Chapter III

bharadvāja uvāca |
jīvanmuktasthitiṃ vrahmankṛtvā rāghavamāditaḥ |
kramātkathaya me nityaṃ bhaviṣyāmi sukhī yathā || 1 ||
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śrīvālmīkiruvāca |
bhramasya jāgatasyāsya jātasyākāśavarṇavat |
apunaḥsmaraṇaṃ manye sādho vismaraṇaṃ varam || 2 ||
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dṛśyātyantābhāvabodhaṃ vinā tannānubhūyate |
kadācitkenacinnāma svabodho'nviṣyatāmataḥ || 3 ||
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sa ceha saṃbhavatyeva tadarthamidamātatam |
śāstramākarṇayasi cettattvamāpsyasi nānyathā || 4 ||
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jagadbhramo'yaṃ dṛśyo'pi nāstyevetyanubhūyate |
varṇo vyomna ivākhedādvicāreṇāmunā'nagha || 5 ||
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dṛśyaṃ nāstīti bodhena manaso dṛśyamārjanam |
saṃpannaṃ cettadutpannā parā nirvāṇanirvṛtiḥ || 6 ||
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anyathā śāstragarteṣu luṭhatāṃ bhavatāmiha |
bhavatyakṛtrimājñānāṃ kalpairapi na nirvṛtiḥ || 7 ||
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aśeṣeṇa parityāgo vāsanānāṃ ya uttamaḥ |
mokṣaṃ ityucyate brahmansa eva vimalakramaḥ || 8 ||
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kṣīṇāyāṃ vāsanāyāṃ tu ceto galati satvaram |
kṣīṇāyāṃ śītasaṃtatyāṃ brahmanhimakaṇo yathā || 9 ||
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ayaṃ vāsanayā deho dhriyate bhūtapañjaraḥ |
tanunāntarniviṣṭena muktaughastantunā yathā || 10 ||
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vāsanā dvividhā proktā śuddhā ca malinā tathā |
malinā janmano hetuḥ śuddhā janmavināśinī || 11 ||
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ajñānasughanākārā ghanāhaṃkāraśālinī |
punarjanmakarī proktā malinā vāsanā budhaiḥ || 12 ||
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punarjanmāṅkuraṃ tyaktvā sthitā saṃbhṛṣṭabījavat |
dehārthaṃ dhriyate jñātajñeyā śuddheti cocyate || 13 ||
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apunarjanmakaraṇī jīvanmukteṣu dehiṣu |
vāsanā vidyate śuddhā dehe cakra iva bhramaḥ || 14 ||
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ye śuddhavāsanā bhūyo na janmānarthabhājanam |
jñātajñeyāsta ucyante jīvanmuktā mahādhiyaḥ || 15 ||
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jīvanmuktipadaṃ prāpto yathā rāmo mahāmatiḥ |
tatte'haṃ śṛṇu vakṣyābhi jarāmaraṇaśāntaye || 16 ||
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bharadvāja mahābuddhe rāmakramamimaṃ śubham |
śṛṇu vakṣyāmi tenaiva sarvaṃ jñāsyasi sarvadā || 17 ||
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vidyāgṛhādviniṣkramya rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ |
divasānyanayadgehe līlābhirakutobhayaḥ || 18 ||
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atha gacchati kāle tu pālayatyavaniṃ nṛpe |
prajāsu vītaśokāsu sthitāsu vigatajvaram || 19 ||
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tīrthapuṇyāśramaśreṇīrdraṣṭumutkaṇṭhitaṃ manaḥ |
rāmasyābhūdbhṛśaṃ tatra kadācidguṇaśālinaḥ || 20 ||
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rāghavaścintayitvaivamupetya caraṇau pituḥ |
haṃsaḥ padmāviva navau jagrāha nakhakesarau || 21 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
tīrthāni devasadmāni vanānyāyatanāni ca |
draṣṭumutkaṇṭhitaṃ tāta mamedaṃ nātha mānasam || 22 ||
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tadetāmarthitāṃ pūrvāṃ saphalāṃ kartumarhasi |
na so'sti bhuvane nātha tvayā yo'rthī na mānitaḥ || 23 ||
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iti saṃprārthito rājā vasiṣṭhena samaṃ tadā |
vicāryāmuñcadevainaṃ rāmaṃ prathamamarthinam || 24 ||
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śubhe nakṣatradivase bhrātṛbhyāṃ saha rāghavaḥ |
maṅgalālaṃkṛtavapuḥ kṛtasvastyayano dvijaiḥ || 25 ||
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vasiṣṭhaprahitairvipraiḥ śāstrajñaiśca samanvitaḥ |
snigdhaiḥ katipayaireva rājaputravaraiḥ saha || 26 ||
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ambābhirvihitāśībhirāliṅgyāliṅgya bhūṣitaḥ |
niragātsvagṛhāttasmāttīrthayātrārthamudyataḥ || 27 ||
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nirgataḥ svapurātpauraistūryaghoṣeṇa vāditaḥ |
pīyamānaḥ purastrīṇāṃ netrairbhṛṅgaughabhaṅguraiḥ || 28 ||
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grāmīṇalalanālolahastapadmāpanoditaiḥ |
lājavarṣairvikīrṇātmā himairiva himācalaḥ || 29 ||
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āvarjayanvipragaṇānpariśṛṇvanprajāśiṣaḥ |
ālokayandigantāṃśca paricakrāma jāṅgalān || 30 ||
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athārabhya svakāttasmātkramātkośalamaṇḍalāt |
snānadānatapodhyānapūrvakaṃ sa dadarśa ha || 31 ||
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nadītīrāṇi puṇyāni vanānyāyatanāni ca |
jaṅgalāni janānteṣu taṭānyabdhimahībhṛtām || 32 ||
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mandākinīmindunibhāṃ kālindīṃ cotpalāmalām |
sarasvatīṃ śatadrūṃ ca candrabhāgāmirāvatīm || 33 ||
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veṇīṃ ca kṛṣṇaveṇīṃ ca nirvindhyāṃ sarayūṃ tathā |
carmaṇvatīṃ vitastāṃ ca vipāśāṃ bāhudāmapi || 34 ||
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prayāgaṃ naimiṣaṃ caiva dharmāraṇyaṃ gayāṃ tathā |
vārāṇasīṃ śrīgiriṃ ca kedāraṃ puṣkaraṃ tathā || 35 ||
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mānasaṃ ca kramasarastathaivottaramānasam |
vaḍavāvadanaṃ caiva tīrthavṛndaṃ sa sādaram || 36 ||
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agnitīrthaṃ mahātīrthamindradyumnasarastathā |
sarāṃsi saritaścaiva tathā nadahradāvalīm || 37 ||
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svāminaṃ kārtikeyaṃ ca śālagrāmaṃ hariṃ tathā |
sthānāni ca catuḥṣaṣṭiṃ hareratha harasya ca || 38 ||
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nānāścaryavicitrāṇi caturabdhitaṭāni ca |
vindhyamandarakuñjāṃśca kulaśailasthalāni ca || 39 ||
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rājarṣīṇāṃ ca mahatāṃ brahmarṣīṇāṃ tathaiva ca |
devānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ce pāvanānāśramāñchubhān || 40 ||
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bhūyobhūyaḥ sa babhrāma bhrātṛbhyāṃ saha mānadaḥ |
caturṣvapi diganteṣu sarvāneva mahītaṭān || 41 ||
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amarakinnaramānavamānitaḥ samavalokya mahīmakhilāmimām |
upayayau svagṛhaṃ raghunandano vihṛtadik śivalokamiveśvaraḥ || 42 ||
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