Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 4
PdP 5 4.1
वात्स्यायन उवाच। भुजगाधीश्वरेशान धराभारधरक्षम । शृण्वेकं संशयं मह्यं कृपया कथयस्व तम्
vātsyāyana uvāca| bhujagādhīśvareśāna dharābhāradharakṣama | śṛṇvekaṃ saṃśayaṃ mahyaṃ kṛpayā kathayasva tam
Vātsyāyana said: O lord and ruler of the chief of serpents, you who are able to bear the burden of the earth, hear one doubt of mine and kindly explain it to me.
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PdP 5 4.2
रघुनाथस्य गमनं वनं प्रति यदा ह्यभूत् । तदा प्रभृति देहेन स्थिता शून्येन चेतसा
raghunāthasya gamanaṃ vanaṃ prati yadā hyabhūt | tadā prabhṛti dehena sthitā śūnyena cetasā
When Raghunātha's departure to the forest took place, from that time on she remained (alive only) in body, with an empty mind.
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PdP 5 4.3
तद्विप्रयोगविधुरा कृशदेहातिदुःखिता । सुमुखान्मंत्रिणः श्रुत्वा रघुनाथं समागतम्
tadviprayogavidhurā kṛśadehātiduḥkhitā | sumukhānmaṃtriṇaḥ śrutvā raghunāthaṃ samāgatam
Grieving from separation from him, her body wasted, exceedingly distressed — having heard from the minister Sumukha that Raghunātha had returned,
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PdP 5 4.4
कथं जहर्ष किमभूत्कीदृशं तत्र चिह्नितम् । रामचंद्रस्य संदेशहर्तारं किमुवाच सा
kathaṃ jaharṣa kimabhūtkīdṛśaṃ tatra cihnitam | rāmacaṃdrasya saṃdeśahartāraṃ kimuvāca sā
how did she rejoice? What happened? What sort of sign appeared there? What did she say to the bearer of Rāmacandra's message?
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PdP 5 4.5
एतन्मे संशयं छिंधि रघुनाथगुणोदयम् । यथावच्छृण्वते मह्यं कथयस्व प्रसादतः
etanme saṃśayaṃ chiṃdhi raghunāthaguṇodayam | yathāvacchṛṇvate mahyaṃ kathayasva prasādataḥ
Cut off this doubt of mine; graciously tell me, who listen, exactly as it was, of the rising of Raghunātha's virtues.
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PdP 5 4.6
शेष उवाच । साधुपृष्टं महाभाग द्विजवर्यपुरस्कृत । तन्मे निगदतः साक्षाच्छृणुष्वैकमनाः किल
śeṣa uvāca | sādhupṛṣṭaṃ mahābhāga dvijavaryapuraskṛta | tanme nigadataḥ sākṣācchṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ kila
Śeṣa said: Well asked, O greatly fortunate one, honored among the best of brāhmaṇas! Listen with a single mind to that which I now relate directly.
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PdP 5 4.7
सा वै तद्वदनांभोज च्युतं रामागमामृतम् । पीत्वा पीत्वा बभूवाहो स्थगितांगेन विह्वला
sā vai tadvadanāṃbhoja cyutaṃ rāmāgamāmṛtam | pītvā pītvā babhūvāho sthagitāṃgena vihvalā
She, drinking again and again the nectar of Rāma's arrival that had dropped from the lotus of his (Sumukha's) mouth, became — ah! — overwhelmed, her body grown still.
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PdP 5 4.8
किं मे स्वप्नो विमूढायाः किं वा भ्रमकरं वचः । ममवै मंदभाग्यायाः कथं रामेक्षणं पुनः
kiṃ me svapno vimūḍhāyāḥ kiṃ vā bhramakaraṃ vacaḥ | mamavai maṃdabhāgyāyāḥ kathaṃ rāmekṣaṇaṃ punaḥ
"Is it a dream of mine, who am bewildered? Or are these words that produce delusion? How can there be a sight of Rāma again for me, whose fortune is poor?
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PdP 5 4.9
बहुना तपसा कृत्वा प्राप्तोऽयं वै सुतः शिशुः । केनचिन्मम पापेन विप्रयोगं गतः पुनः
bahunā tapasā kṛtvā prāpto'yaṃ vai sutaḥ śiśuḥ | kenacinmama pāpena viprayogaṃ gataḥ punaḥ
After performing much austerity, this child was obtained by me as a son; through some sin of mine he has again gone into separation (from me).
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PdP 5 4.10
सुमंत्रिन्कुशली रामः सीतालक्ष्मणसंयुतः । कथं मां स्मरते वीरो वनचारी सुदुःखिताम्
sumaṃtrinkuśalī rāmaḥ sītālakṣmaṇasaṃyutaḥ | kathaṃ māṃ smarate vīro vanacārī suduḥkhitām
O Sumantra, is Rāma well, together with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa? How does that hero, wandering in the forest, remember me, who am so grieved?"
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PdP 5 4.11
इति सा विललापोच्चै रघुनाथस्मृतिं गता । न निवेद निजं किंचित्परकीयं विमोहिता । सुमुखोऽपि तथा दृष्ट्वा दुःखितां मातरं भृशम्
iti sā vilalāpoccai raghunāthasmṛtiṃ gatā | na niveda nijaṃ kiṃcitparakīyaṃ vimohitā | sumukho'pi tathā dṛṣṭvā duḥkhitāṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśam
Thus she lamented loudly, having fallen into remembrance of Raghunātha; bewildered, she perceived nothing at all, neither her own nor another's. And Sumukha too, seeing his mother thus exceedingly grieved,
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PdP 5 4.12
वीजयामास वासोग्रैः संज्ञामाप च सा पुनः । उवाच जननीं सौम्यं वचोहर्षकरं मुहुः
vījayāmāsa vāsograiḥ saṃjñāmāpa ca sā punaḥ | uvāca jananīṃ saumyaṃ vacoharṣakaraṃ muhuḥ
fanned her with strong (cooling) breezes, and she regained consciousness; he spoke to the mother gently, again and again, words that produced joy.
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PdP 5 4.13
रघुनाथागमस्मार हृष्टां तां व्यदधात्पुनः । मातर्विद्धि गृहं प्राप्तं रघुनाथं सलक्ष्मणम्
raghunāthāgamasmāra hṛṣṭāṃ tāṃ vyadadhātpunaḥ | mātarviddhi gṛhaṃ prāptaṃ raghunāthaṃ salakṣmaṇam
He made her, who was recalling Raghunātha's arrival, joyful once more: "Mother, know that Raghunātha has reached home along with Lakṣmaṇa;
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PdP 5 4.14
सीतया सहितं पश्य चाशीर्भिरभियुंक्ष्व च । इति तथ्यं वचः श्रुत्वा सुमुखेन प्रभाषितम्
sītayā sahitaṃ paśya cāśīrbhirabhiyuṃkṣva ca | iti tathyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sumukhena prabhāṣitam
see him together with Sītā, and bestow your blessings upon him." Having heard this true speech uttered by Sumukha,
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PdP 5 4.15
यादृशं हर्षमापेदे तादृशं वेद्म्यहं नहि । उत्थाय चाजिरे प्राप्ता रोमांचिततनूरुहा
yādṛśaṃ harṣamāpede tādṛśaṃ vedmyahaṃ nahi | utthāya cājire prāptā romāṃcitatanūruhā
such joy as she attained, I cannot tell. Rising, she came to the courtyard, the hairs of her body bristling,
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PdP 5 4.16
हर्षविह्वलितांग्यश्रु मुंचंती राममैक्षत । तावत्स रामो राजेंद्रो नरयानमधिश्रितः
harṣavihvalitāṃgyaśru muṃcaṃtī rāmamaikṣata | tāvatsa rāmo rājeṃdro narayānamadhiśritaḥ
her limbs overcome with joy, shedding tears, she gazed at Rāma. Meanwhile that Rāma, lord of kings, mounted on a palanquin borne by men,
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PdP 5 4.17
प्राप्तः स्वमातुर्भवनं कैकेय्याः सुनयः पुरः । कैकेय्यपि त्रपाभारनम्रा रामं पुरःस्थितम्
prāptaḥ svamāturbhavanaṃ kaikeyyāḥ sunayaḥ puraḥ | kaikeyyapi trapābhāranamrā rāmaṃ puraḥsthitam
He of good conduct came first to the house of his own mother Kaikeyī. Kaikeyī too, bowed down under the weight of shame, (seeing) Rāma standing before her,
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PdP 5 4.18
नोवाच किंचिन्महतीं चिंतां प्राप्तवती मुहुः । सूर्यवंशध्वजो रामो मातरं वीक्ष्य लज्जिताम्
novāca kiṃcinmahatīṃ ciṃtāṃ prāptavatī muhuḥ | sūryavaṃśadhvajo rāmo mātaraṃ vīkṣya lajjitām
said nothing at all, and again and again fell into great anxiety. And Rāma, the banner of the solar race, seeing his mother ashamed,
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PdP 5 4.19
उवाच सांत्वयंस्तां च वाक्यैर्विनयमिश्रितैः । श्रीराम उवाच। मातर्मया वनं गत्वा सर्वमाचरितं तथा
uvāca sāṃtvayaṃstāṃ ca vākyairvinayamiśritaiḥ | śrīrāma uvāca| mātarmayā vanaṃ gatvā sarvamācaritaṃ tathā
spoke, consoling her with words mixed with humility. Śrī Rāma said: Mother, having gone to the forest, all was carried out by me accordingly.
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PdP 5 4.20
अधुना करवै किं वा त्वदाज्ञातो जनन्यहो । मया न्यूनं कृतं नास्ति कथं मां नेक्ष्यसे पुनः
adhunā karavai kiṃ vā tvadājñāto jananyaho | mayā nyūnaṃ kṛtaṃ nāsti kathaṃ māṃ nekṣyase punaḥ
What should I do now, commanded by you, O mother? Nothing has been done deficiently by me — why will you not look at me again?
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PdP 5 4.21
आशीर्भिरभिनंद्यैनं भरतं मां च वीक्षय । इति श्रुत्वापि तद्वाक्यं सा नम्रवदनानघ
āśīrbhirabhinaṃdyainaṃ bharataṃ māṃ ca vīkṣaya | iti śrutvāpi tadvākyaṃ sā namravadanānagha
Greet this Bharata with blessings, and look upon me too. Even having heard those words, she, with face bowed down, O sinless one,
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PdP 5 4.22
शनैः शनैः प्रत्युवाच राम गच्छ स्वमालयम् । रामोऽपि श्रुत्वा वचनं जनन्याः पुरुषोत्तमः
śanaiḥ śanaiḥ pratyuvāca rāma gaccha svamālayam | rāmo'pi śrutvā vacanaṃ jananyāḥ puruṣottamaḥ
replied very softly: "Rāma, go to your own dwelling." And Rāma, the best of men, having heard his mother's words,
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PdP 5 4.23
नमस्कृत्य ययौ गेहं सुमित्रायाः कृपानिधिः । सुमित्रा पुत्रसहितं रामं दृष्ट्वा महामनाः
namaskṛtya yayau gehaṃ sumitrāyāḥ kṛpānidhiḥ | sumitrā putrasahitaṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāmanāḥ
having bowed, the treasury of compassion went to the house of Sumitrā. Sumitrā, high-minded, seeing Rāma together with her son,
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PdP 5 4.24
चिरंजीव चिरंजीव ह्याशीर्भिरिति चाभ्यधात् । मातुश्च रामभद्रोऽपि चरणौ प्रणिपत्य च
ciraṃjīva ciraṃjīva hyāśīrbhiriti cābhyadhāt | mātuśca rāmabhadro'pi caraṇau praṇipatya ca
uttered blessings thus: "Live long, live long!" And Rāmabhadra too, having fallen at his mother's feet,
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PdP 5 4.25
परिष्वज्य मुदायुक्तो जगाद वचनं पुनः । रत्नगर्भे मम भ्रात्रा केनापि न कृतं तथा
pariṣvajya mudāyukto jagāda vacanaṃ punaḥ | ratnagarbhe mama bhrātrā kenāpi na kṛtaṃ tathā
and embracing (her), filled with joy, spoke words again: "O jewel-wombed one, what my brother did was not done so by anyone,
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PdP 5 4.26
यथायमकरोद्धीमान्ममदुःखापनोदनम्
yathāyamakaroddhīmānmamaduḥkhāpanodanam
as this wise one accomplished the removal of my sorrow.
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PdP 5 4.27
रावणेन हृता सीता मया यत्प्राप्यते पुनः । मातस्तत्सर्वमाविद्धि लक्ष्मणस्य विचेष्टितम्
rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā mayā yatprāpyate punaḥ | mātastatsarvamāviddhi lakṣmaṇasya viceṣṭitam
Sītā was carried off by Rāvaṇa, and that she is regained by me — mother, know all that to be the doing of Lakṣmaṇa."
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PdP 5 4.28
दत्तामाशिषमागृह्य शिरसायं सुमित्रया । निजमातुश्च भवनं प्रययौ विबुधैर्वृतः
dattāmāśiṣamāgṛhya śirasāyaṃ sumitrayā | nijamātuśca bhavanaṃ prayayau vibudhairvṛtaḥ
Receiving with his head the blessing given by Sumitrā, he went to his own mother's house, surrounded by the wise.
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PdP 5 4.29
मातरं वीक्ष्य हृषितां निजदर्शनलालसाम् । स्वयानादवरुह्याशु चरणावग्रहीद्धरिः
mātaraṃ vīkṣya hṛṣitāṃ nijadarśanalālasām | svayānādavaruhyāśu caraṇāvagrahīddhariḥ
Seeing his mother delighted, longing for the sight of him, Hari quickly got down from his vehicle and clasped her feet.
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PdP 5 4.30
माता तद्दर्शनोत्कंठा विह्वलीकृतमानसा । परिष्वज्य परिष्वज्य रामं मुदमवाप सा
mātā taddarśanotkaṃṭhā vihvalīkṛtamānasā | pariṣvajya pariṣvajya rāmaṃ mudamavāpa sā
The mother, yearning for the sight of him, her mind overwhelmed, embracing Rāma again and again, attained joy.
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PdP 5 4.31
शरीरे रोमहर्षोऽभूद्गद्गदा वागभूत्तदा । हर्षाश्रूणि तु सोष्णानि प्रवाहं प्रापुरापदात्
śarīre romaharṣo'bhūdgadgadā vāgabhūttadā | harṣāśrūṇi tu soṣṇāni pravāhaṃ prāpurāpadāt
There was bristling of hair on her body, and then her speech became choked; but hot tears of joy flowed in a stream from the (past) calamity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 4.32
जननीं वीक्ष्य विनयी ताटंकद्वयवर्जिताम् । कराकल्प पदाकल्परहितां बिभ्रतीं तनुम्
jananīṃ vīkṣya vinayī tāṭaṃkadvayavarjitām | karākalpa padākalparahitāṃ bibhratīṃ tanum
The modest one, seeing his mother deprived of her pair of earrings, bearing a body devoid of hand-ornaments and foot-ornaments,
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PdP 5 4.33
किंचित्स्वदर्शनाद्धृष्टां कृशांगीं तां स शोकभाक् । दुःखस्य समयो नायमिति मत्वा जगाद ताम्
kiṃcitsvadarśanāddhṛṣṭāṃ kṛśāṃgīṃ tāṃ sa śokabhāk | duḥkhasya samayo nāyamiti matvā jagāda tām
somewhat gladdened by the sight of him, thin-limbed — he, sharing in sorrow, thinking "this is not the time for grief," spoke to her.
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PdP 5 4.34
श्रीराम उवाच। मातर्मया त्वच्चरणौ चिरकालं न सेवितौ । ततः क्षमस्वापराधं भाग्यहीनस्य वै मम
śrīrāma uvāca| mātarmayā tvaccaraṇau cirakālaṃ na sevitau | tataḥ kṣamasvāparādhaṃ bhāgyahīnasya vai mama
Śrī Rāma said: Mother, for a long time your feet were not served by me; therefore forgive the offence of me, luckless indeed.
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PdP 5 4.35
ये पुत्रा मातापित्रोर्न शुश्रूषायां समुत्सुकाः । ते मंतव्याः परा मातः कीटका रेतसो भवाः
ye putrā mātāpitrorna śuśrūṣāyāṃ samutsukāḥ | te maṃtavyāḥ parā mātaḥ kīṭakā retaso bhavāḥ
Those sons who are not eager in the service of mother and father — they, O supreme mother, are to be considered worms born of semen.
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PdP 5 4.36
किं कुर्वे जनकाज्ञातो गतो वै दंडकं वनम् । तत्रापि त्वत्कृपापांगात्तीर्णोऽस्मि दुःखसागरम्
kiṃ kurve janakājñāto gato vai daṃḍakaṃ vanam | tatrāpi tvatkṛpāpāṃgāttīrṇo'smi duḥkhasāgaram
What could I do? Commanded by my father I went to the Daṇḍaka forest. Even there, by the sidelong glance of your grace, I have crossed the ocean of sorrow.
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PdP 5 4.37
रावणेन हृता सीता लंकायां गमिता पुनः । त्वत्कृपातो मया लब्धा तं हत्वा राक्षसेश्वरम्
rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā laṃkāyāṃ gamitā punaḥ | tvatkṛpāto mayā labdhā taṃ hatvā rākṣaseśvaram
Sītā was carried off by Rāvaṇa and taken away to Laṅkā; by your grace she was recovered by me, after I had slain that lord of the demons.
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PdP 5 4.38
सीतेयं त्वच्चरणयोः पतिता वै पतिव्रता । संभावयाशु चकितां त्वत्पादार्पितमानसाम्
sīteyaṃ tvaccaraṇayoḥ patitā vai pativratā | saṃbhāvayāśu cakitāṃ tvatpādārpitamānasām
This Sītā, devoted to her husband, has fallen at your feet; welcome her at once, trembling as she is, her mind laid at your feet.
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PdP 5 4.39
इति श्रुत्वा तु तद्वाक्यं पादयोः पतितां स्नुषाम् । आशीर्भिरभियुज्यैनां बभाषे तां पतिव्रताम्
iti śrutvā tu tadvākyaṃ pādayoḥ patitāṃ snuṣām | āśīrbhirabhiyujyaināṃ babhāṣe tāṃ pativratām
Hearing that speech of his, (she) joined her daughter-in-law, who had fallen at her feet, with blessings, and spoke to her, the devoted wife.
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PdP 5 4.40
सीते स्वपतिना सार्द्धं चिरं विलस भामिनि । पुत्रौ प्रसूय च कुलं स्वकं पावय पावने
sīte svapatinā sārddhaṃ ciraṃ vilasa bhāmini | putrau prasūya ca kulaṃ svakaṃ pāvaya pāvane
"Sītā, O fair lady, take delight long with your own husband; and having borne two sons, purify your own family, O pure one."
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PdP 5 4.41
त्वत्सदृश्यः पतिपराः पतिदुःखसुखानुगाः । भवंति दुःखभागिन्यो न हि सत्यं जगत्त्रये
tvatsadṛśyaḥ patiparāḥ patiduḥkhasukhānugāḥ | bhavaṃti duḥkhabhāginyo na hi satyaṃ jagattraye
"Women like you, devoted to their husbands, following their husband's sorrow and joy — truly there are none in the three worlds who share (his) grief (as you do)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 4.42
विदेहपुत्रि स्वकुलं त्वया पावितमात्मना । रामपादाब्जयुगलमनुयांत्या महावनम्
videhaputri svakulaṃ tvayā pāvitamātmanā | rāmapādābjayugalamanuyāṃtyā mahāvanam
"O daughter of Videha, by you your own family has been purified by yourself, as you followed the pair of Rāma's lotus-feet into the great forest."
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PdP 5 4.43
किं चित्रं यत्पुमांसस्तु वैरिकोटिप्रभंजनाः । येषां गेहे सती भार्या स्वपतिप्रियवाञ्छिका
kiṃ citraṃ yatpumāṃsastu vairikoṭiprabhaṃjanāḥ | yeṣāṃ gehe satī bhāryā svapatipriyavāñchikā
"What wonder is it that men are crushers of a crore of enemies, in whose house there is a virtuous wife who desires her own husband's pleasure?"
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PdP 5 4.44
इत्युक्त्वा रघुनाथस्य भार्यामंचितलोचनाम् । तूष्णीं बभूव हृषिता प्रहृष्टस्वतनूरुहा
ityuktvā raghunāthasya bhāryāmaṃcitalocanām | tūṣṇīṃ babhūva hṛṣitā prahṛṣṭasvatanūruhā
Having said this to the wife of the Lord of the Raghus, whose eyes were (thus) honoured, she fell silent, delighted, the hairs of her body bristling with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 4.45
अथ भ्रातास्य भरतः पित्रा दत्तं निजं महत् । राज्यं निवेदयामास रामचंद्राय धीमते
atha bhrātāsya bharataḥ pitrā dattaṃ nijaṃ mahat | rājyaṃ nivedayāmāsa rāmacaṃdrāya dhīmate
Then his brother Bharata offered up to the wise Rāmacandra the great kingdom that was his own, given (to him) by his father.
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PdP 5 4.46
मंत्रिणस्ते प्रहृष्टांगा दैवज्ञान्मंत्रकोविदान् । आहूय सुमुहूर्तंते पप्रच्छुः परमादरात्
maṃtriṇaste prahṛṣṭāṃgā daivajñānmaṃtrakovidān | āhūya sumuhūrtaṃte papracchuḥ paramādarāt
Those ministers, their limbs thrilled with joy, summoned astrologers skilled in counsel and asked them, with the greatest respect, about an auspicious moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 4.47
शुभे मुहूर्ते सुदिने शुभनक्षत्रसंयुते । अभिषेकं महाराज्ये कारयामासुरुद्यताः
śubhe muhūrte sudine śubhanakṣatrasaṃyute | abhiṣekaṃ mahārājye kārayāmāsurudyatāḥ
At an auspicious moment, on a good day joined with an auspicious constellation, they eagerly had the consecration performed for the great kingship.
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PdP 5 4.48
सप्तद्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं व्याघ्रचर्मणि सुंदरे । लिखित्वोपरि राजेंद्रो महाराजोधितस्थिवान्
saptadvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ vyāghracarmaṇi suṃdare | likhitvopari rājeṃdro mahārājodhitasthivān
Having drawn the earth with its seven continents upon a beautiful tiger-skin, that lord of kings, the great king, sat down upon it.
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PdP 5 4.49
तद्दिनादेव साधूनां मनांसि प्रमुदं ययुः । दुष्टानां चेतसो ग्लानिरभवत्परतापिनाम्
taddinādeva sādhūnāṃ manāṃsi pramudaṃ yayuḥ | duṣṭānāṃ cetaso glānirabhavatparatāpinām
From that very day the minds of the good went to joy, and there was a withering of the thoughts of the wicked who torment others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 4.50
स्त्रियस्तु पतिभक्त्या च पतिव्रतपरायणाः । मनसापि कदा पापं नाचरंति जना मुने
striyastu patibhaktyā ca pativrataparāyaṇāḥ | manasāpi kadā pāpaṃ nācaraṃti janā mune
And the women, through devotion to their husbands, were intent upon the vow of fidelity; the people, O sage, never committed sin even in thought.
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PdP 5 4.51
दैत्यादेवास्तथा नागा यक्षासुरमहोरगाः । सर्वे न्यायपथे स्थित्वा रामाज्ञां शिरसा दधुः
daityādevāstathā nāgā yakṣāsuramahoragāḥ | sarve nyāyapathe sthitvā rāmājñāṃ śirasā dadhuḥ
Demons and gods, and likewise nāgas, yakṣas, asuras and great serpents — all stood on the path of justice and bore Rāma's command upon their heads.
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PdP 5 4.52
परोपकरणेयुक्ताः स्वधर्मसुखनिर्वृताः । विद्याविनोदगमिता दिनरात्रिक्षणाः शुभाः
paropakaraṇeyuktāḥ svadharmasukhanirvṛtāḥ | vidyāvinodagamitā dinarātrikṣaṇāḥ śubhāḥ
(They were) intent on helping others, content in the happiness of their own duty; their days, nights and moments passed auspiciously in the pleasure of learning.
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PdP 5 4.53
वातोऽपि मार्गसंस्थानां बलान्नाहरते महान् । वासांस्यपि तु सूक्ष्माणि तत्र चौरकथा नहि
vāto'pi mārgasaṃsthānāṃ balānnāharate mahān | vāsāṃsyapi tu sūkṣmāṇi tatra caurakathā nahi
Not even the great wind carried off by force the garments — even the fine ones — of those staying on the roads; there was no talk of thieves there.
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PdP 5 4.54
धनदो ह्यर्थिनां रामः कारुण्यश्च कृपानिधिः । भ्रातृभिः सहितो नित्यं गुरुदेवस्तुतिं व्यधात्
dhanado hyarthināṃ rāmaḥ kāruṇyaśca kṛpānidhiḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito nityaṃ gurudevastutiṃ vyadhāt
For Rāma was a giver of wealth to petitioners, and compassion (itself), a treasury of mercy; together with his brothers he daily performed praise of teachers and gods.
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