Chapter 241

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īśvara uvāca |
bhṛguputro mahānāsījjamadagnirdvijottamaḥ |
samastavedavedāṃgapāragaśca mahātapāḥ || 1 ||
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tapastepe sudharmātmā maheṃdraṃ prati bhāmini |
sahasravarṣaparyyaṃtaṃ gaṃgāyāḥ puline śubhe || 2 ||
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tataḥ prasannaḥ prāhedaṃ bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ |
iṃdra uvāca |
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva vipreṃdra yatte manasi varttate || 3 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
tataḥ provāca viprarṣiḥ parituṣṭaṃ śatakratum |
jamadagniruvāca |
surabhiṃ dehi me deva sarvakāmadughāṃ sadā || 4 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
tataḥ prasanno deveśastasmai viprāya gotrabhit |
pradadau surabhiṃ devīṃ sarvakāmadughāṃ tadā || 5 ||
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sa labdhvā surabhīṃ devīṃ jamadagnirmahātapāḥ |
uvāsa mahadaiśvaryaḥ śatakraturivāparaḥ || 6 ||
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reṇukasya sutāṃ ramyāṃ reṇukāṃ nāmanāmataḥ |
upayeme vidhānena jamadagnirmahātapāḥ || 7 ||
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tayā saha sa dharmātmā reme varṣāṇyanekaśaḥ |
paulomyā śubhayā devyā yathā saṃkrandano vibhuḥ || 8 ||
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tataḥ sa putrakāmatvādiṣṭiṃ cakre sudhārmmikaḥ |
iṣṭyā saṃtoṣayāmāsa pākaśāsanamīśvaram || 9 ||
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parituṣṭaḥ śacībharttā tasmai putraṃ mahābalam |
mahaujasaṃ mahābāhuṃ sarvaśatrupratāpanam || 10 ||
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atha kālena vipreṃdro reṇukāyāṃ śucismite |
putramutpādayāmāsa mahāvīryyaṃ balānvitam || 11 ||
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viṣṇoraṃśāṃśabhāgena sarvalakṣaṇalakṣiṇam |
tasminsute mahāvīryye bhṛgustasya pitāmahaḥ || 12 ||
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nāma cāsmai dadau harṣādviṣṇoraṃśopalakṣitam |
cakre'tha nāmadheyaṃ tu rāma ityasya śobhanam || 13 ||
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jamadagneḥ samutpanno jāmadagnya itīritaḥ |
tadbhārgavānvayaḥ so'pi vavṛdhe dvijapuṃgavaḥ || 14 ||
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upanītaṃ stuto yena sarvavidyāviśāradaḥ |
tapastaptuṃ jagāmātha śālagrāmācalaṃ prati || 15 ||
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dadarśa kaśyapaṃ tatra brahmarṣimamitaujasam |
harṣeṇa pūritastasminmarīcitanayo dvijaḥ || 16 ||
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vidhinā pradadau tasmai maṃtraṃ vaiṣṇavamavyayam |
labdhamaṃtrastadā rāmaṃ kaśyapāttu mahātmanaḥ || 17 ||
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pūjayāmāsa vidhinā sa tadā kamalāpatim |
ṣaḍakṣaraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ japanneva divāniśam || 18 ||
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dhyāyankamalapatrākṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvagataṃ harim |
tapastepe sa dharmātmā bahuvarṣāṇi bhārgavaḥ || 19 ||
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jiteṃdriyastu yatavāktadā tasthau mahātapāḥ |
jamadagnistu viprarṣiḥ sthito gaṃgātaṭe śubhe || 20 ||
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cakāra vidhivaddharmyaṃ yajñadānādikaṃ mahat |
dhenvāḥ prasādādiṃdrasya saṃpūrṇāstasya sampadaḥ || 21 ||
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kasyacittvathakālasya haihayādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ |
vijitvā sarvarāṣṭrāṇi sarvasainyasamāvṛtaḥ || 22 ||
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bhārgavasyāśramaṃ prāpya jamadagnermahīpatiḥ |
samīkṣya taṃ mahābhāgaṃ vavaṃde munisattamam || 23 ||
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pṛṣṭvā tu kuśalaṃ tasya maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ |
pradadau nṛpatistasmai vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca || 24 ||
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sa ca saṃpūjayāmāsa rājānaṃ gṛhamāgatam |
madhuparkeṇa vidhinā pūjayitvā nṛpottamam || 25 ||
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sasainyāya nṛpeṃdrāya bhojanaṃ pradadau muniḥ |
prārthitā surabhistena bhārgaveṇa sudhīmatā || 26 ||
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saṃpūrṇamannapānādi sasarja śabalā tadā |
akṣayyamannapānādi tayā sṛṣṭaṃ mahātapāḥ || 27 ||
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sasainyāya nṛpeṃdrāya pradadau munisattamaḥ |
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā śabalāṃ rājā kutūhalasamanvitaḥ || 28 ||
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spṛhāṃ cakārayāmāsa tasyāṃ gavi sudurmmatiḥ |
ayācatsurabhiṃ tatra jamadagniṃ nṛpottamaḥ || 29 ||
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kārttavīrya uvāca |
śabalāṃ dehi me vipra kapilāṃ sarvakāmadām |
anyadhenusahasrāṇi dāsyāmi tava suvrata || 30 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
ityuktastena rājñātha jamadagnirmahātapāḥ |
jamadagniruvāca |
na deyā śabalā rājanmayā tava mahīpate || 31 ||
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iyaṃ ca devadevena śakreṇa paripālitā |
devatānāṃ dhanaṃ rājandātavyaṃ syātkathaṃ mayā || 32 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
ityuktaḥ sa tadā rājā krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ |
balājjagrāha śabalāṃ sarvasainyasamāvṛtaḥ || 33 ||
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tataḥ kruddhā mahābhāgā śabalā varavarṇini |
jaghāna tasya sainyāni śṛṃgaiḥ khuratalairapi || 34 ||
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ghātayitvā muhūrttena tatsainyaṃ śabalā balāt |
aṃtarddhānaṃ gatā devī yayau śakrāṃtikaṃ kṣaṇāt || 35 ||
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svasainyaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā so'rjunaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ |
muṣṭinā tāḍayāmāsa bhārgavaṃ dvijasattamam || 36 ||
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tāḍitastena bahuśo vikalāṃgaḥ prakalpitaḥ |
papāta sahasā bhūmau mamāra dvijasattamaḥ || 37 ||
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hatvā munivaraṃ tatra pāpatmā haihayādhipaḥ |
mahāsainyaparīvāro viveśa nagaraṃ svakam || 38 ||
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rāmastu devadeveśaṃ pūjayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ |
tena saṃpūjito devaḥ prasannaḥ prāha keśavaḥ || 39 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
prītosmi tapasā vatsa bhavato niyatātmanaḥ |
saṃpradāsyāmi te vipra macchaktiṃ paramāṃ śubhām || 40 ||
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āveśito'tha macchaktyā jahi duṣṭānnṛpottamān |
bhūbhārakavināśāya devatānāṃ hitāya vai || 41 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
ityuktvā pradadau devaḥ paraśuṃ śatrudharṣaṇam |
vaiṣṇavaṃ ca mahaccāpaṃ divyānyastrāṇyanekaśaḥ |
datvā provāca bhagavāñjāmadagniṃ janārddanaḥ || 42 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
madotkaṭānnṛpānhatvā bahuśaḥ paravīrahā |
gṛhāṇa pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ sāgarāntāṃ dvijottama || 43 ||
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pālayasva ca dharmeṇa vīryyeṇa mahatā vṛtaḥ |
kālena matpadaṃ cāpi matprasādādgamiṣyasi || 44 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
ityuktvāṃtarhito devo varaṃ datvā dvijanmane |
rāmo'pi cātha sahasā prayayau piturāśramam || 45 ||
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pitaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhārgavaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ |
niṣkṣatrāṃ kartumanvicchanmahīṃ nṛpasamākulām || 46 ||
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jagāma haihayapaternagaraṃ nṛpasaṃvṛtam |
krodhāveśajvaladgātro dvāryyatiṣṭhadudāyudhaḥ || 47 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā tatpurajanā jāmadagnyaṃ mahaujasam |
jājvalyamānaṃ vapuṣā kālāgnimiva menire || 48 ||
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bhayārtā vidrutāḥ sarve rājānaṃ haihayādhipam |
śaśaṃsustaṃ mahāsatvaṃ sarvāyudhasamanvitam || 49 ||
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śrutvā sa rājā tadvākyaṃ prāha vismitacetasā |
haihayādhipa uvāca |
ko'sau mama puradvāri sāyudhaḥ saṃsthito balāt || 50 ||
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maheṃdro vā yamo vāpi rudro vā dhanado'pi vā |
sāyudho matpuradvāri sthātuṃ śakto na karhicit || 51 ||
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mahādeva uvāca |
ityuktvā pārthiveṃdro 'sau kiṃkarānsumahābalān |
prerayāmāsa taṃ draṣṭuṃ gṛhṇītetyāha durmatiḥ || 52 ||
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te gatvā dadṛśurvīraṃ puradvāri mahābalam |
jvalaṃtamiva kālāgniṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ svatejasā || 53 ||
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tasya saṃdarśane'pyatra na śaktāste mahābalāḥ |
grahītukāmastaṃ vīraṃ samaṃtātprayayurbhṛśam || 54 ||
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tāndṛṣṭvā sāyudhānsarvānpārthivendrasya kiṃkarān |
prahasanprāha viprendro jāmadagnirmahābalaḥ || 55 ||
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paraśurāma uvāca |
bhārgavasya suto rāmaḥ saṃprāpto'haṃ narādhamāḥ |
svapiturnidhanātsarvānhaniṣyāmi nṛpottamān || 56 ||
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kārtavīryasya rudhiraṃ matpitre tilasaṃyutam |
dāsyāmi piṇḍadānaṃ ca tacchiraḥ kamalena vai || 57 ||
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mahādeva uvāca |
ityuktāste mahāvīryyāḥ kiṃkarāstasya bhūpateḥ |
śaraiḥ sma tāḍayāmāsuḥ palālairiva pāvakam || 58 ||
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tataḥ kruddho mahāvīryo rāmassatyaparākramaḥ |
vaiṣṇavaṃ cāpamākṛṣya jyāninādamathākarot || 59 ||
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tena nādena mahatā pūritaṃ bhuvanatrayam |
devānāmapi saṃtrāso babhūva mahadadbhutam || 60 ||
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tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśairāśugaiḥ sumahābalaḥ |
tāḍayāmāsa tānvīrānkiṃkarānvai mahābalān || 61 ||
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hatvā tu kiṃkarāstasya pārthivasya mahātmanaḥ |
kālāgniriva saṃtasthau sarvabhūtabhayaṃkaraḥ || 62 ||
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śrutvā tu kiṃkarānsvasya hatānrāmeṇa dhīmatā |
haihayādhipatirvīraḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ || 63 ||
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niryyayau sahasainyena yatrāste bhāgavo'vyayaḥ |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ghorasaṃkāśaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ svena tejasā || 64 ||
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trastāḥ sarve janāstatra śaṃkamānā janakṣayam |
tato yuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ rāmasya nṛpatestadā || 65 ||
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śastrāstrapātanairbhīmairmeghayoriva varṣatoḥ |
tato rāmo mahātejāstatsainyaṃ nṛpatestadā || 66 ||
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nirdadāha kṣaṇātsarvaṃ vaiṣṇavāstreṇa līlayā |
tataḥ paraśunā rāmastīkṣṇenāmitavikramaḥ || 67 ||
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ciccheda bāhusāhasraṃ kārttavīryasya durmateḥ |
na śaśāka mahāvīryo yoddhuṃ rāmeṇa bhūpatiḥ || 68 ||
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naṣṭavīryyo babhūvātra pāpena svena durmmatiḥ |
ciccheda tacchiraḥ kruddho reṇukātanayo balī || 69 ||
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mahādriśṛḍgaṃvajreṇa yathā devapatirbalī |
hatvā sahasrabāhuṃ taṃ jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān || 70 ||
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jaghāna pārthivānsarvānkruddhaḥ paraśunā mṛdhe |
rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāraudraṃ pārthivāḥ pṛthivītale || 71 ||
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bhayārttā vidrutāḥ sarve mātaṃgā iva kesarim |
vidrutānapi bhūpālānpiturnidhanamanyunā || 72 ||
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jaghāna bhārgavaḥ kruddho nāgāniva khageśvaraḥ |
niḥkṣatraṃ kṛtavānsarvaṃ jāmadagniḥ pratāpavān || 73 ||
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rarakṣa bhagavānekamikṣvākoḥ sumahatkulam |
mātāmahasyānvayatvādreṇukāvacanādatha || 74 ||
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tānbhraṣṭarājyānkṛtvā vai mātāmahakulodbhavān |
na hatvā manuvaṃśāṃstānrāmo nṛpakulāṃtakaḥ || 75 ||
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sarvaṃ tu bhūbhṛtāṃ vaṃśaṃ nāśayāmāsa vīryyavān |
kṛtvā corvīṃ tu niḥkṣatrāṃ jamadagnisuto balī || 76 ||
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aśvamedhaṃ mahāyajñaṃ cakāra vidhivaddvijaḥ |
pradadau vipramukhyebhyaḥ saptadvīpavatīṃ mahīm || 77 ||
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datvā mahīṃ sa viprebhyo jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān |
tapastaptuṃ yayau so'tha naranārāyaṇāśramam || 78 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ devi jāmadagnermahātmanaḥ |
śaktyāveśāvatārasya caritaṃ śārṅgiṇaḥ prabhoḥ || 79 ||
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nopāsyaṃ hi bhavettasya śaktyāveśānmahātmanaḥ |
upāsyau bhagavadbhaktairvipramukhyairmahātmabhiḥ || 80 ||
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rāmakṛṣṇāvatārau tu paripūrṇau hi sadguṇaiḥ |
upāsyamānāvṛṣibhirapavargapradau nṛṇām || 81 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde paraśurāmacaritaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 241 ||
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