Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 14
BvP 2 14.1
नारायण उवाच ।। लक्ष्मीं तौ च समाराध्य चोग्रेण तपसा मुने ।। प्रत्येकं वरमिष्टं च संप्रापतुरभीप्सितम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || lakṣmīṃ tau ca samārādhya cogreṇa tapasā mune || pratyekaṃ varamiṣṭaṃ ca saṃprāpaturabhīpsitam
Nārāyaṇa said: And those two, having propitiated Lakṣmī with fierce austerity, O sage, each obtained the desired boon they longed for.
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BvP 2 14.2
महालक्ष्म्या वरेणैव तौ पृध्वीशौ बभूवतुः।। धनवन्तौ पुत्रवन्तौ धर्मध्वजकुशध्वजौ इति श्रुत्वा तु सा रुष्टा चकार च पुनस्तपः ।। अतीव निर्जनस्थाने पर्वते गन्धमादने अहो किमद्भुतं दृष्टं किं कृतं वा मयाऽधुना ।। इति संचिन्त्य संस्मृत्य विललाप पुनः पुनः ।। वह्निरुवाच।। भगवञ्छ्रूयतां वाक्यं कालेन यदुपस्थितम् ।। सीताहरणकालोऽयं तवैव समुपस्थितः वैकुण्ठस्य महाद्वारं किङ्करो द्वारपालयोः ।। जय विजययोश्चैव बलवांश्च जयाभिधः वह्निरुवाच ।। त्वं गच्छ तपसे देवि पुष्करं च सुपुण्यदम् ।। कृत्वा तपस्यां तत्रैव स्वर्गलक्ष्मीर्भविष्यसि तेनासीत्पाण्डवानां च पञ्चानां कामिनी प्रिया ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं प्रस्तुतं वस्तुतः शृणु
mahālakṣmyā vareṇaiva tau pṛdhvīśau babhūvatuḥ|| dhanavantau putravantau dharmadhvajakuśadhvajau iti śrutvā tu sā ruṣṭā cakāra ca punastapaḥ || atīva nirjanasthāne parvate gandhamādane aho kimadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kiṃ kṛtaṃ vā mayā'dhunā || iti saṃcintya saṃsmṛtya vilalāpa punaḥ punaḥ || vahniruvāca|| bhagavañchrūyatāṃ vākyaṃ kālena yadupasthitam || sītāharaṇakālo'yaṃ tavaiva samupasthitaḥ vaikuṇṭhasya mahādvāraṃ kiṅkaro dvārapālayoḥ || jaya vijayayoścaiva balavāṃśca jayābhidhaḥ vahniruvāca || tvaṃ gaccha tapase devi puṣkaraṃ ca supuṇyadam || kṛtvā tapasyāṃ tatraiva svargalakṣmīrbhaviṣyasi tenāsītpāṇḍavānāṃ ca pañcānāṃ kāminī priyā || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ prastutaṃ vastutaḥ śṛṇu
By the boon of Mahālakṣmī those two, Dharmadhvaja and Kuśadhvaja, became lords of the earth, possessed of wealth and possessed of sons. But hearing this she was angry and performed austerity again, in an utterly solitary place on Mount Gandhamādana. "Ah, what wonder is this that I have seen, or what have I now done?" — thus reflecting and recalling, she lamented again and again. Vahni said: Lord, let the words be heard which the time has brought forward: this very time of the carrying off of Sītā has arrived for you. There was a servant of the two gatekeepers of the great gate of Vaikuṇṭha, of Jaya and Vijaya, a mighty one named Jaya. Vahni said: You, O goddess, go to Puṣkara, which grants great merit, for austerity; having performed austerity there, you will become the Lakṣmī of heaven. By that she became the beloved wife of the five Pāṇḍavas. Thus all has been told; now hear what is properly the matter at hand.
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BvP 2 14.3
कुशध्वजस्य पत्नी च देवी मालावती सती ।। सा सुषाव च कालेन कमलांशां सुतां सतीम्
kuśadhvajasya patnī ca devī mālāvatī satī || sā suṣāva ca kālena kamalāṃśāṃ sutāṃ satīm
And Kuśadhvaja's wife was the chaste lady Mālāvatī; in due time she gave birth to a chaste daughter who was a portion of Kamalā.
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BvP 2 14.4
सा च भूतलसम्बन्धाज्ज्ञानयुक्ता बभूव ह ।। कृत्वा वेदध्वनिं स्पष्टमुत्तस्थौ सूतिकागृहे।
sā ca bhūtalasambandhājjñānayuktā babhūva ha || kṛtvā vedadhvaniṃ spaṣṭamuttasthau sūtikāgṛhe|
And she, through her connection with the earth, became endowed with knowledge; uttering the sound of the Veda distinctly, she rose up in the birth-chamber.
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BvP 2 14.5
वेदध्वनिं सा चकार जातमात्रेण कन्यका ।। तस्मात्तां ते वेदवतीं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः
vedadhvaniṃ sā cakāra jātamātreṇa kanyakā || tasmāttāṃ te vedavatīṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
The girl, as soon as she was born, made the sound of the Veda; therefore the wise call her Vedavatī.
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BvP 2 14.6
जातमात्रेण सुस्नाता जगाम तपसे वनम् ।। सर्वैर्निषिद्धा यत्नेन नारायणपरायणा
jātamātreṇa susnātā jagāma tapase vanam || sarvairniṣiddhā yatnena nārāyaṇaparāyaṇā
As soon as she was born, having bathed well, she went to the forest for austerity, though all tried hard to forbid her, for she was devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
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BvP 2 14.7
एकमन्वन्तरं चैव पुष्करे च तपस्विनी ।। अत्युग्रां वै तपस्यां तु लीलया च चकार सा
ekamanvantaraṃ caiva puṣkare ca tapasvinī || atyugrāṃ vai tapasyāṃ tu līlayā ca cakāra sā
And for one manvantara the ascetic woman performed, at Puṣkara, a most terrible austerity — and that as if in play.
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BvP 2 14.8
तथाऽपि पुष्टा न कृशा नवयौवनसंयुता ।। शुश्राव खे च सहसा सा वाचमशरीरिणीम् ।।
tathā'pi puṣṭā na kṛśā navayauvanasaṃyutā || śuśrāva khe ca sahasā sā vācamaśarīriṇīm ||
Even so she was well-nourished, not emaciated, endowed with fresh youth; and suddenly she heard in the sky a bodiless voice.
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BvP 2 14.9
जन्मान्तरे ते भर्त्ता च भविष्यति हरिः स्वयम् ।। ब्रह्मादिभिर्दुराराध्यं पतिं लप्स्यसि सुन्दरि
janmāntare te bharttā ca bhaviṣyati hariḥ svayam || brahmādibhirdurārādhyaṃ patiṃ lapsyasi sundari
"In another birth Hari himself shall be your husband; you shall obtain, O lovely one, a husband hard for even Brahmā and the others to propitiate."
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BvP 2 14.11
तत्रैवं सुचिरं तप्त्वा विश्वस्य समुवास सा ।। ददर्श पुरतस्तत्र रावणं दुर्निवारणम्
tatraivaṃ suciraṃ taptvā viśvasya samuvāsa sā || dadarśa puratastatra rāvaṇaṃ durnivāraṇam
Having practised austerity there in this way for a very long time, she dwelt in confidence; (then) she saw before her Rāvaṇa, who was hard to ward off.
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BvP 2 14.12
दृष्ट्वा साऽतिथिभक्त्या च पाद्यं तस्मै ददौ किल ।। सुस्वादु फलमूलं च जलं चापि सुशीतलम्
dṛṣṭvā sā'tithibhaktyā ca pādyaṃ tasmai dadau kila || susvādu phalamūlaṃ ca jalaṃ cāpi suśītalam
Seeing (him), out of devotion to a guest she gave him water for his feet, and very sweet fruits and roots, and water that was quite cool.
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BvP 2 14.13
तच्च भुक्त्वा स पापिष्ठश्चावात्सीत्तत्समीपतः ।। चकार प्रश्नमिति तां का त्वं कल्याणि चेति च
tacca bhuktvā sa pāpiṣṭhaścāvātsīttatsamīpataḥ || cakāra praśnamiti tāṃ kā tvaṃ kalyāṇi ceti ca
And having eaten that, the great sinner stayed near her, and put this question to her: "Who are you, auspicious lady?"
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BvP 2 14.14
तां च दृष्ट्वा वरारोहां पीनोन्नतपयोधराम् ।। शरत्पद्मनिभास्यां च सस्मितां सुदतीं सतीम्
tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā varārohāṃ pīnonnatapayodharām || śaratpadmanibhāsyāṃ ca sasmitāṃ sudatīṃ satīm
And seeing her, with beautiful hips, with full high breasts, her face like an autumn lotus, smiling, fair-toothed, chaste —
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BvP 2 14.15
मूर्च्छामवाप कृपणः कामबाणप्रपीडितः ।। तां करेण समाकृष्य सम्भोगं कर्तुमुद्यतः
mūrcchāmavāpa kṛpaṇaḥ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ || tāṃ kareṇa samākṛṣya sambhogaṃ kartumudyataḥ
the wretch fell into a swoon, sorely pierced by the arrows of desire; dragging her with his hand, he made ready to have intercourse.
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BvP 2 14.16
सा सती कोपदृष्ट्या च स्तम्भितं तं चकार ह ।। स जडो हस्तपादैश्च किंचिद्वक्तुं न च क्षमः
sā satī kopadṛṣṭyā ca stambhitaṃ taṃ cakāra ha || sa jaḍo hastapādaiśca kiṃcidvaktuṃ na ca kṣamaḥ
That chaste woman, with an angry glance, made him paralysed; he became inert in hands and feet, and unable to speak anything.
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BvP 2 14.17
तुष्टाव मनसा देवीं पद्मांशां पद्मलोचनाम्।। सा तत्स्तवेन सन्तुष्टा प्राकृतं तं मुमोच ह
tuṣṭāva manasā devīṃ padmāṃśāṃ padmalocanām|| sā tatstavena santuṣṭā prākṛtaṃ taṃ mumoca ha
In his mind he praised the Goddess, the lotus-eyed portion of Padmā (Lakṣmī); pleased by that praise, she released him, an ordinary man.
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BvP 2 14.18
शशाप च मदर्थे त्वं विनश्यसि सबान्धवः ।। स्पृष्टाऽहं च त्वया कामाद्विसृजाम्यवलोकय
śaśāpa ca madarthe tvaṃ vinaśyasi sabāndhavaḥ || spṛṣṭā'haṃ ca tvayā kāmādvisṛjāmyavalokaya
And she cursed (him): "On my account you shall perish along with your kinsmen. I have been touched by you out of lust — behold, I give up (this body)."
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BvP 2 14.19
इत्युक्त्वा सा च योगेन देहत्यागं चकार ह ।। गंगायां तां च संन्यस्य स्व गृहं रावणो ययौ
ityuktvā sā ca yogena dehatyāgaṃ cakāra ha || gaṃgāyāṃ tāṃ ca saṃnyasya sva gṛhaṃ rāvaṇo yayau
Having said this, she gave up her body by yoga; and having laid her (body) in the Gaṅgā, Rāvaṇa went to his own house.
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BvP 2 14.21
सा च कालान्तरे साध्वी बभूव जनकात्मजा।। सीतादेवीति विख्याता यदर्थे रावणो हतः
sā ca kālāntare sādhvī babhūva janakātmajā|| sītādevīti vikhyātā yadarthe rāvaṇo hataḥ
And in the course of time that virtuous woman became the daughter of Janaka, famed as Sītādevī, for whose sake Rāvaṇa was slain.
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BvP 2 14.22
महातपस्विनी सा च तपसा पूर्वजन्मनः ।। लेभे रामं च भर्त्तारं परिपूर्णतमं हरिम्
mahātapasvinī sā ca tapasā pūrvajanmanaḥ || lebhe rāmaṃ ca bharttāraṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ harim
And she of great austerities, by the austerity of her former birth, obtained as husband Rāma, the most perfectly complete Hari.
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BvP 2 14.23
संप्राप्य तपसाऽऽराध्य स्वामिनं च जगत्पतिम्।। सा रमा सुचिरं रेमे रामेण सह सुन्दरी
saṃprāpya tapasā''rādhya svāminaṃ ca jagatpatim|| sā ramā suciraṃ reme rāmeṇa saha sundarī
Having won and propitiated by austerity her lord, the master of the world, that beautiful Ramā long delighted together with Rāma.
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BvP 2 14.24
जातिस्मरा स्म स्मरति तपसश्च क्रमं पुरा ।। सुखेन तज्जहौ सर्वं दुःखं चापि सुखं लभेत् ।।
jātismarā sma smarati tapasaśca kramaṃ purā || sukhena tajjahau sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ cāpi sukhaṃ labhet ||
Remembering her (former) birth, she recalled the course of her austerity of old; in her happiness she let go of all that suffering — for one may indeed attain happiness.
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BvP 2 14.25
नानाप्रकारविभवं चकार सुचिरं सती ।। सम्प्राप्य सुकुमारं तमतीव नवयौवनम्
nānāprakāravibhavaṃ cakāra suciraṃ satī || samprāpya sukumāraṃ tamatīva navayauvanam
The chaste woman long enjoyed splendour of many kinds, having obtained him, so delicate and in the freshness of youth,
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BvP 2 14.26
गुणिनं रसिकं शान्तं कान्तवेषमनुत्तमम् ।। स्त्रीणां मनोज्ञं रुचिरं तथा लेभे यथेप्सितम्
guṇinaṃ rasikaṃ śāntaṃ kāntaveṣamanuttamam || strīṇāṃ manojñaṃ ruciraṃ tathā lebhe yathepsitam
endowed with virtues, connoisseur of delight, calm, of lovely appearance, unsurpassed, charming to women and pleasing — thus she obtained (him) as she had wished.
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BvP 2 14.27
पितुर्वचःपालनार्थं सत्यसन्धो रघूत्तमः।। जगाम काननं पश्चात्कालेन च बलीयसा
piturvacaḥpālanārthaṃ satyasandho raghūttamaḥ|| jagāma kānanaṃ paścātkālena ca balīyasā
In order to keep his father's word, the best of the Raghus, firm in truth, went to the forest, and afterwards, by the force of time,
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BvP 2 14.28
तस्थौ समुद्रनिकटे सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च ।। ददर्श तत्र वह्निं च विप्ररूपधरं हरिः
tasthau samudranikaṭe sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca || dadarśa tatra vahniṃ ca viprarūpadharaṃ hariḥ
he dwelt near the ocean with Sītā and with Lakṣmaṇa; and there Hari saw Fire, who had taken the form of a brahmin.
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BvP 2 14.29
तं रामं दुःखितं दृष्ट्वा स च दुःखी बभूव ह ।। उवाच किंचित्सत्येष्टं सत्यं सत्यपरायणः
taṃ rāmaṃ duḥkhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa ca duḥkhī babhūva ha || uvāca kiṃcitsatyeṣṭaṃ satyaṃ satyaparāyaṇaḥ
Seeing that Rāma was grieving, he too became grieved; devoted to truth, he spoke something true and desirable (or: agreeable, truthful).
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BvP 2 14.31
दैवं च दुर्निवार्य्यं वै न च दैवात्परं बलम् ।। मत्प्रसू मयि संन्यस्य च्छायां रक्षान्तिकेऽधुना
daivaṃ ca durnivāryyaṃ vai na ca daivātparaṃ balam || matprasū mayi saṃnyasya cchāyāṃ rakṣāntike'dhunā
"Fate is indeed hard to avert, and there is no power greater than fate. Having entrusted to me her who bore me, keep the shadow (form) near you now.
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BvP 2 14.32
दास्यामि सीतां तुभ्यं च परीक्षासमये पुनः ।। देवैः प्रस्थापितोऽहं च न च विप्रो हुताशनः
dāsyāmi sītāṃ tubhyaṃ ca parīkṣāsamaye punaḥ || devaiḥ prasthāpito'haṃ ca na ca vipro hutāśanaḥ
And I shall give Sītā back to you again at the time of the testing. I have been sent by the gods, and I am no brahmin — I am the Fire."
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BvP 2 14.33
रामस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा न प्रकाश्य च लक्ष्मणम् ।। स्वच्छन्दं स्वीचकारासौ हृदयेन विदूयता
rāmastadvacanaṃ śrutvā na prakāśya ca lakṣmaṇam || svacchandaṃ svīcakārāsau hṛdayena vidūyatā
Rāma, hearing that speech and not disclosing it to Lakṣmaṇa, accepted it of his own accord, with a heart that was tormented.
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BvP 2 14.34
वह्निर्योगेन सीतावन्मायासीतां चकार ह ।। तत्तुल्यगुणरूपां तां ददौ रामाय नारद
vahniryogena sītāvanmāyāsītāṃ cakāra ha || tattulyaguṇarūpāṃ tāṃ dadau rāmāya nārada
By his power Fire made an illusory Sītā, just like Sītā; equal to her in qualities and form, he gave her to Rāma, O Nārada.
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BvP 2 14.36
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे रामो ददर्श कनकं मृगम् ।। सीता तं प्रेरयामास तदर्थे यत्नपूर्वकम्
etasminnantare rāmo dadarśa kanakaṃ mṛgam || sītā taṃ prerayāmāsa tadarthe yatnapūrvakam
In the meantime Rāma saw a golden deer; Sītā urged him on, earnestly, for its sake.
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BvP 2 14.37
संन्यस्य लक्ष्मणं रामो जानक्या रक्षणे वने ।। स्वयं जगाम हन्तुं तं विव्यधे सायकेन च
saṃnyasya lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo jānakyā rakṣaṇe vane || svayaṃ jagāma hantuṃ taṃ vivyadhe sāyakena ca
Having charged Lakṣmaṇa with guarding Jānakī in the forest, Rāma went himself to kill it, and pierced it with an arrow.
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BvP 2 14.38
लक्ष्मणेति च शब्दं वै कृत्वा मायामृगस्तदा ।। प्राणांस्तत्याज सहसा पुरो दृष्ट्वा हरिं स्मरन्
lakṣmaṇeti ca śabdaṃ vai kṛtvā māyāmṛgastadā || prāṇāṃstatyāja sahasā puro dṛṣṭvā hariṃ smaran
Then the illusory deer, having uttered the cry "Lakṣmaṇa!", suddenly gave up its life, seeing Hari before it and remembering him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.39
सीतां गृहीत्वा स ययौ गोप्यं वक्तुं निषेध्य च ।। लक्ष्मणो नैव बुबुधे गोप्यमन्यस्य का कथा मृगरूपं परित्यज्य दिव्यरूपं विधाय च ।। रत्ननिर्मितयानेन वैकुण्ठं स जगाम ह
sītāṃ gṛhītvā sa yayau gopyaṃ vaktuṃ niṣedhya ca || lakṣmaṇo naiva bubudhe gopyamanyasya kā kathā mṛgarūpaṃ parityajya divyarūpaṃ vidhāya ca || ratnanirmitayānena vaikuṇṭhaṃ sa jagāma ha
He went off, having taken Sītā, and forbidden (her) to speak the secret; Lakṣmaṇa did not know it at all — what to say of another's (knowing) the secret? Abandoning the deer form and assuming a divine form, in a chariot made of jewels he went to Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.41
शापेन सनकादीनां सम्प्राप्तो राक्षसीं तनुम् ।। पुनर्जगाम तद्द्वारमादौ स द्वारपालयोः
śāpena sanakādīnāṃ samprāpto rākṣasīṃ tanum || punarjagāma taddvāramādau sa dvārapālayoḥ
By the curse of Sanaka and the others he had obtained a demonic body; he went again to that gate of his (Viṣṇu's), (having been) at first one of the two gatekeepers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 14.42
अथ शब्दं च सा श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणेति च विक्लवम् ।। सीता तं प्रेरयामास लक्ष्मणं रामसन्निधौ
atha śabdaṃ ca sā śrutvā lakṣmaṇeti ca viklavam || sītā taṃ prerayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmasannidhau
Then she, hearing that distressed cry "Lakṣmaṇa!", Sītā urged Lakṣmaṇa on to (go to) Rāma's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.43
गते च लक्ष्मणे रामं रावणो दुर्निवारणः ।। सीतां गृहीत्वा प्रययौ लङ्कामेव स्वलीलया
gate ca lakṣmaṇe rāmaṃ rāvaṇo durnivāraṇaḥ || sītāṃ gṛhītvā prayayau laṅkāmeva svalīlayā
And when Lakṣmaṇa had gone to Rāma, Rāvaṇa, who could not be checked, took Sītā and went off to Laṅkā, as if in sport.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.44
विषसाद च रामश्च वने दृष्ट्वा च लक्ष्मणम् ।। तूर्णं च स्वाश्रमं गत्वा सीतां नैव ददर्श सः
viṣasāda ca rāmaśca vane dṛṣṭvā ca lakṣmaṇam || tūrṇaṃ ca svāśramaṃ gatvā sītāṃ naiva dadarśa saḥ
And Rāma sank into dejection, seeing Lakṣmaṇa in the forest; and going quickly to his own hermitage, he did not see Sītā at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.45
मूर्च्छां सम्प्राप्य सुचिरं विललाप भृशं पुनः ।। पुनर्बभ्राम गहने तदन्वेषणपूर्वकम्
mūrcchāṃ samprāpya suciraṃ vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ punaḥ || punarbabhrāma gahane tadanveṣaṇapūrvakam
Falling into a swoon for a long while, he lamented greatly again and again, and again wandered in the thicket, searching for her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.46
काले संप्राप्य तद्वार्तां गृधद्वारा नदीतटे ।। सहायं वानरं कृत्वा चाबध्नात्सागरं हरिः ।।
kāle saṃprāpya tadvārtāṃ gṛdhadvārā nadītaṭe || sahāyaṃ vānaraṃ kṛtvā cābadhnātsāgaraṃ hariḥ ||
In time, obtaining news of her through the vulture on the river bank, Hari made the monkey his helper and bound the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.47
लङ्कां गत्वा रघुश्रेष्ठश्चावधीत्सायकेन च ।। सबान्धवं रावणं च सीतां सम्प्राप दुःखिताम्
laṅkāṃ gatvā raghuśreṣṭhaścāvadhītsāyakena ca || sabāndhavaṃ rāvaṇaṃ ca sītāṃ samprāpa duḥkhitām
Going to Laṅkā, the best of the Raghus slew with his arrow Rāvaṇa together with his kinsmen, and recovered the grieving Sītā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.48
तां च वह्निपरीक्षां व कारयामास सत्वरम् ।। हुताशनस्तत्र काले वास्तवीं जानकीं ददौ
tāṃ ca vahniparīkṣāṃ va kārayāmāsa satvaram || hutāśanastatra kāle vāstavīṃ jānakīṃ dadau
And he quickly had her undergo the ordeal by fire; at that time the Fire gave (him) the real Jānakī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.49
छाया चोवाच वह्निं च रामं च विनयान्विता ।। करिष्यामीति किमहं तदुपायं वदस्व मे
chāyā covāca vahniṃ ca rāmaṃ ca vinayānvitā || kariṣyāmīti kimahaṃ tadupāyaṃ vadasva me
And the shadow (Sītā), full of humility, said to Fire and to Rāma: "What am I to do? Tell me the means for that."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.51
सा च तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रतेपे पुष्करे तपः ।। दिव्यं त्रिलक्षवर्ष च स्वर्गे लक्ष्मीर्बभूव ह
sā ca tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pratepe puṣkare tapaḥ || divyaṃ trilakṣavarṣa ca svarge lakṣmīrbabhūva ha
And she, having heard that speech (of his), practised divine austerity at Puṣkara for three hundred thousand years, and became Lakṣmī in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.52
सा च कालेन तपसा यज्ञकुण्डसमुद्भवा ।। कामिनी पाण्डवानां च द्रौपदी द्रुपदात्मजा
sā ca kālena tapasā yajñakuṇḍasamudbhavā || kāminī pāṇḍavānāṃ ca draupadī drupadātmajā
And she, in time, by that austerity, arose from the sacrificial fire-pit as the lovely wife of the Pāṇḍavas, Draupadī, the daughter of Drupada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.53
कृते युगे वेदवती कुशध्वजसुता शुभा ।। त्रेतायां रामपत्नी च सीतेति जनकात्मजा
kṛte yuge vedavatī kuśadhvajasutā śubhā || tretāyāṃ rāmapatnī ca sīteti janakātmajā
In the Kṛta age (she was) Vedavatī, the auspicious daughter of Kuśadhvaja; in the Tretā, Rāma's wife, Sītā, the daughter of Janaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.54
तच्छाया द्रौपदी देवी द्वापरे द्रुपदात्मजा ।। त्रिहायणीति सा प्रोक्ता विद्यमाना युगत्रये
tacchāyā draupadī devī dvāpare drupadātmajā || trihāyaṇīti sā proktā vidyamānā yugatraye
Her shadow (was) the goddess Draupadī in the Dvāpara, the daughter of Drupada; she is called Trihāyaṇī ("she of the three ages"), since she existed through the three ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.55
नारद उवाच ।। प्रियाः पञ्च कथं तस्या बभूवुर्मुनिपुङ्गव ।। इति वै चित्तसन्देहं दूरीकुरु महाप्रभो
nārada uvāca || priyāḥ pañca kathaṃ tasyā babhūvurmunipuṅgava || iti vai cittasandehaṃ dūrīkuru mahāprabho
Nārada said: How did she come to have five husbands, O foremost of sages? Remove this doubt from my mind, O great lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.56
नारायण उवाच ।। लङ्कायां वस्तुतः सीता रामं संप्राप नारद ।। रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना छाया सा बहुविह्वला
nārāyaṇa uvāca || laṅkāyāṃ vastutaḥ sītā rāmaṃ saṃprāpa nārada || rūpayauvanasampannā chāyā sā bahuvihvalā
Nārāyaṇa said: In Laṅkā it was in fact Sītā who obtained Rāma, O Nārada; that shadow (of hers), endowed with beauty and youth, was greatly agitated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.57
रामाग्न्योराज्ञया तप्त्वा ययाचे शङ्करं वरम्।। कामातुरा पतिव्यग्रा प्रार्थयन्ती पुनः पुनः
rāmāgnyorājñayā taptvā yayāce śaṅkaraṃ varam|| kāmāturā pativyagrā prārthayantī punaḥ punaḥ
By the command of Rāma and of Fire, having performed austerity, she begged a boon of Śaṅkara — stricken with desire, eager for a husband, entreating again and again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.58
पतिं देहि पतिं देहि पतिं देहि त्रिलोचन।। पतिं देहि पतिं देहि पञ्चवारं पतिव्रता
patiṃ dehi patiṃ dehi patiṃ dehi trilocana|| patiṃ dehi patiṃ dehi pañcavāraṃ pativratā
"Give me a husband, give me a husband, give me a husband, O three-eyed one! Give me a husband, give me a husband" — five times (said) the devoted wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.59
शिवस्तत्प्रार्थनां श्रुत्वा सस्मितो रसिकेश्वरः ।। प्रिये तव प्रियाः पञ्च भवन्तीति वरं ददौ
śivastatprārthanāṃ śrutvā sasmito rasikeśvaraḥ || priye tava priyāḥ pañca bhavantīti varaṃ dadau
Śiva, hearing her entreaty, smiling, the lord of connoisseurs, gave the boon: "Dear one, you shall have five husbands."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.61
अथ संप्राप्य लङ्कायां सीतां रामो मनोहराम्।। विभीषणाय तां लङ्कां दत्त्वाऽयोध्यां ययौ पुनः
atha saṃprāpya laṅkāyāṃ sītāṃ rāmo manoharām|| vibhīṣaṇāya tāṃ laṅkāṃ dattvā'yodhyāṃ yayau punaḥ
Then, having recovered the lovely Sītā in Laṅkā, Rāma gave that Laṅkā to Vibhīṣaṇa and went back to Ayodhyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.62
एकादशसहस्राब्दं कृत्वा राज्यं च भारते ।। जगाम सर्वैर्लोकैश्च सार्द्धं वैकुण्ठमेव च
ekādaśasahasrābdaṃ kṛtvā rājyaṃ ca bhārate || jagāma sarvairlokaiśca sārddhaṃ vaikuṇṭhameva ca
Having ruled in Bhārata for eleven thousand years, he went, together with all his people, to Vaikuṇṭha itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.63
कमलांशा वेदवती कमलायां विवेश सा ।। कथितं पुण्यमाख्यानं पुण्यदं पापनाशनम्
kamalāṃśā vedavatī kamalāyāṃ viveśa sā || kathitaṃ puṇyamākhyānaṃ puṇyadaṃ pāpanāśanam
Vedavatī, a portion of Kamalā (Lakṣmī), entered into Kamalā. (Thus) the holy narrative has been told, bestowing merit and destroying sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.64
सततं मूर्तिमन्तश्च वेदाश्चत्वार एव च ।। सन्ति यस्याश्च जिह्वाग्रे सा च वेदवती स्मृता
satataṃ mūrtimantaśca vedāścatvāra eva ca || santi yasyāśca jihvāgre sā ca vedavatī smṛtā
And she on the tip of whose tongue the four Vedas are always present in embodied form — she is known as Vedavatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 14.65
कुशध्वजसुताख्यानमुक्तं संक्षेपतस्तव ।। धर्मध्वजसुताख्यानं निबोध कथयामि ते
kuśadhvajasutākhyānamuktaṃ saṃkṣepatastava || dharmadhvajasutākhyānaṃ nibodha kathayāmi te
The story of Kuśadhvaja's daughter has been told to you in brief; now hear the story of Dharmadhvaja's daughter — I shall tell it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition