Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.34

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite trayastriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sagara uvāca
brahmaputra mahābhāga mahānme 'nugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ /
yadidaṃ kavacaṃ mahyaṃ prakāśitamanāmayam

aurveṇānugṛhīto 'haṃ kṛtāstro yadanugrahāt /
bhavatastu kṛpāpātraṃ jāto 'hamadhunā vibho

rāmeṇa bhārgavendreṇa kārttavīryo nṛpo guro /
yathā samāpito vīrastanme vistarato vada

kṛpāpātraṃ sa dattasya rājā rāmaḥ śivasya ca /
ubhau tau samare vīrau jaghaṭāte kathaṃ guro

vasiṣṭha uvāca
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi caritaṃ pāpanāśanam /
kārttavīryasya bhūpasya rāmasya ca mahātmanaḥ

sa rāmaḥ kavacaṃ labdhvā mantraṃ caiva gurormukhāt /
cakāra mādhanaṃ tasya bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ

bhūmiśāgī triṣavaṇa snānasadhyāparāyaṇaḥ /
uvāsapuṣkare rāma śatavarṣamatandritaḥ

samitpuṣpakuśādīni dravyāṇyaharaharbhṛgoḥ /
ānīya kānanādbhūpa prāyacchadakṛtavraṇaḥ

satataṃ dhyānasaṃyukto rāmo matimatāṃ varaḥ /
ārādhayāmāsa vibhuṃ kṛṣṇaṃ kalmaṣanāśanam

tasyaivaṃ yajamānasya rāmasya jagatīpate /
gataṃ varṣaśataṃ tatra dhyānayuktasya nityadā

ekadā tu mahārāja rāmaḥ snātuṃ gato mahān /
madhyamaṃ puṣkaraṃ tatra dadarśāśvaryamuttamam

mṛga ekaḥ samāyāto mṛgya yuktaḥ palāyitaḥ /
vyādhasya mṛgayāṃ prāpto dharmatapto 'tipīḍitaḥ

pipāsito mahābhāga jalapānasamutsukaḥ /
rāmasya paśyatastatra sarasastaṭamāgataḥ

paścānmṛgī samāyātā bhītā sā cakitekṣaṇā /
ubho tau pibatastatra jalaṃ śaṅkitamānasau

tāvatsamāgato vyādho bāṇapāṇirdhanurddharaḥ /
sa dṛṣṭvā tatra saṃviṣṭaṃ rāmaṃ bhārgavanandanam

akṛtavraṇasaṃyuktaṃ tasthau dūrakṛtekṣaṇaḥ /
sa cintayāmāsa tadā śaṅkito bhṛgunandanāt

ayaṃ rāmo mahāvīro duṣṭānāmantakārakaḥ /
kathametasya hanmyetau paśyato mṛgayāmṛgau

iti cintā samāviṣṭo vyādho rājanyasattama /
tasthau tatraiva rāmasya bhayātsaṃtrastamānasaḥ

rāmastu tau mṛgoṃ dṛṣṭvā pibantau sabhyaṃ jalam /
tarkayāmāsa medhāvī kimatra bhayakāraṇam

naivātra vyāghrasenādo na ca vyādho hi dṛśyate /
kenaitau kāraṇenāho śaṅkitau cakitekṣaṇau

atha vā mṛgajātirhi nisargāccakitekṣaṇā /
cenaitau jalapāne 'pi paśyataścakitekṣaṇau

naitāvatkāraṇaṃ cātra kintu khedabhayāturau /
lakṣayete khinnasarvāṅgau kampayuktau yatastvimau

evaṃ saṃcintya matimānsa tasthau madhyapuṣkare /
śiṣyeṇa saṃyuto rāmo yāvattau cāpi saṃsthitau

pītvā jalaṃ tatastau tu vṛkṣacchāyāsamāśritau /
rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ kathāṃ tau cakraturmudā

mṛgyuvāca
kānta cātraiva tiṣṭhāvo yāvadrāmo 'trasaṃsthitaḥ /
asya vīrasya sāṃnidhye bhayaṃ naivāvayorbhavet

atrāpyāgatya caivdyādhau hyāvayoḥ prahariṣyati /
dṛṣṭamātro hi muninā bhasmībhūto bhaviṣyati

ityukte vacane mṛgyā rāmar śanatuṣṭayā /
mṛgaścovāca harṣeṇa samāviṣṭaḥ priyāṃ svakām

evameva mahābhāge yadvai vadasi bhāmini /
jāne 'hamapi rāmasya prabhāvaṃ sumahātmanaḥ

yo 'yaṃ saṃdṛśyate cāsya pārśvaṃ śiṣyo 'kṛtavraṇaḥ /
sacāne na mahābhāgastrāto vyāghrabhayāturaḥ

ayaṃ rāmo mahābhāge jamadagnisuto 'nujaḥ /
pitaraṃ kārttavīryeṇa dṛṣṭvā caiva tiraskṛtam

cakārātitarāṃ kruddhaḥ pratijñāṃ nṛpaghātinīm /
tatpūrtikāmo hyagamadbrahmalokaṃ purā hyayam

sa brahmā diṣṭavāṃścainaṃ śivalokaṃ vrajeti ha /
tasya tvājñāṃ samādāya gato 'sau śivasannidhim

provācākhilavṛttānta rājñaścapyātmanaḥ pituḥ /
sa kṛpālurmahādevaḥ sabhājya bhṛgunandanam

dadau kṛṣṇasya sanmantramabhedyaṃ kavacaṃ tathā /
svīyaṃ pāśupataṃ cāstramanyāstragrāmameva ca

visarjayāmāsa mudā dattvā śastrāṇi cādarāt /
so 'yamatrāgato bhadre metrasādhanatatparaḥ

nityaṃ japati dharmātmā kṛṣṇasya kavacaṃ sudhīḥ /
śatavarṣāṇi cāpyasya gatāni sumahātmanaḥ

mantra sādhayato bhadre na ca tatsiddhireti hi /
ātrāsti kāraṇaṃ bhaktiḥ sāva vai trividhā matā

uttamā madhyamā caiva kaniṣṭhā taralekṣaṇe /
śivasya nāradasyāpi śukasya ca mahātmanaḥ

aṃbarīṣsya rājarṣe rantidevasya māruteḥ /
balervibhīṣaṇasyāpi prahlādasya mahātmanaḥ

uttamā bhaktirevāsti gopīnāmuddhavasya ca /
vasiṣṭhādimunīśānāṃ manvādīnāṃ śubhekṣaṇe

madhyā ca bhaktirevāsti prākṛtānyajaneṣu sā /
madhyabhaktirayaṃ rāmo nityaṃ yamaparāyaṇaḥ

sevate gopikādhīśaṃ tena siddhiṃ na cāgataḥ /
vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityuktā tvaritaṃ kāntaṃ sā mṛgī hṛṣṭamānasā

punaḥ papraccha bhaktestu lakṣaṇaṃ premadāyakam /
mṛgyuvāca
sādhukānta mahābhāga vacaste 'laukikaṃ priya /
rhadṛg jñānaṃ tava kathaṃ saṃjātaṃ tadvadādhunā

mṛga uvāca
śṛṇu priye mahābhāge jñānaṃ puṇyena jāyate

tatpuṇyamadya saṃjātaṃ bhārgavasyāsya darśanāt /
puṇyātmā bhārgavaścāyaṃ kṛṣṇābhakto jitendriyaḥ

guruśuśrūṣako nityaṃ nityanaimittikādaraḥ /
ato 'sya darśanājjātaṃ jñānaṃ me/dyaiva bhāmini

trailokyasthitasattvānāṃ śubhāśubhanidarśakam /
adyaiva viditaṃ me 'bhūdrāsasyāsya mahātmanaḥ

caritaṃ puṇyadaṃ caiva pāpaghnaṃ śṛṇvatāmidam /
yadyatkariṣyate caiva tadapi jñānagocaram

yottamā bhaktirākhyātā tāṃ vinā naiva siddhyati /
kavacaṃ mantrasahitaṃ hyapi varṣāyutāyutaiḥ

yadyayaṃ bhārgavo bhadre hyagastyānugrahaṃ labhet /
kṛṣṇapremāmṛtaṃ nāma stotramuttamabhaktidam

jñātvā ca lapsyate siddhiṃ mantrasya kavacasya ca /
sa munirjñātatattvārthaḥ sānukaṃpo 'bhayapradaḥ

upadekṣyati caivainaṃ tattvajñānaṃ mudāvaham /
śrīkṛṣṇacāritaṃ sarvaṃ nāmabhirgrathitaṃ yataḥ

kṛṣṇapremāmṛtastotrājjñāsyate 'sya mahāmatiḥ /
tataḥ saṃsiddha kavacau rājanaṃ haihayādhipam

hatvā saputrāmātyaṃ ca sasuhṛdbalavāhanam /
triḥ saptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ kariṣyatyavanīṃ priya

vasiṣṭha uvāca
evamuktvā mṛgo rājanvirarāma mṛgīṃ tataḥ /
ātmano mṛgabhāvasya kāraṇaṃ jñātavāṃśca ha