Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 66
PdP 5 66.1
शेष उवाच। कथितौ वै सुमतिना वाल्मीकेराश्रमे शिशू । पुत्रौ स्वीयाविति ज्ञात्वा वाल्मीकिं प्रति संजगौ
śeṣa uvāca| kathitau vai sumatinā vālmīkerāśrame śiśū | putrau svīyāviti jñātvā vālmīkiṃ prati saṃjagau
Śeṣa said: The two boys in Vālmīki's hermitage were described by Sumati; knowing them to be his own sons, he spoke concerning Vālmīki.
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PdP 5 66.2
श्रीराम उवाच। कौ शिशू मम सारूप्यधारकौ बलिनां वरौ । किमर्थं तिष्ठतस्तत्र धनुर्विद्याविशारदौ
śrīrāma uvāca| kau śiśū mama sārūpyadhārakau balināṃ varau | kimarthaṃ tiṣṭhatastatra dhanurvidyāviśāradau
Śrī Rāma said: Who are these two boys, bearing a likeness to me, the best of the strong? For what purpose do they stay there, expert in the science of the bow?
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PdP 5 66.3
अमात्यकथितौ श्रुत्वा विस्मयो मम जायते । यौ शत्रुघ्नं हनूमंतं लीलयांग बबंधतुः
amātyakathitau śrutvā vismayo mama jāyate | yau śatrughnaṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ līlayāṃga babaṃdhatuḥ
Hearing (of) the two as described by the minister, astonishment arises in me — the two who bound the limbs of Śatrughna and Hanumān in play.
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PdP 5 66.4
तस्माच्छंस मुने सर्वं बालयोश्च विचेष्टितम् । यथा मे परमा प्रीतिर्भवत्येवमभीप्सिता
tasmācchaṃsa mune sarvaṃ bālayośca viceṣṭitam | yathā me paramā prītirbhavatyevamabhīpsitā
"Therefore tell (me), sage, everything—also the doings of the two boys—in such a way that supreme delight arises in me; that is what I wish."
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PdP 5 66.5
इति तत्कथितं श्रुत्वा राजराजस्य धीमतः । उवाच परमं वाक्यं स्पष्टाक्षरसमन्वितम्
iti tatkathitaṃ śrutvā rājarājasya dhīmataḥ | uvāca paramaṃ vākyaṃ spaṣṭākṣarasamanvitam
Having heard that spoken by the wise king of kings, (Vālmīki) uttered supreme words furnished with distinct syllables.
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PdP 5 66.6
वाल्मीकिरुवाच। तवांतर्यामिणो नॄणां कथं ज्ञानं च नो भवेत् । तथापि कथयाम्यत्र तव संतोषहेतवे
vālmīkiruvāca| tavāṃtaryāmiṇo nṝṇāṃ kathaṃ jñānaṃ ca no bhavet | tathāpi kathayāmyatra tava saṃtoṣahetave
Vālmīki said: How could there be for us men any knowledge of you, who are the inner controller? Yet even so I shall tell it here, for the sake of your satisfaction.
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PdP 5 66.7
राजन्यौ बालकौ मह्यमाश्रमे बलिनां वरौ । त्वत्सारूप्यधरौ स्वांगमनोहरवपुर्धरौ
rājanyau bālakau mahyamāśrame balināṃ varau | tvatsārūpyadharau svāṃgamanoharavapurdharau
Two royal boys (came) to me in the hermitage, the best of the strong, bearing a likeness to you, bearing bodies charming in every limb.
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PdP 5 66.8
त्वया यदा वने त्यक्ता जानकी वै निरागसी । अंतर्वत्नी वने घोरे विलपंती मुहुर्मुहुः
tvayā yadā vane tyaktā jānakī vai nirāgasī | aṃtarvatnī vane ghore vilapaṃtī muhurmuhuḥ
When Jānakī, who was without fault and pregnant, was abandoned by you in the forest, lamenting again and again in that terrible wood—
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PdP 5 66.9
कुररीमिव दुःखार्तां वीक्ष्याहं तव वल्लभाम् । जनकस्य सुतां पुण्यामाश्रमे त्वानयं तदा
kurarīmiva duḥkhārtāṃ vīkṣyāhaṃ tava vallabhām | janakasya sutāṃ puṇyāmāśrame tvānayaṃ tadā
—seeing your beloved, the holy daughter of Janaka, stricken with grief like an osprey, I then brought her to the hermitage.
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PdP 5 66.10
तस्याः पर्णकुटीरम्या रचिता मुनिपुत्रकैः । तस्यामसूत पुत्रौ द्वौ भासयंतौ दिशो दश
tasyāḥ parṇakuṭīramyā racitā muniputrakaiḥ | tasyāmasūta putrau dvau bhāsayaṃtau diśo daśa
A pleasant hut of leaves was built for her by the sages' sons; in it she bore two sons who lit up the ten directions.
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PdP 5 66.11
तयोरकरवं नाम कुशो लव इति स्फुटम् । ववृधातेऽनिशं तत्र शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी
tayorakaravaṃ nāma kuśo lava iti sphuṭam | vavṛdhāte'niśaṃ tatra śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī
I made their names, clearly, Kuśa and Lava; there they grew continually, as the moon in the bright fortnight.
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PdP 5 66.12
कालेनोपनयाद्यानि सर्वाणि कृतवानहम् । वेदान्सांगानहं सर्वान्ग्राहयामास भूपते
kālenopanayādyāni sarvāṇi kṛtavānaham | vedānsāṃgānahaṃ sarvāngrāhayāmāsa bhūpate
In due time I performed all the rites, beginning with the initiation; I had them learn all the Vedas together with their auxiliary sciences, O lord of the earth.
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PdP 5 66.13
सर्वाणि सरहस्यानि शृणुष्व मुखतो मम । आयुर्वेदं धनुर्विद्यां शस्त्रविद्यां तथैव च
sarvāṇi sarahasyāni śṛṇuṣva mukhato mama | āyurvedaṃ dhanurvidyāṃ śastravidyāṃ tathaiva ca
Hear all of them, with their secrets, from my mouth: the science of life (Āyurveda), the science of the bow, and likewise the science of weapons,
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PdP 5 66.14
विद्यां जालंधरीं चाथ संगीतकुशलौ कृतौ । गंगाकूले गायमानौ लताकुंजवनेषु च
vidyāṃ jālaṃdharīṃ cātha saṃgītakuśalau kṛtau | gaṃgākūle gāyamānau latākuṃjavaneṣu ca
and the Jālandharī science; then the two were made skilled in music, singing on the bank of the Gaṅgā and in the groves and bowers of creepers.
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PdP 5 66.15
चंचलौ चलचित्तौ तौ सर्वविद्याविशारदौ । तदाहमतिसंतोषं प्राप्तश्चाहं रघूत्तम
caṃcalau calacittau tau sarvavidyāviśāradau | tadāhamatisaṃtoṣaṃ prāptaścāhaṃ raghūttama
Restless, of mobile mind, the two were versed in every science; then I attained the greatest satisfaction, O best of the Raghus.
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PdP 5 66.16
दत्त्वा सर्वाणि चास्त्राणि मस्तके निहितः करः । अतीवगानकुशलौ दृष्ट्वा लोका विसिष्मिरे । षड्जमध्यमगांधारस्वरभेदविशारदौ
dattvā sarvāṇi cāstrāṇi mastake nihitaḥ karaḥ | atīvagānakuśalau dṛṣṭvā lokā visiṣmire | ṣaḍjamadhyamagāṃdhārasvarabhedaviśāradau
Having given (them) all the weapons, (my) hand was laid upon (their) head; seeing (them) exceedingly skilled in song, people were amazed—(the two being) versed in the distinctions of the notes ṣaḍja, madhyama and gāndhāra.
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PdP 5 66.17
तथाविधौ विलोक्याहं गापयामि मनोहरम् । भविष्यज्ञानयोगाच्च कृतं रामायणं शुभम्
tathāvidhau vilokyāhaṃ gāpayāmi manoharam | bhaviṣyajñānayogācca kṛtaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ śubham
Seeing the two to be of such a kind, I have them sing charmingly; and through possessing knowledge of the future, the auspicious Rāmāyaṇa was composed (by me).
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PdP 5 66.18
मृदंगपणवाद्यादि यंत्रवीणाविशारदौ । वनेवने च गायंतौ मृगपक्षिविमोहकौ
mṛdaṃgapaṇavādyādi yaṃtravīṇāviśāradau | vanevane ca gāyaṃtau mṛgapakṣivimohakau
Expert in the mṛdaṅga, the paṇava and other instruments, in the yantra and the vīṇā, singing in forest after forest, bewildering the beasts and the birds—
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PdP 5 66.19
अद्भुतं गीतमाधुर्यं तव रामकुमारयोः । श्रोतुं तौ वरुणो बाला वा निनाय विभावरीम्
adbhutaṃ gītamādhuryaṃ tava rāmakumārayoḥ | śrotuṃ tau varuṇo bālā vā nināya vibhāvarīm
Wondrous is the sweetness of the song of your two sons, O Rāma; to hear it Varuṇa led the boys away through the night.
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PdP 5 66.20
मनोहरवयोरूपौ गानविद्याब्धिपारगौ । कुमारौ जगदुस्तत्र लोकेशादेशतः कलम्
manoharavayorūpau gānavidyābdhipāragau | kumārau jagadustatra lokeśādeśataḥ kalam
The two princes, charming in age and form, who had crossed the ocean of the art of song, sang there sweetly at the command of the lord of the world (Varuṇa).
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PdP 5 66.21
परमं मधुरं रम्यं पवित्रं चरितं तव । शुश्राव वरुणः सार्द्धं कुटुंबेन च गायकैः
paramaṃ madhuraṃ ramyaṃ pavitraṃ caritaṃ tava | śuśrāva varuṇaḥ sārddhaṃ kuṭuṃbena ca gāyakaiḥ
Varuṇa, together with his household and with his singers, heard your supremely sweet, delightful, purifying story.
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PdP 5 66.22
शृण्वन्नैव गतस्तृप्तिं मित्रेण वरुणः सह । सुधातोऽपि परं स्वादुचरितं रघुनंदन
śṛṇvannaiva gatastṛptiṃ mitreṇa varuṇaḥ saha | sudhāto'pi paraṃ svāducaritaṃ raghunaṃdana
Even while listening, Varuṇa along with Mitra did not reach satiety; your story is sweeter even than nectar, O joy of the Raghus.
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PdP 5 66.23
गानानंदमहालोभ हृतप्राणेंद्रियक्रियः । प्रत्यागंतुं दिदेशासौ कुमारौ न हि तावकौ
gānānaṃdamahālobha hṛtaprāṇeṃdriyakriyaḥ | pratyāgaṃtuṃ dideśāsau kumārau na hi tāvakau
With the workings of his breath and senses carried off by the great craving for the delight of song, he did not order your two princes to return.
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PdP 5 66.24
रमणीय महाभोगैर्लोभितावपि बालकौ । चलितौ न गुरोश्चात्ममातुः पादांबुजस्मृतेः
ramaṇīya mahābhogairlobhitāvapi bālakau | calitau na guroścātmamātuḥ pādāṃbujasmṛteḥ
Though the two boys were tempted with delightful, great enjoyments, they did not waver, because of the remembrance of the lotus feet of their teacher and of their own mother.
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PdP 5 66.25
अहं चापि गतः पश्चाद्वरुणालयमुत्तमम् । वरुणः प्रेमसहितः पूजां चक्रे मम प्रभो
ahaṃ cāpi gataḥ paścādvaruṇālayamuttamam | varuṇaḥ premasahitaḥ pūjāṃ cakre mama prabho
And afterwards I too went to the excellent abode of Varuṇa; Varuṇa, full of affection, offered worship to me, O lord.
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PdP 5 66.26
पृच्छते जन्मकर्मादि सर्वज्ञायापि बालयोः । वरुणायाब्रुवं सर्वं जन्मविद्याद्युपागमम्
pṛcchate janmakarmādi sarvajñāyāpi bālayoḥ | varuṇāyābruvaṃ sarvaṃ janmavidyādyupāgamam
To Varuṇa, who asked about the birth, deeds and the rest of the two boys—though he was all-knowing—I told everything: their birth, their acquiring of learning, and so on.
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PdP 5 66.27
श्रुत्वा सीतासुतौ देवः स चक्रेंबरभूषणैः । देवदत्तमिति ग्राह्यमिति मद्वाक्यगौरवात्
śrutvā sītāsutau devaḥ sa cakreṃbarabhūṣaṇaiḥ | devadattamiti grāhyamiti madvākyagauravāt
Hearing that they were Sītā's sons, that god honoured (them) with garments and ornaments, (saying) "This is god-given, it should be accepted," out of respect for my words.
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PdP 5 66.28
आहृतं राजपुत्राभ्यां यद्दत्तं वरुणेन तत् । प्रसन्नेन तयोर्वाद्यगानविद्यावयोगुणैः । ततो मामब्रवीत्सीतामुद्दिश्य वरुणः कृती
āhṛtaṃ rājaputrābhyāṃ yaddattaṃ varuṇena tat | prasannena tayorvādyagānavidyāvayoguṇaiḥ | tato māmabravītsītāmuddiśya varuṇaḥ kṛtī
What was given by Varuṇa, who was pleased with their instrumental music, singing, learning, youth and virtues, was taken by the two princes. Then the accomplished Varuṇa spoke to me with reference to Sītā:
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PdP 5 66.29
सीतापति व्रताधुर्या रूपशीलवयोन्विता । वीरपुत्रा महाभागा त्यागं नार्हति कर्हिचित्
sītāpati vratādhuryā rūpaśīlavayonvitā | vīraputrā mahābhāgā tyāgaṃ nārhati karhicit
Foremost in the vow of devotion to her husband, endowed with beauty, character and youth, mother of heroic sons, greatly blessed—Sītā does not at any time deserve abandonment.
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PdP 5 66.30
महती हानिरेतस्यास्त्यागे हि रघुनंदन । सिद्धीनां परमासिद्धिरेषा ते ह्यनपायिनी
mahatī hāniretasyāstyāge hi raghunaṃdana | siddhīnāṃ paramāsiddhireṣā te hyanapāyinī
Great is the loss in abandoning her, O delight of the Raghus; she is the supreme attainment among all attainments for you, and one that never departs.
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PdP 5 66.31
पामरैर्महिमानास्या ज्ञायते यदि दूषितैः । का हानिस्तावता राम पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तन
pāmarairmahimānāsyā jñāyate yadi dūṣitaiḥ | kā hānistāvatā rāma puṇyaśravaṇakīrtana
If her greatness is not recognised by vulgar, tainted men, what loss is there by that much, O Rāma, the hearing and proclaiming of whom is meritorious?
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PdP 5 66.32
अस्मत्साक्षिकमेतस्याः पावनं चरितं सदा । सद्यस्ते सिद्धिमायांति ये सीतापदचिंतकाः
asmatsākṣikametasyāḥ pāvanaṃ caritaṃ sadā | sadyaste siddhimāyāṃti ye sītāpadaciṃtakāḥ
Her purifying conduct is always witnessed by us; those who meditate on Sītā's feet attain success at once.
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PdP 5 66.33
यस्याः संकल्पमात्रेण जन्मस्थितिलयादिकाः । भवंति जगतां नित्यं व्यापारा ऐश्वरा अमी
yasyāḥ saṃkalpamātreṇa janmasthitilayādikāḥ | bhavaṃti jagatāṃ nityaṃ vyāpārā aiśvarā amī
By whose mere will these lordly activities of the worlds—birth, continuance, dissolution and the rest—perpetually come to be.
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PdP 5 66.34
सीता मृत्युःसुधा चेयं तपत्येषा च वर्षति । स्वर्गो मोक्षस्तपो योगो दानं च तव जानकी
sītā mṛtyuḥsudhā ceyaṃ tapatyeṣā ca varṣati | svargo mokṣastapo yogo dānaṃ ca tava jānakī
Sītā is death and she is the nectar (of immortality); she burns and she rains; heaven, liberation, austerity, yoga and giving—(all these) are your Jānakī.
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PdP 5 66.35
ब्रह्माणं शिवमन्यांश्च लोकपालान्मदादिकान् । करोत्येषा करोत्येव नान्या सीता तव प्रिया
brahmāṇaṃ śivamanyāṃśca lokapālānmadādikān | karotyeṣā karotyeva nānyā sītā tava priyā
Brahmā, Śiva, and the other world-guardians beginning with me—she makes them, she indeed makes them; Sītā, your beloved, is no other (than that).
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PdP 5 66.36
त्वं पिता सर्वलोकानां सीता च जननीत्यतः । कुदृष्टिरत्र तु क्षेमयोग्या न तव कर्हिचित्
tvaṃ pitā sarvalokānāṃ sītā ca jananītyataḥ | kudṛṣṭiratra tu kṣemayogyā na tava karhicit
You are the father of all the worlds and Sītā the mother; therefore an ill view in this matter is never conducive to your welfare.
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PdP 5 66.37
वेत्ति सीतां सदा शुद्धां सर्वज्ञो भगवान्स्वयम् । भवानपि सुतां भूमेः प्राणादपि गरीयसीम्
vetti sītāṃ sadā śuddhāṃ sarvajño bhagavānsvayam | bhavānapi sutāṃ bhūmeḥ prāṇādapi garīyasīm
The all-knowing Lord himself knows Sītā to be ever pure; and you too (know) the daughter of the Earth to be weightier than life itself.
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PdP 5 66.38
आदर्तव्या त्वया तस्मात्प्रिया शुद्धेति जानकी । न च शापपराभूतिः सीतायां त्वयि वा विभो
ādartavyā tvayā tasmātpriyā śuddheti jānakī | na ca śāpaparābhūtiḥ sītāyāṃ tvayi vā vibho
Therefore Jānakī, your beloved, is to be honoured by you as pure; and there is no overthrow by a curse either in Sītā or in you, O mighty one.
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PdP 5 66.39
इमानि मम वाक्यानि वाच्यानि जगतां पतिम् । रामं प्रति त्वया साक्षाद्वाल्मीके मुनिसत्तम
imāni mama vākyāni vācyāni jagatāṃ patim | rāmaṃ prati tvayā sākṣādvālmīke munisattama
These words of mine are to be spoken by you in person to Rāma, the lord of the worlds, O Vālmīki, best of sages.
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PdP 5 66.40
इत्युक्तो वरुणेनाहं सीतासंग्रहकारणात् । एवमेव हि सर्वैश्च लोकपालैरपि प्रभो
ityukto varuṇenāhaṃ sītāsaṃgrahakāraṇāt | evameva hi sarvaiśca lokapālairapi prabho
Thus was I addressed by Varuṇa, for the sake of taking Sītā back; and in just this same way by all the world-guardians too, O lord.
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PdP 5 66.41
श्रुतं रामायणोद्गानं पुत्राभ्यां ते सुरासुरैः । गंधर्वैरपि सर्वैश्च कौतुकाविष्टमानसैः
śrutaṃ rāmāyaṇodgānaṃ putrābhyāṃ te surāsuraiḥ | gaṃdharvairapi sarvaiśca kautukāviṣṭamānasaiḥ
The singing forth of the Rāmāyaṇa by your two sons was heard by gods and demons, and by all the gandharvas as well, their minds seized with wonder.
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PdP 5 66.42
प्रसन्ना एव सर्वेऽपि प्रशशंसुः सुतौ च ते । त्रैलोक्यं मोहितं ताभ्यां रूपगानवयोगुणैः
prasannā eva sarve'pi praśaśaṃsuḥ sutau ca te | trailokyaṃ mohitaṃ tābhyāṃ rūpagānavayoguṇaiḥ
All of them, well pleased, praised your two sons; the three worlds were entranced by them, by their beauty, their singing, their youth and their virtues.
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PdP 5 66.43
दत्तं यल्लोकपालैस्तु सुताभ्यां स्वीकृतं हि तत् । ऋषिभिश्च वरा आभ्यामन्येभ्यः कीर्तिरेव च
dattaṃ yallokapālaistu sutābhyāṃ svīkṛtaṃ hi tat | ṛṣibhiśca varā ābhyāmanyebhyaḥ kīrtireva ca
What was given by the world-guardians was accepted by your sons; and from the sages (came) boons for these two, and from the others fame alone.
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PdP 5 66.44
एकरामं जगत्सर्वं पूर्वं मुनिविलोकितम् । त्रिराममधुना जांतं सुताभ्यां तेखिलेक्षितम्
ekarāmaṃ jagatsarvaṃ pūrvaṃ munivilokitam | trirāmamadhunā jāṃtaṃ sutābhyāṃ tekhilekṣitam
Formerly the whole world was seen by the sage as having one Rāma (one delight); now it has become one with three Rāmas, seen entire (or: seen by all) through your two sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.45
एककामपरामूर्तिर्लोके पूर्वमवेक्षिता । कामैश्चतुर्भिरद्यायं जायते च यतस्ततः
ekakāmaparāmūrtirloke pūrvamavekṣitā | kāmaiścaturbhiradyāyaṃ jāyate ca yatastataḥ
Formerly in the world a single supreme embodiment of desire was beheld; now this (world) comes to be with four desires, here and there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.46
सर्वत्रान्यत्र राजेंद्र रामपुत्रौ कुशीलवौ । गीयते अत्र संकोचः किं कृतो विदुषि त्वयि
sarvatrānyatra rājeṃdra rāmaputrau kuśīlavau | gīyate atra saṃkocaḥ kiṃ kṛto viduṣi tvayi
Everywhere else, O chief of kings, the two sons of Rāma are sung of as Kuśa and Lava; why has this reticence been made here in you, who are wise?
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PdP 5 66.47
कृतेषु तव सर्वेषु श्रूयते महती स्तुतिः । त्यागादन्यत्र सीतायाः पुण्यश्लोकशिरोमणे
kṛteṣu tava sarveṣu śrūyate mahatī stutiḥ | tyāgādanyatra sītāyāḥ puṇyaślokaśiromaṇe
Great praise is heard concerning all your deeds, except for the abandonment of Sītā, O crest-jewel of those whose fame is holy.
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PdP 5 66.48
त्वया त्रैलोक्यनाथेन गार्हस्थ्यमनुकुर्वता । अंगीकार्यौ सुतौ रामविद्याशीलगुणान्वितौ
tvayā trailokyanāthena gārhasthyamanukurvatā | aṃgīkāryau sutau rāmavidyāśīlaguṇānvitau
By you, the lord of the three worlds, who are enacting household life, the two sons, O Rāma, endowed with learning, character and virtue, are to be accepted.
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PdP 5 66.49
न तौ स्वां मातरं हित्वा स्थास्यतोऽभवदंतिके । जनन्या सहितौ तस्मादाकार्यौ भवता सुतौ
na tau svāṃ mātaraṃ hitvā sthāsyato'bhavadaṃtike | jananyā sahitau tasmādākāryau bhavatā sutau
Those two will not stay near you, abandoning their own mother; therefore the two sons are to be summoned by you together with their mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.50
दत्त एव तयेदानीं सेनासंजीवनात्पुनः । प्रत्ययः सर्वलोकानां पावनः पततामपि
datta eva tayedānīṃ senāsaṃjīvanātpunaḥ | pratyayaḥ sarvalokānāṃ pāvanaḥ patatāmapi
Proof has indeed already been given by her now, again, by the reviving of the army—(proof) purifying for all the worlds, even for the fallen.
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PdP 5 66.51
नाज्ञातं तेन चास्माकं नामराणां च मानद । शुद्धौ तस्यास्तु लोकानां यन्नष्टं तदिह ध्रुवम्
nājñātaṃ tena cāsmākaṃ nāmarāṇāṃ ca mānada | śuddhau tasyāstu lokānāṃ yannaṣṭaṃ tadiha dhruvam
And by that it is not unknown to us, nor to the immortals, O giver of honour; let there be her purification (in the eyes) of the worlds—what was lost, that is here (restored) for certain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.52
शेष उवाच। इति वाल्मीकिना रामः सर्वज्ञोऽप्यवबोधितः । स्तुत्वा नत्वा च वाल्मीकिं प्रत्युवाच स लक्ष्मणम्
śeṣa uvāca| iti vālmīkinā rāmaḥ sarvajño'pyavabodhitaḥ | stutvā natvā ca vālmīkiṃ pratyuvāca sa lakṣmaṇam
Śeṣa said: Thus Rāma, though all-knowing, was instructed by Vālmīki; and having praised and bowed to Vālmīki, he said in reply to Lakṣmaṇa:
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PdP 5 66.53
गच्छ ताताधुना सीतामानेतुं धर्मचारिणीम् । सपुत्रां रथमास्थाय सुमंत्रसहितः सखे
gaccha tātādhunā sītāmānetuṃ dharmacāriṇīm | saputrāṃ rathamāsthāya sumaṃtrasahitaḥ sakhe
"Go now, dear one, to bring Sītā, who walks in dharma, along with her sons, mounting the chariot, together with Sumantra, O friend.
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PdP 5 66.54
श्रावयित्वा ममेमानि मुनेश्च वचनान्यपि । संबोध्य च पुरीमेतां सीतां प्रत्यानयाशु ताम्
śrāvayitvā mamemāni muneśca vacanānyapi | saṃbodhya ca purīmetāṃ sītāṃ pratyānayāśu tām
Having caused these words of mine and of the sage also to be heard, and having informed this city, bring Sītā back quickly."
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PdP 5 66.55
लक्ष्मण उवाच। यास्यामि तव संदेशात्सर्वेषां नः प्रभोर्विभो । देव्या यास्यति चेद्देव यात्रा मे सफला ततः
lakṣmaṇa uvāca| yāsyāmi tava saṃdeśātsarveṣāṃ naḥ prabhorvibho | devyā yāsyati ceddeva yātrā me saphalā tataḥ
Lakṣmaṇa said: I shall go at your message, O lord of us all, O all-pervading one; and if the queen will come, O god, then my journey is fruitful.
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PdP 5 66.56
मयि सामाभ्यसूयैव पूर्वदोषवशात्सती । अनागतायां तस्यां तु क्षमस्वागंतुकं मम
mayi sāmābhyasūyaiva pūrvadoṣavaśātsatī | anāgatāyāṃ tasyāṃ tu kṣamasvāgaṃtukaṃ mama
The chaste lady has only resentment toward me, because of my former offence; but if she does not come, forgive my coming (back).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.57
इत्युक्त्वा लक्ष्मणो रामं रथे स्थित्वा नृपाज्ञया । सुमित्रमुनिशिष्याभ्यां युतोऽगाद्भूमिजाश्रमम्
ityuktvā lakṣmaṇo rāmaṃ rathe sthitvā nṛpājñayā | sumitramuniśiṣyābhyāṃ yuto'gādbhūmijāśramam
Having said this, Lakṣmaṇa, standing in the chariot at the king's command, went to the hermitage of the earth-born (Sītā), accompanied by Sumantra and the sage's disciple.
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PdP 5 66.58
कथं प्रसादनीया स्यात्सीता भगवती मया । पूर्वदोषं विजानंती रामाधीनस्य मे सदा
kathaṃ prasādanīyā syātsītā bhagavatī mayā | pūrvadoṣaṃ vijānaṃtī rāmādhīnasya me sadā
"How might the venerable Sītā be conciliated by me, she who knows the former offence of me, who am always dependent on Rāma?"
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PdP 5 66.59
एवं संचिंतयन्नंतर्हर्षसंकोच मध्यगः । लक्ष्मणः प्राप सीताया आश्रमं श्रमनाशनम्
evaṃ saṃciṃtayannaṃtarharṣasaṃkoca madhyagaḥ | lakṣmaṇaḥ prāpa sītāyā āśramaṃ śramanāśanam
Thinking thus, poised inwardly between joy and shrinking, Lakṣmaṇa reached Sītā's hermitage, the destroyer of weariness.
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PdP 5 66.60
रथात्सोथावरुह्यारादश्रुरुद्धविलोचनः । आर्ये पूज्ये भगवति शुभे इति वदन्मुहुः
rathātsothāvaruhyārādaśruruddhavilocanaḥ | ārye pūjye bhagavati śubhe iti vadanmuhuḥ
Descending from the chariot at a distance, his eyes brimming with checked tears, saying again and again, "Noble lady, revered one, holy one, auspicious one,"
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PdP 5 66.61
पपात पादयोस्तस्या वेपमानाखिलांगकः । उत्थापितस्तया देव्या प्रीतिविह्वलया स च
papāta pādayostasyā vepamānākhilāṃgakaḥ | utthāpitastayā devyā prītivihvalayā sa ca
he fell at her feet, his every limb trembling; and he was raised up by that goddess, who was overwhelmed with affection.
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PdP 5 66.62
किमर्थमागतः सौम्य वनं मुनिजनप्रियम् । आस्ते स कुशली देवः कौसल्याशुक्तिमौक्तिकः
kimarthamāgataḥ saumya vanaṃ munijanapriyam | āste sa kuśalī devaḥ kausalyāśuktimauktikaḥ
"For what purpose have you come, gentle one, to the forest dear to the company of sages? Is that lord well, the pearl of Kausalyā's oyster-shell?
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PdP 5 66.63
अरोषो मयि कश्चित्स कीर्त्या केवलयादृतः । कीर्त्यते सर्वलोकैश्च कल्याणगुणसागरः
aroṣo mayi kaścitsa kīrtyā kevalayādṛtaḥ | kīrtyate sarvalokaiśca kalyāṇaguṇasāgaraḥ
Has he no anger at all toward me—he who is honoured for fame alone, and who is celebrated by all the worlds, the ocean of auspicious qualities?
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PdP 5 66.64
अकीर्तिभीतिमापन्नस्त्यक्तुं मां त्वां नियुक्तवान् । यदि ततश्च लोकेषु कीर्तिस्तस्यामलाभवत्
akīrtibhītimāpannastyaktuṃ māṃ tvāṃ niyuktavān | yadi tataśca lokeṣu kīrtistasyāmalābhavat
"Overcome by fear of ill fame, he appointed you to abandon me. If thereby his fame among the peoples became spotless—"
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PdP 5 66.65
मृत्वापि पतिसत्कीर्तिं कुर्वंत्या मे हि सुस्थिरा । पतिसामीप्यमेवाशु भूयादेव हि देवर
mṛtvāpi patisatkīrtiṃ kurvaṃtyā me hi susthirā | patisāmīpyamevāśu bhūyādeva hi devara
"—then, for me, who even by dying make my husband's good name secure, let there be at once nearness to my husband, O brother-in-law."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.66
त्यक्तयापि मया तेन नासौ त्यक्तो मनागपि । फलं हि साधनायत्तं हेतुः फलवशो न तु रामायणगानंनाम षट्षष्टितमोऽध्यायः
tyaktayāpi mayā tena nāsau tyakto manāgapi | phalaṃ hi sādhanāyattaṃ hetuḥ phalavaśo na tu rāmāyaṇagānaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
"Though I have been abandoned (by him), he has not been abandoned by me even in the least. For the fruit depends upon the means, but the cause is not subject to the fruit." — Chapter sixty-six, called 'The Singing of the Rāmāyaṇa.'
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PdP 5 66.67
कौसल्याशल्यशून्यासौ कृपापूर्णा सदा मयि । आस्ते कुशलिनी यस्याः पुत्रस्त्रैलोक्यपालकः
kausalyāśalyaśūnyāsau kṛpāpūrṇā sadā mayi | āste kuśalinī yasyāḥ putrastrailokyapālakaḥ
"Is that Kausalyā free of the thorn (of grief), ever full of compassion toward me? Is she well, whose son is the protector of the three worlds?"
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PdP 5 66.68
सर्वे कुशलिनः संति भरताद्याश्च बांधवाः । सुमित्रा च महाभागा यस्याः प्राणादहं प्रिया
sarve kuśalinaḥ saṃti bharatādyāśca bāṃdhavāḥ | sumitrā ca mahābhāgā yasyāḥ prāṇādahaṃ priyā
"Are all well, and Bharata and the other kinsmen, and greatly blessed Sumitrā, to whom I was dearer than her own life?"
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PdP 5 66.69
मद्वत्किं त्वमपि त्यक्तः सर्वलोकेषु कीर्तये । राज्ञः किं दुस्त्यजं तस्य स्वात्मापि यस्य न प्रियः
madvatkiṃ tvamapi tyaktaḥ sarvalokeṣu kīrtaye | rājñaḥ kiṃ dustyajaṃ tasya svātmāpi yasya na priyaḥ
"Have you too, like me, been cast off for the sake of fame in all the worlds? What is hard to abandon for that king, to whom not even his own self is dear?"
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PdP 5 66.70
इत्येवं बहुधा पृष्टस्तया रामानुजः सताम् । उवाच कुशली देवः कुशलं त्वयि पृच्छति
ityevaṃ bahudhā pṛṣṭastayā rāmānujaḥ satām | uvāca kuśalī devaḥ kuśalaṃ tvayi pṛcchati
Thus questioned by her in many ways, the younger brother of Rāma, (the best) of the good, said: "The lord is well; he asks after your welfare."
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PdP 5 66.71
कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च याश्चान्या राजयोषितः । पप्रच्छुः कुशलं देवि प्रीत्या त्वामाशिषा सह
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca yāścānyā rājayoṣitaḥ | papracchuḥ kuśalaṃ devi prītyā tvāmāśiṣā saha
"Kausalyā and Sumitrā and the other wives of the king asked after your welfare with affection, O queen, together with a blessing."
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PdP 5 66.72
कुशलप्रश्नपूर्वं हि तव पादाभिवंदनम् । निवेदयामि शत्रुघ्न भरताभ्यां कृतं शुभे
kuśalapraśnapūrvaṃ hi tava pādābhivaṃdanam | nivedayāmi śatrughna bharatābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ śubhe
"Prefaced by an inquiry after your welfare, I convey to you the salutation at your feet made by Bharata and Śatrughna, O auspicious one."
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PdP 5 66.73
गुरुभिर्गुरुपत्नीभिः सर्वाभिरपि ते शुभे । दत्ताशीः कुशलप्रश्नः कृतश्च त्वयि जानकि
gurubhirgurupatnībhiḥ sarvābhirapi te śubhe | dattāśīḥ kuśalapraśnaḥ kṛtaśca tvayi jānaki
"By the elders and by all the elders' wives too, O auspicious one, blessings were given and inquiry after welfare made concerning you, O Jānakī."
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PdP 5 66.74
आकारयति देवस्त्वां निर्व्यलीकेन चात्मवान् । अलभ्यान्यरतिस्त्वत्तोऽन्यत्र सर्वत्र भामिनि
ākārayati devastvāṃ nirvyalīkena cātmavān | alabhyānyaratistvatto'nyatra sarvatra bhāmini
"The lord, self-possessed, summons you without any guile; for him, O lady, delight is unobtainable anywhere else apart from you."
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PdP 5 66.75
शून्या एव दिशः सर्वास्त्वां विना जनकात्मजे । पश्यन्रोदिति नाथो नो रोदयन्नितरानपि
śūnyā eva diśaḥ sarvāstvāṃ vinā janakātmaje | paśyanroditi nātho no rodayannitarānapi
"All the directions are simply empty without you, O daughter of Janaka" — so seeing, our lord weeps, and makes the others weep as well.
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PdP 5 66.76
यत्र देवि स्थितासि त्वं नित्यं स्मरति राघवः । अशून्यं तु तमेवासौ मन्यमानो विदेहजे
yatra devi sthitāsi tvaṃ nityaṃ smarati rāghavaḥ | aśūnyaṃ tu tamevāsau manyamāno videhaje
"Wherever you are staying, O queen, Rāghava constantly calls it to mind, deeming that place alone not empty, O Videha's daughter—"
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PdP 5 66.77
धन्योऽयमाश्रमो जातो वाल्मीकेर्यत्र जानकी । कालं क्षपति वार्ताभिर्मदीयाभिर्वदन्निति
dhanyo'yamāśramo jāto vālmīkeryatra jānakī | kālaṃ kṣapati vārtābhirmadīyābhirvadanniti
"Blessed has this hermitage of Vālmīki become, where Jānakī (dwells)" — thus speaking, he passes the time with news of me.
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PdP 5 66.78
उक्तवान्यद्रुदन्किंचित्स्वामी नस्त्वयि तच्छृणु । व्यक्तीभवति वक्तुर्यद्धृद्गतं तदसंशयम्
uktavānyadrudankiṃcitsvāmī nastvayi tacchṛṇu | vyaktībhavati vakturyaddhṛdgataṃ tadasaṃśayam
"Hear what our master said about you, weeping a little: for what is in a speaker's heart becomes manifest, without doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.79
लोका वदंति मामेव सर्वेषामीश्वरेश्वरम् । अहं त्वदृष्टमेवैषां स्वतंत्रं कारणं ब्रुवे
lokā vadaṃti māmeva sarveṣāmīśvareśvaram | ahaṃ tvadṛṣṭamevaiṣāṃ svataṃtraṃ kāraṇaṃ bruve
"People call me the lord of lords of all; but I say that the unseen (destiny) is the independent cause of these (people)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.80
अदृष्टमेव कार्येषु सर्वेशोऽप्यनुगच्छति । ईशनीयाः कुतो नैतदन्वीयुः सुखदुःखयोः
adṛṣṭameva kāryeṣu sarveśo'pyanugacchati | īśanīyāḥ kuto naitadanvīyuḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
"Even the lord of all follows only the unseen in his undertakings; how then should those who are to be ruled not follow it in pleasure and pain?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.81
धनुर्भंगे मतिभ्रंशे कैकय्या मरणे पितुः । अरण्यगमने तत्र हरणे तव वारिधेः
dhanurbhaṃge matibhraṃśe kaikayyā maraṇe pituḥ | araṇyagamane tatra haraṇe tava vāridheḥ
"In the breaking of the bow, in the derangement of Kaikeyī's mind, in my father's death, in the going to the forest, in your abduction there, in the ocean's—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.82
तरणे रक्षसां भर्तुर्मारणेऽपि रणेरणे । सहायीभवने मह्यमृक्षवानररक्षसाम्
taraṇe rakṣasāṃ bharturmāraṇe'pi raṇeraṇe | sahāyībhavane mahyamṛkṣavānararakṣasām
"—crossing, in the slaying of the lord of the rākṣasas, and in battle after battle, in the becoming helpers to me of the bears, monkeys and rākṣasas,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.83
लाभे तव प्रतिज्ञायाः सत्यत्वे च सतीमणे । पुनः स्वबंधुसंबंधे राज्यप्राप्तौ च भामिनि
lābhe tava pratijñāyāḥ satyatve ca satīmaṇe | punaḥ svabaṃdhusaṃbaṃdhe rājyaprāptau ca bhāmini
"in the recovery of you, and in the truthfulness of my vow, O jewel among chaste wives, in reunion again with my own kinsmen, and in the gaining of the kingdom, O radiant lady,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.84
पुनः प्रियावियोगे च कारणं यदवारणम् । प्रसीदति तदेवाद्य संयोगे पुनरावयोः
punaḥ priyāviyoge ca kāraṇaṃ yadavāraṇam | prasīdati tadevādya saṃyoge punarāvayoḥ
And that cause, unpreventable, which (operated) again in the separation from the beloved — that very one is now favourable to our reunion once more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.85
वेदोऽन्यथा कृतो येन लोकोत्पत्ति लयौ यतः । लोकाननुगतस्तस्मात्कारणं प्रथमं त्वहम्
vedo'nyathā kṛto yena lokotpatti layau yataḥ | lokānanugatastasmātkāraṇaṃ prathamaṃ tvaham
By whom the Veda was made otherwise, from whom (come) the arising and dissolution of the worlds — I who have conformed to the (ways of the) world am therefore the first cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.86
अदृष्टमनुवर्तंते लोकाः संप्रतिबोधकाः । भोगेन जीर्यतेऽदृष्टं तत्तद्भुक्तं त्वया वने
adṛṣṭamanuvartaṃte lokāḥ saṃpratibodhakāḥ | bhogena jīryate'dṛṣṭaṃ tattadbhuktaṃ tvayā vane
People follow the unseen (karma), which fully awakens (them); the unseen is worn away by experiencing it — and that was experienced by you in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.87
स्नेहोऽकारणकः सीते वर्धमानो मम त्वयि । लोकादृष्टे तिरस्कृत्य त्वामाह्वयत आदरात्
sneho'kāraṇakaḥ sīte vardhamāno mama tvayi | lokādṛṣṭe tiraskṛtya tvāmāhvayata ādarāt
My affection for you, Sītā, is without cause and ever increasing; setting aside the world and the unseen (fate), it summons you with reverence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.88
शङ्कितेनापि दोषेण स्नेहनैर्मल्यमज्जनम् । भवतीति स वै शुद्ध आस्वाद्यो विबुधैः सदा
śaṅkitenāpi doṣeṇa snehanairmalyamajjanam | bhavatīti sa vai śuddha āsvādyo vibudhaiḥ sadā
Even by a suspected fault there comes about an immersion of love in purity — thus it (love) is indeed pure, always to be savoured by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.89
स्नेहशुद्धिरियं भद्रे कृता मे त्वयि नान्यथा । मंतव्यं रक्षितोऽप्येष लोकः शिष्टानुवर्तिना
snehaśuddhiriyaṃ bhadre kṛtā me tvayi nānyathā | maṃtavyaṃ rakṣito'pyeṣa lokaḥ śiṣṭānuvartinā
This purification of love, good lady, was performed by me in your case, and it must not be thought otherwise; and by me, who follow the cultured, this world too has been protected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.90
आवयोर्निंदया देवि सर्वावस्था सुशुद्धये । लोको नश्येद्धि संमूढश्चरितैर्महतामयम्
āvayorniṃdayā devi sarvāvasthā suśuddhaye | loko naśyeddhi saṃmūḍhaścaritairmahatāmayam
By the censure of us two, O goddess, (there comes) the thorough purification of every condition; for this world, being deluded, would perish (were it not) for the conduct of the great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.91
आवयोरुज्ज्वला कीर्तिरावयोरुज्ज्वलो रसः । आवयोरुज्ज्वलौ वंशावावयोरुज्ज्वलाः क्रियाः
āvayorujjvalā kīrtirāvayorujjvalo rasaḥ | āvayorujjvalau vaṃśāvāvayorujjvalāḥ kriyāḥ
Ours is a shining fame, ours a shining savour; ours are two shining lineages, ours shining deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.92
भवेयुरावयोः कीर्तिर्गायका उज्ज्वला भुवि । आवयोर्भक्तिमंतो ये ते यांत्यंते भवांबुधेः
bhaveyurāvayoḥ kīrtirgāyakā ujjvalā bhuvi | āvayorbhaktimaṃto ye te yāṃtyaṃte bhavāṃbudheḥ
May those who sing our fame be resplendent on earth; those who have devotion to us reach the far shore of the ocean of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.93
इत्युक्ता भवती तेन प्रीयमाणेन ते गुणैः । पत्युः पादांबुजे द्रष्टुं करोतु सदयं मनः
ityuktā bhavatī tena prīyamāṇena te guṇaiḥ | patyuḥ pādāṃbuje draṣṭuṃ karotu sadayaṃ manaḥ
Thus were you addressed by him, who is delighted by your virtues; let (your) mind be gracious enough to look upon your husband's lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.94
वासांसि रमणीयानि भूषणानि महांति च । अंगरागस्तथा गंधा मनोज्ञास्त्वयि योजिताः
vāsāṃsi ramaṇīyāni bhūṣaṇāni mahāṃti ca | aṃgarāgastathā gaṃdhā manojñāstvayi yojitāḥ
Lovely garments and great ornaments, and body-unguent and pleasing perfumes, have been assigned to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.95
रथो दास्यश्च रामेण प्रेषिता उत्सवायते । छत्रं च चामरे शुभ्रे गजा अश्वाश्च शोभने
ratho dāsyaśca rāmeṇa preṣitā utsavāyate | chatraṃ ca cāmare śubhre gajā aśvāśca śobhane
A chariot and maidservants have been sent by Rāma for the coming festival, and a parasol and two white yak-tail fans, elephants and horses, O lovely one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.96
स्तूयमाना द्विजश्रेष्ठैः सूतमागधबंदिभिः । वंद्यमाना पुरस्त्रीभिः सेव्यमाना च योद्धृभिः
stūyamānā dvijaśreṣṭhaiḥ sūtamāgadhabaṃdibhiḥ | vaṃdyamānā purastrībhiḥ sevyamānā ca yoddhṛbhiḥ
Praised by the foremost twice-born, by heralds, panegyrists and bards, saluted by the women of the city, and attended by warriors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.97
पुष्पैः संछाद्यमाना च देवीदेवांगनादिभिः । धनानि ददती तेभ्यो द्विजातिभ्यो यथेप्सितम्
puṣpaiḥ saṃchādyamānā ca devīdevāṃganādibhiḥ | dhanāni dadatī tebhyo dvijātibhyo yathepsitam
and covered over with flowers by goddesses, celestial women and others, giving wealth to those twice-born as they desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.98
गजारूढौ कुमारौ च पुरस्कृत्य जनेश्वरी । मयानुगम्यमाना च गच्छायोध्यां निजां पुरीम्
gajārūḍhau kumārau ca puraskṛtya janeśvarī | mayānugamyamānā ca gacchāyodhyāṃ nijāṃ purīm
placing before you the two princes mounted on an elephant, O mistress of the people, and followed by me — go to Ayodhyā, your own city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.99
त्वयि तत्र गतायां तु संगतायां प्रियेण ते । सर्वासां राजनारीणामागतानां च सर्वशः
tvayi tatra gatāyāṃ tu saṃgatāyāṃ priyeṇa te | sarvāsāṃ rājanārīṇāmāgatānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
And when you have gone there and been reunited with your beloved, then for all the royal women who have come from every side,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.100
सर्वासामृषिपत्नीनां कौसलानां तथैव च । मंगलैर्वाद्यगीताद्यैर्भवत्वद्य महोत्सवः
sarvāsāmṛṣipatnīnāṃ kausalānāṃ tathaiva ca | maṃgalairvādyagītādyairbhavatvadya mahotsavaḥ
and for all the wives of the sages, and likewise for the women of Kosala, let there be today a great festival with auspicious rites, with music and song and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.101
शेष उवाच-। इतिविज्ञापनां देवी श्रुत्वा सीता तमाह सा । नाहं कीर्तिकरी राज्ञो ह्यपकीर्तिः स्वयं त्वहम्
śeṣa uvāca-| itivijñāpanāṃ devī śrutvā sītā tamāha sā | nāhaṃ kīrtikarī rājño hyapakīrtiḥ svayaṃ tvaham
Śeṣa said: Having heard this petition, the goddess Sītā said to him: "I am no bringer of fame to the king; I myself am (his) disgrace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.102
किं मया तस्य साध्यं स्याद्धर्मकामार्थशून्यया । सत्येवं भवतां भूपे को विश्वासो निरंकुशे
kiṃ mayā tasya sādhyaṃ syāddharmakāmārthaśūnyayā | satyevaṃ bhavatāṃ bhūpe ko viśvāso niraṃkuśe
"What purpose of his could be accomplished by me, who am empty of dharma, pleasure and wealth? If it is thus with you (sirs), what trust can there be in a king who is unchecked?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.103
प्रत्यक्षा वा परोक्षा वा भर्तुर्दोषा मनःस्थिताः । न वाच्या जातु मादृश्या कल्याणकुलजातया
pratyakṣā vā parokṣā vā bharturdoṣā manaḥsthitāḥ | na vācyā jātu mādṛśyā kalyāṇakulajātayā
"Whether seen directly or known indirectly, a husband's faults, held in the mind, must never be spoken by one like me, born of a noble family."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.104
पाणिग्रहणकाले मे यद्रूपो हृदये स्थितः । तद्रूपो हृदयान्नासौ कदाचिदपसर्पति
pāṇigrahaṇakāle me yadrūpo hṛdaye sthitaḥ | tadrūpo hṛdayānnāsau kadācidapasarpati
In whatever form he stood in my heart at the time of the taking of my hand (in marriage), in that same form he never slips away from my heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.105
लक्ष्मणेमौ कुमारौ मे तत्तेजोंशसमुद्भवौ । वंशांकुरौ महाशूरौ धनुर्विद्याविशारदौ
lakṣmaṇemau kumārau me tattejoṃśasamudbhavau | vaṃśāṃkurau mahāśūrau dhanurvidyāviśāradau
Lakṣmaṇa, these two boys of mine are born from a portion of his splendour—sprouts of the lineage, great heroes, skilled in the science of the bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.106
नीत्वा पितुः समीपं तु लालनीयौ प्रयत्नतः । तपसाराधयिष्यामि रामं काममिह स्थिता
nītvā pituḥ samīpaṃ tu lālanīyau prayatnataḥ | tapasārādhayiṣyāmi rāmaṃ kāmamiha sthitā
Take them to their father and let them be fondly cared for with effort; remaining here at will, I shall propitiate Rāma by austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.107
वाच्यं त्वया महाभाग पूज्यपादाभिवंदनम् । सर्वेभ्यः कुशलं चापि गत्वेतो मदपेक्षया
vācyaṃ tvayā mahābhāga pūjyapādābhivaṃdanam | sarvebhyaḥ kuśalaṃ cāpi gatveto madapekṣayā
You, greatly fortunate one, when you have gone from here, should say on my behalf a salutation to the venerable feet, and (ask after) the well-being of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.108
पुत्रौ समादिशत्सीता गच्छतं पितुरंतिकम् । शुश्रूषणीय एवासौ भवद्भ्यां स्वपदप्रदः
putrau samādiśatsītā gacchataṃ pituraṃtikam | śuśrūṣaṇīya evāsau bhavadbhyāṃ svapadapradaḥ
Sītā instructed her two sons: "Go to your father's presence; he alone is to be served by you two, the giver of his own state."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.109
आज्ञप्तावप्यनिच्छंतौ तौ कुमारौ कुशीलवौ । वाल्मीकिवचनात्तत्र जग्मतुश्च सलक्ष्मणौ
ājñaptāvapyanicchaṃtau tau kumārau kuśīlavau | vālmīkivacanāttatra jagmatuśca salakṣmaṇau
Though commanded, the two boys Kuśa and Lava were unwilling; yet at Vālmīki's word they went there, together with Lakṣmaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.110
वाल्मीकेरेव पादाब्जसमीपं तत्सुतौ गतौ । लक्ष्मणोऽपि ववंदे तं गत्वा बालकसंयुतः
vālmīkereva pādābjasamīpaṃ tatsutau gatau | lakṣmaṇo'pi vavaṃde taṃ gatvā bālakasaṃyutaḥ
Her two sons went to the very neighbourhood of Vālmīki's lotus feet; Lakṣmaṇa too, going with the boys, bowed to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.111
वाल्मीकिर्लक्ष्मणस्तौ तु कुमारौ मिलिता अमी । सभायां संस्थितं रामं ज्ञात्वा ते जग्मुरुत्सुकाः
vālmīkirlakṣmaṇastau tu kumārau militā amī | sabhāyāṃ saṃsthitaṃ rāmaṃ jñātvā te jagmurutsukāḥ
Vālmīki, Lakṣmaṇa, and those two boys—these having met, and knowing that Rāma was seated in the assembly, they went eagerly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.112
लक्ष्मणः प्रणिपत्याथ सीतावाक्यादिसर्वशः । कथयामास रामाय हर्षशोकयुतः सुधीः
lakṣmaṇaḥ praṇipatyātha sītāvākyādisarvaśaḥ | kathayāmāsa rāmāya harṣaśokayutaḥ sudhīḥ
Then Lakṣmaṇa, bowing down, the wise one, filled with joy and grief, related to Rāma everything, beginning with Sītā's words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.113
सीतासंदेशवाक्येभ्यो रामो मूर्च्छां समन्वभूत् । संज्ञामवाप्य चोवाच लक्ष्मणं नयकोविदम्
sītāsaṃdeśavākyebhyo rāmo mūrcchāṃ samanvabhūt | saṃjñāmavāpya covāca lakṣmaṇaṃ nayakovidam
At the words of Sītā's message Rāma fell into a swoon; and on regaining consciousness he said to Lakṣmaṇa, who was skilled in policy:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.114
गच्छ मित्र पुनस्तत्र यत्नेन महता च ताम् । शीघ्रमानय भद्रं ते मद्वाक्यानि निवेद्य च
gaccha mitra punastatra yatnena mahatā ca tām | śīghramānaya bhadraṃ te madvākyāni nivedya ca
"Go there again, friend, and with great effort bring her quickly—blessings on you—after conveying my words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.115
अरण्ये किं तपस्यंत्या गतिरन्या विचिंतिता । श्रुता दृष्टाथ वा मत्तो यन्नागच्छसि जानकि
araṇye kiṃ tapasyaṃtyā gatiranyā viciṃtitā | śrutā dṛṣṭātha vā matto yannāgacchasi jānaki
What is (gained) by your practising austerity in the forest? Has some other course been thought of, or heard, or seen by you, Jānakī, that you do not come to me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.116
त्वदिच्छया त्वमेवेतो गतारण्यं मुनिप्रियम् । पूजिता मुनिपत्न्यस्ता दृष्टा मुनिगणास्त्वया
tvadicchayā tvameveto gatāraṇyaṃ munipriyam | pūjitā munipatnyastā dṛṣṭā munigaṇāstvayā
By your own wish you yourself went from here to the forest dear to the sages; those wives of the sages were honoured, and the companies of sages were seen by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 66.117
पूर्णो मनोरथस्तेऽद्य किं नागच्छसि भामिनि । न दोषं मयि पश्येस्त्वं स्वात्मेच्छाया विलोकनात्
pūrṇo manorathaste'dya kiṃ nāgacchasi bhāmini | na doṣaṃ mayi paśyestvaṃ svātmecchāyā vilokanāt
Your desire is now fulfilled—why do you not come, lady? You should not see fault in me, since (this) came of the pursuit of your own wish.
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PdP 5 66.118
गत्वा गत्वाथ वामोरु पतिरेव गतिः स्त्रियाः । निर्गुणोपि गुणांभोधिः किंपुनर्मनसेप्सितः
gatvā gatvātha vāmoru patireva gatiḥ striyāḥ | nirguṇopi guṇāṃbhodhiḥ kiṃpunarmanasepsitaḥ
Having gone and gone (wherever she may), O fair-thighed one, the husband alone is a woman's refuge—even a husband without virtues; how much more one who is an ocean of virtues and desired by the heart?
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PdP 5 66.119
याया क्रियाकुलस्त्रीणां सासा पत्युः प्रतुष्टये । पूर्वमेवप्रतुष्टोऽहमिदानीं सुतरां त्वयि
yāyā kriyākulastrīṇāṃ sāsā patyuḥ pratuṣṭaye | pūrvamevapratuṣṭo'hamidānīṃ sutarāṃ tvayi
Whatever acts (are performed) by women of good family, each is for the pleasing of the husband; I was pleased with you before, and now still more.
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PdP 5 66.120
यागो जपस्तपोदानं व्रतं तीर्थं दयादिकम् । देवाश्च मयि संतुष्टे तुष्टमेतदसंशयम्
yāgo japastapodānaṃ vrataṃ tīrthaṃ dayādikam | devāśca mayi saṃtuṣṭe tuṣṭametadasaṃśayam
Sacrifice, muttered prayer, austerity, gift, vow, pilgrimage, compassion and the rest, and the gods too—when I am pleased, all this is pleased, without doubt."
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PdP 5 66.121
शेष उवाच-। इति संदेशमादाय सीतां प्रति जगत्पतेः । आह लक्ष्मण आत्मेशमानतः प्रणयाद्धरौ
śeṣa uvāca-| iti saṃdeśamādāya sītāṃ prati jagatpateḥ | āha lakṣmaṇa ātmeśamānataḥ praṇayāddharau
Śeṣa said: Having received this message for Sītā from the Lord of the world, Lakṣmaṇa, bowing out of affection, said to Hari, the lord of his self:
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PdP 5 66.122
सीतानयनमुद्दिश्य प्रसन्नस्त्वं यदूचिवान् । कथयिष्यामि तद्वाक्यं विनयेन समन्वितम्
sītānayanamuddiśya prasannastvaṃ yadūcivān | kathayiṣyāmi tadvākyaṃ vinayena samanvitam
"That which you, being gracious, have spoken with a view to bringing Sītā—that speech I shall relate, joined with courtesy."
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PdP 5 66.123
इत्युक्त्वा पादयोर्नत्वा रघुनाथस्य लक्ष्मणः । जगाम त्वरितः सीतां रथे तिष्ठन्महाजवे
ityuktvā pādayornatvā raghunāthasya lakṣmaṇaḥ | jagāma tvaritaḥ sītāṃ rathe tiṣṭhanmahājave
Having said this and bowed at the feet of the Lord of the Raghus, Lakṣmaṇa went in haste to Sītā, standing in a very swift chariot.
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PdP 5 66.124
वाल्मीकिः श्रीयुतौ वीक्ष्य रामपुत्रौ महौजसौ । उवाच स्मितमाधाय मुखं कृत्वा मनोहरम्
vālmīkiḥ śrīyutau vīkṣya rāmaputrau mahaujasau | uvāca smitamādhāya mukhaṃ kṛtvā manoharam
Vālmīki, beholding Rāma's two sons, glorious and of great vigour, spoke, putting on a smile and making his face charming:
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PdP 5 66.125
युवां प्रगायतां पुत्रौ रामचारित्रमद्भुतम् । वीणां प्रवादयंतौ च कलगानेन शोभितम्
yuvāṃ pragāyatāṃ putrau rāmacāritramadbhutam | vīṇāṃ pravādayaṃtau ca kalagānena śobhitam
"Sing forth, my sons, the wondrous story of Rāma, sounding the lute, adorned with sweet singing."
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PdP 5 66.126
इत्यक्तौ तौ सुतौ रामचारित्रं बहुपुण्यदम् । अगायतां महाभागौ सुवाक्यपदचित्रितम्
ityaktau tau sutau rāmacāritraṃ bahupuṇyadam | agāyatāṃ mahābhāgau suvākyapadacitritam
Thus addressed, those two sons, greatly blessed, sang the story of Rāma, bestower of much merit, embellished with fine phrases and words,
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PdP 5 66.127
यस्मिन्धर्मविधिः साक्षात्पातिव्रत्यं तु यत्स्थितम् । भ्रातृस्नेहो महान्यत्र गुरुभक्तिस्तथैव च
yasmindharmavidhiḥ sākṣātpātivratyaṃ tu yatsthitam | bhrātṛsneho mahānyatra gurubhaktistathaiva ca
in which the rule of dharma is (shown) manifest, and in which fidelity to a husband is established, and where there is great affection between brothers, and likewise devotion to elders,
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PdP 5 66.128
स्वामिसेवकयोर्यत्र नीतिर्मूर्तिमती किल । अधर्मकरशास्तिं वै यत्र साक्षाद्रघूद्वहात्
svāmisevakayoryatra nītirmūrtimatī kila | adharmakaraśāstiṃ vai yatra sākṣādraghūdvahāt
where the right conduct between master and servant is indeed embodied, and where (there is) the chastisement of the doer of unrighteousness directly from the scion of Raghu.
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PdP 5 66.129
तद्गानेन जगद्व्याप्तं दिवि देवा अपि स्थिताः । किन्नरा अपि यद्गानं श्रुत्वा मूर्च्छामिताः क्षणात्
tadgānena jagadvyāptaṃ divi devā api sthitāḥ | kinnarā api yadgānaṃ śrutvā mūrcchāmitāḥ kṣaṇāt
By that singing the world was filled; even the gods in heaven stood still; even the kinnaras, hearing that song, in an instant fell into a swoon.
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PdP 5 66.130
वीणायारणितं श्रुत्वा तालमानेन शोभितम् । निखिला परिषत्तत्र शालभं जीवचित्रिता
vīṇāyāraṇitaṃ śrutvā tālamānena śobhitam | nikhilā pariṣattatra śālabhaṃ jīvacitritā
Hearing the sounding of the lute, adorned with measured rhythm, the whole assembly there (became) like living pictures in a hall.
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PdP 5 66.131
हर्षादश्रूणिमुंचंतो रामाद्या भूमिपास्तथा । तद्गानपंचमालापमोहिताश्चित्रितोपमाः
harṣādaśrūṇimuṃcaṃto rāmādyā bhūmipāstathā | tadgānapaṃcamālāpamohitāścitritopamāḥ
Rāma and the other kings likewise shed tears out of joy, bewildered by the fifth-note strains of that song, resembling painted figures.
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PdP 5 66.132
तत्र रामः सुतौ दृष्ट्वा महागानविमोहकौ । अदात्ताभ्यां सुवर्णस्य लक्षं लक्षं पृथक्पृथक्
tatra rāmaḥ sutau dṛṣṭvā mahāgānavimohakau | adāttābhyāṃ suvarṇasya lakṣaṃ lakṣaṃ pṛthakpṛthak
There Rāma, seeing the two sons whose great singing bewildered (all), gave to them a lakh of gold, a lakh to each separately.
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PdP 5 66.133
तदा दानपरं दृष्ट्वा वाल्मीकिं मुनिसत्तमम् । अब्रूतां प्रहसंतौ तौ किंचिद्वक्रभ्रुवौ ततः
tadā dānaparaṃ dṛṣṭvā vālmīkiṃ munisattamam | abrūtāṃ prahasaṃtau tau kiṃcidvakrabhruvau tataḥ
Then, seeing Vālmīki, the best of sages, intent on giving, the two, laughing, with brows somewhat knit, spoke:
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PdP 5 66.134
मुने महानयोनेन क्रियते भूमिपेन वै । यदावाभ्यां सुवर्णानि दातुमिच्छति लोभयन्
mune mahānayonena kriyate bhūmipena vai | yadāvābhyāṃ suvarṇāni dātumicchati lobhayan
"Sage, a great impropriety is being done by this king, in that, tempting us, he wishes to give us gold.
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PdP 5 66.135
प्रतिग्रहो ब्राह्मणानां शस्यते नेतरेषु वै । प्रतिग्रहपरो राजा नरकायैव कल्पते
pratigraho brāhmaṇānāṃ śasyate netareṣu vai | pratigrahaparo rājā narakāyaiva kalpate
Accepting gifts is commended for brāhmaṇas, not indeed for others; a king given to accepting gifts is fit only for hell.
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PdP 5 66.136
आवयोः कृपया मुक्तं राज्यं भुंक्ते महीपतिः । कथं दातुं सुवर्णानि वांछति श्रेयसांचितः
āvayoḥ kṛpayā muktaṃ rājyaṃ bhuṃkte mahīpatiḥ | kathaṃ dātuṃ suvarṇāni vāṃchati śreyasāṃcitaḥ
By our grace the lord of the earth enjoys a kingdom released (to him); how does he, endowed with good fortune, wish to give gold?"
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PdP 5 66.137
इत्युक्तवंतौ तौ दृष्ट्वा वाल्मीकिः कृपयायुतः । अशंसद्युष्मत्पितरं जानीथां नीतिवित्तमौ
ityuktavaṃtau tau dṛṣṭvā vālmīkiḥ kṛpayāyutaḥ | aśaṃsadyuṣmatpitaraṃ jānīthāṃ nītivittamau
Seeing those two who had spoken thus, Vālmīki, filled with compassion, declared: "Know him to be your father, you two best knowers of right conduct."
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PdP 5 66.138
इति श्रुत्वा मुनेर्वाक्यं बालकौ नृपपादयोः । लग्नौ विनयसंयुक्तौ मातृभक्त्यातिनिर्मलौ
iti śrutvā munervākyaṃ bālakau nṛpapādayoḥ | lagnau vinayasaṃyuktau mātṛbhaktyātinirmalau
Hearing the sage's words, the two boys clung to the king's feet, full of modesty, utterly pure through devotion to their mother.
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PdP 5 66.139
रामो बालौ दृढं स्वांगे परिरभ्य मुदान्वितः । मेने स्त्रियास्तदा धर्मौ मूर्तिमंतावुपस्थितौ
rāmo bālau dṛḍhaṃ svāṃge parirabhya mudānvitaḥ | mene striyāstadā dharmau mūrtimaṃtāvupasthitau
Rāma, filled with joy, embracing the two boys firmly to his own body, thought then that the two dharmas of a woman had come before him in embodied form.
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PdP 5 66.140
सभापि रामसुतयोर्वीक्ष्य वक्त्रे मनोरमे । जानकीपतिभक्तित्वं सत्यं मेने मुनीश्वर
sabhāpi rāmasutayorvīkṣya vaktre manorame | jānakīpatibhaktitvaṃ satyaṃ mene munīśvara
The assembly too, beholding the charming faces of Rāma's two sons, deemed Jānakī's devotion to her husband to be true, O lord of sages.
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PdP 5 66.141
इति शेषमुखप्रोक्तं श्रुत्वा वात्स्यायनोऽब्रवीत् । रामायणं श्रोतुमनाः सर्वधर्मसमन्वितम्
iti śeṣamukhaproktaṃ śrutvā vātsyāyano'bravīt | rāmāyaṇaṃ śrotumanāḥ sarvadharmasamanvitam
Having heard this spoken from Śeṣa's mouth, Vātsyāyana said (this), minded to hear the Rāmāyaṇa, which is furnished with all dharma:
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PdP 5 66.142
वात्स्यायन उवाच। कस्मिन्काले कृतं स्वामिन्रामायणमिदं महत् । कस्माच्चकार किन्तत्र वर्णनं तद्वदस्व मे
vātsyāyana uvāca| kasminkāle kṛtaṃ svāminrāmāyaṇamidaṃ mahat | kasmāccakāra kintatra varṇanaṃ tadvadasva me
Vātsyāyana said: At what time, lord, was this great Rāmāyaṇa composed? Why did he compose it, and what is described therein? Tell me that.
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PdP 5 66.143
शेष उवाच-। एकदा गतवान्विप्रो वाल्मीकिर्विपिनं महत् । यत्र तालास्तमालाश्च किंशुका यत्र पुष्पिताः
śeṣa uvāca-| ekadā gatavānvipro vālmīkirvipinaṃ mahat | yatra tālāstamālāśca kiṃśukā yatra puṣpitāḥ
Śeṣa said: Once the brāhmaṇa Vālmīki went into a great forest, where there were palms and tamālas, and where the kiṃśukas were in bloom,
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PdP 5 66.144
केतकी यत्र रजसा कुर्वती सौरभं वनम् । शशिप्रभेव महती दृश्यते शुभ्रकर्णभृत् । चंपकोबकुलश्चापि कोविदारः कुरंटकः
ketakī yatra rajasā kurvatī saurabhaṃ vanam | śaśiprabheva mahatī dṛśyate śubhrakarṇabhṛt | caṃpakobakulaścāpi kovidāraḥ kuraṃṭakaḥ
(There), where the ketakī with its pollen makes the forest fragrant, and, tall like the moon's radiance, is seen bearing white sheaths; and the campaka, the bakula, the kovidāra, and the kuraṇṭaka too,
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PdP 5 66.145
अनेके पुष्पिता यत्र पादपाः शोभने वने । कोकिलानां विरावेण षट्पदानां च शब्दितैः
aneke puṣpitā yatra pādapāḥ śobhane vane | kokilānāṃ virāveṇa ṣaṭpadānāṃ ca śabditaiḥ
where many flowering trees stand in that lovely wood — with the calling of cuckoos and with the humming of bees
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PdP 5 66.146
संघुष्टं सर्वतो रम्यं मनोहरवयोन्वितम् । तत्र क्रौंचयुगं रम्यं कामबाणप्रपीडितम्
saṃghuṣṭaṃ sarvato ramyaṃ manoharavayonvitam | tatra krauṃcayugaṃ ramyaṃ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitam
it resounded, delightful on every side, filled with charming birds. There a lovely pair of krauñca birds, tormented by the arrow of desire,
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PdP 5 66.147
परस्परं प्रहृषितं रेमे स्निग्धतया स्थितम् । तदा व्याधः समागत्य तयोरेकं मनोहरम्
parasparaṃ prahṛṣitaṃ reme snigdhatayā sthitam | tadā vyādhaḥ samāgatya tayorekaṃ manoharam
delighting in each other, took its pleasure, abiding in tenderness. Then a hunter came up and, of the two, the charming one —
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PdP 5 66.148
अवधीन्निर्दयः कश्चिन्मांसास्वादनलोलुपः । तदा क्रौंची व्याधहतं स्वपतिं वीक्ष्य दुःखिता
avadhīnnirdayaḥ kaścinmāṃsāsvādanalolupaḥ | tadā krauṃcī vyādhahataṃ svapatiṃ vīkṣya duḥkhitā
some pitiless man, greedy for the taste of flesh, killed it. Then the female krauñca, seeing her own mate slain by the hunter, grieved,
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PdP 5 66.149
विललाप भृशं दुःखान्मुंचंती रावमुच्चकैः । तदा मुनिः प्रकुपितो निषादं क्रौंचघातकम्
vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ duḥkhānmuṃcaṃtī rāvamuccakaiḥ | tadā muniḥ prakupito niṣādaṃ krauṃcaghātakam
and lamented greatly out of sorrow, uttering loud cries. Then the sage, enraged, (cursed) the Niṣāda, the killer of the krauñca —
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PdP 5 66.150
शशाप वार्युपस्पृश्य सरितः पावनं शुभम् । मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः
śaśāpa vāryupaspṛśya saritaḥ pāvanaṃ śubham | mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṃ tvamagamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
he cursed him, touching the pure and holy water of the river: "Niṣāda, may you not attain any standing for everlasting years,
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PdP 5 66.151
यत्क्रौंचपक्षिणोरेकमवधीः काममोहितम् । तदा प्रबंधं श्लोकस्य जातं मत्वा ह्यनुद्विजाः
yatkrauṃcapakṣiṇorekamavadhīḥ kāmamohitam | tadā prabaṃdhaṃ ślokasya jātaṃ matvā hyanudvijāḥ
since you have killed one of the two krauñca birds while it was bewildered by desire." Then, considering that a śloka's composition had come into being, the twice-born ones,
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PdP 5 66.152
ऊचुर्मुनिं प्रहृष्टास्ते शंसंतः साधुसाध्विति । स्वामिञ्छापोदिते वाक्ये भारतीश्लोकमातनोत्
ūcurmuniṃ prahṛṣṭāste śaṃsaṃtaḥ sādhusādhviti | svāmiñchāpodite vākye bhāratīślokamātanot
delighted, spoke to the sage, praising him with "well done, well done!": "O master, in the words spoken as a curse, Speech has spread itself out as a śloka.
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PdP 5 66.153
अत्यंतं मोहनो जातः श्लोकोऽयं मुनिसत्तम । तदा मुनिः प्रहृष्टात्मा बभूव वाडवर्षभ । तस्मिन्काले समागत्य ब्रह्मा पुत्रैः समन्वितः
atyaṃtaṃ mohano jātaḥ śloko'yaṃ munisattama | tadā muniḥ prahṛṣṭātmā babhūva vāḍavarṣabha | tasminkāle samāgatya brahmā putraiḥ samanvitaḥ
Exceedingly enchanting has this śloka turned out, O best of sages!" Then the sage became glad at heart, O bull among brahmins. At that time Brahmā came, accompanied by his sons,
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PdP 5 66.154
वचो जगाद वाल्मीकिं धन्योसि त्वं मुनीश्वर । भारती त्वन्मुखे स्थित्वा श्लोकत्वं समपद्यत
vaco jagāda vālmīkiṃ dhanyosi tvaṃ munīśvara | bhāratī tvanmukhe sthitvā ślokatvaṃ samapadyata
and spoke this word to Vālmīki: "You are blessed, O lord of sages! Speech, abiding in your mouth, has attained the state of a śloka.
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PdP 5 66.155
तस्माद्रामायणं रम्यं कुरुष्व मधुराक्षरम् । येन ते विमला कीर्तिराकल्पांतं भविष्यति
tasmādrāmāyaṇaṃ ramyaṃ kuruṣva madhurākṣaram | yena te vimalā kīrtirākalpāṃtaṃ bhaviṣyati
Therefore compose the delightful Rāmāyaṇa, with sweet syllables, by which your spotless fame will last until the end of the aeon.
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PdP 5 66.156
धन्या सैव मुखे वाणी रामनाम्ना समन्विता । अन्या कामकथा नॄणां जनयत्येव पातकम्
dhanyā saiva mukhe vāṇī rāmanāmnā samanvitā | anyā kāmakathā nṝṇāṃ janayatyeva pātakam
Blessed is that speech alone in the mouth which is joined with Rāma's name; other talk of desire only breeds sin for men.
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PdP 5 66.157
तस्मात्कुरुष्व रामस्य चरितं लोकविश्रुतम् । येन स्यात्पापिनां पापहानिरेव पदेपदे
tasmātkuruṣva rāmasya caritaṃ lokaviśrutam | yena syātpāpināṃ pāpahānireva padepade
Therefore compose the deeds of Rāma, renowned in the world, by which at every step there will be destruction of the sins of sinners."
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PdP 5 66.158
इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे स्रष्टा सर्वदेवैः समन्वितः । ततः सचिंतयामास कथं रामायणं भवेत्
ityuktvāṃtardadhe sraṣṭā sarvadevaiḥ samanvitaḥ | tataḥ saciṃtayāmāsa kathaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ bhavet
Having said this, the Creator vanished, together with all the gods. Then he pondered: "How is the Rāmāyaṇa to come about?"
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PdP 5 66.159
तदा ध्यानपरो जातो नदीतीरे मनोरमे । तस्य चेतस्यथो रामः प्रादुर्भूतो मनोहरः
tadā dhyānaparo jāto nadītīre manorame | tasya cetasyatho rāmaḥ prādurbhūto manoharaḥ
Then he became absorbed in meditation on the lovely bank of the river; and thereupon in his mind the charming Rāma appeared,
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PdP 5 66.160
नीलोत्पलदलश्यामं रामं राजीवलोचनम् । निरीक्ष्य तस्य चरितं भूतंभाविभवच्च यत्
nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam | nirīkṣya tasya caritaṃ bhūtaṃbhāvibhavacca yat
Rāma dark as the petal of a blue lotus, lotus-eyed. Beholding him, and his deeds that were past, future and present,
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PdP 5 66.161
तदात्यंतं मुदं प्राप्तो रामायणमथासृजत् । मनोरमपदैर्युक्तं वृत्तैर्बहुविधैरपि
tadātyaṃtaṃ mudaṃ prāpto rāmāyaṇamathāsṛjat | manoramapadairyuktaṃ vṛttairbahuvidhairapi
he then attained the utmost joy and thereupon composed the Rāmāyaṇa, furnished with delightful words and with metres of many kinds.
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PdP 5 66.162
षट्कांडानि सुरम्याणि यत्र रामायणेऽनघ । बालमारण्यकं चान्यत्किष्किंधा सुंदरं तथा
ṣaṭkāṃḍāni suramyāṇi yatra rāmāyaṇe'nagha | bālamāraṇyakaṃ cānyatkiṣkiṃdhā suṃdaraṃ tathā
In that Rāmāyaṇa there are six very lovely books, O sinless one: Bāla and Āraṇyaka, and further Kiṣkindhā and Sundara,
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PdP 5 66.163
युद्धमुत्तरमन्यच्च षडेतानि महामते । शृणुयाद्यो नरः पुण्यात्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
yuddhamuttaramanyacca ṣaḍetāni mahāmate | śṛṇuyādyo naraḥ puṇyātsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
and Yuddha, and the other one, Uttara — these six, O greatly wise one. Whatever man piously listens to them is freed from all sins.
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PdP 5 66.164
तत्र बाले तु संतुष्टः पुत्रेष्ट्या चतुरस्सुतान् । प्राप पंक्तिरथः साक्षाद्धरिं ब्रह्मसनातनम्
tatra bāle tu saṃtuṣṭaḥ putreṣṭyā caturassutān | prāpa paṃktirathaḥ sākṣāddhariṃ brahmasanātanam
There, in the Bāla (book), Daśaratha, well pleased, obtained by the son-producing sacrifice four sons — Hari himself, the eternal Brahman.
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PdP 5 66.165
स कौशिकमखं गत्वा सीतामुद्वाह्य भार्गवम् । आगत्य पुरमुत्कृष्टो यौवराज्यप्रकल्पनम्
sa kauśikamakhaṃ gatvā sītāmudvāhya bhārgavam | āgatya puramutkṛṣṭo yauvarājyaprakalpanam
He, having gone to Kauśika's (Viśvāmitra's) sacrifice, having married Sītā, (and having subdued) Bhārgava (Paraśurāma), came back to the city, exalted; (then) the arrangement of the office of crown prince.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 66.166
मातृवाक्याद्वनं प्रागाद्गंगामुत्तीर्य पर्वतम् । चित्रकूटं महिलया लक्ष्मणेन समन्वितः
mātṛvākyādvanaṃ prāgādgaṃgāmuttīrya parvatam | citrakūṭaṃ mahilayā lakṣmaṇena samanvitaḥ
At his mother's word he went to the forest, crossing the Ganges, (and reached) the mountain Citrakūṭa, accompanied by his wife and by Lakṣmaṇa.
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PdP 5 66.167
भरतस्तं वने श्रुत्वा जगाम भ्रातरं नयी । तमप्राप्य स्वयं नंदिग्रामे वासमचीकरत्
bharatastaṃ vane śrutvā jagāma bhrātaraṃ nayī | tamaprāpya svayaṃ naṃdigrāme vāsamacīkarat
Bharata, hearing that he was in the forest, went to his brother, being well-conducted; not finding him, he himself made his dwelling in Nandigrāma.
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PdP 5 66.168
बालमेतच्छृणुष्वान्यदारण्यकसमुद्भवम् । मुनीनामाश्रमे वासस्तत्र तत्रोपवर्णनम्
bālametacchṛṇuṣvānyadāraṇyakasamudbhavam | munīnāmāśrame vāsastatra tatropavarṇanam
This is the Bāla (book) — hear another, that which arises in the Āraṇyaka (book): the dwelling in the hermitage of the sages, and the descriptions there of this and that.
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PdP 5 66.169
नासाच्छेदः शूर्पणख्याः खरदूषणनाशनम् । मायामारीचहननं दैत्याद्रामापहारणम्
nāsācchedaḥ śūrpaṇakhyāḥ kharadūṣaṇanāśanam | māyāmārīcahananaṃ daityādrāmāpahāraṇam
The cutting off of Śūrpaṇakhā's nose, the destruction of Khara and Dūṣaṇa, the killing of the illusory Mārīca (Mārīca as illusory deer), the carrying off of Rāma's wife by the demon;
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PdP 5 66.170
वने विरहिणा भ्रांतं मनुष्यचरितं भृतम् । कबंधप्रेक्षणं तत्र पम्पायां गमनं तथा
vane virahiṇā bhrāṃtaṃ manuṣyacaritaṃ bhṛtam | kabaṃdhaprekṣaṇaṃ tatra pampāyāṃ gamanaṃ tathā
the wandering in the forest by (Rāma) bereft (of her), the behaviour of a man maintained (by him), the seeing of Kabandha there, and likewise the going to Pampā;
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PdP 5 66.171
हनूमता संगमनमित्येतद्वनसंज्ञितम् । अपरं च शृणु मुने संक्षिप्य कथयाम्यहम्
hanūmatā saṃgamanamityetadvanasaṃjñitam | aparaṃ ca śṛṇu mune saṃkṣipya kathayāmyaham
the meeting with Hanumān — this is what is called the Forest (book). Hear also the next, O sage; I shall tell it in brief.
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PdP 5 66.172
सप्ततालप्रभेदश्च वालेर्मारणमद्भुतम् । सुग्रीवे राज्यदानं च नगवर्णनमित्युत
saptatālaprabhedaśca vālermāraṇamadbhutam | sugrīve rājyadānaṃ ca nagavarṇanamityuta
The splitting of the seven palm trees, and the marvellous slaying of Vālin, and the giving of the kingdom to Sugrīva, and likewise the description of the mountain;
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PdP 5 66.173
लक्ष्मणात्कर्मसंदेशः सुग्रीवस्य विवासनम् । तथा सैन्यसमुद्देशः सीतान्वेषणमप्युत
lakṣmaṇātkarmasaṃdeśaḥ sugrīvasya vivāsanam | tathā sainyasamuddeśaḥ sītānveṣaṇamapyuta
the reminder of his task (given) by Lakṣmaṇa, the sending forth of Sugrīva, likewise the ordering out of the army, and also the search for Sītā;
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PdP 5 66.174
संपातिप्रेक्षणं तत्र वारिधेर्लंघनं तथा । परतीरे कपिप्राप्तिः कैष्किंधं कांडमद्भुतम्
saṃpātiprekṣaṇaṃ tatra vāridherlaṃghanaṃ tathā | paratīre kapiprāptiḥ kaiṣkiṃdhaṃ kāṃḍamadbhutam
the seeing of Sampāti there, and likewise the leaping over the ocean, the monkey's arrival on the far shore — this is the marvellous Kiṣkindhā book.
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PdP 5 66.175
सुंदरं शृणु कांडं वै यत्र रामकथाद्भुता । प्रतिगेहे प्रति भ्रांतिः कपेश्चित्रस्य दर्शनम्
suṃdaraṃ śṛṇu kāṃḍaṃ vai yatra rāmakathādbhutā | pratigehe prati bhrāṃtiḥ kapeścitrasya darśanam
Now hear the Sundara book, in which is the marvellous story of Rāma: the wandering from house to house, the sight of the wondrous (city) by the monkey;
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PdP 5 66.176
सीतासंदर्शनं तत्र जानक्याभाषणं तथा । वनभंगः प्रकुपितैर्बंधनं वानरस्य च
sītāsaṃdarśanaṃ tatra jānakyābhāṣaṇaṃ tathā | vanabhaṃgaḥ prakupitairbaṃdhanaṃ vānarasya ca
the seeing of Sītā there, and likewise the conversation with Jānakī, the destruction of the grove, and the binding of the monkey by the enraged (demons);
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PdP 5 66.177
ततो लंकाप्रज्वलनं वानरैः संगतिस्ततः । रामाभिज्ञानदानं च सैन्यप्रस्थानमेव च
tato laṃkāprajvalanaṃ vānaraiḥ saṃgatistataḥ | rāmābhijñānadānaṃ ca sainyaprasthānameva ca
then the burning of Laṅkā, then the reunion with the monkeys, and the giving of the token to Rāma, and the setting out of the army;
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PdP 5 66.178
समुद्रे सेतुकरणं शुकसारणसंगतिः । इति सुंदरमाख्यातं युद्धे सीतासमागमः
samudre setukaraṇaṃ śukasāraṇasaṃgatiḥ | iti suṃdaramākhyātaṃ yuddhe sītāsamāgamaḥ
the making of the bridge over the ocean, the encounter with Śuka and Sāraṇa — thus the Sundara (book) has been told; in the Yuddha (book), the reunion with Sītā.
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PdP 5 66.179
उत्तरे ऋषिसंवादो यज्ञप्रारंभ एव च । तत्रानेका रामकथाः शृण्वतां पापनाशकाः
uttare ṛṣisaṃvādo yajñaprāraṃbha eva ca | tatrānekā rāmakathāḥ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśakāḥ
In the Uttara (book), the conversation of the sages and the beginning of the sacrifice; there are many stories of Rāma there, destroyers of the sins of those who hear them.
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PdP 5 66.180
इति षट्कांडमाख्यातं ब्रह्महत्यापनोदनम् । संक्षेपतो मया तुभ्यमाख्यातं सुमनोहरम्
iti ṣaṭkāṃḍamākhyātaṃ brahmahatyāpanodanam | saṃkṣepato mayā tubhyamākhyātaṃ sumanoharam
Thus the six books have been told, which dispel the killing of a brahmin; in brief it has been recounted by me to you, most delightful.
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PdP 5 66.181
चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्रं षट्कांडपरिचिह्नितम् । तद्वै रामायणं प्रोक्तं महापातकनाशनम्
caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ ṣaṭkāṃḍaparicihnitam | tadvai rāmāyaṇaṃ proktaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
That Rāmāyaṇa, of twenty-four thousand (verses), marked out by six books, is declared to be the destroyer of great sins.
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PdP 5 66.182
तच्छ्रुत्वा राघवः प्रीतः पुत्रावाधाय चासने । दृढं तौ परिरभ्याथ सीतां सस्मार वल्लभाम्
tacchrutvā rāghavaḥ prītaḥ putrāvādhāya cāsane | dṛḍhaṃ tau parirabhyātha sītāṃ sasmāra vallabhām
Hearing that, Rāghava was pleased, and having placed the two boys on a seat and embraced them firmly, he then remembered his beloved Sītā.
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