Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.21

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samāptaścāyaṃ śrāddhakalpaḥ /
vasiṣṭha uvāca
itthaṃ pravarttamānasya jamadagnermahātmanaḥ /
varṣāṇi katicidrājanvyatīyuramitaujasaḥ

rāmo 'pi nṛpaśārdūla sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ /
vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ

pitroścakāra śuśrūṣāṃ vinītātmā mahāmatiḥ /
prītiṃ ca nijaceṣṭābhiranvahaṃ paryavarttayat

itthaṃ pravarttamānasya varṣāṇi katicinnṛpa /
pitroḥ śuśrūṣayānaiṣīdrāmo matimatāṃ varaḥ

sa kadācinmahātejāḥ pitāmaha guhaṃ prati /
gantuṃ vyavasito rājandaivena ca niyojitaḥ

nipīḍya śirasā pitroścaraṇau bhṛgupuṅgavaḥ /
uvāca prāñjalirbhūtavā sapraśrayamidaṃ vacaḥ

kañcidarthamahaṃ tāta mātaraṃ tvāṃ ca sāmpratam /
vijñāpayitumicchāmi mama tacchrotumarhathaḥ

pitāmahamahaṃ draṣṭumutkaṇṭhitamanāściram /
tasmāttatpārśvamadhunā gamiṣye vāmanujñayā

āhūtaścāsakṛttāta sotkaṇṭhaṃ prīyamāṇayā /
pitāmahyā bahumukhairicchantyā mama darśanam

pitṝnpitāmahasyāpi priyameva pradarśanam /
sadīyaṃ tena tatpārśvaṃ gantuṃ māmanujānata

vasiṣṭha uvāca
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā saṃbhrāntaṃ samudīritam /
harṣeṇa mahatā yuktau sāśrunetrau babhūvatuḥ

tamāliṅgya mahābhāgaṃ mūrdhnyupāghrāya sādaram /
abhinandyāśiṣā tāta hyubhau tāvidamāhatuḥ

pitāmahagṛhaṃ tāta prayāhi tvaṃ yathāsukham /
pitāmahapitāmahyoḥ prītaye darśanāya ca

tatra gatvā yathānyāyaṃ taṃ śuśrūṣā parāyaṇaḥ /
kañcitkālaṃ tayorvatsa prītaye vasa tadgṛhe

sthitvā nāticiraṃ kālaṃ tayorbhūyo 'pyanuśaya /
atrāgaccha mahābhāga kṣemeṇāsmaddidṛkṣayā

kṣaṇārddhamapi śaktāḥ stho na vinā putradarśanam /
tasmātpitāmaha gṛhe na cirātsthātumarhasi

tadājñayātha vā putra prapitāmahasannidhim /
gato 'pi śīghramāgaccha krameṇa tadanujñayā

vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityuktastau parikramya praṇamya ca mahāmatiḥ /
pitarāvapyanujñāpya pitāmahagṛhaṃ tataḥ

sa gatvā bhṛguvaryasya ṛcīkasya mahātmanaḥ /
praviveśāśramaṃ rāmo muniśiṣyopaśobhitam

svādhyāyaghoṣairvipulaiḥ sarvataḥ pratināditam /
praśāntavaira sattvāḍhyaṃ sarvasattvamanoharam

sa praviśyaśramaṃ ramyamṛcīkaṃ sthitamāsane /
dadarśa rāmo rājendra sa pitāmahamagrataḥ

jājvalyamānaṃ tapasā dhiṣṇyasthamiva pāvakam /
upāsitaṃ satyavatyā yathā dakṣiṇāya'dhvaram

svasamīpamupāyāntaṃ rāmamālokya tau nṛpa /
suciraṃ taṃ vimarśetāṃ samājñāpūrvadarśanau

ko 'yameṣa taporāśiḥ sarvalatraṇapūjitaḥ /
bālo 'yaṃ balavānbhātigāṃbhīryātpraśrayeṇa ca

evaṃ tayościntayatoḥ saharṣaṃ hṛdi kautukāt /
āsasāda śanai rāmaḥ samīpe vinayānvitaḥ

svanāmagotre matimānuktvā pitrormudānvitaḥ /
saṃspṛśaṃścaraṇau mūrdhnā hastābhyāṃ cābhyavādayat

tatastau prītamanasau samuthāpya ca sattamam /
āśīrbhirabhinandetāṃ pṛthak pṛthagubhāvapi

tamāśliṣyāṅkamāropya harṇāśruplutalocanau /
vīkṣantau tanmukhāṃbhojaṃ paraṃ harṣamavāpatuḥ

tataḥ sukhopaviṣṭaṃ tamātmavaṃśasamudvaham /
anāmayamapṛcchetāṃ tāvubhau daṃpatī tadā

pitarau te kuśalino vatsa kiṃbhrātarastathā /
anāyāsena te vṛttirvartate cātha karhicit

samastābhyāṃ tato rājannācacakṣe yathoditaḥ /
tathā svānugataṃ pitrorbhrātṝṇāṃ caiva ceṣṭitam

evaṃ tayormahārāja satprītijanitaiguṇaiḥ /
prīyamāṇo 'vasadrāmaḥ pituḥ pitrornniveśane

sa tasminsarvabhūtānāṃ manonayananandanaḥ /
uvāsa katicinmāsāṃstacchuśrūṣāparāyaṇaḥ

athānujñāpya tau rājanbhṛguvaryo mahāmanāḥ /
pitāmahagurorgantumiyeṣāśrayamāśramam

sa tābhyāṃ prītiyuktābhyāmāśīrbhirabhinanditaḥ /
yathā cābhyāṃ pradiṣṭena yayā vaurvāśramaṃ prati

taṃ namaskṛtya vidhivaccyavanaṃ ca mahātapāḥ /
sapraharṣaṃ tadājñātaḥ prayayāvāśramaṃ bhṛgoḥ

sa gatvāmunimukhyasya bhṛgorāśramamaṇḍalam /
dadarśa śāntacetobhirmunibhiḥ sarvato vṛtam

susnigdhaśītalacchāyaiḥ sarvartukaguṇānvitaiḥ /
tarubhiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ prītaḥ phalapuṣpottarānvitaiḥ

nānākhagakulārāvairmanaḥśrotrasukhāvahaiḥ /
brahmaghoṣaiśca vividhaiḥ sarvataḥ pratināditam

samantrāhutihomotthadhūmagandhena sarvataḥ /
nirastanikhilāghaughaṃ vanāntaravisarpiṇā

samitkuśāharairdaṇḍamekhalājinamaṇḍitaiḥ /
abhitaḥ śobhitaṃ rājanramyairmunikumārakaiḥ

prasūnajalasaṃpūrmapātrahastābhirantarā /
śobhitaṃ munikalyābhiścarantībhiritastataḥ

sapotahariṇīyūthairvisraṃbhādaviśaṅkibhiḥ /
uṭajāṅgaṇaparyantatarucchāyāsvadhiṣṭhitam

romanthataḥ parāmṛṣṭiyūtha sākṣikamutpradaiḥ /
prārabdhatāṇḍavaṃ kekīmayūrairmadhurasvaraiḥ

pravikīrṇakaṇoddeśaṃ mṛgaśabdaiḥ samīpagaiḥ /
anālīḍhātapacchāyāśuṣyannīvārarāśibhiḥ

hūyamānānalaṃ kāle pūjyamānātithivrajam /
abhyasyamānacchandaughaṃ cintyamānagamoditam

paṭhyamānākhilasmārttaṃ śrautārthapravicāraṇam /
prārabdhapitṛdevejyaṃ sarvabhūtamanoharam

tapasvijanabhūyiṣṭhamākāpuruṣasevitam /
tapovṛddhikaraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvasattvasukhāspadam

tapodhanānandakaraṃ brahmalokamivāparam /
prasūnasaurabhabhrāmyanmadhupārāvanāditam

sarvato vījyamānena vividhena nabhasvatā /
evaṃvidhaguṇopetaṃ paśyannāśramamuttamam

praviveśa vinītātmā sukṛtīvāmarālayam /
saṃpraviśyaśramopāntaṃ rāmaḥ svaprapitāmaham

dadarśa parito rājanmuniśiṣyaśatāvṛtam /
vyākhyānavedikāmadhye niviṣṭaṃ kuśaviṣṭare /
sitaśmaśrujaṭākūrcabrahmasūtropaśobhitam

vāmetarorumadhyāsta vāmajaṅghena jānunā

yogapaṭṭena saṃvītasvadehamṛṣipuṅgavam /
vyākhyānamudrāvilasatsavyapāṇitalāṃbujam

yogapaṭṭoparinyastavibhrājadvāmapāṇikam /
samyagāraṇyavākyānāṃ sūkṣmatattvārthasaṃhatim

vivṛtya munimukhyebhyaḥ śrāvayantaṃ taponidhim /
pituḥ pitāmahaṃ ddaṣṭvā rāmastasya mahātmanaḥ

śanairivamahārāja samīpaṃ samupāgamat /
tamāgatamupālakṣya tatprabhāvapradharṣitāḥ

śaṅkāmavāpurmunayo dūrādevākhilā nṛpa /
tāvadūbhṛgurameyātmā tadāgamanatoṣitaḥ

nivṛttānyakathālāpastaṃ paśyannāsa pārthiva /
rāmo 'pi tamupāgamya vinayāvanatānanaḥ

avandata yathānyayamupendra iva vedhasam /
abhivādya yathānyāyaṃ khyātiṃ ca vinayānvitaḥ

tāṃśca saṃbhāvayāmāsa munīnrāmoyathāvayaḥ /
taiśca sarvairmudopetairāśīrbhirabhivarddhitaḥ

upāviveśa medhāvī bhūmau teṣāmanujñayā /
upaviṣṭaṃ tato rāmamāśīrbhirabhinanditam

papracchakuśalapraśnaṃ tamālokya bhṛgustadā /
kuśalaṃ khalu te vatsa pitrośca kimanāmayam

bhrātṝṇāṃ caiva bhavataḥpituḥ pitrostathaiva ca /
kimarthamāgato 'tra tvamadhunāmama sannidhim

kenāpi vā tvamādiṣṭaḥ svayamevāthavāgataḥ /
tatorāmo yathānyāyaṃ tasmai sarvamaśeṣataḥ

kathayāmāsa yatpṛṣṭaṃ tadā tena mahātmanā /
piturmātuśca vṛttānta bhrātṝṇāṃ ca mahātmanām

pituḥ pritroścakauśalya darśanaṃ ca tayornṛpa /
etadanyacca sakalaṃ bhṛgoḥ sapraśrayaṃ mudā

nyavedayadyathānyāyamātmanaśca samīhitam /
śrutvaitadakhilaṃ rājanrāmeṇa samudīritam

taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā viśeṣeṇa bhṛguḥ prīto 'bhyanandata /
evaṃ tasya priyaṃ kurvannutkṛṣṭairātmakarmabhiḥ

tatrāśrame 'vasadrāmo dināni katicinnṛpa /
tataḥ kadācidekānte rāmaṃ munivarottamaḥ

vatsāgaccheti taṃ rājannupāhvayadupahvare /
so 'bhigamya tamāsīnamabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ

tasthau tatpurato rāmaḥ suprītenāntarātmanā /
āśīrbhirabhinandyātha bhṛgustaṃ prīta mānasaḥ

prāha nādhigatāśaṅkaṃ rāmamālokya sādaram /
śruṇu vatsa vaco mahya yattvāṃ vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam

hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ tava cāsmākameva ca /
gaccha putra mamādeśāddhimavantaṃ mahāgirim

adhunaivāśramādasmāttapase dhṛtamānasaḥ /
tatragatvā mahābhāga kṛtvāśramāpadaṃ śubham

ārādhaya mahādevaṃ tapasā niyamena ca /
prītimutpādya tasya tvaṃ bhaktyānanyagayā cirāt

śreyo mahadavāpnoṣi nātra kāryā vijāraṇā /
tarasā tava bhaktyā ca prīto bhavati śaṅkaraḥ

kariṣyati ca te sarvaṃ manasā yadyadicchasi /
tuṣṭe tasmiñjagannāthe śaṅkare bhaktavatsale

astragrāmamaśeṣaṃ tvaṃ vaṇu putra yathepsitam /
tvayā hitārthaṃ devānāṃ karaṇīyaṃ suduṣkaram

vidyate 'bhyadhikaṃ karma śastrasādhyamanekaśaḥ /
tasmāttvaṃ devadeveśaṃ samārādhaya śaṅkaram

bhaktyā paramayā yuktastato 'bhīṣṭamavāpsyasi