātīvāhitasvacchaparītadhavalāṃśukaḥ / nibiḍaśritanīhāranikareṇa tathopari
he shines as though wrapped in a clean white garment worn about him; and above, likewise, with a dense-clinging mass of mist,
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BndP 2 22.52
नानावर्णोत्तरासंगावृत्ताङ्ग इवल्क्ष्यते । चन्दनागुरुकर्पूरकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमादिभिः
nānāvarṇottarāsaṃgāvṛttāṅga ivalkṣyate / candanāgurukarpūrakastūrīkuṅkumādibhiḥ
he looks as if his body were covered with an upper robe of many colours; with sandal, aloe, camphor, musk, saffron and the rest
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BndP 2 22.53
अलङ्कृतागः सुव्यक्तं दृश्यते ऽही विलासिवत् । मृगेन्द्राहतदन्तीन्द्रकुंभस्थलपरिच्युतैः
alaṅkṛtāgaḥ suvyaktaṃ dṛśyate 'hī vilāsivat / mṛgendrāhatadantīndrakuṃbhasthalaparicyutaiḥ
his limbs are adorned — he is plainly seen like a man of pleasure; with (pearls) fallen from the temple-bosses of lordly elephants struck down by lions,
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BndP 2 22.54
स्थूलमुक्तोत्करैरेष विभाति परितो गिरिः । नानावृक्षलतावल्लीपुष्पालङ्कृतमूर्द्धजः
sthūlamuktotkaraireṣa vibhāti parito giriḥ / nānāvṛkṣalatāvallīpuṣpālaṅkṛtamūrddhajaḥ
with heaps of large pearls this mountain shines all around; his hair adorned with the flowers of manifold trees, creepers and vines,
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BndP 2 22.55
नीरन्ध्राञ्चितमे घौघवितानसमलङ्कृतः । नानाधातुविचित्राङ्गः सर्वरत्नविभूषितः
nīrandhrāñcitame ghaughavitānasamalaṅkṛtaḥ / nānādhātuvicitrāṅgaḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitaḥ
decked with a canopy of unbroken, gathered masses of cloud, his body variegated with many minerals, ornamented with every kind of gem,
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BndP 2 22.56
कैलासव्याजविलसत्सितच्छत्रविराजितः । गजाश्वमुखयूथैश्च समन्तात्परिवारितः
kailāsavyājavilasatsitacchatravirājitaḥ / gajāśvamukhayūthaiśca samantātparivāritaḥ
resplendent with a white parasol gleaming in the guise of Kailāsa, surrounded on all sides by herds headed by elephants and horses,
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BndP 2 22.57
रत्नद्वीपमहाद्वारशिलाकन्दरमन्दिरः । विविक्तगह्वरास्थानमध्यसिंहासनाश्रयः
ratnadvīpamahādvāraśilākandaramandiraḥ / viviktagahvarāsthānamadhyasiṃhāsanāśrayaḥ
having for his palace the jewel-islands, great gates, rocks and caverns, and for his throne the midst of a secluded cavern-hall,
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BndP 2 22.58
समन्तात्प्रतिसंसक्ततरुवेत्रवतां शनैः । दृष्ट्वा जनैरनासाद्यो महाराजाधिराजवत्
samantātpratisaṃsaktataruvetravatāṃ śanaiḥ / dṛṣṭvā janairanāsādyo mahārājādhirājavat
with trees and reeds interlaced all around — seen thus, he is not to be approached by people, like a great king of kings,
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BndP 2 22.59
दोधूयमानो विचरच्चमरीचा रुचामरैः । मयूरैरुपनृत्यद्भिर्गायद्भिश्चैव किन्नरैः
dodhūyamāno vicaraccamarīcā rucāmaraiḥ / mayūrairupanṛtyadbhirgāyadbhiścaiva kinnaraiḥ
being fanned by the roaming yak-cows' bright tail-whisks, with peacocks dancing before him and kinnaras singing,
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BndP 2 22.60
सत्त्वजातैरनेकैश्च सेव्यमानो विराजते । व्यक्तमेवाचलेन्द्राणामधिराज्यपदे स्थितः
sattvajātairanekaiśca sevyamāno virājate / vyaktamevācalendrāṇāmadhirājyapade sthitaḥ
and served by many kinds of creatures, he shines forth; plainly, established in the station of paramount rule over the lords of mountains,
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BndP 2 22.61
भुनक्त्याक्रम्य वसुधां समग्रां श्रियमोजसा । एवं संचिन्तयानः स हिमाद्रिवनगह्वरे
bhunaktyākramya vasudhāṃ samagrāṃ śriyamojasā / evaṃ saṃcintayānaḥ sa himādrivanagahvare
he possesses and enjoys by his might the whole earth and its splendour." Thinking thus, he, in the forest-cavern of the Himālaya,
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BndP 2 22.62
विचचार चिरं रामो मुदा परमया युतः । आससाद वने तस्मिन्विपुले भृगुपुङ्गवः
vicacāra ciraṃ rāmo mudā paramayā yutaḥ / āsasāda vane tasminvipule bhṛgupuṅgavaḥ
Rāma roamed for a long while, filled with the highest joy; and in that vast forest the bull of the Bhṛgus came upon
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BndP 2 22.63
सरोवरं महाराज विपुलं विमलोदकम् । कुमुदोत्पलकह्लारनिकरैरुपसोभितम्
sarovaraṃ mahārāja vipulaṃ vimalodakam / kumudotpalakahlāranikarairupasobhitam
(He came upon) a lake, great king, broad and with clear water, adorned all about with masses of white water-lilies, blue lotuses and kahlāra lilies.
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BndP 2 22.64
पङ्कजैरुत्पलैश्चैव रक्तपीतैः सितासितैः । अन्यैश्च जलचैर्वक्षैः सर्वतः समलङ्कृतम्
paṅkajairutpalaiścaiva raktapītaiḥ sitāsitaiḥ / anyaiśca jalacairvakṣaiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṅkṛtam
Wholly adorned with lotuses and with blue lilies, red and yellow, white and dark, and with other water-growing trees (plants).
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BndP 2 22.65
हंससारसदात्यूहकारण्डवशतैरपि । जीवजीवकचक्राह्वकुररभ्रमरोत्करैः
haṃsasārasadātyūhakāraṇḍavaśatairapi / jīvajīvakacakrāhvakurarabhramarotkaraiḥ
And also with hundreds of geese, cranes, gallinules and karaṇḍava ducks, and with swarms of jīvajīvaka birds, cakravākas, ospreys and bees—
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BndP 2 22.66
संघुष्यमाणं परितः सेवितं मन्दवायुना । शफरीमत्स्यसंघैश्च विचरद्भिरितस्ततः
saṃghuṣyamāṇaṃ paritaḥ sevitaṃ mandavāyunā / śapharīmatsyasaṃghaiśca vicaradbhiritastataḥ
—resounding all around, attended by a gentle breeze, and with shoals of śapharī fish moving here and there,
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BndP 2 22.67
अन्तर्जनितकल्लोलैर्नृत्यमानमिवाभितः । आससाद भृगुश्रेष्ठस्तत्सरोवरमुत्तमम्
antarjanitakallolairnṛtyamānamivābhitaḥ / āsasāda bhṛguśreṣṭhastatsarovaramuttamam
as if dancing on every side with the waves generated within it—that excellent lake the best of the Bhṛgus approached,
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BndP 2 22.68
नानापतत्र्रिविरुतैर्मधुरीकृतदिक्तटम् । स तस्य तीरे विपुलं कृत्वाश्रमपदं शुभम्
nānāpatatrrivirutairmadhurīkṛtadiktaṭam / sa tasya tīre vipulaṃ kṛtvāśramapadaṃ śubham
(the lake) whose surrounding quarters were made sweet by the cries of various birds. Having made on its bank a spacious and lovely hermitage,
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BndP 2 22.69
रामो मतिमतां श्रेष्ठस्तपसे च मनो दधे । शाकमूलफलाहारो नियतं नियतेन्द्रियः
rāmo matimatāṃ śreṣṭhastapase ca mano dadhe / śākamūlaphalāhāro niyataṃ niyatendriyaḥ
Rāma, best of the wise, set his mind on ascetic practice, eating vegetables, roots and fruit, restrained, his senses controlled.
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BndP 2 22.70
तपश्चचार देवेशं विनिवेश्यात्ममानसे । भृगूपदिष्टमार्गेण भक्त्या परमया युतः
tapaścacāra deveśaṃ viniveśyātmamānase / bhṛgūpadiṣṭamārgeṇa bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
He practised austerity, having installed the Lord of gods in his own mind, by the path taught by Bhṛgu, filled with supreme devotion.
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BndP 2 22.71
पूजयामास देवेशमेकाग्रमनसा नृप । अनिकेतः स वर्षासु शिशिरे जलसंश्रयः
pūjayāmāsa deveśamekāgramanasā nṛpa / aniketaḥ sa varṣāsu śiśire jalasaṃśrayaḥ
He worshipped the Lord of gods with a one-pointed mind, O king; in the rains he was without shelter, in the cold season he took to the water,
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BndP 2 22.72
ग्रीष्मे पञ्जाग्निमध्यस्थश्चचारैवं तपश्चिरम् । रिपून्निर्जित्य कामादीनूर्मिषषट्कं विधूय च
grīṣme pañjāgnimadhyasthaścacāraivaṃ tapaściram / ripūnnirjitya kāmādīnūrmiṣaṣaṭkaṃ vidhūya ca
and in the hot season he stood amid five fires: thus he long practised austerity. Having conquered the enemies, desire and the rest, and having shaken off the six waves,
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BndP 2 22.73
द्वन्द्वैरनुद्वेजितधीस्तापदोषैरनाकुलः । यमैः सनियमैश्चैव शुद्धदेहः समाहितः
dvandvairanudvejitadhīstāpadoṣairanākulaḥ / yamaiḥ saniyamaiścaiva śuddhadehaḥ samāhitaḥ
his mind untroubled by the pairs (of opposites), unagitated by the faults of affliction, his body purified by the restraints together with the observances, composed—
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BndP 2 22.74
वशी चकार पवनं प्राणायामेन देहगम् । जितपद्मासनो मौनी स्थिरचित्तो महामुनिः
vaśī cakāra pavanaṃ prāṇāyāmena dehagam / jitapadmāsano maunī sthiracitto mahāmuniḥ
self-controlled, he subdued by breath-control the wind moving in the body; having mastered the lotus posture, silent, of steady mind, the great sage
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BndP 2 22.75
वशी चकार चाक्षाणि प्रत्याहारपरायणः । धारणाभिः स्थिरीचक्रे मनश्चञ्चलमात्मवान्
vaśī cakāra cākṣāṇi pratyāhāraparāyaṇaḥ / dhāraṇābhiḥ sthirīcakre manaścañcalamātmavān
also subdued the senses, devoted to withdrawal (of the senses); self-possessed, by acts of concentration he made the restless mind steady.
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BndP 2 22.76
ध्यानेन देवदेवेशं ददर्श परमेश्वरम् । स्वस्थान्तः करणो मैत्रः सर्वबाधाविवर्जितः
dhyānena devadeveśaṃ dadarśa parameśvaram / svasthāntaḥ karaṇo maitraḥ sarvabādhāvivarjitaḥ
By meditation he beheld the supreme Lord, the God of gods; his inner organ at ease, friendly, free of all obstruction,
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BndP 2 22.77
चिन्तयामास देवेशं ध्याने दृष्ट्वा जगद्गुरुम् । ध्येयावस्थि तचित्तात्मा निश्चलेद्रियदेहवान्
cintayāmāsa deveśaṃ dhyāne dṛṣṭvā jagadgurum / dhyeyāvasthi tacittātmā niścaledriyadehavān
he contemplated the Lord of gods, having seen in meditation the teacher of the world; his thought and self fixed on the object of meditation, his senses and body unmoving.
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BndP 2 22.78
आकालावधि सो ऽतिष्ठन्निवातस्थप्रदीपवत् । जपंश्च देवदेवेशं ध्यायंश्च स्वमनीषया
ākālāvadhi so 'tiṣṭhannivātasthapradīpavat / japaṃśca devadeveśaṃ dhyāyaṃśca svamanīṣayā
He stood thus until the (appointed) time, like a lamp set in a windless place, murmuring (the name of) the God of gods and meditating with his own understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 22.79
आराधयदमेयात्मा सर्वभावस्थमीश्वरम् । ततः स निष्फलं रूपमैश्वरं यन्निरञ्जनम्
ārādhayadameyātmā sarvabhāvasthamīśvaram / tataḥ sa niṣphalaṃ rūpamaiśvaraṃ yannirañjanam
He of immeasurable spirit worshipped the Lord who abides in all beings. Then that form of the Lord which is without parts, spotless,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 22.80
परं ज्योतिरचिन्त्यं यद्योगिध्येयमनुत्त मम् । नित्यं शुद्धं सदा शान्तमतीन्द्रियमनौपमम् । आनन्दमात्रमचलं व्याप्ताशेषचराचरम्
paraṃ jyotiracintyaṃ yadyogidhyeyamanutta mam / nityaṃ śuddhaṃ sadā śāntamatīndriyamanaupamam / ānandamātramacalaṃ vyāptāśeṣacarācaram
the supreme light, unthinkable, which is the unsurpassed object of the yogins' meditation, eternal, pure, ever tranquil, beyond the senses, without likeness, sheer bliss, unmoving, pervading all that moves and does not move—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition