Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 45
BndP 2 45.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच ततः कदाचिद्विपिने चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः । मृगयामगमच्छूरः शूरसेनादिभिः सह
vasiṣṭha uvāca tataḥ kadācidvipine caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ / mṛgayāmagamacchūraḥ śūrasenādibhiḥ saha
Vasiṣṭha said: Then once the hero, accompanied by an army of four divisions, went hunting in the forest together with Śūrasena and the others.
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BndP 2 45.2
ते प्रविश्य महारण्यं हत्वा बहुविधान्मृगान् । जग्मुस्तृषार्त्ता मध्याह्ने सरितं नर्मदामनु
te praviśya mahāraṇyaṃ hatvā bahuvidhānmṛgān / jagmustṛṣārttā madhyāhne saritaṃ narmadāmanu
They entered the great forest and killed many kinds of deer; then, tormented by thirst at midday, they went to the river Narmadā.
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BndP 2 45.3
तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च वारि नद्या गतश्रमाः । गच्छन्तो ददृशुर्मार्गो जमदग्नेरथाश्रमम्
tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca vāri nadyā gataśramāḥ / gacchanto dadṛśurmārgo jamadagnerathāśramam
Having bathed there and drunk the river's water, their weariness gone, as they went along they saw on the road the hermitage of Jamadagni.
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BndP 2 45.4
द्दष्ट्वाश्रमपदं रम्यं मुनीनागच्छतः पथि । कस्येदमिति पप्रच्छुर्भाविकर्मप्रचोदिताः
ddaṣṭvāśramapadaṃ ramyaṃ munīnāgacchataḥ pathi / kasyedamiti papracchurbhāvikarmapracoditāḥ
Seeing the lovely hermitage-ground, they asked the sages who were coming along the path, "Whose is this?" — impelled by the deed that was to come.
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BndP 2 45.5
ते प्रोचुरतिशान्तात्मा जमदग्नेर्महातपाः । वसत्यस्मिन्सुतो यस्य रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः
te procuratiśāntātmā jamadagnermahātapāḥ / vasatyasminsuto yasya rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
They said: "(It belongs) to Jamadagni, whose self is utterly at peace, of great austerity; in it dwells his son Rāma, the best of those who bear weapons."
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BndP 2 45.6
तछ्रुत्वा भीरभूत्तेषां रामनामानुकीर्त्तनात् । क्रोधं प्रसङ्यानृशंस्यं पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन्
tachrutvā bhīrabhūtteṣāṃ rāmanāmānukīrttanāt / krodhaṃ prasaṅyānṛśaṃsyaṃ pūrvavairamanusmaran
Hearing that, fear arose in them at the mention of Rāma's name; (yet each,) taking on anger and cruelty, recalled the old enmity.
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BndP 2 45.7
अथ ते प्रोचुरन्योन्यं पितृहन्तुर्वधात्पितुः । वैर निर्यातनं किं तु करिष्यामो दिशाधुना
atha te procuranyonyaṃ pitṛhanturvadhātpituḥ / vaira niryātanaṃ kiṃ tu kariṣyāmo diśādhunā
Then they said to one another: "Because of the slaying of our father by the slayer of our father, there is a requital of enmity (owed); but what shall we now do?"
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BndP 2 45.8
इत्यक्त्वा खड्गहस्तास्ते संप्रविश्य तदाश्रमम् । प्रजाघ्निरे प्रयातेषु मुनिवीरेषु सर्वतः
ityaktvā khaḍgahastāste saṃpraviśya tadāśramam / prajāghnire prayāteṣu munivīreṣu sarvataḥ
Having said this, swords in hand, they entered that hermitage and struck (him) down, while the sage-heroes had all gone away.
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BndP 2 45.9
तं हत्वास्य शिरो हृत्वा निषादा इव निर्दयाः । प्रययुस्ते दुरात्मानः सबलाः स्वपुरीं प्रति
taṃ hatvāsya śiro hṛtvā niṣādā iva nirdayāḥ / prayayuste durātmānaḥ sabalāḥ svapurīṃ prati
Having killed him and carried off his head, pitiless like hunters, those evil-minded ones went off with their forces toward their own city.
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BndP 2 45.10
पुत्रास्तस्य महात्मानौ दृष्ट्वा स्वपितरं हतम् । परिवार्य महाराज रुरुदुः शोककर्शिताः
putrāstasya mahātmānau dṛṣṭvā svapitaraṃ hatam / parivārya mahārāja ruruduḥ śokakarśitāḥ
His great-souled sons, O great king, seeing their own father slain, surrounded (him) and wept, wasted with grief.
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BndP 2 45.11
भर्त्तारं निहतं भूमौ पतितं वीक्ष्य रेणुका । पपात मूर्च्छिता सद्यो लतेवाशनिताडिता
bharttāraṃ nihataṃ bhūmau patitaṃ vīkṣya reṇukā / papāta mūrcchitā sadyo latevāśanitāḍitā
Seeing her husband slain, fallen on the ground, Reṇukā fell down at once in a swoon, like a creeper struck by a thunderbolt.
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BndP 2 45.12
सा स्वचेतसि संमूच्छ्य शोकपावकदीपिताः । दूरप्रनष्टसंज्ञेव सद्यः प्राणैर्व्ययुज्यत
sā svacetasi saṃmūcchya śokapāvakadīpitāḥ / dūrapranaṣṭasaṃjñeva sadyaḥ prāṇairvyayujyata
Having swooned within her own mind, kindled by the fire of grief, as if her consciousness had gone far away and vanished, she was at once parted from her breath.
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BndP 2 45.13
अनालपन्त्यां तस्यां तु संज्ञां याता हि ते पुनः । न्यपतन्मूर्च्छिता भूमौ निमग्नाः शोकसागरे
anālapantyāṃ tasyāṃ tu saṃjñāṃ yātā hi te punaḥ / nyapatanmūrcchitā bhūmau nimagnāḥ śokasāgare
But when she did not speak, they, who had come back to consciousness, fell again in a swoon on the ground, sunk in the ocean of grief.
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BndP 2 45.14
ततस्तपोधना ये ऽन्ये तत्त पोवनवासिनः । समेत्याश्वासयामासुस्तुल्यदुःखाः सुतान्मुने
tatastapodhanā ye 'nye tatta povanavāsinaḥ / sametyāśvāsayāmāsustulyaduḥkhāḥ sutānmune
Then the others rich in austerity who dwelt in that penance-grove came together and consoled the sons, O sage, sharing their sorrow.
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BndP 2 45.15
सांत्व्यमाना मुनिगणैर्जामदग्न्या यथाविधि । आधक्षुर्वचसा तेषामग्नौ पित्रोः कलेवरे
sāṃtvyamānā munigaṇairjāmadagnyā yathāvidhi / ādhakṣurvacasā teṣāmagnau pitroḥ kalevare
Being comforted by the hosts of sages, the sons of Jamadagni, at their word, burned in the fire the bodies of their two parents according to the rule.
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BndP 2 45.16
चक्रुरेव तदूर्द्ध्वं वै यत्कर्त्तव्यमनन्तरम् । पित्रोर्मरणदुःखेन पीड्यमाना दिवानिशम्
cakrureva tadūrddhvaṃ vai yatkarttavyamanantaram / pitrormaraṇaduḥkhena pīḍyamānā divāniśam
Thereafter they performed what had next to be done, tormented day and night by the sorrow of their parents' death.
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BndP 2 45.17
ततः काले गते रामः समानां द्वादशावधौ । निवृत्तस्तपसः सख्या सहागादाश्रमं पितुः
tataḥ kāle gate rāmaḥ samānāṃ dvādaśāvadhau / nivṛttastapasaḥ sakhyā sahāgādāśramaṃ pituḥ
Then, when time had passed, at the end of twelve years, Rāma, returned from his austerity, came with his friend to his father's hermitage.
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