Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 1

PdP 5 1.1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः। श्रीकुलदेवतायै नमः। श्रीगुरुचरणारविंदाभ्यां नमः । नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् । देवींसरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ| śrīkuladevatāyai namaḥ| śrīgurucaraṇāraviṃdābhyāṃ namaḥ | nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam | devīṃsarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet

Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. Homage to the family deity. Homage to the lotus feet of the guru. Having made obeisance to Nārāyaṇa and to Nara, the best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvatī and to Vyāsa, one should then proclaim the victory (i.e., recite the text).

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PdP 5 1.2

ऋषय ऊचुः। श्रुतं सर्वं महाभाग स्वर्गखंडं मनोहरम् । त्वत्तोऽधुना वदायुष्मञ्छ्रीरामचरितं हि नः

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ| śrutaṃ sarvaṃ mahābhāga svargakhaṃḍaṃ manoharam | tvatto'dhunā vadāyuṣmañchrīrāmacaritaṃ hi naḥ

The sages said: O greatly fortunate one, we have heard the whole delightful Svarga-khaṇḍa; now, O long-lived one, tell us the deeds of Śrī Rāma.

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PdP 5 1.3

सूत उवाच। अथैकदा धराधारं पृष्टवान्भुजगेश्वरम् । वात्स्यायनो मुनिवरः कथामेतां सुनिर्मलाम्

sūta uvāca| athaikadā dharādhāraṃ pṛṣṭavānbhujageśvaram | vātsyāyano munivaraḥ kathāmetāṃ sunirmalām

Sūta said: Now once the best of sages, Vātsyāyana, asked the lord of serpents, the supporter of the earth, about this most pure narrative.

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PdP 5 1.4

श्रीवात्स्यायन उवाच। शेषाशेष कथास्त्वत्तो जगत्सर्गलयादिकाः । भूगोलश्च खगोलश्च ज्योतिश्चक्रविनिर्णयः

śrīvātsyāyana uvāca| śeṣāśeṣa kathāstvatto jagatsargalayādikāḥ | bhūgolaśca khagolaśca jyotiścakravinirṇayaḥ

Śrī Vātsyāyana said: O Śeṣa, from you (I have heard) endless narratives — the creation and dissolution of the world and the rest — and the sphere of the earth and the sphere of the sky and the determination of the circle of the luminaries.

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PdP 5 1.5

महत्तत्त्वादिसृष्टीनां पृथक्तत्त्वविनिर्णयः । नानाराजचरित्राणि कथितानि त्वयानघ

mahattattvādisṛṣṭīnāṃ pṛthaktattvavinirṇayaḥ | nānārājacaritrāṇi kathitāni tvayānagha

The separate determination of the principles of the creations beginning with the mahat-tattva, and the various histories of kings, have been told by you, O sinless one.

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PdP 5 1.6

सूर्यवंशभवानां च राज्ञां चारित्रमद्भुतम् । तत्रानेकमहापापहरा रामकृता कथा

sūryavaṃśabhavānāṃ ca rājñāṃ cāritramadbhutam | tatrānekamahāpāpaharā rāmakṛtā kathā

And the wondrous conduct of the kings born in the solar dynasty; among these, the story made (told) about Rāma, which removes many great sins.

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PdP 5 1.7

तस्य वीरस्य रामस्य हयमेधकथा श्रुता । संक्षेपतो मया त्वत्तस्तामिच्छामि सविस्तराम्

tasya vīrasya rāmasya hayamedhakathā śrutā | saṃkṣepato mayā tvattastāmicchāmi savistarām

The story of the horse sacrifice of that hero Rāma has been heard by me from you in brief; I wish (to hear) it in full detail.

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PdP 5 1.8

या श्रुता संस्मृता चोक्ता महापातकहारिणी । चिंतितार्थप्रदात्री च भक्तचित्तप्रतोषदा

yā śrutā saṃsmṛtā coktā mahāpātakahāriṇī | ciṃtitārthapradātrī ca bhaktacittapratoṣadā

(That story) which, when heard, remembered, and spoken, removes great sins, and grants the object one has thought of, and gives satisfaction to the hearts of devotees.

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PdP 5 1.9

शेष उवाच। धन्योसि द्विजवर्य त्वं यस्य ते मतिरीदृशी । रघुवीरपदद्वंद्व मकरंद स्पृहावती

śeṣa uvāca| dhanyosi dvijavarya tvaṃ yasya te matirīdṛśī | raghuvīrapadadvaṃdva makaraṃda spṛhāvatī

Śeṣa said: You are blessed, O best of the twice-born, you whose mind is such — desirous of the nectar of the pair of feet of the Raghu hero.

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PdP 5 1.10

वदंति मुनयः सर्वे साधूनां संगमं वरम् । यस्मात्पापक्षयकरी रघुनाथकथा भवेत्

vadaṃti munayaḥ sarve sādhūnāṃ saṃgamaṃ varam | yasmātpāpakṣayakarī raghunāthakathā bhavet

All the sages say that the company of the good is best, since from it there comes the narrative of the Lord of the Raghus, which destroys sin.

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PdP 5 1.11

त्वया मेऽनुग्रहः सृष्टो यद्रामः स्मारितः पुनः । सुरासुरकिरीटौघ मणिनीराजितांघ्रिकः

tvayā me'nugrahaḥ sṛṣṭo yadrāmaḥ smāritaḥ punaḥ | surāsurakirīṭaugha maṇinīrājitāṃghrikaḥ

By you a favour has been done to me, in that Rāma has been brought to mind again — he whose feet are waved with lights by the jewels in the mass of the crowns of gods and demons.

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PdP 5 1.12

रावणारिकथा वार्द्धौ मशको मादृशः कियान् । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा मोहिता न विदंत्यपि

rāvaṇārikathā vārddhau maśako mādṛśaḥ kiyān | yatra brahmādayo devā mohitā na vidaṃtyapi

In the ocean of the tale of Rāvaṇa's foe, how much is a mosquito such as I? — where even the gods beginning with Brahmā, bewildered, do not know (it).

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PdP 5 1.13

तथापि भो मया तुभ्यं वक्तव्यं स्वीयशक्तितः । पक्षिणः स्वगतिं श्रित्वा खे गच्छंति सुविस्तरे

tathāpi bho mayā tubhyaṃ vaktavyaṃ svīyaśaktitaḥ | pakṣiṇaḥ svagatiṃ śritvā khe gacchaṃti suvistare

Yet, sir, I must speak to you according to my own power: birds, relying on their own manner of flight, travel in the vast expanse of the sky.

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PdP 5 1.14

चरितं रघुनाथस्य शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम् । येषां वै यादृशी बुद्धिस्ते वदंत्येव तादृशम्

caritaṃ raghunāthasya śatakoṭipravistaram | yeṣāṃ vai yādṛśī buddhiste vadaṃtyeva tādṛśam

The deeds of the Lord of the Raghus extend over a hundred crores; whatever kind of understanding people have, just such is what they tell.

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PdP 5 1.15

रघुनाथसतीकीर्तिर्मद्बुद्धिं निर्मलीमसाम् । करिष्यति स्वसंपर्कात्कनकं त्वनलो यथा

raghunāthasatīkīrtirmadbuddhiṃ nirmalīmasām | kariṣyati svasaṃparkātkanakaṃ tvanalo yathā

The true fame of the Lord of the Raghus will make my stained understanding spotless by its contact, as fire does gold.

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PdP 5 1.16

सूत उवाच। इत्युक्त्वा तं मुनिवरं ध्यानस्तिमितलोचनः । ज्ञानेनालोकयांचक्रे कथां लोकोत्तरां शुभाम्

sūta uvāca| ityuktvā taṃ munivaraṃ dhyānastimitalocanaḥ | jñānenālokayāṃcakre kathāṃ lokottarāṃ śubhām

Sūta said: Having spoken thus to that best of sages, with his eyes motionless in meditation, he beheld through knowledge the auspicious tale that surpasses the world.

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PdP 5 1.17

गद्गदस्वरसंयुक्तो महाहर्षांकितांगकः । कथयामास विशदां कथां दाशरथेः पुनः

gadgadasvarasaṃyukto mahāharṣāṃkitāṃgakaḥ | kathayāmāsa viśadāṃ kathāṃ dāśaratheḥ punaḥ

With a voice choked (with emotion), his limbs marked by great joy, he again told the clear tale of Daśaratha's son.

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PdP 5 1.18

शेष उवाच। लंकेश्वरे विनिहते देवदानवदुःखदे । अप्सरोगणवक्त्राब्जचंद्रमः कांतिहर्तरि

śeṣa uvāca| laṃkeśvare vinihate devadānavaduḥkhade | apsarogaṇavaktrābjacaṃdramaḥ kāṃtihartari

Śeṣa said: When the lord of Laṅkā had been slain — he who gave pain to gods and demons, who stole the loveliness of the moon that is the lotus-face of the throng of apsarases —

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PdP 5 1.19

सुराः सर्वे सुखं प्रापुरिंद्र प्रभृतयस्तदा । सुखं प्राप्ताः स्तुतिं चक्रुर्दासवत्प्रणतिं गताः

surāḥ sarve sukhaṃ prāpuriṃdra prabhṛtayastadā | sukhaṃ prāptāḥ stutiṃ cakrurdāsavatpraṇatiṃ gatāḥ

then all the gods, Indra and the rest, obtained happiness; having obtained happiness they made praise and, like servants, made obeisance.

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PdP 5 1.20

लंकायां च प्रतिष्ठाप्य धर्मयुक्तं बिभीषणम् । सीतयासहितो रामः पुष्पकं समुपाश्रितः

laṃkāyāṃ ca pratiṣṭhāpya dharmayuktaṃ bibhīṣaṇam | sītayāsahito rāmaḥ puṣpakaṃ samupāśritaḥ

And having installed the righteous Vibhīṣaṇa in Laṅkā, Rāma, together with Sītā, mounted the Puṣpaka.

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PdP 5 1.21

सुग्रीवहनुमत्सीतालक्ष्मणैः संयुतस्तदा । बिभीषणोऽपि सचिवैरन्वगाद्विरहोत्सुकः

sugrīvahanumatsītālakṣmaṇaiḥ saṃyutastadā | bibhīṣaṇo'pi sacivairanvagādvirahotsukaḥ

Then, joined with Sugrīva, Hanumān, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa (he set out); Vibhīṣaṇa too, with his ministers, followed along, distressed at the parting.

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PdP 5 1.22

लंकां स पश्यन्बहुधा भग्नप्राकारतोरणाम् । दृष्ट्वाऽशोकवनं तत्र सीतास्थानं मुमूर्च्छ ह

laṃkāṃ sa paśyanbahudhā bhagnaprākāratoraṇām | dṛṣṭvā'śokavanaṃ tatra sītāsthānaṃ mumūrccha ha

Looking at Laṅkā, its walls and archways broken in many places, and seeing there the Aśoka grove, the place where Sītā had been, he fainted.

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PdP 5 1.23

शिंशपांस्तत्र वृक्षांश्च पुष्पितान्कोरकैर्युतान् । राक्षसीभिः समाकीर्णान्मृताभिर्हनुमद्भयात्

śiṃśapāṃstatra vṛkṣāṃśca puṣpitānkorakairyutān | rākṣasībhiḥ samākīrṇānmṛtābhirhanumadbhayāt

(And he saw) the śiṃśapā trees there, in flower and set with buds, strewn about with rākṣasa women dead from fear of Hanumān.

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PdP 5 1.24

इत्थं सर्वं विलोक्याशु रामः प्रायात्पुरीं प्रति । ब्रह्मादिदेवैः सहितः स्वीयस्वीयविमानकैः

itthaṃ sarvaṃ vilokyāśu rāmaḥ prāyātpurīṃ prati | brahmādidevaiḥ sahitaḥ svīyasvīyavimānakaiḥ

Having thus quickly surveyed everything, Rāma set out toward the city, accompanied by Brahmā and the other gods, each in his own aerial car.

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PdP 5 1.25

देवदुंदुभिनिर्घोषाञ्छृण्वञ्छ्रोत्रसुखावहान् । तथैवाप्सरसां नृत्यैः पूज्यमानो रघूत्तमः

devaduṃdubhinirghoṣāñchṛṇvañchrotrasukhāvahān | tathaivāpsarasāṃ nṛtyaiḥ pūjyamāno raghūttamaḥ

Hearing the sounds of the gods' drums, which brought pleasure to the ear, and likewise honoured with the dances of the apsarases, the best of the Raghus (went on),

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PdP 5 1.26

सीतायै दर्शयन्मार्गे तीर्थान्याश्रमवंति च । मुनींश्च मुनिपुत्रांश्च मुनिपत्नीः पतिव्रताः

sītāyai darśayanmārge tīrthānyāśramavaṃti ca | munīṃśca muniputrāṃśca munipatnīḥ pativratāḥ

showing Sītā along the way the sacred fords and the places with hermitages, and the sages, the sons of sages, and the sages' wives devoted to their husbands.

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PdP 5 1.27

यत्रयत्र कृतावासाः पूर्वं रामेण धीमता । तान्सर्वान्दर्शयामास लक्ष्मणेन समन्वितः

yatrayatra kṛtāvāsāḥ pūrvaṃ rāmeṇa dhīmatā | tānsarvāndarśayāmāsa lakṣmaṇena samanvitaḥ

Wherever dwellings had formerly been made by the wise Rāma, all these he showed (her), accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa.

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PdP 5 1.28

इत्येवं दर्शयंस्तस्यै रामोऽद्राक्षीत्स्वकां पुरीम् । तस्याः पुनः समीपे तु नंदिग्रामं ददर्श ह

ityevaṃ darśayaṃstasyai rāmo'drākṣītsvakāṃ purīm | tasyāḥ punaḥ samīpe tu naṃdigrāmaṃ dadarśa ha

Thus, while showing (these things) to her, Rāma caught sight of his own city; and again, near to it, he saw Nandigrāma,

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PdP 5 1.29

यत्र वै भरतो राजा पालयन्धर्ममास्थितः । भ्रातुर्वियोगजनितं दुःखचिह्नं वहन्बहु

yatra vai bharato rājā pālayandharmamāsthitaḥ | bhrāturviyogajanitaṃ duḥkhacihnaṃ vahanbahu

where indeed King Bharata, ruling, stood firm in dharma, bearing many a mark of the grief born of separation from his brother,

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PdP 5 1.30

गर्तशायी ब्रह्मचारी जटावल्कलसंयुतः । कृशांगयष्टिर्दुःखार्तः कुर्वन्रामकथां मुहुः

gartaśāyī brahmacārī jaṭāvalkalasaṃyutaḥ | kṛśāṃgayaṣṭirduḥkhārtaḥ kurvanrāmakathāṃ muhuḥ

sleeping in a pit, chaste, wearing matted hair and bark garments, his body a wasted stalk, afflicted with grief, repeatedly telling the story of Rāma.

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PdP 5 1.31

यवान्नमपि नो भुंक्ते जलं पिबति नो मुहुः । उद्यंतं सवितारं यो नमस्कृत्य ब्रवीति च

yavānnamapi no bhuṃkte jalaṃ pibati no muhuḥ | udyaṃtaṃ savitāraṃ yo namaskṛtya bravīti ca

He does not even eat barley food, nor does he often drink water; and he, saluting the rising sun, says:

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PdP 5 1.32

जगन्नेत्रसुरस्वामिन्हर मे दुष्कृतं महत् । मदर्थे रामचंद्रोऽपि जगत्पूज्यो वनं ययौ

jagannetrasurasvāminhara me duṣkṛtaṃ mahat | madarthe rāmacaṃdro'pi jagatpūjyo vanaṃ yayau

"O eye of the world, O lord of the gods, take away my great misdeed. For my sake even Rāmacandra, worshipped by the world, went to the forest."

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PdP 5 1.33

सीतया सुकुमारांग्या सेव्यमानोऽटवीं गतः । या सीता पुष्पपर्यंके वृंतमासाद्य दुःखिता

sītayā sukumārāṃgyā sevyamāno'ṭavīṃ gataḥ | yā sītā puṣpaparyaṃke vṛṃtamāsādya duḥkhitā

Attended by Sītā of most delicate limbs, he went to the forest — that Sītā who, on a couch of flowers, was pained at coming upon a (flower-)stalk,

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PdP 5 1.34

या सीता रविसंतापं कदापि प्राप नो सती । मदर्थे जानकी सा च प्रत्यरण्यं भ्रमत्यहो

yā sītā ravisaṃtāpaṃ kadāpi prāpa no satī | madarthe jānakī sā ca pratyaraṇyaṃ bhramatyaho

that Sītā, the chaste one, who never once suffered the sun's heat — that very Jānakī, for my sake, wanders from forest to forest, alas!

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PdP 5 1.35

या सीता राजवृंदैश्च न दृष्टा नयनैः कदा । सा सीता दृश्यते नूनं किरातैः कालरूपिभिः

yā sītā rājavṛṃdaiśca na dṛṣṭā nayanaiḥ kadā | sā sītā dṛśyate nūnaṃ kirātaiḥ kālarūpibhiḥ

That Sītā who was never at any time seen by the eyes of crowds of kings — that Sītā is now surely looked upon by Kirātas whose form is (that of) Death.

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PdP 5 1.36

या सीता मधुरं त्वन्नं भोजिता न बुभुक्षति । सा सीताद्य वनस्थानि फलानि प्रार्थयत्यहो

yā sītā madhuraṃ tvannaṃ bhojitā na bubhukṣati | sā sītādya vanasthāni phalāni prārthayatyaho

That Sītā who, when fed sweet food, would not (even) wish to eat — that Sītā today begs for the fruits that grow in the forest, alas!

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PdP 5 1.37

इत्येवमन्वहं सूर्यमुपस्थाय वदत्यदः । प्रातःप्रातर्महाराजो भरतो रामवल्लभः

ityevamanvahaṃ sūryamupasthāya vadatyadaḥ | prātaḥprātarmahārājo bharato rāmavallabhaḥ

Thus, day after day, having attended upon the Sun, the great king Bharata, beloved of Rāma, says this, morning after morning.

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PdP 5 1.38

यश्चोच्यमानः सचिवैः समदुःखसुखैर्बुधैः । नीतिज्ञैः शास्त्रनिपुणैरिति प्रोवाच तान्नृपः

yaścocyamānaḥ sacivaiḥ samaduḥkhasukhairbudhaiḥ | nītijñaiḥ śāstranipuṇairiti provāca tānnṛpaḥ

And when he was addressed by his counsellors — wise men who shared his sorrow and joy, versed in polity, skilled in the treatises — the king spoke thus to them:

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PdP 5 1.39

अमात्या दुर्भगं मां किं प्रब्रूत पुरुषाधमम् । मदर्थे मेऽग्रजो रामो वनं प्राप्यावसीदति

amātyā durbhagaṃ māṃ kiṃ prabrūta puruṣādhamam | madarthe me'grajo rāmo vanaṃ prāpyāvasīdati

"Ministers, what can you say to me, an unlucky man, the lowest of men? For my sake my elder brother Rāma, having gone to the forest, is sinking down.

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PdP 5 1.40

दुर्भगस्य मम प्रस्वाः पापमार्जनमादरात् । करोमि रामचंद्रांघ्रिं स्मारं स्मारं सुमंत्रिणः

durbhagasya mama prasvāḥ pāpamārjanamādarāt | karomi rāmacaṃdrāṃghriṃ smāraṃ smāraṃ sumaṃtriṇaḥ

"For unfortunate me ... the wiping away of sin, carefully; this I do, O good ministers, remembering again and again the feet of Rāmacandra."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 5 1.41

धन्या सुमित्रा सुतरां वीरसूः स्वपतिप्रिया । यस्यास्तनूजो रामस्य चरणौ सेवतेऽन्वहम्

dhanyā sumitrā sutarāṃ vīrasūḥ svapatipriyā | yasyāstanūjo rāmasya caraṇau sevate'nvaham

Blessed, far more (than others), is Sumitrā, mother of a hero, dear to her husband, whose own son serves Rāma's feet day after day.

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PdP 5 1.42

यत्र ग्रामे स्थितो नूनं भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः । विलापं प्रकरोत्युच्चैस्तं ग्रामं स ददर्श ह

yatra grāme sthito nūnaṃ bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ | vilāpaṃ prakarotyuccaistaṃ grāmaṃ sa dadarśa ha

That village where Bharata, fond of his brother, surely stayed, uttering his lament aloud — that village he saw.

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