Padma Purana · Chapter 5.37

śeṣa uvāca/
te pṛṣṭā munivaryeṇa rāmacāritramadbhutam /
dhanyaṃ sabhāgyaṃ manvānāḥ procurātmānamādarāt

janā ūcuḥ/
pavitritā vayaṃ sarve darśanena tavādhunā /
yadrāmakathayāsmānvai pāvayasyadhunā janān

śṛṇuṣva vacanaṃ tathyaṃ bhavānbrahmarṣisattamaḥ /
tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ yadasmabhyaṃ sarvaṃ tatkathayāma vai

agastyavākyācchrīrāmo viprahatyāpanuttaye /
yāgaṃ karoti sumahānsarvasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtam

taṃ pālayānāḥ sarve vai tvadāśramamupāgatāḥ /
aśvena sahitā vipra tajjānīhi mahāmate

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya manohāri rasāyanam /
atyaṃtaṃ harṣamāpede brāhmaṇo rāmabhaktimān

adya me phalito vṛkṣo manorathaśriyānvitaḥ /
adya me jananī dhanyā jātaṃ māṃ suṣuve tu yā

adya rājyaṃ mayā prāptaṃ kaṃṭakena vivarjitam /
adya kośāḥ susaṃpannā adya devāḥ sutoṣitāḥ

agnihotraphalaṃ tvadya prāptaṃ me haviṣā hutam /
yaddrakṣye rāmacaṃdrasya caraṇāṃbhoruhoryugam

yo nityaṃ dhyāyate svāṃte ayodhyāyāḥ patiḥ prabhuḥ /
sa me dṛggocaro nūnaṃ bhaviṣyati manoharaḥ

hanūmānmāṃ samāliṃgya prakṣyate kuśalaṃ mama /
bhaktiṃ me mahatīṃ dṛṣṭvā toṣaṃ prāpsyati sattamaḥ

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya hanūmānkapisattamaḥ /
jagrāha pādayugalaṃ munerāraṇyakasya hi

svāminhanūmānviprarṣe sevako'haṃ puraḥsthitaḥ /
jānīhi rāmadāsasya reṇukalpaṃ munīśvara

ityuktavati tasminvai muniḥ paramaharṣitaḥ /
āliliṃga hanūmaṃtaṃ rāmabhaktyā suśobhitam

ubhau premavinirbhinnāvubhāvapi sudhāplutau /
sthagitau citralikhitāviva tatra babhūvatuḥ

upaviṣṭau kathāstatra cakratuḥ sumanoharāḥ /
raghunāthapadāṃbhojaprītinirbharamānasau

hanūmāṃstamuvācedaṃ vaco vividhaśobhanam /
āraṇyakaṃ munivaraṃ rāmāṃghridhyānanirbhṛtam

svāminnayaṃ daśarathakulahīrāṃkuro mahān /
rāmabhrātā mahāśūraḥ śatrughnaḥ praṇamatyasau

lavaṇo yena nihataḥ sarvalokabhayaṃkaraḥ /
kṛtāśca sukhinaḥ sarve munayaḥ sutapodhanāḥ

eṣa puṣkalanāmā tvāṃ namatyudbhaṭasevitaḥ /
yenādhunā mahāvīrā jitāḥ samaramaṃḍale

jānīhyenaṃ bahuguṇaṃ rāmāmātyaṃ mahābalam /
prāṇapriyaṃ raghupateḥ sarvajñaṃ dharmakovidam

subāhurayamatyugro vairivaṃśadavānalaḥ /
rāmapādābjarolaṃbo namati tvāṃ mahāyaśāḥ

sumado'pyeṣa pārvatyā dattarāmāṃghrisevayā /
prāpto'dhunāsau saṃsāravārdhinistaraṇaṃ mahat

satyavānayamaśvaṃ yaḥ prāptamāśrutya sevakāt /
rājyaṃ nivedayāmāsa sa tvāṃ praṇamati kṣitau

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya samāliṃgya samādarāt /
cakārāraṇyaka ṛṣiḥ svāgataṃ phalakādinā

te hṛṣṭāstatra vasatiṃ cakrurmunivarāśrame /
prātarnityakriyāṃ kṛtvā revāyāṃ te mahodyamāḥ

narayānamathāropya sevakaiḥ sahitaṃ munim /
śatrughnaḥ prāpayāmāsāyodhyāṃ rāmakṛtālayām

sa dūrānnagarīṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryavaṃśanṛpoṣitām /
padātirabhavadvegādraghunāthadidṛkṣayā

saṃprāpya nagarīṃ ramyāmayodhyāṃ janaśobhitām /
manorathasahasreṇa saṃrūḍho rāmadarśane

dadarśa tatra sarayūtīre maṃḍapaśobhite /
rāmaṃ dūrvādalaśyāmaṃ kaṃjakāṃtivilocanam

mṛgaśṛṃgaṃ kaṭau ramyaṃ dhārayaṃtaṃ śriyānvitam /
ṛṣivṛṃdairvyāsamukhyairvṛtaṃ śūraiḥ susevitam

bharatena sumitrāyāstanūjena parīvṛtam /
dadataṃ dīnasaṃdhebhyo dānāni prārthitāni tam

vilokyāraṇyakākhyo'sau kṛtārtha ityamanyata /
mallocane padmadalasamāne rāmalokake

adya me sarvaśāstrasya jñātṛtvaṃ bahusārthakam /
yena śrīrāmamājñāya prāpto'yodhyāpurīmimām

ityevamādivacanāni bahūni hṛṣṭo /
rāmāṃghridarśanasuharṣita gātraśobhī /
prāyādrameśvarasamīpamagamyamanyai-/
ryogeśvarairapi vicāraparaiḥ sudūram

dhanyo'hamadya rāmasya caraṇāvakṣigocarau /
kariṣyāmi vaco ramyaṃ vadanrāmamavekṣayan

rāmo'pi vāḍavaśreṣṭhaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ svena tejasā /
tapomūrtidharaṃ vīkṣya pratyutthānamathākarot

rāmacaṃdrastasya pādau suciraṃ natavānmahān /
brahmaṇyadevapāvitryaṃ kṛtamadyatanormama

iti vākyaṃ vadaṃstasya pādayoḥ patitaḥ prabhuḥ /
surāsuranamanmaulimaṇinīrājitāṃghrikaḥ

praṇataṃ taṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ vāḍaveṃdro mahātapāḥ /
gṛhītvā bhujayormadhyamāliliṃga priyaṃ prabhum

kausalyātanayastaṃ vā uccairmaṇimayāsane /
saṃsthāpya ca padoryugmaṃ jalenākṣālayatprabhuḥ

pādāvanejanodaṃ tu mastake'dhāddhariḥ svayam /
pavitrito'dya sagaṇaḥ sakuṭuṃba iti bruvan

caṃdanena vilipyātha gāṃ ca prādātpayasvinīm /
uvāca ca vaco ramyaṃ devadeveṃdra sevitaḥ

svāminmakho mayā vājimedhasaṃjñaḥ kriyeta ha /
soyaṃ tvaccaraṇā yātādadyapūrṇo bhaviṣyati

adya me brahmahatyottha pāpahāniṃ kariṣyati /
aśvamedhaḥ kraturyuṣmaccaraṇena pavitritaḥ

iti vākyaṃ bruvāṇaṃ taṃ rājarājeṃdrasevitam /
āraṇyaka uvācedaṃ hasanmādhvyā girā muniḥ

svāmiṃstava tu yuktaṃ hi vaco brahmaṇyabhūmipa /
tvanmūrtayo mahārāja brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ

tvaṃ yadā brahmapūjādi śubhaṃ karma kariṣyasi /
tato'khilā nṛpā vipraṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti bhūmipa

tvayoktaṃ yanmahārāja viprahatyāpanuttaye /
yāgaṃ karomi vimalaṃ tattu hāsyakaraṃ vacaḥ

tvannāmasmaraṇānmūḍhaḥ sarvaśāstravivarjitaḥ /
sarvapāpābdhimuttīrya sa gacchetparamaṃ padam

sarvavedetihāsānāṃ sārārtho'yamiti sphuṭam /
yadrāmanāmasmaraṇaṃ kriyate pāpatārakam

tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni brahmahatyāsamāni ca /
na yāvatprocyate nāma rāmacaṃdra tava sphuṭam

tvannāmagarjanaṃ śrutvā mahāpātakakuṃjarāḥ /
palāyaṃte mahārāja kutracitsthānalipsayā

tasmāttava kathaṃ hatyā mahāpuṇyadadarśana /
rāma tvatsukathāṃ śrutvā pūtaḥ sadyo bhaviṣyati

mayā pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge gaṃgāyāstīravāsinām /
ṛṣīṇāṃ mukhato vākyaṃ śrutametatpurāvidām

tāvatpāpabhiyaḥ puṃsāṃ kātarāṇāṃ supāpinām /
yāvanna vadate vācā rāmanāmamanoharam

tasmāddhanyo'hamadhunā mama saṃsṛtināśanam /
sāṃprataṃ sulabhaṃ rāmacaṃdra tvaddarśanādabhūt

ityuktavaṃtaṃ sa muniṃ pūjayāmāsa tatra vai /
sarve munijanāḥ sādhu sādhu vākyamiti bruvan

śeṣa uvāca/
atyāścaryamabhūttatra tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu /
vātsyāyanamuniśreṣṭha rāmabhaktiparāyaṇa

rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahārājaṃ yādṛśaṃ dhyānagocaram /
atyaṃtaṃ harṣamāpanno jagāda sa munīśvarān

munīśvarāḥ saṃśṛṇuta madvākyaṃ sumanoharam /
mādṛśaḥ ko na bhūloke bhaviṣyati subhāgyavān

nāsti matsadṛśaḥ kopi na jāto na bhaviṣyati /
yadrāmabhadro māṃ natvā svāgataṃ paripṛṣṭavān

yatpādapaṃkajarajaḥ śrutimṛgyaṃ sadaiva hi /
so'dya matpādayoḥ pāthaḥ pītvā pūtamamanyata

evaṃ pravadatastasya brahmasphoṭo'bhavattadā /
nirgataṃ tadbhavaṃ tejo viveśa raghunāyake

paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ sarayūtīramaṃḍape /
sāyujyamuktiṃ saṃprāpa durllabhāṃ yogibhirjanaiḥ

divi tūryaninādo'bhūdvīṇānādo'bhavattadā /
puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papātāgre paśyatāṃ citramadbhutam

munayo'pyetadīkṣitvā praśaṃsaṃto munīśvaram /
kṛtārthoyaṃ muniśreṣṭho yadrāmavapuṣīkṣitaḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe āraṇyakamunerviṣṇulokagamanaṃnāma saptatriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ