Padma Purana · Chapter 5.39

śeṣa uvāca/
ninadatsumṛdaṃgeṣu vīṇānādeṣu sarvataḥ /
mukto vāhastato deva puraṃ devavinirmitam

yatra sphāṭika kuḍyānāṃ racanābhirgṛhā nṛṇām /
hasaṃti viṃdhyaṃ vimalaṃ parvataṃ nāgasevitam

rājatāni gṛhāṇyatra dṛśyaṃte prakṛterapi /
vicitramaṇisannaddhā nānāmāṇikyagopurāḥ

padminyo yatra lokānāṃ gehe gehe manoharāḥ /
haraṃti cittāni nṛṇāṃ mukhapadmakalekṣitāḥ

padmarāgamaṇiryatra gehe gehe subhūmiṣu /
baddhaḥ saṃlakṣyate vipra tadoṣṭhaspardhayā nu kim

krīḍāśailāḥ pratyagāraṃ nīlaratnavinirmitāḥ /
kurvaṃti śaṃkāṃ meghasya mayūrāṇāṃ kalāpinām

haṃsā yatra nṛṇāṃ gehe sphāṭikeṣu niyaṃtritāḥ /
kurvaṃti meghānno bhītiṃ mānasaṃ na smaraṃti ca

niraṃtaraṃ śivasthāne dhvastaṃ caṃdrikayā tamaḥ /
śuklakṛṣṇavibhedo na pakṣayostatra vai nṛṇām

tatra vīramaṇī rājā dhārmikeṣvagraṇīrmahān /
rājyaṃ karoti vipulaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam

tasya putro mahāśūro nāmnā rukmāṃgado balī /
vanitābhirgato ramyadehābhiḥ krīḍituṃ vanam

tāsāṃ maṃjīrasaṃrāvaḥ kaṃkaṇānāṃ ravastathā /
mano harati kāmasya kimanyasya kathātra bhoḥ

vanaṃ jagāma sumahatsupuṣpanagasaṃyutam /
sadāśivakṛtasthānamṛtuṣaṭkairvirājitam

caṃpakā yatra bahuśaḥ phullakorakaśobhitāḥ /
kurvaṃti kāmināṃ tatra hṛcchayārtiṃ vilokitāḥ

cūtāḥ phalādibhirnamrā maṃjarīkoṭisaṃyutāḥ /
nāgāḥ punnāgavṛkṣāśca śālāstālāstamālakāḥ

kokilānāṃ samārāvā yatra ca śrutigocarāḥ /
sadā madhupajhaṃkāra gatanidrāḥ sumallikāḥ

dāḍimānāṃ samūhāśca karṇikāraiḥ samanvitāḥ /
ketakīkānakīvanyavṛkṣarājivirājitāḥ

tasminvane pramadasaṃyutacittavṛttirgāyankalaṃ madhuravāgvicikīrṣayoccaiḥ /
udyatkucābhirabhito vanitābhirāgācchobhānidhāna vapurudgatabhīrviveśa

kāścittaṃ nṛtyavidyābhistoṣayaṃti sma śobhanam /
kāścidgānakalābhiśca kāścidvākcaturocitaiḥ

bhrūsaṃjñayā parāḥ kāścittoṣayāmāsurunmadāḥ /
pariraṃbhaṇacāturyaistaṃ hṛṣṭaṃ vidadhuḥ striyaḥ

tābhiḥ puṣpoccayaṃ kṛtvā bhūṣayāmāsa tāḥ striyaḥ /
vāṇyā komalayā śaṃsanreme kāmavapurdharaḥ

evaṃ pravṛtte samaye rājarājasya dhīmataḥ /
prāyāttadvanadeśaṃ sa hayaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ

taṃ svarṇapatraracitaikalalāṭadeśaṃ /
gaṃgāsamaṃ ghusṛṇakuṃkuma piṃjarāṃgam /
gatyāsamaṃ pavanavegatiraskariṇyā /
dṛṣṭvā striyaḥ paramakautukadhāmadeham

ūcuḥ patiṃ kamalamadhyapiśaṃgavarṇā -/
stāmrādharapratibhayāhatavidrumābhāḥ /
daṃtavrajapramitahāsyasuśobhivaktrāḥ /
kāmasya bāṇanayanādivimohanābhāḥ

striya ūcuḥ/
kāṃtakoyaṃ mahānarvāsvarṇapatraikaśobhitaḥ /
kasya vā bhāti śobhāḍhyo gṛhāṇa svabalādimam

śeṣa uvāca/
taduktaṃ vaca ākarṇya līlālalitalocanaḥ /
jagrāha hayamekena karapadmena līlayā

vācayitvā svarṇapatraṃ spaṣṭavarṇasamanvitam /
jahāsa mahilāmadhye jagāda vacanaṃ punaḥ

rukmāṃgada uvāca/
pṛthivyāṃ nāsti me pitrā samaḥ śauryeṇa ca śriyā /
tasminkathaṃ vidhatte sa utsekaṃ rāmabhūmipaḥ

yasya rakṣāṃ prakurute sadā rudraḥ pinākadhṛk /
yaṃ devā dānavā yakṣā namaṃti maṇimaulibhiḥ

kurutādvājimedhaṃ vai janako me mahābalaḥ /
yā tveṣa vājiśālāyāṃ badhnaṃtu mama vai bhaṭāḥ

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya mahilāstā manoharāḥ /
praharṣavadanā jātāḥ kāṃtaṃ tu parirebhire

gṛhītvā ca hayaṃ putro rājño vīramaṇermahān /
puraṃ patnīsamāyukto mahotsāhamavīviśat

mṛdaṃgadhvaniṣu proccairāhateṣu samaṃtataḥ /
baṃdibhiḥ saṃstutaḥ prāgātsvapiturmaṃdiraṃ mahat

tasmai sa kathayāmāsa hayaṃ nītaṃ raghoḥ pateḥ /
vājimedhāya nirmuktaṃ svacchaṃdagatimadbhutam

rakṣitaṃ śatrusūdena mahābalasametinā /
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nṛpo vīramaṇirmahān

nātipraśaṃsayāmāsa tatkarma sumahāmatiḥ /
nītvā punaḥ samāyāṃtaṃ caurasyeva viceṣṭitam

kathayāmāsa jāmātre śivāyādbhutakarmaṇe /
ardhāṃganādharāyāṃgabhūṣāya caṃdradhāriṇe

tena saṃmaṃtrayāmāsa nṛpo vīramaṇirmahān /
putrasṛṣṭaṃ mahatkarma viniṃdyaṃ mahatāṃ mataḥ

śiva uvāca/
rājanputreṇa bhavataḥ kṛtaṃ karma mahādbhutam /
yo jahāra mahāvāhaṃrāmacaṃdrasya dhīmataḥ

adya yuddhaṃ mahadbhāti surāsuravimohanam /
śatrughnena mahārājñā vīrakoṭyekarakṣiṇā

mayā yo dhriyate svāṃte jihvayā procyate hi yaḥ /
tasya rāmasyayajñāṃgaṃ jahāra tava putrakaḥ

paramatra mahām̐llābho bhaviṣyatitarāṃ raṇe /
yadrāmacaraṇāṃbhojaṃ drakṣyāmaḥ svīyasevitam

atra yatno mahānkāryo hayasya parirakṣaṇe /
nayiṣyaṃti balādvāhaṃ mayā rakṣitamapyamum

tasmādimaṃ mahārāja rājyena saha sannataḥ /
vājinaṃ bhojanaṃ datvā prekṣasvāṃghriyugaṃ tataḥ

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya śivasya sa nṛpottamaḥ /
uvāca taṃ sureṃdrādivaṃdyapādāṃbujadvayam

vīramaṇiruvāca/
kṣatriyāṇāmayaṃ dharmo yatpratāpasya rakṣaṇam /
tadasau krāṃtumudyuktaḥ kratunā hayasaṃjñinā

tasmādrakṣyaḥ svapratāpo yenakenāpi māninā /
yāvacchakyaṃ karma kṛtvā śarīravyayakāriṇā

sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ sutenedaṃ gṛhīto'śva punaryataḥ /
kopitaṃ rāmabhūpālaṃ samayārhaṃ kuru prabho

kṣattriyāṇāmidaṃ karma kartavyārhaṃ bhavennahi /
yadakasmādripoḥ pādau praṇamedbhayavihvalaḥ

ripavo vihasaṃtyenaṃ kātaro'yaṃ nṛpādhamaḥ /
kṣudraḥ prākṛtavannīco natavānbhayavihvalaḥ

tasmādbhavānyathāyogyaṃ yoddhavye samupasthite /
yadvidheyaṃ vicāryaiva kartavyaṃ bhaktarakṣaṇam

śeṣa uvāca/
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya caṃdracūḍovadadvacaḥ /
prahasanmeghagaṃbhīravāṇyā saṃmohayanmanaḥ

yadi devāstrayastriṃśatkoṭayaḥ samupasthitāḥ /
tathāpi tvattaḥ kenāśvo gṛhyate mama rakṣituḥ

yadi rāmaḥ samāgatya svātmānaṃ darśayiṣyati /
tadāhaṃ caraṇau tasya praṇamāmi sukomalau

svāminā na hi yoddhavyaṃ mahāna naya ucyate /
anye vīrāstṛṇaprāyāḥ kiṃcitkartuṃ na vai kṣamāḥ

tasmādyuddhyasva rājeṃdra rakṣake mayi susthite /
ko gṛhṇāti balādvāhaṃ trilokī yadi saṃgatā

śeṣa uvāca/
etadvacaḥ paraṃ śrutvā caṃdracūḍasya bhūmipaḥ /
jaharṣa mānase'tyaṃtaṃ yuddhakarmaṇi kautukī

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe vīramaṇiputreṇa hayagrahaṇaṃnāma ekonacatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ