Chapter 1

prathamaḥ sargaḥ |
divi bhūmau tathākāśe bahirantaśca me vibhuḥ |
yo'vabhātyavabhāsātmā tasmai viśvātmane namaḥ || 1 ||
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aham baddho vimuktaḥ syāmiti yasyāsti niścayaḥ |
nātyantatajjño nātajjñaḥ so'smiñchāstre'dhikāravān || 2 ||
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vālmīkiḥ |
kathopāyānvicāryādau mokṣopāyānimānatha |
yo vicārayati prājño na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate || 3 ||
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asmin rāmāyaṇe nāma kathopāyānmahāphalān |
etāṃstu prathamaṃ kṛtvā purāhamarimardana || 4 ||
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śiṣyāyāsmai vinītāya bharadvājāya dhīmate |
ekāgro dattavān ramyānmaṇīnabdhirivārthine || 5 ||
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tata ete kathopāyā bharadvājena dhīmatā |
kasmiṃścinmerugahane brahmaṇo'gra udāhṛtāḥ || 6 ||
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athāsya tuṣṭo bhagavānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |
varaṃ putra gṛhāṇeti samuvāca mahāśayaḥ || 7 ||
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bharadvājaḥ |
bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa varo'yaṃ me'dya rocate |
yeneyaṃ janatā duḥkhānmucyate tadudāhara || 8 ||
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brahmā |
guruṃ vālmīkimatrāśu prārthayasva prayatnataḥ |
tenedaṃ yatsamārabdhaṃ rāmāyaṇamaninditam || 9 ||
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tasmiñjñāte naro mohātsamagrātsantariṣyati |
setunevāmbudheḥ pāramapāraguṇaśālinā || 10 ||
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ityuktvā sa bharadvājaṃ parameṣṭhī mamāśramam |
abhyāgamatsamaṃ tena bharadvājena bhūtakṛt || 11 ||
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tūrṇaṃ sampūjito devaḥ so'rghyapādyādinā mayā |
avocanmāṃ mahāsattvaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ || 12 ||
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rāmasvabhāvakathanādasmādvaramune tvayā |
nodyogaḥ samparityājya ā samāpteraninditāt || 13 ||
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jñātenānena loko'yamasmātsaṃsārasaṅkaṭāt |
samuttariṣyati kṣipraṃ potenevāśu sāgarāt || 14 ||
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vaktuṃ tavaitamevārthamahamāgatavānayam |
kuru lokahitārthaṃ tvaṃ śāstramityuktavānajaḥ || 15 ||
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mama puṇyāśramāttasmātkṣaṇādantardhimāgataḥ |
muhūrtādudyataḥ proccaistaraṅga iva vāriṇaḥ || 16 ||
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tasminprayāte bhagavatyahaṃ vismayamāgataḥ |
punastatra bharadvājamapṛcchaṃ svacchayā dhiyā || 17 ||
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kimetadbrahmaṇā proktam bharadvāja vadāśu me |
ityuktena punaḥ proktam bharadvājena me'nagha || 18 ||
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bharadvājaḥ |
etaduktam bhagavatā yathā rāmāyaṇaṃ kuru |
sarvalokahitāyāśu saṃsārārṇavapotakam || 19 ||
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mahyaṃ ca bhagavanbrūhi kathaṃ saṃsārasaṅkaṭe |
rāmo vyavahṛto'pyasminbharataśca mahāmanāḥ || 20 ||
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śatrughno lakṣmaṇaścāpi sītā cāpi yaśasvinī |
rāmānuyāyinaste vā mantriputrā mahādhiyaḥ || 21 ||
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nirduḥkhatāṃ kathaṃ te tu prāptāstadbrūhi me sphuṭam |
tathaivāhaṃ tariṣyāmi tato janatayā saha || 22 ||
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bharadvājena rājendra yadetyukto'smi sādaram |
tadā kartuṃ vibhorājñāmahaṃ vaktuṃ pravṛttavān || 23 ||
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śṛṇu vatsa bharadvāja yathāpṛṣṭaṃ vadāmi te |
śrutena yena sammohamalaṃ dūrīkariṣyasi || 24 ||
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tathā vyavahara prājña yathā vyavahṛtaḥ sukhī |
sarvāsaṃsaktayā buddhyā rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ || 25 ||
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lakṣmaṇo bharataścaiva śatrughnaśca mahāmanāḥ |
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca sītā daśarathastathā || 26 ||
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kṛtāsthaścāvirodhaśca bodhapāramupāgataḥ |
vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca mantriṇo'ṣṭau tathetare || 27 ||
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ghṛṣṭirvikunto bhāmaśca satyavardhana eva ca |
vibhīṣaṇaḥ suṣeṇaśca hanumānindrajittathā || 28 ||
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ete'ṣṭāviṃśatiḥ proktāḥ samanīrāgacetasaḥ |
jīvanmuktā mahātmāno yathāprāptānuvartinaḥ || 29 ||
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ebhiryathā hṛtaṃ dattaṃ gṛhītamuṣitaṃ smṛtam |
tathā cedvartase putra mukta evāsi saṅkaṭāt || 30 ||
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apārasaṃsārasamudrapātī labdhvā parāṃ yuktimudārasattvaḥ |
na śokamāyāti na dainyameti gatajvarastiṣṭhati nityatṛptaḥ || 31 ||
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