Mahabharata · Chapter 2.49
tathā bhṛgukule janma yadarthaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ /
jāmadagnya iti khyātaḥ prādurbhāvaśca vaiṣṇavaḥ //
jamadagnisuto rājantrāmo nāma sa vīryavān /
hehayāntakaro rājansa rāmo balināṃ varaḥ //
kārtāvīryo mahāvīryo balenāpratimastadā /
rāmeṇa jāmadagnyena hato viṣamamācaran //
taṃ kārtavīryaṃ rājānaṃ hehayānāmarindamam /
rathasthaṃ pārthivaṃ rāmaḥ pātayitvā'vadhīdraṇe //
jambhasya yajñaṃ hatvā sa ṛtvijaścaiva saṃstare /
jambhasya mūrdhni bhettā ca hantā ca śatadundubheḥ //
sa eṣa kṛṣṇo govindo jāto bhṛguṣu vīryavān /
sahasrabāhumuddhartuṃ sahasrajitamāhave //
kṣatriyāṇāṃ catuṣpaṣṭimayutāni mahāyaśāḥ /
sarasvatyāṃ sametāni eṣa vai dhanuṣā'jayat //
brahmadviṣāṃ dhe tasminmahasrāṇi caturdaśa /
punarjaghāna śūrāṇāmatikrūro ratharṣabhaḥ //
tato rājñāṃ sahasraṃ sa bhaṅktā pūrvamarindamaḥ /
sahasraṃ musalenāhansahasramudakṛntata //
caturdaśasahasrāṇi kṛṇadūmamapāyayat / śiṣṭānbrahmadviṣo jitvā tato'snāyata bhārgavaḥ
rāmarāmetyamikruṣṭo brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyārditaiḥ /
nighnañśatasahasrāṇi rāmaḥ paraśunābhibhūḥ //
na hyamṛṣyata tāṃ vācamārtairbhṛśamudīritām /
bhṛgo rāmābhidhāveti yadā'krandandvijātayaḥ //
kāśmīrāndaradānkuntīnkṣudrakānmālavāñchavān /
cedikāśikarūśāṃśca ṛṣikānkrathakaiśikān //
aṅgānvaṅgānkaliṅgāṃśca māgadhānkāśikosalān /
rātrāyaṇānvītihotrānkirātānkārtikāvatān //
etānanyāṃśca rājanyāndeśedeśe sahasraśaḥ /
nikṛtya niśitairbāṇaiḥ sampradāya vivasvate //
kīrṇā kṣatriyakoṭībhirmerumandarabhūṣaṇā /
triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī tena niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā //
kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ caiva bhārgavaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ /
indragopakavarṇasya jīvañjīvanibhasya ca //
pūrayitvā ca saritaḥ kṣatajasya sarāṃsi ca /
cakāra tarpaṇaṃ vīraḥ pitṝṇāṃ tāsu teṣu ca //
sarvānaṣṭādaśa dvīpānvaśamānīya bhārgavaḥ /
so'śvamedhasahasrāṇi naramedhaśatāni ca //
iṣṭvā sāgaraparyantāṃ kāśyapāya mahīṃ dadau /
tasyāgreṇānuparyeti bhūmiṃ kṛtvā vipāṃsulām //
tataḥ kālakṛtāṃ satyāṃ bhārgavāya mahātmane /
gādhāmapyatra gāyanti ye purāṇavido janāḥ //
vedimaṣṭādaśotsedhāṃ hiraṇyasyātipauruṣīm /
rāmeṇa jāmadagnyena pratijagrāha kāśyapaḥ //
evamiṣṭvā mahābāhuḥ kratubhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ /
anyadvarṣaśataṃ rāmaḥ saubhe sālvamayodhayat //
tataḥ sa bhṛguśārdūlastaṃ saubhaṃ yodhayanprabhuḥ /
subandhuraṃ rathaṃ rājannāsthāya bharatarṣabha //
nagnikānāṃ kumārīṇāṃ gāyantīnāmupāśṛṇot /
rāmarāma mahābāho bhṛgūṇāṃ kīrtivardhana //
tyaja śastrāṇi sarvāṇi na tvaṃ saubhaṃ vadhiṣyasi /
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇirdevānāmabhayaṅgaraḥ //
yudhi pradyumnasāmbābhyāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ saubhaṃ vadhiṣyati /
tacchrutvā puruṣavyāghrastata eva vanaṃ yayau //
nyasya sarvāṇi śastrāṇi kālakāṅkṣī mahāyaśāḥ /
rathaṃ sarvāyudhaṃ caiva śarānparaśumeva ca //
dhanūṃṣyapsu pratiṣṭhāpya rāmastepe paraṃ tapaḥ /
hriyaṃ prajñāṃ śriyaṃ kīrtiṃ lakṣmīṃ cāmitrakarśanaḥ //
pañcādhiṣṭhāya dharmātmā taṃ rathaṃ visasarja ha /
ādikāle pravṛttaṃ tu vyabhajatkaramīśvaraḥ //
nāghnataṃ śraddhayā saubhaṃ na hyaśakto mahāyaśāḥ / jāmadagnya iti khyāto yastvayaṃ bhagavānupiḥ /
so'sya bhāgastapastepe bhārgavo lokaviśrutaḥ //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0