Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.26

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vaśiṣṭha uvāca
iti pṛṣṭastadā tābhyāṃ rāmo rājankṛtāñjaliḥ /
tayorakathayatsarvamātmanā yadanuṣṭhitam

nideśādvai kulagurostapaścaraṇamātmanaḥ /
śaṃbhornideśāttīrthānāmaṭanaṃ ca yathākramam

tadājñayaiva daityanāṃ vadhaṃ cāmarakāraṇāt /
haraprasādādatrāpi hyakṛtavraṇadarśanam

etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa yadanyaccātmanā kṛtam /
kathayāmāsa tadrāmaḥ pitroḥ saṃprīyamāṇayoḥ

tau ca tenoditaṃ sarvaṃ śrutvā tatkarma vistaram /
hṛṣṭau harṣāntaraṃ bhūyo rājannāpnuvatāvubhau

evaṃ pitrormahārāja śuśrūṣāṃ bhṛgupuṅgavaḥ /
prakurvaṃstadvidheyātmā bhrātṝṇāṃ cāviśeṣataḥ

etasminneva kāle tu kadāciddhaihayeśvaraḥ /
ityeṣa mṛgayāṃ gāntuṃ caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ

saṃrajyamāne gagane bandhūkakusumāruṇaiḥ /
tārājāladyutiharaiḥ samantādaruṇāṃśubhiḥ

mandaṃ vījati proddhūtaketakīvanarājibhiḥ /
prābhātike gandhavahe kumudākarasaṃspṛśi

vayāṃsi narmadātīratarunīḍāśrayeṣu ca /
vyāharansvākulā vāco manaḥśrotrasukhāvahāḥ

narmadātīratīrthaṃ tadavatīryāghahāriṇi /
tattoye munivṛndeṣu gṛṇātsubrahma śāśvatam

vidhivatkṛtamaitreṣu sannivṛtya sarittaṭāt /
āśamaṃ prati gacchatsu munimukhyeṣu karmiṣu

pratyekaṃ vīrapatnīṣu vyagrāsu gṛhakarmasu /
homārthaṃ munikalpābhirduhyamānāsu dhenuṣu

sthāne munikumāreṣu taṃ dohaṃ hi nayatsu ca /
agnihotrākule jāte sarvabhūtasukhāvahe

vikasatsu sarojeṣu gāyatsu bhramareṣu ca /
vāśatsu nīḍānniṣpatya patatriṣu samantataḥ

anati vyagramattebhaturaṅgarathagāminām /
gātrālhādavivarddhanyāṃ velāyāṃ mandavāyunā

gacchatsu cāśramopāntaṃ prasūnajalahāriṣu /
svādhyā yadakṣairbahubhirajināṃbaradhāribhiḥ

samyak prayojyamāneṣu mantreṣūccāvaceṣu ca /
praiṣeṣūccāryamāṇeṣu hūyamāneṣu vahniṣu

yathā vanmantratantroktakriyāsu vitatāsu ca /
jvaladagniśikhākāre tamastapanatejasi

pratihatya diśaḥ sarvā vivṛṇvāne ca medinīm /
savitaryudayaṃ yāti naiśe tamasi naśyati

tārakāsu vilīnāsu kāṣṭhāsu vimalāsu ca /
kṛtamaitrādiko rājā mṛgayāṃ haihayeśvaraḥ

niryayau nagarāttasmātpurohitasamanvitaḥ /
balaiḥ sarvaiḥ samuditaiḥ savājirathakuñjaraiḥ

sacivaḥ sahitaḥ śrīmān savayobhiśca rājabhiḥ /
mahatā balabhāreṇa namayanvasudhātalam

nādayanrathaghoṣeṇa kakubhaḥ sarvato nṛpaḥ /
svabalaughapadakṣepaprakṣuṇṇāvanireṇubhiḥ

yayau saṃcchādayanvyoma vimānaśatasaṃkulam /
saṃpravaśya vanaṃ ghoraṃ vindhyodrerbalasaṃcayaiḥ

bhṛśaṃ vilolayā māsa samantādrājasattamaḥ /
parivārya vanaṃ tattu sa rājā nijasainikaiḥ

mṛgānnānāvidhānhiṃsrānnijaghāna śitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
ākarṇakṛṣṭakodaṇḍayodhamuktaiḥ śiteṣubhiḥ

nikṛttagātrāḥ śārdūlā nyapatanbhuvi kecana /
udagravegapādātakhaḍgakhaṇḍitavigrahāḥ

varāhayūthapāḥ kecidrudhirārdrā dharāmaguḥ /
pracaṇḍaśāktikonmuktaśaktinirbhinnamastakāḥ

mṛgaughāḥ pratyapadyanta parvatā iva medinīm /
nārācā viddhasarvāṅgāḥ siṃharkṣaśarabhādayaḥ

vasudhāmanvakīryanta śoṇitārdrāḥ samantataḥ /
evaṃ savāguraiḥ kaiścitpatadbhiḥ patitairapi

śvabhiścānudrutaiḥ kaiściddhāvamānaistathā mṛgaiḥ /
āttairvikrośamānaiśca bhītaiḥ prāṇabhayāturaiḥ

yugāpāye yathātyarthaṃ vanamākulamābabhau /
varāhasiṃhaśārdūlaśvāvicchaśakulāni ca

camarīrurugomāyugavayarkṣavṛkānbahūn /
kṛṣṇasārāndvīpimṛgānraktakhaḍgamṛgānavi

vicitrāṅgānmṛgānanyānnyaṅkūnapi ca sarvaśaḥ /
bālānstanandhayānyūnaḥ sthavirānmithunāngaṇān

nijaghnurniśitaiḥ śastraiḥ śastravadhyānhi sainikāḥ /
evaṃ hatvā mṛgān ghorānhiṃsraprāyānaśeṣataḥ

śrameṇa mahatā yuktā babhūvurnṛpasainikāḥ /
madhye dinakare prāpte sasainyaḥ sa tadā nṛpaḥ

narmadāṃ dharmasaṃtaptaḥ pipāsuragamacchanaiḥ /
avatīya tatastasyāstoye sabalavāhanaḥ

vijāgāha śubhe rājā kṣuttṛṣṇāparipīḍitaḥ /
snātvā pītvā ca salilaṃ sa tasyāḥ sukhaśītalam

bisāṃkurāṇi śubhrāṇi svādūni prajaghāsa ca /
vikrīḍya toye suciramuttīrya sabalo nṛpaḥ

viśaśrāma ca tattīre tarukhaṇḍopamaṇḍite /
ālaṃbapāne tigmāṃśau sasainyaḥ sānugo nṛpaḥ

niścakrāma puraṃ gantuṃ vindhyādrivanagahvarāt /
sa gacchanneva dadṛśe narmadā tīramāśritam

āśramaṃ puṇyaśīlasya jamadagnermahātmanaḥ /
tato nivṛtya sainyāni dūre 'vasthāpya pārthivaḥ

paricāraiḥ katipathaiḥ sahito 'yāttadāśamam /
gatvā tadāśramaṃ ramyaṃ purohitasamanvitaḥ

upetya muniśārdūlaṃ nanāma śirasā nṛpaḥ /
abhinaṃ dyāśaṣā taṃ vai jamadagnirnṛpottamam

pūjayāmāsa vidhivadarghapādyāsanādibhiḥ /
saṃbhāvayitvā tāṃ pūjāṃ vihitāṃ muninā tadā

niṣasādāsane śubhra purastasya mahāmuneḥ /
tamāsīnaṃ nṛpavaraṃ kuśāsanagato muniḥ

papraccha kuśalapraśnaṃ putramitrādibandhuṣu /
saha saṃkathayaṃstena rājñā munivarottamaḥ

sthitvā nāticiraṃ kālamātithyārthaṃ nyamantrayat /
tataḥ sa rājā suprīto jamadagni mabhāṣata

maharṣe dehi me 'nujñāṃ gamiṣyāmi svakaṃ puram /
samagravāhanabalo hyahaṃ tasmānmahāmune

kartu na śakyamā tithyaṃ tvayā vanyāśinā vane /
athavā tvaṃ tapaḥśaktyā kartumātithyamadya me

śaknoṣyapi purīṃ gantuṃ māmanujñāturhasi /
anyathā cetkhalaiḥ sainyairatyarthaṃ munisattama

tapasvināṃ bhavetpīḍā niyamakṣayakārikā /
vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityevamuktaḥ sa munistaṃ prāhasthīyatāṃ kṣaṇam

sarvaṃ saṃpādayithye 'hamātithyaṃ sānugasya te /
ityuktvāhūya tāṃ dogdhrīmuvācāyaṃ mamātithiḥ

upāga tastvayā tasmātkriyatāmadya satkṛtiḥ /
ityuktā muninā dogdhrī sātitheyamaśeṣataḥ /
dudoha nṛpaterāśu yadyogyaṃ munigauravāt

athāśramaṃ tatsurarājasadmanikāśamāsīdbhṛgupuṅgavasya /
vibhūtibhedairavicintyarupamananyasādhyaṃ surabhiprabhāvāt

anekaratnojjvalacitrahemaprakāśamālāparivītamuccaiḥ /
pūrṇenduśubhrābhraviṣaktaśṛṅgaiḥ prāsādasaṃghaiḥ parivītamantaḥ

kāṃsyārakūṭārasatāmrahemadurvarṇasaudho paladārumṛdbhiḥ /
pṛthagvimiśrairbhavanairanekaiḥ sadbhāsitaṃ netramanobhirāmaiḥ

mahārharatnojjvalahemavedikāniṣkūṭasopānakuṭīviṭaṅkakaiḥ /
tulākapāṭargalakuḍyadehalīniśāntaśālājiraśobhitairbhṛśam

valabhyalindāṅgapācārutoraṇairadabhraparyantacatuṣkikādibhiḥ /
staṃbheṣu kuḍyeṣu ca divyaratnavicitracitraiḥ pariśobhamānaiḥ

uccāvacai ratnavarairvicitrasuvarṇasiṃhāsanapīṭhikādyaiḥ /
sa bhakṣyabhojyādibhi rannapānairupetabhāṇḍopagataikadeśaiḥ

gṛhairamartyocitasarvasaṃpatsamanvitairnetramano 'bhirāmaiḥ /
tasyāśramaṃ sannagaropamānaṃ babhau vadhūbhiścamanoharābhiḥ