Padma Purana · Chapter 1.36

pulastya uvāca/
tato devāḥ prayātāste vimānairbahubhistadā/
rāmopyanujagāmāśu kuṃbhayonestapovanam

uktaṃ bhagavatā tena bhūyopyāgamanaṃ kriyāḥ/
pūrvameva sabhāyāṃ ca yo māṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ

tadahaṃ devatādeśāttatkāryārthe mahāmuniṃ/
paśyāmi taṃ muniṃ gatvā devadānavapūjitam

upadeśaṃ ca me tuṣṭaḥ svayaṃ dāsyati sattamaḥ/
duḥkhī yena punarmartye na bhavāmi kadācana

pitā daśaratho mahyaṃ kausalyā jananī tathā/
sūryavaṃśe samutpannastathāpyevaṃ suduḥkhitaḥ

rājyakāle vane vāso bhāryayā cānujena ca/
haraṇaṃ cāpi bhāryāyā rāvaṇena kṛtaṃ mama

asahāyena tu mayā tīrtvā sāgaramuttamam/
ruddhvā tu tāṃ purīṃ sarvāṃ kṛtvā tasya kulakṣayam

dṛṣṭā sītā mayā tyaktā devānāṃ tu purastadā/
śuddhāṃ tāṃ māṃ tathocuste mayā sītā tathā gṛham

samānītā prītimatā lokavākyādvisarjitā/
vane vasati sā devī pure cāhaṃ vasāmi vai

jātohamuttame vaṃśe uttamohaṃ dhanuṣmatām/
uttamaṃ duḥkhamāpanno hṛdayaṃ naiva bhidyate

vajrasārasya sāreṇa dhātrāhaṃ nirmito dhruvam/
idānīṃ brāhmaṇādeśādbhramāmi dharaṇītale

tapaḥ sthitastu śūdrosau mayā pāpo nipātitaḥ/
devavākyāttu me bhūyaḥ prāṇo me hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ

paśyāmi taṃ muniṃ vaṃdyaṃ jagatosya hite ratam/
dṛṣṭena me tathā duḥkhaṃ nāśameṣyati satvaram

udayena sahasrāṃśorhimaṃ yadvadvilīyate/
tadvanme duḥkhasaṃprāptiḥ sarvathā nāśameṣyati

dṛṣṭvā ca devānsaṃprāptānagastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ/
arghyamādāya suprītaḥ sarvāṃstānabhyapūjayat

te tu gṛhya tataḥ pūjāṃ saṃbhāṣya ca mahāmuniṃ/
jagmustena tadā hṛṣṭā nākapṛṣṭhaṃ sahānugāḥ

gateṣu teṣu kākutsthaḥ puṣpakādavaruhya ca/
abhivādayituṃ prāptaḥ sogastyamṛṣimuttamam

rājovāca/
suto daśarathasyāhaṃ bhavaṃtamabhivāditum/
āgato vai muniśreṣṭha saumyenekṣasva cakṣuṣā

nirdhūtapāpastvāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhavāmīha na saṃśayaḥ/
etāvaduktvā sa munimabhivādya punaḥ punaḥ

kuśalaṃ bhṛtyavargasya mṛgāṇāṃ tanayasya ca/
bhagavaddarśanākāṃkṣī śūdraṃ hatvā tvihāgataḥ

agastya uvāca/
svāgataṃ te raghuśreṣṭha jagadvaṃdya sanātana/
darśanāttava kākutstha pūtohaṃ munibhiḥ saha

tvatkṛte raghuśārdūla gṛhāṇārghaṃ mahādyute/
svāgataṃ naraśārdūla diṣṭyā prāptosi śatruhan

tvaṃ hi nityaṃ bahumato guṇairbahubhiruttamaiḥ/
atastvaṃ pūjanīyo vai mama nityaṃ hṛdisthitaḥ

surā hi kathayaṃti tvāṃ śūdraghātinamāgataṃ/
brāhmaṇasya ca dharmeṇa tvayā vai jīvitaḥ sutaḥ

uṣyatāṃ ceha bhagavaḥ sakāśe mama rāghava/
prabhāte puṣpakeṇāsi gaṃtāyodhyāṃ mahāmate

idaṃ cābharaṇaṃ saumya sukṛtaṃ viśvakarmaṇā/
divyaṃ divyenavapuṣā dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā

pratigṛhṇīṣva rājendra matpriyaṃ kuru rāghava/
labdhasya hi punarddāne sumahatphalamucyate

tvaṃ hi śaktaḥ paritrātuṃ seṃdrānapi surottamān/
tasmātpradāsye vidhivatpratīcchasva nararṣabha

athovāca mahābāhurikṣvākūṇāṃ mahārathaḥ/
kṛtāṃjalirmuniśreṣṭhaṃ svaṃ ca dharmamanusmaran

pratigraho vai bhagavaṃstava me'tra vigarhitaḥ/
kṣatriyeṇa kathaṃ vipra pratigrāhyaṃ vijānatā

brāhmaṇena tu yaddattaṃ tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi/
saputro gṛhavānasmi samarthosmi mahāmune

āpadā cana cākrāṃtaḥ kathaṃ grāhyaḥ pratigrahaḥ/
bhāryā me suciraṃ naṣṭā na cānyā mama vidyate

kevalaṃ doṣabhāgī ca bhavāmīha na saṃśayaḥ/
kaṣṭāṃ caiva daśāṃ prāpya kṣatriyopi pratigrahī

kurvanna doṣamāpnoti manurevātra kāraṇam/
vṛddhau ca mātāpitarau sādhvī bhāryā śiśuḥ sutaḥ

apyakāryaśataṃ kṛtvā bhartavyā manurabravīt/
nāhaṃ pratīcche viprarṣe tvayā dattaṃ pratigrahaṃ

na ca me bhavatā kopaḥ kāryo vai surapūjita

agastya uvāca/
na ca pratigrahe doṣo gṛhīte pārthivairnṛpa/
bhavānvai tāraṇe śaktastrailokyasyāpi rāghava

tāraya brāhmaṇaṃ rāma viśeṣeṇa tapasvinaṃ/
tasmātpradāsye vidhivatpratīcchasva narāghipa

rāma uvāca/
kṣatriyeṇa kathaṃ vipra pratigrāhyaṃ vijānatā/
brāhmaṇena tu yaddattaṃ tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi

agastya uvāca/
āsītkṛtayuge rāma brahmapūte purātane/
apārthivāḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ surāṇāṃ ca śatakratuḥ

tāḥ prajā devadeveśaṃ rājārthaṃ samupāgaman/
surāṇāṃ vidyate rājā devadevaḥ śatakratuḥ

śreyasesmāsu lokeśa pārthivaṃ kuru sāṃprataṃ/
yasminpūjāṃ prayuṃjānāḥ puruṣā bhuṃjate mahīm

tato brahmā suraśreṣṭho lokapālānsavāsavān/
samāhūyābravītsarvāṃstejobhāgo'tra yujyatām

tato dadurlokapālāścaturbhāgaṃ svatejasā/
akṣayaśca tato brahmā yato jāto'kṣayo nṛpaḥ

taṃ brahmā lokapālānāmaṃśaṃ puṃsāmayojayat/
tato nṛpastadā tāsāṃ prajānāṃ kṣemapaṃḍitaḥ

tatraiṃdreṇa tu bhāgena sarvānājñāpayennṛpaḥ/
vāruṇena ca bhāgena sarvānpuṣṇāti dehinaḥ

kaubereṇa tathāṃśena tvarthāndiśati pārthivaḥ/
yaśca yāmyo nṛpe bhāgastena śāsti ca vai prajāḥ

tatra caiṃdreṇa bhāgena narendrosi raghūttama/
pratigṛhṇīṣvābharaṇaṃ tāraṇārthe mama prabho

tato rāmaḥ prajagrāha munerhastānmahātmanaḥ/
divyamābharaṇaṃ citraṃ pradīptamiva bhāskaraṃ

pratigṛhya tatogastyādrāghavaḥ paravīrahā/
nirīkṣya suciraṃ kālaṃ vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ

mauktikāni vicitrāṇi dhātrīphalasamāni ca/
jāṃbūnadanibaddhāni vajravidrumanīlakaiḥ

padmarāgaiḥ sagomedhairvaiḍūryaiḥ puṣparāgakaiḥ/
sunibaddhaṃ suvibhaktaṃ sukṛtaṃ viśvakarmaṇā

dṛṣṭvā prītisamāyukto bhūyaścedaṃ vyaciṃtayat/
nedṛśāni ca ratnāni mayā dṛṣṭāni kānicit

upaśobhāni baddhāni pṛthvīmūlyasamāni ca/
vibhīṣaṇasya laṃkāyāṃ na dṛṣṭāni mayā purā

iti saṃcitya manasā rāghavastamṛṣiṃ punaḥ/
āgamaṃ tasya divyasya praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame

atyadbhutamidaṃ brahmanna prāpyaṃ ca mahīkṣitām/
kathaṃ bhagavatā prāptaṃ kuto vā kena nirmitam

kutūhalavaśāccaiva pṛcchāmi tvāṃ mahāmate/
karatalesthite ratne karamadhyaṃ prakāśate

adhamaṃ tadvijānīyātsarvaśāstreṣu garhitam/
diśaḥ prakāśayedyattanmadhyamaṃ munisattama

ūrdhvagaṃ triśikhaṃ yatsyāduttamaṃ tadudāhṛtam/
etānyuttamajātīni ṛṣibhiḥ kīrtitāni tu

āścaryāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ hi divyānāṃ bhagavānnidhiḥ/
evaṃ vadati kākutsthe munirvākyamathābravīt

agastya uvāca/
śṛṇu rāma purāvṛttaṃ purā tretāyuge mahat/
dvāpare samanuprāpte vane yaddṛṣṭavānaham

āścaryaṃ sumahābāho nibodha raghunaṃdana/
purā tretāyuge hyāsīdaraṇyaṃ bahuvistaram

samaṃtādyojanaśataṃ mṛgavyāghravivarjitam/
tasminniṣpuruṣe'raṇye cikīrṣustapa uttamam

ahamākramituṃ saumya tadaraṇyamupāgataḥ/
tasyāraṇyasya madhyaṃ tu yuktaṃ mūlaphalaiḥ sadā

śākairbahuvidhākārairnānārūpaiḥ sukānanaiḥ/
tasyāraṇyasya madhye tu paṃcayojanamāyatam

haṃsakāraṃḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam/
tatrāścaryaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ saraḥ paramaśobhitam

visārikacchapākīrṇaṃ bakapaṃktigaṇairyutam/
samīpe tasya sarasastapastaptuṃ gataḥ purā

deśaṃ puṇyamupetyaivaṃ sarvahiṃsāvivarjitam/
tatrāhamavasaṃ rātriṃ naidāghīṃ puruṣarṣabha

prabhāte purutthāya sarastadupacakrame/
athāpaśyaṃ śavamahamaspṛṣṭajarasaṃ kvacit

tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ parayā lakṣmyā saraso nātidūrataḥ/
tadarthaṃ ciṃtayānohaṃ muhūrtamiva rāghava

asya tīre na vai prāṇī ko vāpyeṣa surarṣabhaḥ/
munirvā pārthivo vāpi kva muniḥ pārthivopi vā

athavā pārthivasutastasyaivaṃ saṃbhavaḥ kṛtaḥ/
atītehani rātrau vā prātarvāpi mṛto yadi

avaśyaṃ tu mayā jñeyā sarasosya viniṣkriyā/
yāvadevaṃ sthitaścāhaṃ ciṃtayāno raghūttama

athāpaśyaṃ mūhūrtāttu divyamadbhutadarśanam/
vimānaṃ paramodāraṃ haṃsayuktaṃ manojavam

purastatra sahasraṃ tu vimānepsarasāṃ nṛpa/
gaṃdharvāścaiva tatsaṃkhyā ramayaṃti varaṃ naram

gāyaṃti divyageyāni vādayaṃti tathā pare/
athāpaśyaṃ naraṃ tasmādvimānādavarohitam

śavamāṃsaṃ bhakṣayantaṃ ca snātvā raghukulodvaha/
tato bhuktvā yathākāmaṃ sa māṃsaṃ bahupīvaram

avatīrya saraḥ śīghramāruroha divaṃ punaḥ/
tamahaṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ śriyā paramayānvitam

bho bho svarginmahābhāga pṛcchāmi tvāṃ kathaṃ tvidam/
jugupsitastavāhāro gatiśceyaṃ tavottamā

yadi guhyaṃ na caitatte kathaya tvadya me bhavān/
kāmataḥ śrotumicchāmi kimetatparamaṃ vacaḥ

ko bhavānvada saṃdehamāhāraśca vigarhitaḥ/
tvayedaṃ bhujyate saumya kimarthaṃ kva ca vartase

kasyāyamaiśvarobhāvaḥ śavatvena vinirmitaḥ/
āhāraṃ ca kathaṃ niṃdyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ

śrutvā ca bhāṣitaṃ tatra mama rāma satāṃ vara/
prāṃjaliḥ pratyuvācedaṃ sa svargī raghunaṃdana

śṛṇuṣvādya yathāvṛttaṃ mamedaṃ sukhaduḥkhajam/
kāmo hi duritakramyaḥ śṛṇu yatpṛcchase dvija

purā vaidarbhako rājā pitā me hi mahāyaśāḥ/
vāsudeva iti khyātastriṣu lokeṣu dhārmikaḥ

tasya putradvayaṃ brahmandvābhyāṃ strībhyāmajāyata/
ahaṃ śveta iti khyāto yavīyānsuratho'bhavat

pitaryuparate tasminpaurā māmabhyaṣecayan/
tatrāhaṃkārayanrājyaṃ dharme cāsaṃ samāhitaḥ

evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi bahūni samupāvrajan/
mama rājyaṃ kārayataḥ paripālayataḥ prajāḥ

sohaṃ nimitte kasmiṃścidvairāgyeṇa dvijottama/
maraṇaṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā tapovanamupāgamam

sohaṃ vanamidaṃ ramyaṃ bhṛśaṃ pakṣivivarjitam/
praviṣṭastapa āsthātumasyaiva sarasoṃtike

rājye'bhiṣicya surathaṃ bhrātaraṃ taṃ narādhipam/
idaṃ saraḥ samāsādya tapastaptaṃ sudāruṇam

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapastaptvā mahāvane/
śubhaṃ tu bhavanaṃ prāpto brahmalokamanāmayam

svargasthamapi māṃ brahmankṣutpipāse dvijottama/
abādhetāṃ bhṛśaṃ cāhamabhavaṃ vyathiteṃdriyaḥ

tatastribhuvanaśreṣṭhamavocaṃ vai pitāmaham/
bhagavansvargaloko'yaṃ kṣutpipāsā vivarjitaḥ

kasyeyaṃ karmaṇaḥ paktiḥ kṣutpipāse yato hi me/
āhāraḥ kaśca me deva brūhi tvaṃ śrīpitāmaha

tataḥ pitāmahaḥ samyakciraṃ dhyātvā mahāmune/
māmuvāca tato vākyaṃ nāsti bhojyaṃ svadehajam

ṝte te svāni māṃsāni bhakṣaya tvaṃ tu hi nityaśaḥ/
svaśarīraṃ tvayā puṣṭaṃ kurvatā tapa uttamam

nādattaṃ jāyate tāta śveta paśya mahītale/
āgrahādbhikṣamāṇāya bhikṣāpi prāṇine purā

na hi dattā gṛhe bhrāṃtyā mohādatithaye tadā/
tena svargagatasyāpi kṣutpipāse tavādhunā

sa tvaṃ prapuṣṭamāhāraiḥ svaśarīramanuttamam/
bhakṣayasva ca rājeṃdra sā te tṛptirbhaviṣyati

evamuktastato devaṃ brahmāṇamahamuktavān/
bhakṣite ca svake dehe punaranyanna me vibho

kṣudhānivāraṇaṃ naiva dehasyāsya vinaudanaṃ/
khādāmi hyakṣayaṃ deva priyaṃ me na hi jāyate

tatobravītpunarbrahmā tava deho'kṣayaḥ kṛtaḥ/
dinedine te puṣṭātmā śavaḥ śveta bhaviṣyati

yāvadvarṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ svamāṃsaṃ khāda bho nṛpa/
yadāgacchati cāgastyaḥ śvetāraṇyaṃ mahātapāḥ

bhagavānatidurdharṣastadā kṛcchrādvimokṣyase/
sa hi tārayituṃ śaktaḥ seṃdrānapi surāsurān

āhāraṃ kutsitaṃ cemaṃ rājarṣe kiṃ punastava/
surakāryaṃ mahattena sukṛtaṃ tu mahātmanā

udadhiṃ nirjalaṃ kṛtvā dānavāśca nipātitāḥ/
viṃdhyaścādityavidveṣādvardhamāno nivāritaḥ

laṃbamānā mahī caiṣā gurutvenādhivāsitā/
dakṣiṇā digdivaṃ yātā trailākyaṃ viṣamasthitam

mayā gatvā suraiḥ sārddhaṃ preṣito dakṣiṇāṃ diśam/
samāṃ kuru mahābhāga gurutvena jagatsamam

evaṃ ca tena muninā sthitvā sarvā dharā samā/
kṛtā rājeṃdra muninā evamadyāpi dṛśyate

sohaṃ bhagavata śrutvā devadevasya bhāṣitam/
bhuṃje ca kutsitāhāraṃ svaśarīramanuttamam

pūrṇaṃ varṣaśataṃ cādya bhojanaṃ kutsitaṃ ca me/
kṣayaṃ nābhyeti tadvipra tṛptiścāpi mamottamā

taṃ muniṃ kṛcchrasantaptaściṃtayāmi divāniśam/
kadā vai darśanaṃ mahyaṃ sa munirdāsyate vane

evaṃ me ciṃtayānasya gataṃ varṣaśatantviha/
sogastyo hi gatirbrahmanmunirme bhavitā dhruvaṃ

na gatirbhavitā mahyaṃ kuṃbhayonimṛte dvijam/
śrutvetthaṃ bhāṣitaṃ rāma dṛṣṭvāhāraṃ ca kutsitam

kṛpayā parayā yuktastaṃ nṛpaṃ svargagāminam/
karomyahaṃ sudhābhojyaṃ nāśayāmi ca kutsitam

cintayannityavocaṃ tamagastyaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati/
ahametatkutsitaṃ te nāśayāmi mahāmate

īpsitaṃ prārthayasvāsmānmanaḥ prītikaraṃ param/
sa svargī māṃ tataḥ prāha kathaṃ brahmavaconyathā

kartuṃ mune mayā śakyaṃ na cānyastārayiṣyati/
ṝte vai kuṃbhayoniṃ taṃ maitrāvaruṇasaṃbhavam

apṛṣṭopi mayā brahmannevamūce pitāmahaḥ/
evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ taṃ śvetamuktavānahamasmi saḥ

āgatastava bhāgyena dṛṣṭohaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ/
tataḥ svargī sa māṃ jñātvā daṃḍavatpatito bhuvi

tamutthāpya tato rāmābravaṃ kiṃ te karomyaham/
rājovāca/
āhārātkutsitādbrahmaṃstārayasvādya duṣkṛtāt

yena loko'kṣayaḥ svargo bhavitā tvatkṛtena me/
tataḥ pratigraho datto jagadvaṃdya nṛpeṇa hi

bhavānmāmanugṛhṇātu pratīcchasva pratigraham

kṛtā matistāraṇāya na lobhādraghunaṃdana/
gṛhīte bhūṣaṇe rāma mama hastagate tadā

mānuṣaḥ paurviko dehastadā naṣṭosya bhūpate/
praṇaṣṭe tu śarīre ca rājarṣiḥ parayā mudā

mayoktosau vimānena jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ/
tena me śakratulyena dattamābharaṇaṃ śubhaṃ

tasminnimitte kākutstha dattamadbhutakarmaṇā/
śveto vaidarbhako rājā tadābhūdgatakalmaṣaḥ

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe rāmāgastyasaṃvādonāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ