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The Ramayana Book 3
Chapter 10
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agrataḥ prayayau rāmaḥ sītā madhye sumadhyamā
pṛṣṭhatas tu dhanuṣpāṇir lakṣmaṇo 'nujagāma ha
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tau paśyamānau vividhāñ śailaprasthān vanāni ca
nadīś ca vividhā ramyā jagmatuḥ saha sītayā
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sārasāṃś cakravākāṃś ca nadīpulinacāriṇaḥ
sarāṃsi ca sapadmāni yutāni jalajaiḥ khagaiḥ
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yūthabaddhāṃś ca pṛṣatān madonmattān viṣāṇinaḥ
mahiṣāṃś ca varāhāṃś ca gajāṃś ca drumavairiṇaḥ
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te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare
dadṛśuḥ sahitā ramyaṃ taṭākaṃ yojanāyatam
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padmapuṣkarasaṃbādhaṃ gajayūthair alaṃkṛtam
sārasair haṃsakādambaiḥ saṃkulaṃ jalacāribhiḥ
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prasannasalile ramyatasmin sarasi śuśruve
gītavāditranirghoṣo na tu kaś cana dṛśyate
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tataḥ kautūhalād rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahārathaḥ
muniṃ dharmabhṛtaṃ nāma praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame
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idam atyadbhutaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ no mahāmune
kautūhalaṃ mahaj jātaṃ kim idaṃ sādhu kathyatām
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tenaivam ukto dharmātmā rāghaveṇa munis tadā
prabhāvaṃ sarasaḥ kṛtsnam ākhyātum upacakrame
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idaṃ pañcāpsaro nāma taṭākaṃ sārvakālikam
nirmitaṃ tapasā rāma muninā māṇḍakarṇinā
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sa hi tepe tapas tīvraṃ māṇḍakarṇir mahāmuniḥ
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi vāyubhakṣo jalāśraya
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tataḥ pravyathitāḥ sarve devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ
abruvan vacanaṃ sarve paraspara samāgatāḥ
asmakaṃ kasya cit sthānam eṣa prārthayate muniḥ
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tataḥ kartuṃ tapovighnaṃ sarvair devair niyojitāḥ
pradhānāpsarasaḥ pañcavidyuccalitavarcasaḥ
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apsarobhis tatas tābhir munir dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ
nīto madanavaśyatvaṃ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhaye
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tāś caivāpsarasaḥ pañcamuneḥ patnītvam āgatāḥ
taṭāke nirmitaṃ tāsām asminn antarhitaṃ gṛham
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tatraivāpsarasaḥ pañcanivasantyo yathāsukham
ramayanti tapoyogān muniṃ yauvanam āsthitam
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tāsāṃ saṃkrīḍamānānām eṣa vāditraniḥsvanaḥ
śrūyate bhūṣaṇonmiśro gītaśabdo manoharaḥ
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āścaryam iti tasyaitad vacanaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ
rāghavaḥ pratijagrāha saha bhrātrā mahāyaśāḥ
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evaṃ kathayamānasya dadarśāśramamaṇḍalam
kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamāvṛtam
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praviśya saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca rāghavaḥ
tadā tasmin sa kākutsthaḥ śrīmaty āśramamaṇḍale
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uṣitvā susukhaṃ tatra pūrjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ
jagāma cāśramāṃs teṣāṃ paryāyeṇa tapasvinām
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yeṣām uṣitavān pūrvaṃ sakāśe sa mahāstravit
kva cit paridaśān māsān ekaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kva cit
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kva cic ca caturo māsān pañcaṣaṭ cāparān kva cit
aparatrādhikān māsān adhyardham adhikaṃ kva cit
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trīn māsān aṣṭamāsāṃś ca rāghavo nyavasat sukham
tathā saṃvasatas tasya munīnām āśrameṣu vai
ramataś cānukulyena yayuḥ saṃvatsarā daśa
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parisṛtya ca dharmajño rāghavaḥ saha sītayā
sutīkṣṇasyāśramaṃ śrīmān punar evājagāma ha
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sa tam āśramam āgamya munibhiḥ pratipūjitaḥ
tatrāpi nyavasad rāmaḥ kaṃ cit kālam ariṃdamaḥ
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athāśramastho vinayāt kadā cit taṃ mahāmunim
upāsīnaḥ sa kākutsthaḥ sutīkṣṇam idam abravīt
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asminn araṇye bhagavann agastyo munisattamaḥ
vasatīti mayā nityaṃ kathāḥ kathayatāṃ śrutam
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na tu jānāmi taṃ deśaṃ vanasyāsya mahattayā
kutrāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ maharṣes tasya dhīmataḥ
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prasādāt tatra bhavataḥ sānujaḥ saha sītayā
agastyam abhigaccheyam abhivādayituṃ munim
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manoratho mahān eṣa hṛdi saṃparivartate
yad ahaṃ taṃ munivaraṃ śuśrūṣeyam api svayam
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iti rāmasya sa muniḥ śrutvā dharmātmano vacaḥ
sutīkṣṇaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prīto daśarathātmajam
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aham apy etad eva tvāṃ vaktukāmaḥ salakṣmaṇam
agastyam abhigaccheti sītayā saha rāghava
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diṣṭyā tv idānīm arthe 'smin svayam eva bravīṣi mām
aham ākhyāsi te vatsa yatrāgastyo mahāmuniḥ
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yojanāny āśramāt tāta yāhi catvāri vai tataḥ
dakṣiṇena mahāñ śrīmān agastyabhrātur āśramaḥ
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sthalaprāye vanoddeśe pippalīvanaśobhite
bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānāśakuninādite
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padminyo vividhās tatra prasannasalilāḥ śivāḥ
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāś cakravākopaśobhitāḥ
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tatraikāṃ rajanīm uṣya prabhāte rāma gamyatām
dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āsthāya vanakhaṇḍasya pārśvataḥ
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tatrāgastyāśramapadaṃ gatvā yojanam antaram
ramaṇīye vanoddeśe bahupādapa saṃvṛte
raṃsyate tatra vaidehī lakṣmaṇaś ca tvayā saha
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sa hi ramyo vanoddeśo bahupādapasaṃkulaḥ
yadi buddhiḥ kṛtā draṣṭum agastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim
adyaiva gamane buddhiṃ rocayasva mahāyaśaḥ
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iti rāmo muneḥ śrutvā saha bhrātrābhivādya ca
pratasthe 'gastyam uddiśya sānujaḥ saha sītayā
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paśyan vanāni citrāṇi parvapāṃś cābhrasaṃnibhān
sarāṃsi saritaś caiva pathi mārgavaśānugāḥ
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sutīkṣṇenopadiṣṭena gatvā tena pathā sukham
idaṃ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravīt
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etad evāśramapadaṃ nūnaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ
agastyasya muner bhrātur dṛśyate puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
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yathā hīme vanasyāsya jñātāḥ pathi sahasraśaḥ
saṃnatāḥ phalabhareṇa puṣpabhāreṇa ca drumāḥ
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pippalīnāṃ ca pakvānāṃ vanād asmād upāgataḥ
gandho 'yaṃ pavanotkṣiptaḥ sahasā kaṭukodayaḥ
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tatra tatra ca dṛśyante saṃkṣiptāḥ kāṣṭhasaṃcayāḥ
lūnāś ca pathi dṛśyante darbhā vaidūryavarcasaḥ
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etac ca vanamadhyasthaṃ kṛṣṇābhraśikharopamam
pāvakasyāśramasthasya dhūmāgraṃ saṃpradṛśyate
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vivikteṣu ca tīrtheṣu kṛtasnānā dvijātayaḥ
puṣpopahāraṃ kurvanti kusumaiḥ svayam ārjitaiḥ
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tat sutīkṣṇasya vacanaṃ yathā saumya mayā śrutam
agastyasyāśramo bhrātur nūnam eṣa bhaviṣyati
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nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
yasya bhrātrā kṛteyaṃ dik śaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā
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ihaikadā kila krūro vātāpir api celvalaḥ
bhrātarau sahitāv āstāṃ brāhmaṇaghnau mahāsurau
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dhārayan brāhmaṇaṃ rūpam ilvalaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ vadan
āmantrayati viprān sa śrāddham uddiśya nirghṛṇaḥ
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bhrātaraṃ saṃskṛtaṃ bhrātā tatas taṃ meṣarūpiṇam
tān dvijān bhojayām āsa śrāddhadṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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tato bhuktavatāṃ teṣāṃ viprāṇām ilvalo 'bravīt
vātāpe niṣkramasveti svareṇa mahatā vadan
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tato bhrātur vacaḥ śrutvā vātāpir meṣavan nadan
bhittvā bhitvā śarīrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ viniṣpatat
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brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi tair evaṃ kāmarūpibhiḥ
vināśitāni saṃhatya nityaśaḥ piśitāśanaiḥ
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agastyena tadā devaiḥ prārthitena maharṣiṇā
anubhūya kila śrāddhe bhakṣitaḥ sa mahāsuraḥ
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tataḥ saṃpannam ity uktvā dattvā hastāvasecanam
bhrātaraṃ niṣkramasveti ilvalaḥ so 'bhyabhāṣata
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taṃ tathā bhāṣamāṇaṃ tu bhrātaraṃ vipraghātinam
abravīt prahasan dhīmān agastyo munisattamaḥ
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kuto niṣkramituṃ śaktir mayā jīrṇasya rakṣasaḥ
bhrātus te meṣa rūpasya gatasya yamasādanam
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atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhrātur nidhanasaṃśritam
pradharṣayitum ārebhe muniṃ krodhān niśācaraḥ
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so 'bhyadravad dvijendraṃ taṃ muninā dīptatejasā
cakṣuṣānalakalpena nirdagdho nidhanaṃ gataḥ
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tasyāyam āśramo bhrātus taṭākavanaśobhitaḥ
viprānukampayā yena karmedaṃ duṣkaraṃ kṛtam
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evaṃ kathayamānasya tasya saumitriṇā saha
rāmasyāstaṃ gataḥ sūryaḥ saṃdhyākālo 'bhyavartata
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upāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ saha bhrātrā yathāvidhi
praviveśāśramapadaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ cābhyavādayan
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samyak pratigṛhītas tu muninā tena rāghavaḥ
nyavasat tāṃ niśām ekāṃ prāśya mūlaphalāni ca
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tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ vimale sūryamaṇḍale
bhrātaraṃ tam agastyasya āmantrayata rāghavaḥ
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abhivādaye tvā bhagavan sukham adhyuṣito niśām
āmantraye tvāṃ gacchāmi guruṃ te draṣṭum agrajam
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gamyatām iti tenokto jagāma raghunandanaḥ
yathoddiṣṭena mārgeṇa vanaṃ tac cāvalokayan
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nīvārān panasāṃs tālāṃs timiśān vañjulān dhavān
ciribilvān madhūkāṃś ca bilvān api ca tindukān
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puṣpitān puṣpitāgrābhir latābhir anuveṣṭitān
dadarśa rāmaḥ śataśas tatra kāntārapādapān
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hastihastair vimṛditān vānarair upaśobhitān
mattaiḥ śakunisaṃghaiś ca śataśaḥ pratināditān
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tato 'bravīt samīpasthaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ
pṛṣṭhato 'nugataṃ vīraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam
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snigdhapatrā yathā vṛkṣā yathā kṣāntā mṛgadvijāḥ
āśramo nātidūrastho maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
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agastya iti vikhyāto loke svenaiva karmaṇā
āśramo dṛśyate tasya pariśrānta śramāpahaḥ
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prājyadhūmākulavanaś cīramālāpariṣkṛtaḥ
praśāntamṛgayūthaś ca nānāśakunināditaḥ
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nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
dakṣiṇā dik kṛtā yena śaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā
80
tasyedam āśramapadaṃ prabhāvād yasya rākṣasaiḥ
dig iyaṃ dakṣiṇā trāsād dṛśyate nopabhujyate
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yadā prabhṛti cākrāntā dig iyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇā
tadā prabhṛti nirvairāḥ praśāntā rajanīcarāḥ
82
nāmnā ceyaṃ bhagavato dakṣiṇā dik pradakṣiṇā
prathitā triṣu lokeṣu durdharṣā krūrakarmabhiḥ
83
mārgaṃ niroddhuṃ satataṃ bhāskarasyācalottamaḥ
saṃdeśaṃ pālayaṃs tasya vindhyaśaulo na vardhate
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ayaṃ dīrghāyuṣas tasya loke viśrutakarmaṇaḥ
agastyasyāśramaḥ śrīmān vinītamṛgasevitaḥ
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eṣa lokārcitaḥ sādhur hite nityaṃ rataḥ satām
asmān adhigatān eṣa śreyasā yojayiṣyati
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ārādhayiṣyāmy atrāham agastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim
śeṣaṃ ca vanavāsasya saumya vatsyāmy ahaṃ prabho
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atra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
agastyaṃ niyatāhāraṃ satataṃ paryupāsate
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nātra jīven mṛṣāvādī krūro vā yadi vā śaṭhaḥ
nṛśaṃsaḥ kāma vṛtto vā munir eṣa tathāvidhaḥ
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atra devāś ca yakṣāś ca nāgāś ca patagaiḥ saha
vasanti niyatāhāro dharmam ārādhayiṣṇavaḥ
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atra siddhā mahātmāno vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaiḥ
tyaktvā dehān navair dehaiḥ svaryātāḥ paramarṣayaḥ
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yakṣatvam amaratvaṃ ca rājyāni vividhāni ca
atra devāḥ prayacchanti bhūtair ārādhitāḥ śubhaiḥ
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āgatāḥ smāśramapadaṃ saumitre praviśāgrataḥ
nivedayeha māṃ prāptam ṛṣaye saha sītayā
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