Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.47

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite ṣaṭcatvāriṃśatta mo 'dhyāyaḥ // 46//
vasiṣṭha uvāca
tato mūrddhābhiṣiktānāṃ rājñāmamitatejasām /
ṣaṭsahasradvayaṃ rāmo jīvagrāhaṃ gṛhītavān

tato rājasahasrāṇi gṛhītvā munibhiḥ saha /
sa jagāma mahātejāḥ kurukṣetraṃ tapomayam

sarasāṃ pañcakaṃ tatra khānayitvā bhṛgudvahaḥ /
sukhāvagāhatīrthāni tāni cakre samantataḥ

jaghāna tatra vai rājñaḥ śarīraprabhavāmṛjā /
sarāṃsi tāni vai pañca pūrayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ

snātvā teṣu yathānyāyaṃ jāmadagnayaḥ pratāpavān /
pitṝnsaṃtarpayāmāsa yathāśāstramatandritaḥ

pituḥ pretasya rājendra śrāddhādikamaśeṣataḥ /
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha mātuśca tatra cakre yathoditam

evaṃ tīrṇapratīkaḥ sa kurukṣetre tapomaye /
uvāsātandritaḥ samyak pitṛpūjāparāyaṇaḥ

tataḥ prabhṛtyabhūdrājaṃstīrthānāmuttamottamam /
vihitaṃ jāmadagnyena kurukṣetre tapovane

sasyamaṃ tapañcakamiti sthānaṃ trailokyaviśrutam /
yatra yakre bhṛguśreṣṭhaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimakṣayām

snānadānatapohomadvijabhojanatarpaṇaiḥ /
bhṛśamāpyāyitāstena yatra te pitaro 'khilāḥ

avāpurakṣayāṃ tṛptiṃ pitṛlokaṃ ca śāśvatam /
samantapañcakaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ loke pariśrutam

sarvapāpakṣayakaraṃ mahāpuṇyopabṛṃhitam /
martyānāṃ yatra yātānāmenāṃsi nikhilāni tu

dūrādevāpayāsyanti pravāte śuṣkaparṇavat /
tatkṣetracaryāgamanaṃ martyānāmasatāmiha

na labhyate mahārāja jātu janmaśatairapi /
samantapañcakaṃ tīrthaṃ kurukṣetre 'tipāvanam

yatra snātaḥ sarvatīrthaiḥ snāto bhavati mānavaḥ /
kṛtakṛtyastato rāmaḥ samyak pūrṇamanorathaḥ

uvāsa tatra niyataḥ kañcitkālaṃ mahāmatiḥ /
tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte brāhmaṇaiḥ sahito vaśī

pitṛpiṇḍapradānāya jāmadagnyo 'gamadgayām /
tato gatvā tataḥ śrāddhe yathāśāstramarindamaḥ

brāhmaṇāṃstarpayāmāsa pitṝnuddiśya satkṛtān /
śaivaṃ tatra paraṃ sthānaṃ candrapādamiti smṛtam

pitṛtṛptikaraṃ kṣetraṃ tādṛgloke na vidyate /
yatrārcitāḥ svakulajairyathāśakti manāgapi

pitaraḥ piṇḍadānādyaiḥ prāpsyanti gatimakṣayām /
pitṝnuddiśya tatrāsau tarppiteṣu dvijātiṣu

dadau ca vidhivatpiṇḍaṃ pitṛbhaktisamanvitaḥ /
tatastatpitaraḥ sarve pitṛlokādupāgatāḥ

jagṛhustatkṛtāṃ pūjāṃ jamadagnipurogamāḥ /
atha saṃprītamanasaḥ sametya bhṛgunandanam

ūcustatpitaraḥ sarve 'dṛśyā bhūtvāntarikṣagāḥ /
pitara ūcuḥ
mahatkarma kṛtaṃ vīra bhavatānyaiḥ suduṣkaram

asmānapi yathānyāyaṃ samyak tarpitavānasi /
asmākamakṣayāṃ prītiṃ tathāpi tvaṃ na yacchasi

kṣatrahatyāṃ hi kṛtvā tu kṛtakarmābhavadyataḥ /
kṣetrasyāsya prabhāveṇa bhaktyā ca tava darśanam

prāptāḥsma pūjitāḥ kiṃ tu nākṣayyaphalabhāginaḥ /
tsamāttvaṃ vīrahatyādipāpapraśamanāya hi

prāyaścittaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kuru dharmaṃ ca śāśvatam /
vadhācca vinivartasva kṣatriyāṇāmataḥ param

piturnna te 'parādhyante na svatantraṃ yato jagat /
tannimittaṃ tu maraṇaṃ pituste vihitaṃ purā

hantuṃ kaṃ kaḥ samarthaḥ syālloke rakṣitumeva vā /
nimittamātrameveha sarvaḥ sarvasya caitayoḥ

dhruvaṃ karmānurūpaṃ te ceṣṭante sarva eva hi /
kālānuvṛttaṃ balavānnṛloko nātra saṃśayaḥ

bādhituṃ bhuvi bhūtāni bhūtānāṃ na vidhiṃ vinā /
śakyate vatsa sarvo 'pi yataḥ śaktyā svakarmakṛt

kṣatraṃ prati tato roṣaṃ vimucyāsmatpriyepsayā /
śamamā pnuhi bhadraṃ te sa hyasmākaṃ paraṃ balam

vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityuktvāntardadhuḥ sarve pitaro bhṛgunandanam /
sa cāpi tadvacaḥ sarvaṃ pratijagrāha sādaram

akṛtavraṇasaṃyukto mudā paramayā yutaḥ /
prayayau ca tadā rāmastasmātsiddhavanāśramam

tasminsthitvā bhṛguśreṣṭho brāhmaṇaiḥ sahito nṛpa /
tapase dhṛtasaṃkalpo babhūva sa mahāmanāḥ

sarathaṃ sahasāhaṃ ca dhanuḥsaṃhananāni ca /
punarāgamasaṃketaṃ kṛtvā prāsthāpayattadā

tataḥ sa sarvatīrtheṣu cakre snānamatandritaḥ /
parītyapṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ pitṛdevādibūjakaḥ

evaṃ krameṇa pṛthivīṃ trivāraṃ bhugunandanaḥ /
paricakrāma rājendra lokavṛttamanuvrataḥ

tataḥ sa parvataśreṣṭhaṃ mahendraṃ punarapyatha /
jagāma tapase rājanbāhmaṇairabhisaṃvṛtaḥ

sa tasmiṃścirarātrāya muni siddhaniṣevite /
nivāsamātmano rājankalpayāmāsa dharmavit

munayastaṃ tapasyantaṃ sarvakṣetranivāsinaḥ /
draṣṭukāmāḥ samājagmurniyatā brahmavādinaḥ

dadṛśuste munigaṇāstapasyāsaktamānasam /
kṣātraṃ kakṣamaśeṣeṇa dagdhvā śāntamivānalam

atha tānāgatāndṛṣṭvā munīndivyāṃstapomayān /
arghyādisamudācāraiḥ pūjayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ

kṛtakauśalasaṃpraśnapūrvakāḥ sumahodayāḥ /
teṣāṃ tasya ca saṃvṛttāḥ kathāḥ puṇyā manoharāḥ

tatasteṣāmanumate munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām /
hayamedhaṃ mahāyajñamāhartumupacakrame

saṃbhṛtya sarvasaṃbhārānaurvādyaiḥ sahito nṛpa /
viśvāmitrabharadvājamārkaṇḍeyādibhistathā

teṣā manumate kṛtvā kāśyapaṃ gurumātmanaḥ /
vājimedhaṃ tato rājannājahāra mahākratum

tasyābhūtkāśyapo 'dhvaryurudgātā gautamo muniḥ /
viśvāmitro 'bhavaddhotā rāmasya viditātmanaḥ

brahmatvamakarottasya mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ /
bharadvājāgniveśyādyā veda vedāṅgapāragāḥ

munayaścakruranyāni karmāṇyanye yathākramam /
puttraiḥ śiṣyaiḥ praśiṣyaiśca sahito bhagavānbhṛguḥ

sādasyamakarodrājannanyaiśca munibhiḥ saha /
sa taiḥ sahākhilaṃ karma samāpya bhṛgupuṅgavaḥ

brahmāṇaṃ pūjayāmāsa yathāvadguruṇā saha /
alaṅkṛtya yathānyāya kanyāṃ rūpavatīṃ mahīm

puragrāmaśatopetāṃ samudrāṃbaramālinīm /
āhūya bhṛguśārdūlaḥ saśailavanakānanām

kāśyapāya dadau sarvāmṛte taṃ śailamuttamam /
ātmanaḥ sannivāsārthaṃ taṃ rāmaḥ paryakalpayat

tataḥ prabhṛtirājendra pūjayāmāsa śāstrataḥ /
hiraṇyaratnavastraśvagogajānnādibhistathā

purā samāpya yajñānte tathā cāvabhṛthāplutaḥ /
cakre dravyaparityāgaṃ teṣāmanumate tadā

dattvā ca sarvabhūtānāmabhayaṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ /
tatrāpi parvatavare tapaścartuṃ samārabhat

tatastaṃ samanujñāya sadasyā ṛtvijastathā /
yayuryathāgataṃ sarve munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

gateṣu teṣu bhagavānakṛtavraṇasaṃyutaḥ /
tapo mahatsamāsthāya tatraiva nyavasatsukhī

kāśyapī tu tato bhūmirjananāthā hyanekaśaḥ /
sarvaduḥkhapraśāntyarthaṃ mārīcānumatena tu

tatra dīpapratiṣṭhākhyavrataṃ viṣṇumukhoditam /
cacāra dharaṇī samyak dukhairḥmuktābhavacca sā

ityeṣa jāmadagnyasya prādurbhāva udāhṛtaḥ /
yasmiñśrute naraḥ sarvapātakairvipramucyate

prabhāvaḥ kārttavīryasya loke prathitatejasaḥ /
prasaṃgātkathitaḥ samyaṅnātisaṃkṣepavistaraḥ

evaṃprabhāvaḥ sa nṛpaḥ kārttavīryo 'bhavadbhuvi /
na tādṛśaḥ pumātkaścidbhāvī bhūtāthavā śrutaḥ

dattātreyādvaraṃ vavre mṛtimuttamapūruṣāt /
yatpurā so 'gamanmuktiṃ raṇe rāmeṇa ghātitaḥ

tasyāsītpañcamaḥ putraḥ pakhyāto yo jayadhvajaḥ /
putrastasya mahābāhustālajaṅgho 'bhavannṛpa

abhūttasyāpi putrāṇāṃ śatamuttamadhanvinām /
tālajaṅghābhidhā yeṣāṃ vītihotro 'grajo 'bhavat

putraiḥ savītihotrādyairhaihayādyaiśca rājabhiḥ /
kālaṃ mahāntamavasaddhimādrivānagahvare

yaḥ pūrvaṃ rāma bāṇena dravanpṛṣṭhe 'bhitāḍitaḥ /
tālajaṅgho 'patadbhūmau mūrchito gāḍhavedanaḥ

dadarśa vītihotrastaṃ dravandaivavaśādiva /
rathamāropya vegena palāyanaparo 'bhavat

te tatra nyavasansarve himādrau bhayapīḍitāḥ /
kṛcchraṃ mahāntamāsādya śākamūlaphalāśanaḥ

tataḥ śāntiṃ gate rāme tapasyāsaktamānase /
jālajaṅghaḥ svakaṃ rājyaṃ saputraḥ pratyapadyata

sanniveśya purīṃ bhūyaḥ pūrvavannṛpasattamaḥ /
vasaṃstadā nijaṃ rājyamāpālayadarindamaḥ

suputraḥ sānugabalaḥ pūrvavairamanusmaran /
abhyāyayau mahārāja tālajaṅghaḥ puraṃ tava

caturaṅgabalopetaḥ kaṃpayanniva medinīm /
rurodābhyetya nagarīmayodhyāṃ sa mahīpatiḥ

tato niṣkramya nagarātphalagutantro 'pi te pitā /
yuyudhe tairnṛpaiḥ sarvairvṛddho 'pi taruṇo yathā

nihatānekamātagaturaṅgarathasainikaḥ /
śatrubhirnirjito vṛddhaḥ palāyanaparo ' bhavat

tyaktvā sa nagaraṃ rājyaṃ sakośabalavāhanam /
antarvatnyā ca te mātrā sahito vanamāviśat

tatra caurvāśramopānte nivasannacirādiva /
śokāmarṣasamāviṣṭo vṛddhabhāvena ca svayam

vilokyamāno mātrā te bāṣpagadgadakaṇṭhayā /
anātha iva rājendra svargalokamito gataḥ

tataste jananī rājanduḥkhaśokasamanvitā /
citāmāropayadbhartū rudatī sā kalevaram

anaśanādiduḥkhena bhartturvyasanakarśitā /
cakārāgnipraveśāya sudṛḍhāṃ matimātmanaḥ

aurvastadakhilaṃ śrutvā svayameva mahāmuniḥ /
nirgatya cāśramāttāṃ ca vārayannidamabravīt

na marttavyaṃ tvayā rājñi sāṃprataṃ jaṭhare tava /
putrastiṣṭhati sarveṣāṃ pravaraścavarttinām

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mātā tava manasvinī /
virarāma mṛtestāṃ tu muniḥ svāśramamānayat /
tataḥ sā sarvaduḥkhāni niyamya tvanmukhāṃbujam

didṛkṣurāśramopānte tasyaiva nyavasatsukham /
suṣāva ca tataḥ kāle sā tvāmaurvāśrame tadā

jātakarmādikaṃ sarvaṃ bhavataḥ so 'karonmuniḥ /
aurvāśrame vivṛddhaśca bhavāṃstenānukaṃpitaḥ

tvayaiva viditaṃ sarvamataḥ paramarindama /
evaṃ prabhāvo nṛpatiḥ kārttavīryo 'bhavadbhuvi

vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ /
yadvaṃśajairjito yuddhe pitā te vanamādiśat

tadvṛttāntamaśeṣeṇa mayā te samudīritam /
etacca sarvamākhyātaṃ vratānāmuttamaṃ tava

samantratantraṃ lokeṣu sarvalokaphalapradam /
na hyasya kartturnṛpateḥ puruṣārthacatuṣṭaye

bhavatyabhīpsitaṃ kiñciddarllabhaṃ bhuvanatraye /
saṃkṣepeṇa mayākhyātaṃ vrataṃ haihayabhūbhujaḥ /
jāmadagnyasya ca mune kimanyatkathayāmi te

jaiminiruvāca
tataḥ sa sagaro rājā kṛtāñjalipuṭo munim

uvāca bhagavannetatkartumicchāmyahaṃ vratam /
samyaktamupadeśena tatrānujñāṃ prayaccha me

karmaṇānena viprarṣe kṛtārtho 'smi na saṃśayaḥ /
ityuktastena rājñātu tathetyuktvā mahāmuniḥ

dīkṣayāmāsa rājānaṃ śastroktenaiva vartmanā /
sa dīkṣito vasiṣṭhena sagaro rājasattamaḥ

dravyāṇyānīya vidhivatpracacāra śubhavratam /
pūjayitvā jagannāthaṃ vidhinā tena pārthivaḥ

samāpya ca yathāyogyamanujñāya guruṃ tataḥ /
pratijñāmakarodrājā vratametadanuttamam

ājīvāntaṃ dhariṣyāmi yatneneti mahāmatiḥ /
athānujñāpya rājānaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ

sannivartyānugacchantaṃ prajagāma nijāśramam