Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.23

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīye upoddhātapāde vasiṣṭhasagarasaṃvāde arcunopākhyāne jāmadagnyatapaścaraṇaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 22//
vasiṣṭha uvāca
tapasvinaṃ tadā rāmamekāgramanasaṃ bhave /
rahasyekāntanirataṃ niyataṃ śaṃsitavratam

śrutvā tamṛṣayaḥ sarve taponirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ /
jñānakarmavayovṛddhā mahāntaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

didṛkṣavaḥ samājagmuḥ kutūhalasamanvitāḥ /
khyāpayantastapaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ tasya rājanmahātmanaḥ

bhṛgvatrikratujābālivāmadevamṛkaṇḍavaḥ /
saṃbhāvayantaste rāmaṃ munayo vṛddhasaṃmatāḥ

ājagmurāśramaṃ tasya rāmasya tapasastapaḥ /
dūrādeva mahāntaste puṇyakṣetranivāsinaḥ

garīyaḥ sarvalokeṣu tapo 'gryaṃ jñānameva ca /
praśasya tasya te sarveprayayuḥ svaṃ svamāśramam

evaṃ pravarttatastasya rāmasya bhagavāñchivaḥ /
prasannacetā nitarāṃ babhūva nṛpasattama

jijñāsustasya bhagavān bhaktimātmani śaṅkaraḥ /
mṛgavyādhavapurbhūtvā yayau rājaṃstadantikam

bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyo raktāntāyatalocanaḥ /
śaracāpadharaḥ prāṃśurvajrasaṃhanano yuvā

uttuṅgahanubāhvaṃsaḥ piṅgalaśmaśrumūrddhajaḥ /
māṃsavisravasāgandhī sarvaprāṇivihiṃsakaḥ

sakaṇṭakulatāsparśakṣatārūṣitavigrahaḥ /
sāmaṭaksaṃcarvamāṇaśca māṃsakhaṇḍamanekaśaḥ

māṃsabhāradvayālaṃbividhānānatakandharaḥ /
ārujaṃstarasā vṛkṣānūruvegena saṃghaśaḥ

abhyavarttata taṃ deśaṃ pādacārīva parvataḥ /
āsādya sarasastasya tīraṃ kusumitadrumam

nyadadhānmāsabhāraṃ ca sa mūle kasyacittaroḥ /
niṣasāda kṣaṇantatra tarucchāyāmupāśritaḥ

tiṣṭhantaṃ sarasastīre so 'paśyadbhṛgunandanam /
tataḥ sa śīghramutthāya samīpamupasṛtya ca

rāmāya seṣucāpābhyāṃ karābhyāṃ vidadheṃ'jalim /
sajalāṃbhodasannādagaṃbhīreṇa svareṇa ca

jagāda bhṛguśārdūlaṃ guhāntaravisarpiṇā /
toṣapravarṣavyādho 'haṃ vasāmyasminmahāvane

īśo 'hamasya deśasya saprāṇitaruvīrudhaḥ /
carāmi samacittātmā nānāsattvā miṣāśanaḥ

samaśca sarvabhūteṣu na ca pitrādayo 'pi me /
abhakṣyāgamyapeyādicchandavastuṣu kutracit

kṛtyākṛtyavidhaucaiva na viśeṣitadhīraham /
prapanno nābhigamanaṃ nivāsamapi kasyacit

śakrasyāpi balenāhamanumanye na saṃśayaḥ /
jānate tadhyathā sarve deśo 'yaṃ madupāśrayaḥ

tasmānna kaścidāyāti mamātrānumatiṃ vinā /
ityeṣa mama vṛttāntaḥ kārtsnyena kathitastava

tvaṃ ca me brūhi tattvena nijavṛttamaśeṣataḥ /
kastvaṃ kasmādihāyātaḥ kimarthamiha dhiṣṭhitaḥ /
udyato 'nyatra vā gantuṃ kiṃ vā tava cikīrṣitam

vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityevamuktaḥ prahasaṃstena rāmo mahādyutiḥ /
tūṣṇīṃ kṣaṇamiva sthitvā dadhyau kiñcidavāṅmukhaḥ

ko 'yameva durādharṣaḥ sajalāṃbhodanisvanaḥ /
bravīti ca giro 'tyarthaṃ vispaṣṭārthapadākṣarāḥ

kiṃ tu me mahatīṃ śaṅkāṃ tanurasya tanoti vai /
vijātisaṃśrayatvena ramaṇīyā tathā śarāḥ

evaṃ cintayatastasya nimittāni śubhāni vai /
babhūvurbhuvi dehe ca svābhipretārthadānyalam

tato vimṛśya bahuśo manasābhṛgupuṅgavaḥ /
uvāca śanakairvyādhaṃ vacanaṃ sūnṛtākṣaram

jāmadagnyo 'smi bhadraṃ te rāmo nāmnā tu bhārgavaḥ /
tapaścartumihāyātaḥ sāṃprataṃ guruśāsanāt

tapasā sarvalokeśaṃ bhaktyā ca niyamena ca /
ārādhayitumasmiṃstu cirāyāhaṃ samudyataḥ

tasmātmarveśvaraṃ sarvaśaraṇyamabhayapradam /
trinetraṃ pāpadamanaṃ śaṅkaraṃ bhaktavatsalam

tapasā toṣayiṣyāmi sarvajñaṃ tripurāntakam /
āśrame 'sminasarastīre niyamaṃ samupāśritaḥ

bhaktānukaṃpī bhagavānyāvatpratyakṣatāṃ haraḥ /
upaiti tāvadatraiva sthāsyāmīti matirmama

tasmāditastvayādyaiva gantumanyatra yujyate /
na cedbhavati me hāniḥ svakṛterniyamasya ca

mānanīyo 'tha vāhaṃ te bhaktyā deśāntarātithiḥ /
svanivāsamupāyātastapasvī ca tathā muniḥ

tvatasaṃnidhau nivāso me bhavetpāpāya kevalam /
tava cāpyasukhodarkaṃ matsamīpaniṣevaṇam

sa tvaṃmadāśramopānte paricaṅkramaṇādikam /
parityajya sukhībhūyā lokayorubhayorapi

vasiṣṭha uvāca
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sa bhūyo bhṛgupuṅgavam /
uvāca roṣatāmrākṣastāmrākṣamidamuttaram

brahman kimidamatyarthaṃ samīpe vasatiṃ mama /
parigarhayase yena kṛtaghnasyeva kāṃpratam

kiṃ mayāpakṛtaṃ loke bhavato 'nyasya vā kvacit /
anāgaskāriṇaṃ dāntaṃ ko 'vamanyeta nāmataḥ

sannidhiḥ pariharttavyo yadi me viprapuṅgava /
darśanaṃ saha saṃvāsaḥ saṃbhāṣaṇamathāpi ca

āyuṣmatādhunaivāsmādapasarttavyamāśramāt /
svasaṃśrayaṃ parityajya kvāhaṃ yāsye bubhukṣitaḥ

svādhivāsaṃ parityajya bhavatā yoditaḥ katham /
ito 'nyasmin gāmiṣyāmi dūre nāhaṃ viśeṣataḥ

gamyatāṃ bhavatānyatra sthīyatāmatra vecchayā /
nāhaṃ cālayituṃ śakyaḥ sthānādasmātkathañcana

vasiṣṭha uvāca
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kiñcitkopasamanvitaḥ /
tamuvāca punarvākyamidaṃ rājanbhṛgūdvahaḥ

vyādhajātiriyaṃ krūrā sarvasattvabhayāvahā /
khalakarmaratā nityaṃ dhikkṛtā sarvajantubhiḥ

tasyāṃ jāto 'si pāpīyānsarvaprāṇivihiṃsakaḥ /
sa kathaṃ na parityājyaḥ sujanaiḥ syāttu durmate

tasmādvihīnajātīyaṃ viditvātmānamabyatha /
śīghramasmādvrajānyatra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

śarīratrāṇakāruṇyātsamīpaṃ nopasarpasi /
yathā tvaṃ kaṇṭakādīnāmasahiṣṇutayā vyathām

tathāvehi samastānāṃ priyāḥ prāṇāḥ śarīriṇām /
vyathā cābhihatānāṃ tu vidyate bhavato 'nyathā

ahiṃsā sarvabhūtānāmiti dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ /
etadviruddhācaraṇānnityaṃ sadbhirvigarhitaḥ

ātmaprāṇābhirakṣārthaṃ tvamaśeṣaśarīriṇaḥ /
haniṣyasi kathaṃ satsunāpnoṣi vacanīyatām

tasmācchīghraṃ tu bhogaccha tvameva puruṣādhama /
tvayā me kṛtyadoṣasya hāniśca na bhaviṣyati

na catsvayamito gaccheśtatastava balādapi /
apasarpaṇatābuddhimahamutpādaye sphuṭam

kṣaṇārddhamapi te pāpa śreyasī neha saṃsthitiḥ /
viruddhācaraṇo nityaṃ dharmadriṣ ko labhecca śām

vasiṣṭha uvāca
rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā prīto 'pi tamidaṃ vacaḥ /
uvāca saṃkruddha iva vyādharūpī pinākadhṛk

sarvametadahaṃ manyaṃ vyarthaṃ vyavasitaṃ tava /
kutastvaṃ prathamo jñānī kutaḥ śaṃbhuḥ kutastapaḥ

kutastvaṃ kliśyase mūḍha tapasā tena te 'dhunā /
ghruvaṃ mithyāpravṛttasya na hi tuṣyati śaṅkaraḥ

viruddhalokācaraṇaḥ śaṃbhustasya vituṣṭaye /
pratapatyabudho marttyastvāṃ vinā kaḥ mudurmate

atha vā ca gataṃ me 'dya yuktametadasaṃśayam /
saṃpūjya pūjakaviddhau śaṃbhostava ca saṃgamaḥ

tvayā pūjayituṃ yuktaḥ sa eva bhuvane rataḥ /
saṃpūjako 'pi tasya tvaṃ yogyo nātra vicāraṇā

pitāmahasya lokānāṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
śiraśchittvā punaḥ śaṃbhurbrahmahatyāmavāptavān

brahmahatyābhibhūtena prāyastvaṃ śaṃbhunā dvija /
upadiṣṭo 'si tatkartuṃ nocedevaṃ kathaṃ kṛthāḥ

tādātmyaguṇasaṃyogānmanyaṃ rudrasya te 'dhunā /
tapaḥ siddhiranuprāptā kolenālpīyasā mune

prāyo 'dya mātaraṃ hatvā sarvailoṅkairnirākṛtaḥ /
tapovyājena gahane nirjane saṃpravarttase

gurustrībrahmahatyotthapātakakṣapaṇāya ca /
tapaścarasi nānena tapasā tatpraṇaśyati

pātakānāṃ kilānyeṣāṃ prāyaścittāni saṃtyapi /
mātṛdruhāmavehi tvaṃ na kvacitkila niṣkṛtiḥ

ahiṃsālakṣaṇo dharmo lokeṣu yadi te mataḥ /
svahastena kathaṃ rāma mātaraṃ kṛttavānasi

kṛtvā mātṛvadhaṃ ghoraṃ sarvalokavigarhitam /
tvaṃ punardhārmiko bhūtvā kāmato 'nyānvinindasi

paśyatā hasatāmoghaṃ ātmadoṣamajānatā /
aparyāptamahaṃ nanyaṃ paraṃ doṣavimarśanām

svadharmaṃ yadyahaṃ tyaktvā vartteyamakulobhayam /
tarhi garhaya māṃ kāmaṃ nirupya manasā svayam

mātāpitṛsutādīnāṃ bharaṇāyaiva kevalam /
kriyate prāṇihananaṃ nijadharmatayā mayā

svadharmādāmiṣeṇāhaṃ sakuṭumbo dinedine /
varttāmi sāpi me vṛttirvidhātrā vihitā purā

māṃsena yāvatā me syānnityaṃ pitrādi poṣaṇam /
haniṣye cettadadhikaṃ tarhi yujyeyamenasā

yāvatpoṣaṇaghātena na vayaṃ syāma ninditāḥ /
tadetatsaṃpradhārya tvaṃ nindavā māṃ praśaṃsa vā

sādhu vāsādhu vā karma yasya yadvihitaṃ purā /
tadeva tena karttavyamāpadyapi kathañcana

nirūpaya svabhuddhyā tvamātmano mama cāntaram /
ahaṃ tu sarvabhāvena mitrādibharaṇe rataḥ

saṃtyajya pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ vinihatya ca mātaram /
bhūtvā tu dhārmikastvaṃ tu tapaścartumihāgataḥ

ye tu mūlavidasteṣāṃ vispaṣṭaṃ yatra darśanam /
yathājihvaṃ bhavennātra vacasāpi samīhitum

ahaṃ tu samyagjānāmi tava vṛttamaśeṣataḥ /
tasmādalaṃ te tapasā niṣphalena bhṛgūdvaha

sukhamicchasi cettyaktvā kāyakleśakaraṃ tapaḥ /
yāhi rāma tvamanyatra yatra vā na vidurjanāḥ