Padma Purana · Chapter 5.11

śeṣa uvāca/
evamājñāpya bhagavānrāmaścāmitrakarṣaṇaḥ /
vīrānālokayanbhūyo jagāda śubhayā girā

śatrughnasya mama bhrāturvājirakṣākarasya vai /
ko gaṃtā pṛṣṭhato rakṣaṃstannideśaprapālakaḥ

yaḥ sarvavīrānpratimukhyamāgatānvinirjayenmarmabhidastrasaṃghaiḥ /
gṛhṇātvasau me karavīṭakaṃ tadbhūmau yaśaḥ svaṃ prathayansuvistaram

ityuktavati rāme tu puṣkalo bharatātmajaḥ /
jagrāha vīṭakaṃ tasmādraghurājakarāṃbujāt

svāmingacchāmi śatrughna pṛṣṭharakṣākaro'nvaham /
sannaddhaḥ sarvaśastrāstra cāpabāṇadharaḥ prabho

sarvamadya kṣititalaṃ tvatpratāpo vijeṣyate /
ete nimittabhūtā vai rāmacaṃdra mahāmate

bhavatkṛpātaḥ sakalaṃ sasurāsuramānuṣam /
upasthitaṃ prayuddhāya tanniṣedhe kṣamo hyaham

sarvaṃ svāmī jñāsyati yanmamavikrama darśanāt /
eṣa gaṃtāsmi śatrughna pṛṣṭharakṣāprakārakaḥ

evaṃ bruvaṃtaṃ bharatātmajaṃ sa prastūya sādhvityanumodamānaḥ /
śaśaṃsa sarvānkapivīramukhyānprabhaṃjanodbhūtamukhānhariḥ prabhuḥ

bho hanūmanmahāvīra śṛṇu madvākyamādṛtaḥ /
tvatprasādānmayā prāptamidaṃ rājyamakaṃṭakam

sītayā mama saṃyoge yo bhavāñjaladhiṃ tareḥ /
caritaṃ taddhare vedmi sarvaṃ tava kapīśvara

tvaṃ gaccha mama sainyasya pālakaḥ sanmamājñayā /
śatrughnaḥ sodaro mahyaṃ pālanīyastvahaṃ yathā

yatra yatra matibhraṃśaḥ śatrughnasya prajāyate /
tatra tatra praboddhavyo bhrātā mama mahāmate

iti śrutvā mahadvākyaṃ rāmacaṃdrasya dhīmataḥ /
śirasā tatsamādhāya praṇāmamakarottadā

athādiśanmahārājo jāṃbavaṃtaṃ kapīśvaram /
raghunāthasya sevāyai kapiṣūttamatejasam

aṃgado gavayo maiṃdastathā dadhimukhaḥ kapiḥ /
sugrīvaḥ plavagādhīśaḥ śatavalyakṣikau kapī

nīlo nalo manovego'dhigaṃtā vānarāṃgajaḥ /
ityevamādayo yūyaṃ sajjībhūtā bhavaṃtu bhoḥ

sarvairgajaiḥ sadaśvaiśca taptahāṭakabhūṣaṇaiḥ /
kavacaiḥ saśirastrāṇairbhūṣitāyāṃ tu satvarāḥ

śeṣa uvāca/
sumaṃtramāhūya sumaṃtriṇaṃ tadā jagāda rāmo balavīryaśobhanaḥ /
amātyamaule vada ke'tra yojyā narā hayaṃ pālayituṃ samarthāḥ

taduktamevamākarṇya jagāda paravīrahā /
hayasya rakṣaṇe yogyānbalino'tra narādhipān

raghunātha śṛṇuṣvaitānnavavīrānsusaṃhitān /
dhanurdharānmahāvidyānsarvaśastrāstrakovidān

pratāpāgryaṃ nīlaratnaṃ tathā lakṣmīnidhiṃ nṛpam /
riputāpaṃ cograhayaṃ tathā śastravidaṃ nṛpam

rājanyo'sau nīlaratno mahāvīro rathāgraṇīḥ /
sa eva lakṣaṃ rakṣeta lakṣaṃ yudhyeta nirbhayaḥ

akṣauhiṇībhirdaśabhiryātu vāhasya rakṣaṇe /
daṃśitaissa śirastrāṇairmama bāhubhiruddhataiḥ

pratāpāgryo yo hyayaṃ ca ripugarvamaśātayat /
savyāpasavyabāṇānāṃ moktā sarvāstravittamaḥ

eṣo'kṣauhiṇiviṃśatyā yātu yajñahayāvane /
sannaddho ripunāśāya yuvāko daṃḍadaṃḍabhṛt

tathā lakṣmīnidhistveṣa yātu rājanyasattamaḥ /
yastapobhiḥ śatadhṛtiṃ prasādyāstrāṇi cābhyasat

brahmāstraṃ pāśupatyāstraṃ gāruḍaṃ nāgasaṃjñitam /
māyūraṃ nākulaṃ raudraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ meghasaṃjñitam

vajraṃ pārvatasaṃjñaṃ ca tathā vāyavyasaṃjñitam /
ityādikānāmastrāṇāṃ saṃprayogavisargavit

sa eṣa nijasainyānāmakṣauhiṇyaikayā yutaḥ /
prayātu śūramukuṭaḥ sarvavairiprabhaṃjanaḥ

riputāpo'yamevādya gacchatvagryo dhanurbhṛtām /
sarvaśastrāstrakuśalo ripuvaṃśadavānalaḥ

gacchatātsenayā bahvyā caturaṃgasametayā /
śatrughnājñāṃ śirasyete dadhatvadya balotkaṭāḥ

ugrāśvo'pi mahārājā tathā śastravideṣa ca /
sarve yāṃtu susaṃnaddhāstava vāhasya pālakāḥ

iti bhāṣitamākarṇya maṃtriṇaḥ prajaharṣa ca /
ājñāpayāmāsa ca tānsumaṃtrakathitānbhaṭān

te'nujñāṃ raghunāthasya prāpya modaṃ prapedire /
cirakālaṃ sāṃparāyaṃ vāṃcchaṃto yuddhadurmadāḥ

sannaddhāḥ kavacādyaiśca tathā śastrāstravartanaiḥ /
yayuḥ śatrughnasaṃvāsaṃ sītāpati praṇoditāḥ

śeṣa uvāca/
athokta ṛṣiṇā rāmo vidhinā pūjayatkramāt /
ācāryādīnṛṣīnsarvānyathoktavaradakṣiṇaiḥ

ācāryāya dadau rāmo hastinaṃ ṣaṣṭihāyanam /
hayamekaṃ manovegaṃ ratnamālāvibhūṣitam

pauraṭaṃ rathamekaṃ ca maṇiratnavibhūṣitam /
caturbhirvājibhiryuktaṃ sarvopaskarasaṃyutam

maṇilakṣaṃ tu pratyakṣaṃ muktāphalatulāśatam /
vidrumasya tulānāṃ tu sahasraṃ sphuṭatejasām

grāmamekaṃ susaṃpannaṃ nānājanasamākulam /
vicitrasasyaniṣpannaṃ vividhairmaṃdirairvṛtam

brahmaṇe'pi tathaivādāddhotre'pyadhvaryave dadau /
ṛtvigbhyo bhūriśo dattvā praṇanāma raghūttamaḥ

sarve te vividhā vāgbhirāśīrbhirabhipūjitāḥ /
ciraṃjīva mahārāja rāmacandra raghūdvaha

kanyādānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ gajadānaṃ tathaiva ca /
aśvadānaṃ svarṇadānaṃ tiladānaṃ samauktikam

annadānaṃ payodānamabhayaṃ dānamuttamam /
ratnadānāni sarvāṇi viprebhyaścādiśanmahān

dehi dehi dhanaṃ dehi māneti brūhi kasyacit /
dadātvannaṃ dadātvannaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam

itthaṃ prāvartata makho raghunāthasya dhīmataḥ /
sadakṣiṇo dvijavaraiḥ pūrṇaḥ sarvaśubhakriyaḥ

atha rāmānujo gatvā mātaraṃ praṇanāma ha /
ājñāpayāśvarakṣārthameṣa gacchāmi śobhane

tvatkṛpāto ripukulaṃ jitvā śobhāsamanvitaḥ /
āyāsyāmi mahārājairhayavaryasamanvitaḥ

mātovāca /
putra gaccha mahāvīra śivāḥ paṃthāna eva te /
sarvānripugaṇāñjitvā punarāgaccha sanmate

puṣkalaṃ pālaya nijabhrātṛjaṃ dharmavittamam /
mahābalinamadyāpi bālakaṃ līlayāyutam

putrāgacchasi cedyuktaḥ puṣkalena śubhānvitaḥ /
tadā mama pramodaḥ syādanyathā śokabhāgaham

iti saṃbhāṣyamāṇāṃ svāṃ mātaraṃ pratyuvāca saḥ /
tvadīyacaraṇadvaṃdvaṃ smaranprāpsyāmi śobhanam

puṣkalaṃ pālayitvāhaṃ nijāṃgamiva śobhane /
svanāmasadṛśaṃ kṛtvā punareṣyāmi modavān

ityuktvā prayayau vīro rāmaṃ sa makhamaṃḍape /
āsīnaṃ munivaryāgryairyajñaveṣadharaṃ varam

uvāca matimānvīraḥ sarvaśobhāsamanvitaḥ /
rāmājñāpaya rakṣārthaṃ hayasyānujñayā tava

raghunātho'pi tacchrutvā bhadramastviti cābravīt /
bālaṃ striyaṃ pramattaṃ tvaṃ mā hanyāḥ śastravarjitam

tadā lakṣmīnidhirbhrātā jānakyā janakātmajaḥ /
prahasya kiṃcinnayane nartayanrāmamabravīt

lakṣmīnidhiruvāca/
rāmacaṃdra mahābāho sarvadharmaparāyaṇa /
śatrughnaṃ śikṣaya tathā yathā lokottaro bhavet

kulocitaṃ karma kurvannagrajācaritaṃ tathā /
gacchetsa paramaṃ dhāma tejobalasamanvitam

tvayā proktaṃ mahārāja brāhmaṇaṃ nāvamānayet /
pitrā tava hato vipraḥ pitṛbhaktiparāyaṇaḥ

tvayāpi sumahatkarma kṛtaṃ lokavigarhitam /
avadhyāṃ mahilāṃ yastvaṃ hatavānniyataṃ tataḥ

agrajo'sya mahārāja kṛtavānyaṃ parākramam /
sanakena kṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ rākṣasyāḥ karṇakartanam

evaṃ kariṣyati nṛpaḥ śatrughnaḥ śikṣayā tava /
yadi nāyaṃ tathā kuryātkulasyāsadṛśaṃ bhavet

ityuktavaṃtaṃ taṃ rāmaḥ pratyuvāca hasanniva /
meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā sarvavākyaviśāradaḥ

śṛṇvaṃtu yoginaḥ śāṃtāḥ samaduḥkhasukhāḥ punaḥ /
jānaṃtyapārasaṃsāranistārataraṇādikam

ye śūrāḥ samaheṣvāsāḥ sarvaśastrāstrakovidāḥ /
te ca jānaṃti yuddhasya vārttāṃ na tu bhavādṛśāḥ

paropatāpino ye vai ye cotpathavisāriṇaḥ /
te haṃtavyā nṛpaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvalokahitaiṣibhiḥ

ityuktamākarṇya sabhāsadaste sarve smitaṃ cakrurariṃdamasya /
kuṃbhodbhavaḥ pūjitamenamaśvaṃ vimocayāmāsa suśobhitaṃ hi

imaṃ maṃtraṃ samuccārya vasiṣṭhaḥ kalaśodbhavaḥ /
karāgreṇa spṛśannaśvaṃ mumoca jayakāṃkṣayā

vājingaccha yathālīlaṃ sarvatra dharaṇītale /
yāgārthe mocito yena punarāgaccha satvaraḥ

aśvastu mocitaḥ sarvairbhaṭaiḥ śastrāstrakovidaiḥ /
parītaḥ prayayau prācīṃ diśaṃ vāyujavānvitaḥ

pracacāra balaṃ sarvaṃ kaṃpayaddharaṇītalam /
śeṣo'pi kiṃcinna tayā phaṇayā dhṛtavānbhuvam

diśaḥ praseduḥ paritaḥ kṣmātalaṃ śobhayānvitam /
vāyavastaṃ tu śatrughnaṃ pṛṣṭhato maṃdagāminaḥ

śatrughnasya prayāṇāyābhyudya tasya bhujo'sphurat /
dakṣiṇaḥ śubhamāśaṃsī jayāya ca babhūva ha

puṣkalaḥ svagṛhaṃ ramyaṃ praviveśa samṛddhimat /
vitardibhirvalakṣābhiḥ śobhitaṃ ratnavedikam

tatrāpaśyannijāṃ bhāryāṃ pativrataparāyaṇām /
kiṃcitsvadarśanāddhṛṣṭāṃ bhartṛdarśanalālasām

mukhāraviṃdena ca nāgavallīdalaṃ sukarpūrayutaṃ ca carvatī /
nāsāphalaṃ toyabhavaṃ mahādhanaṃ bāhvormṛṇālīsadṛśoḥ sukaṃkaṇe

kucau tu mālūraphalopamau varau nitaṃbabiṃbaṃ varanīvi śobhitam /
pādau tulākoṭidharau sukomalau dadhatyaho ekṣata satpatiṃ svakam

parirabhya priyāṃ dhīro gadgadasvarabhāṣiṇīm /
tadurojaparīraṃbhanirbharīkṛtadehakām

uvāca bhadre gacchāmi śatrughnapṛṣṭharakṣakaḥ /
rāmājñayā yājñamaśvaṃ pālayanrathasaṃyutaḥ

tvayā me mātaraḥ pūjyāḥ pādasaṃvāhanādimiḥ /
taducchiṣṭaṃ hi bhuṃjānā tatkarmakaraṇādarā

sarvāḥ pativratā nāryo lopāmudrādikāḥ śubhāḥ /
nāvamānyāstvayā bhīru svatapobalaśobhitāḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe hayamocana-puṣkalabhāryāsamāgamonāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ