Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.57

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamābhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde gaṅgānayanaṃ nāma ṣaṭpañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
jaiminiruvāca
tataḥ śuṣkasumitrādyā munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ /
yayurdidṛkṣavo rāmaṃ mahendramacalaṃ prati

atītya subahūndeśānvanāni saritastathā /
āseduracalaśreṣṭhaṃ krameṇa munipuṅgavāḥ

tamāruhya śanaistasyakhyātamāśramamaṇḍalam /
praśāntakrūrasattvāḍhyaṃ śubhaṃ madhye tapovanam

sarvarttuphalapuṣpāḍhyatarukhaṇḍamanoharam /
snigdhacchāyamanaupamyaṃ svāmodisukhamārutam

taṃ tadāśramamāsādya brahmaghoṣeṇa nāditam /
viviśurtdṛṣṭamanaso yathāvṛddhapurassaram

brahmāsane sukhāsīnaṃ mṛdukṛṣṇājinottare /
śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ śāntaṃ dadṛśuste tapodhanāḥ

kālāgnimiva lokāṃstrīndagdhvā pūrvaṃ nijecchayā /
taddoṣaśāntyai tapasi pravṛttamiv dehinam

te sametya bhṛguśreṣṭhaṃ vinayācāraśālinaḥ /
vavandire mahāmaunaṃ bhaktipraṇatakandharāḥ

tatastānāgatāndṛṣṭvā munīnbhṛgukulodvahaḥ /
arghapādyādibhiḥ samyakpūjayāmāsa sādaram

tānāsīnānkṛtātithyānṛṣīndeśāntarāgatān /
uvāca bhṛguśārdūlaḥ smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ

svāgataṃ vo mahābhāgā yūyaṃ sarve samāgatāḥ /
karaṇīyaṃ kimasmābhirvadadhvamavicāritam

tataste munayo rāmaṃ praṇamyedamathābruvan /
avehyasmānmuniśreṣṭha gokarṇanilayānmunīn

khanadbhiḥ sāgarairbhūmiṃ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare /
satīrthaṃ tanmahākṣetraṃ patitaṃ sāgarāṃbhasi

utsāritārmavajalaṃ kṣetraṃ tatsarvapāvanam /
upalabdhumabhīpsāmo bhavatastu na saṃśayaḥ

viṣṇoraṃśena saṃjāto bhavānbhṛgukule kila /
tasmātkartumaśakyaṃ te trailokye 'pi na kiñcana

vāñchitārthaprado loke tvamevetyanuśuśruma /
vayaṃ tvāmāgatāḥ sarve rāmaitadabhiyācitum

sa tvamātmaprabhāveṇa kṣetrapravaramadya tat /
dātumarhasi viprendra samutsāryārmavodakam

rāma uvāca
etatsarvamaśeṣaṇa viditaṃ me tapodhanāḥ /
karaṇīyaṃ ca vaḥ kṛtyaṃ mayā nātra vicāraṇā

kiṃ tu yuṣmadabhipretaṃ karma loke sudāruṇam /
śastrasaṃgrahaṇācchakyaṃ mayāpi na tadanyathā

dattasarvābhayo 'haṃ vai nyastaśastraḥ śamānvitaḥ /
tapaḥ samāsthitaścartu prāgeva pitṛ śāsanāt

na jātu śastragrahaṇaṃ kariṣyāmītyahaṃ purā /
pratiśrutya satāṃ madhye tapaḥ karttumihānaghāḥ

śastragrahaṇasādhyatvādyuṣmadīpsitavastunaḥ /
kiṅkarttavyaṃ mayātreti mama ḍolāyate manaḥ

śuṣka upāca /
satāṃ saṃrakṣaṇārthāya śastrasaṃgrahaṇaṃ tu yat /
tannacyāvayate satyadyathoktaṃ brahmaṇā purā

tasmādasmaddhitārthāya bhavatā grāhyamāyudham /
dharma eva mahāṃstena caritaste bhaviṣyati

jaiminiruvāca
evaṃ saṃprārthyamānastu munibhirbhṛgupuṅgavaḥ /
tamanudrutya medhāvī dharmamuddiśya kevalam

sa taiḥ saha muniśreṣṭho diśaṃ dakṣiṇapaścimām /
samuddiśya cacau rājandraṣṭukāmaḥ saritpatim

sa sahyamacalaśreṣṭhamavatīrya bhṛgūdvahaḥ /
tatparaṃ saritāṃ patyustīraṃ prāpa mahāmanāḥ

sa dadarśa mahābhāgaḥ parito mārutākulam /
ākaraṃ sarvaratnānāṃ pūryamāṇamanāratam

aparijñeyagāṃbhīryaṃ mahātāmiva mānasam /
duṣpārapāraṃ sarvasya vividhagrahasaṃhatim

apradhṛṣya tamaṃ loke dhātāramiva kevalam /
ātmānamiva cātmatve nyakkṛtākhilamuddhatam

āśrayaṃ sarvasattvānāmāpagānāṃ ca pārthivaḥ /
atyarthacapalottugataraṅgaśatamālinam

upāntopalasaṃghātakuharāntarasaṃśrayāt /
viśīryamāṇalaharīśataphenaughasobhitam

gaṃbhīraghoṣaṃ jaladhiṃ paśyanmunigaṇaiḥ saha /
saṃsevyamānastaralairlaharīkaṇaśītalaiḥ

muhūrttamiva rājendra tīrenadanadīpateḥ /
viśaśrame mahābāhurdraṣṭukāmaḥ pracetasam

tato rāmaḥ samutthāya dakṣiṇābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ /
meghagaṃbhirayā vācā varuṇaṃ vākyamabravīt

ahaṃ munigaṇaiḥ sārddhamāgatastvaddidṛkṣayā /
tasmātsvarūpadhṛṅmahyaṃ praceto dehi darśanam

iti śrutvāpi tadvākyaṃ varuṇo yādasāṃ patiḥ /
na cacāla nijasthānānnṛpa dhīratarastvayam

punaḥ punaśca rāmeṇa samāhūto 'pi toyarāṭ /
na dadau darśanaṃ tasmai prativācyaṃ ca nābhyadhāt

alaṅghanīyaṃ tadvākyaṃ varuṇenāvadhīritam /
atyantamiti kāryārthī viduṣā samupekṣitam

tataḥ pracetasā vākyaṃ manyamāno 'vadhīritam /
cukopa tamabhiprekṣya rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

saṃkṣubdhasāgarākāraḥ sa tadā svabalāśrayāt /
nistoyamarṇavaṃ kartumiyeṣa ruṣito bhṛśam

tato jalamupaspṛśya samīpe vijayaṃ dhanuḥ /
tataḥ praṇamya manasā śarvaṃ rāmo mahāddhanuḥ

gṛhītvāropayāmāsa krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ /
abhimṛśya dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ saguṇaṃ bhṛgusattamaḥ

paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jyāghoṣamakarottadā /
jyāghoṣaḥ śuśruve tasya divispṛgatiniṣṭhuraḥ

cacāla nikhilāyena saptadvīpārmavā mahī /
tataḥ sarabhasaṃ rāmaścāpe kālānalopamam

suvarmapuṅkhaṃ viśikhaṃ saṃdadhe śarasattamam /
tasminnastraṃ mahāghoraṃ bhārgavaṃ vahnidaivatam

yuyoja bhṛguśārdūlaḥ samantrābhyāsamokṣaṇam /
tataścacāla vasudhā saśailavanakānanā

prakṣobhaṃ paramaṃ jagmurdevāsuramahoragāḥ /
saṃdhitāstraṃ bhṛguśreṣṭhaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanam

dṛṣṭvā saṃbhrāntamanaso babhūvuḥ sacarācarāḥ /
sadigdāhabhrapaṭalairabhavansaṃvṛtā diśaḥ

vavuśca paruṣā vātā rajovyāptā mahāravāḥ /
mandaraśmiraśītāṃśurabhūtasaṃraktamaṇḍalaḥ

solkāpātāśanirvṛṣṭirbabhūva rudhirodakā /
kimetaditi saṃbhrāntā dhūmodgārātibhīṣaṇam

adhiropitadivyāstraṃ pracakarṣa mahāśaram /
dhanurvikarṣamāṇaṃ taṃ sphurajjvālāgrasāyakam

dadṛśurmunayo rāmaṃ kalpāntānalasannibham /
ākarṇākṛṣṭakodaṇḍamaṇḍalābhyaṃ tarasthitam

tasya pratibhayākāraṃ duṣprāpamabhavadvapuḥ /
vikṛṣṭadhanuṣastasya rūpamugraṃ raveriva

kalpānte 'bhyuditasyeva maṇḍalaṃ pariveṣitam /
kalpāntāgnasamajvālābhīṣaṇaṃ sphurato vapuḥ

tasyālakṣyata cakramya hareriva ca maṇḍalam /
sphuratkrodhānalajvālāparītasyātiraudratām

avāpa viṣṇoḥ sa tadā narasiṃhākṛteriva /
vapurvikṛṣṭacāpasya bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanam

rāmasyābhūdbhavasyeva didhakṣostripuraṃ purā /
jājvalyamānavapuṣaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā bhayāt

prasīda jaya rāmeti tuṣṭuvurmunayo 'khilāḥ /
tato 'strāgnisphuraddhūmapaṭalaiḥ śakalīkṛtam

babhūva cchannamaṃbhodherantaḥ puramaśaiṣataḥ /
jvaladastrānalajvālāpa ritāpaparāhataḥ

atyaricyata saṃbhrāntasalilaugha udanvataḥ /
timiṅgilatimigrāhanakramatsyāhikacchapāḥ

prajagmuḥ paramāmārttiṃ prāṇinaḥ salileśayāḥ /
utpatannipatattāmyannānāsattvoddhatormibhiḥ

prakṣobhaṃ bhṛśamaṃbhodhiḥ sahasā samupāgamat /
trāsarāsaṃ ca vipulamaṃbhasā plavatā saha

udvelatāmitastaptāḥ salilāntaracāriṇaḥ /
tatastasmāccharājjvālāḥ phūtkṛtāśeṣa bhīṣaṇāḥ

nirūpitamiva vyaktaṃ niśceruḥ sarvato diśam /
tataḥ pracaṇḍapavanaiḥ sarvataḥ parivarttitam

agnijvālāmayaṃ raktavitānābhamalakṣyata /
pralayābdherivātyarthamastrāgnivyākulāṃbhasaḥ

samudriktatayā tasya taraṅgāstīramabhyayuḥ /
astrāgnividdhākulitajalaghoṣeṇa bhūyasā

kakubho badhirīkuvannalakṣyata payonidhiḥ /
parito 'strānalajvālāparivītajalāvilaḥ

jagāma paramāmārttiṃ sahyaḥ sadyastadāśrayaḥ /
ākarṇākṛṣṭakodaṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ payonidhiḥ

viṣādamagamattīvraṃ yamaṃ dṛṣṭveva pātakī /
bhayakaṃpitasarvāṅgastato nadanadīpatiḥ

vihāya sahajaṃ dhairyaṃ bhīrutvaṃ samupāgamat /
tataḥ svarūpamāsthāya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

uttīryamāṇaḥ svajalaṃ varuṇaḥ pratyadṛśyata /
kṛtāñjaliḥ sārvahastaḥ pracetā bhārgavāntikam

tvarayābhyāyāyau śīghrasāyakādbhītabhītavat /
abhyetyākṛṣṭadhanuṣaḥ sa tasya caraṇābjayoḥ

abravīcca bhṛśaṃ bhītaḥ saṃbhramākulitākṣaram /
rakṣa māṃ bhṛguśārdūla kṛpayā śaraṇāgatam

aparādhamimaṃ rāma mayā kṛtamajānatā /
sthito 'smi tava nirdeśeśādhi kiṃ karavāṇi vai