॥ Sankshepa Ramayana English Lyrics ॥
॥ saṁksēpa ramayana ॥
tapassvadhyayanirataṁ tapasvī vagvidaṁ varam ।
naradaṁ paripapraccha valmīkirmunipuṅgavam ॥ 1 ॥
kō:’nvasminsamprataṁ lōkē gunavan kaśca vīryavan ।
dharmajñaśca kr̥tajñaśca satyavakyō dr̥dhavrataḥ ॥ 2 ॥
caritrēna ca kō yuktaḥ sarvabhūtēsu kō hitaḥ ।
vidvan kaḥ kassamarthaśca kaścaikapriyadarśanaḥ ॥ 3 ॥
atmavan kō jitakrōdhō dyutiman kō:’nasūyakaḥ ।
kasya bibhyati dēvaśca jatarōsasya samyugē ॥ 4 ॥
ētadicchamyahaṁ śrōtuṁ paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi mē ।
maharsē tvaṁ samarthō:’si jñatumēvaṁvidhaṁ naram ॥ 5 ॥
śrutva caitattrilōkajñō valmīkērnaradō vacaḥ ।
śrūyatamiti camantrya prahr̥stō vakyamabravīt ॥ 6 ॥
bahavō durlabhaścaiva yē tvaya kīrtita gunaḥ ।
munē vaksyamyahaṁ buddhva tairyuktaḥ śrūyataṁ naraḥ ॥ 7 ॥
iksvakuvaṁśaprabhavō ramō nama janaiḥ śrutaḥ ।
niyatatma mahavīryō dyutiman dhr̥timanvaśī ॥ 8 ॥
buddhimannītimanvagmī śrīman śatrunibarhanaḥ ।
vipulaṁsō mahabahuḥ kambugrīvō mahahanuḥ ॥ 9 ॥
mahōraskō mahēsvasō gūdhajatrurarindamaḥ ।
ajanubahuḥ suśiraḥ sulalataḥ suvikramaḥ ॥ 10 ॥
samaḥ samavibhaktaṅgaḥ snigdhavarnaḥ pratapavan ।
pīnavaksa viśalaksō laksmīvan śubhalaksanaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
dharmajñaḥ satyasandhaśca prajanaṁ ca hitē rataḥ ।
yaśasvī jñanasampannaḥ śucirvaśyaḥ samadhiman ॥ 12 ॥
prajapatisamaśśrīman dhata ripunisūdanaḥ ।
raksita jīvalōkasya dharmasya pariraksita ॥ 13 ॥
raksita svasya dharmasya svajanasya ca raksita ।
vēdavēdaṅgatattvajñō dhanurvēdē ca nisthitaḥ ॥ 14 ॥
sarvaśastrarthatattvajñō smr̥timanpratibhanavan ।
sarvalōkapriyaḥ sadhuradīnatma vicaksanaḥ ॥ 15 ॥
sarvadabhigataḥ sadbhiḥ samudra iva sindhubhiḥ ।
aryaḥ sarvasamaścaiva sadaikapriyadarśanaḥ ॥ 16 ॥
sa ca sarvagunōpētaḥ kausalyanandavardhanaḥ ।
samudra iva gambhīryē dhairyēna himavaniva ॥ 17 ॥
visnuna sadr̥śō vīryē sōmavatpriyadarśanaḥ ।
kalagnisadr̥śaḥ krōdhē ksamaya pr̥thivīsamaḥ ॥ 18 ॥
dhanadēna samastyagē satyē dharma ivaparaḥ ।
tamēvaṅgunasampannaṁ ramaṁ satyaparakramam ॥ 19 ॥
jyēsthaṁ śrēsthagunairyuktaṁ priyaṁ daśarathaḥ sutam ।
prakr̥tīnaṁ hitairyuktaṁ prakr̥ti priya kamyaya ॥ 20 ॥
yauvarajyēna samyōktumaicchatprītya mahīpatiḥ ।
tasyabhisēkasambharan dr̥stva bharya:’tha kaikayī ॥ 21 ॥
pūrvaṁ dattavara dēvī varamēnamayacata ।
vivasanaṁ ca ramasya bharatasyabhisēcanam ॥ 22 ॥
sa satyavacanadraja dharmapaśēna samyataḥ ।
vivasayamasa sutaṁ ramaṁ daśarathaḥ priyam ॥ 23 ॥
sa jagama vanaṁ vīraḥ pratijñamanupalayan ।
piturvacananirdēśatkaikēyyaḥ priyakaranat ॥ 24 ॥
taṁ vrajantaṁ priyō bhrata laksmanō:’nujagama ha ।
snēhadvinayasampannaḥ sumitranandavardhanaḥ ॥ 25 ॥
bhrataraṁ dayitō bhratuḥ saubhratramanudarśayan ।
ramasya dayita bharya nityaṁ pranasamahita ॥ 26 ॥
janakasya kulē jata dēvamayēva nirmita ।
sarvalaksanasampanna narīnamuttama vadhūḥ ॥ 27 ॥
sīta:’pyanugata ramaṁ śaśinaṁ rōhinī yatha ।
paurairanugatō dūraṁ pitra daśarathēna ca ॥ 28 ॥
śr̥ṅgibērapurē sūtaṁ gaṅgakūlē vyasarjayat ।
guhamasadya dharmatma nisadadhipatiṁ priyam ॥ 29 ॥
guhēna sahitō ramaḥ laksmanēna ca sītaya ।
tē vanēna vanaṁ gatva nadīstīrtva bahūdakaḥ ॥ 30 ॥
citrakūtamanuprapya bharadvajasya śasanat ।
ramyamavasathaṁ kr̥tva ramamana vanē trayaḥ ॥ 31 ॥
dēvagandharvasaṅkaśastatra tē nyavasansukham ।
citrakūtaṁ gatē ramē putraśōkaturastada ॥ 32 ॥
raja daśarathaḥ svargaṁ jagama vilapansutam ।
mr̥tē tu tasminbharatō vasisthapramukhairdvijaiḥ ॥ 33 ॥
niyujyamanō rajyaya naicchadrajyaṁ mahabalaḥ ।
sa jagama vanaṁ vīrō ramapadaprasadakaḥ ॥ 34 ॥
gatva tu sa mahatmanaṁ ramaṁ satyaparakramam ।
ayacadbhrataraṁ ramaṁ aryabhavapuraskr̥taḥ ॥ 35 ॥
tvamēva raja dharmajña iti ramaṁ vacō:’bravīt ।
ramō:’pi paramōdaraḥ sumukhassumahayaśaḥ ॥ 36 ॥
nacaicchatpituradēśat rajyaṁ ramō mahabalaḥ ।
padukē casya rajyaya nyasaṁ dattva punaḥ punaḥ ॥ 37 ॥
nivartayamasa tatō bharataṁ bharatagrajaḥ ।
sa kamamanavapyaiva ramapadavupaspr̥śan ॥ 38 ॥
nandigramē:’karōdrajyaṁ ramagamanakaṅksaya ।
gatē tu bharatē śrīman satyasandhō jitēndriyaḥ ॥ 39 ॥
ramastu punaralaksya nagarasya janasya ca ।
tatragamanamēkagrō dandakanpravivēśa ha ॥ 40 ॥
praviśya tu maharanyaṁ ramō rajīvalōcanaḥ ।
viradhaṁ raksasaṁ hatva śarabhaṅgaṁ dadarśa ha ॥ 41 ॥
sutīksnaṁ capyagastyaṁ ca agastya bhrataraṁ tatha ।
agastyavacanaccaiva jagrahaindraṁ śarasanam ॥ 42 ॥
khadgaṁ ca paramaprītastūnī caksayasayakau ।
vasatastasya ramasya vanē vanacaraiḥ saha ॥ 43 ॥
r̥sayō:’bhyagamansarvē vadhayasuraraksasam ।
sa tēsaṁ pratiśuśrava raksasanaṁ tatha vanē ॥ 44 ॥
pratijñataśca ramēna vadhassamyati raksasaṁ ।
r̥sīnamagni kalpanaṁ dandakaranyavasinam ॥ 45 ॥
tēna tatraiva vasata janasthananivasinī ।
virūpita śūrpanakha raksasī kamarūpinī ॥ 46 ॥
tataḥ śūrpanakhavakyat udyuktansarvaraksasan ।
kharaṁ triśirasaṁ caiva dūsanaṁ caiva raksasam ॥ 47 ॥
nijaghana ranē ramastēsaṁ caiva padanugan ।
vanē tasminnivasata janasthana nivasinam ॥ 48 ॥
raksasaṁ nihatanyasansahasrani caturdaśa ।
tatō jñativadhaṁ śrutva ravanaḥ krōdhamūrchitaḥ ॥ 49 ॥
sahayaṁ varayamasa marīcaṁ nama raksasaṁ ।
varyamanaḥ subahuśō marīcēna sa ravanaḥ ॥ 50 ॥
na virōdhō balavata ksamō ravana tēna tē ।
anadr̥tya tu tadvakyaṁ ravanaḥ kalacōditaḥ ॥ 51 ॥
jagama sahamarīcaḥ tasyaśramapadaṁ tada ।
tēna mayavina dūramapavahya nr̥patmajau ॥ 52 ॥
jahara bharyaṁ ramasya gr̥dhraṁ hatva jatayusam ।
gr̥dhraṁ ca nihataṁ dr̥stva hr̥taṁ śrutva ca maithilīm ॥ 53 ॥
raghavaḥ śōkasantaptō vilalapakulēndriyaḥ ।
tatastēnaiva śōkēna gr̥dhraṁ dagdhva jatayusam ॥ 54 ॥
margamanō vanē sītaṁ raksasaṁ sandadarśa ha ।
kabandhaṁ nama rūpēna vikr̥taṁ ghōradarśanam ॥ 55 ॥
taṁ nihatya mahabahuḥ dadaha svargataśca saḥ ।
sa casya kathayamasa śabarīṁ dharmacarinīm ॥ 56 ॥
śramanīṁ dharmanipunamabhigacchēti raghava ।
sō:’bhyagacchanmahatējaḥ śabarīṁ śatrusūdanaḥ ॥ 57 ॥
śabarya pūjitaḥ samyagramō daśarathatmajaḥ ।
pampatīrē hanumata saṅgatō vanarēna ha ॥ 58 ॥
hanumadvacanaccaiva sugrīvēna samagataḥ ।
sugrīvaya ca tatsarvaṁ śaṁsadramō mahabalaḥ ॥ 59 ॥
aditastadyathavr̥ttaṁ sītayaśca viśēsataḥ ।
sugrīvaścapi tatsarvaṁ śrutva ramasya vanaraḥ ॥ 60 ॥
cakara sakhyaṁ ramēna prītaścaivagnisaksikaṁ ।
tatō vanararajēna vairanukathanaṁ prati ॥ 61 ॥
ramayavēditaṁ sarvaṁ pranayadduḥkhitēna ca ।
pratijñataṁ ca ramēna tada valivadhaṁ prati ॥ 62 ॥
valinaśca balaṁ tatra kathayamasa vanaraḥ ।
sugrīvaḥ śaṅkitaścasīnnityaṁ vīryēna raghavē ॥ 63 ॥
raghavaḥ pratyayarthaṁ tu dundubhēḥ kayamuttamam ।
darśayamasa sugrīvō mahaparvata sannibham ॥ 64 ॥
utsmayitva mahabahuḥ prēksya casthi mahabalaḥ ।
padaṅgusthēna ciksēpa sampūrnaṁ daśayōjanam ॥ 65 ॥
bibhēda ca punaḥ salan saptaikēna mahēsuna ।
giriṁ rasatalaṁ caiva janayan pratyayaṁ tada ॥ 66 ॥
tataḥ prītamanastēna viśvastaḥ sa mahakapiḥ ।
kiskindhaṁ ramasahitō jagama ca guhaṁ tada ॥ 67 ॥
tatō:’garjaddharivaraḥ sugrīvō hēmapiṅgalaḥ ।
tēna nadēna mahata nirjagama harīśvaraḥ ॥ 68 ॥
anumanya tada taraṁ sugrīvēna samagataḥ ।
nijaghana ca tatrainaṁ śarēnaikēna raghavaḥ ॥ 69 ॥
tataḥ sugrīvavacanat hatva valinamahavē ।
sugrīvamēva tadrajyē raghavaḥ pratyapadayat ॥ 70 ॥
sa ca sarvansamanīya vanaranvanararsabhaḥ ।
diśaḥ prasthapayamasa didr̥ksurjanakatmajam ॥ 71 ॥
tatō gr̥dhrasya vacanatsampatērhanumanbalī ।
śatayōjanavistīrnaṁ pupluvē lavanarnavam ॥ 72 ॥
tatra laṅkaṁ samasadya purīṁ ravanapalitam ।
dadarśa sītaṁ dhyayantīṁ aśōkavanikaṁ gatam ॥ 73 ॥
nivēdayitva:’bhijñanaṁ pravr̥ttiṁ ca nivēdya ca ।
samaśvasya ca vaidēhīṁ mardayamasa tōranam ॥ 74 ॥
pañca sēnagraganhatva sapta mantrisutanapi ।
śūramaksaṁ ca nispisya grahanaṁ samupagamat ॥ 75 ॥
astrēnōnmuktamatmanaṁ jñatva paitamahadvarat ।
marsayanraksasanvīrō yantrinastanyadr̥cchaya ॥ 76 ॥
tatō dagdhva purīṁ laṅkaṁ r̥tē sītaṁ ca maithilīm ।
ramaya priyamakhyatuṁ punarayanmahakapiḥ ॥ 77 ॥
sō:’bhigamya mahatmanaṁ kr̥tva ramaṁ pradaksinam ।
nyavēdayadamēyatma dr̥sta sītēti tattvataḥ ॥ 78 ॥
tataḥ sugrīvasahitō gatva tīraṁ mahōdadhēḥ ।
samudraṁ ksōbhayamasa śarairadityasannibhaiḥ ॥ 79 ॥
darśayamasa catmanaṁ samudraḥ saritaṁ patiḥ ।
samudravacanaccaiva nalaṁ sētumakarayat ॥ 80 ॥
tēna gatva purīṁ laṅkaṁ hatva ravanamahavē ।
ramassītamanuprapya paraṁ vrīdamupagamat ॥ 81 ॥
tamuvaca tatō ramaḥ parusaṁ janasaṁsadi ।
amr̥syamana sa sīta vivēśa jvalanaṁ satī ॥ 82 ॥
tatō:’gnivacanatsītaṁ jñatva vigatakalmasaṁ ।
babhau ramassamprahr̥staḥ pūjitassarvadaivataiḥ ॥ 83 ॥
karmana tēna mahata trailōkyaṁ sacaracaram ।
sadēvarsiganaṁ tustaṁ raghavasya mahatmanaḥ ॥ 84 ॥
abhyasiñcatsa laṅkayaṁ raksasēndraṁ vibhīsanam ।
kr̥takr̥tyastada ramō vijvaraḥ pramumōda ha ॥ 85 ॥
dēvatabhyō varaṁ prapya samutthapya ca vanaran ।
ayōdhyaṁ prasthitō ramaḥ puspakēna suhr̥dvr̥taḥ ॥ 86 ॥
bharadvajaśramaṁ gatva ramassatyaparakramaḥ ।
bharatasyantikaṁ ramō hanūmantaṁ vyasarjayat ॥ 87 ॥
punarakhyayikaṁ jalpan sugrīvasahitaśca saḥ ।
puspakaṁ tatsamaruhya nandigramaṁ yayau tada ॥ 88 ॥
nandigramē jataṁ hitva bhratr̥bhiḥ sahitō:’naghaḥ ।
ramaḥ sītamanuprapya rajyaṁ punaravaptavan ॥ 89 ॥
prahr̥stamuditō lōkastustaḥ pustaḥ sudharmikaḥ ।
nirayamō hyarōgaśca durbhiksa bhayavarjitaḥ ॥ 90 ॥
na putramaranaṁ kiñciddraksyanti purusaḥ kva cit ।
naryaścavidhava nityaṁ bhavisyanti pativrataḥ ॥ 91 ॥
na cagnijaṁ bhayaṁ kiñcit napsu majjanti jantavaḥ ।
na vatajaṁ bhayaṁ kiñcit napi jvarakr̥taṁ tatha ॥ 92 ॥
na capi ksudbhayaṁ tatra na taskarabhayaṁ tatha ।
nagarani ca rastrani dhana dhanyayutani ca ॥ 93 ॥
nityaṁ pramuditassarvē yatha kr̥tayugē tatha ।
aśvamēdhaśatairistva tatha bahusuvarnakaiḥ ॥ 94 ॥
gavaṁ kōtyayutaṁ datva brahmalōkaṁ prayasyati ।
asaṅkhyēyaṁ dhanaṁ datva brahmanēbhyō mahayaśaḥ ॥ 95 ॥
rajavaṁśan śatagunan sthapayisyati raghavaḥ ।
caturvarnyaṁ ca lōkē:’smin svē svē dharmē niyōksyati ॥ 96 ॥
daśavarsasahasrani daśavarsaśatani ca ।
ramō rajyamupasitva brahmalōkaṁ gamisyati ॥ 97 ॥
phalaśruti:
idaṁ pavitraṁ papaghnaṁ punyaṁ vēdaiśca sammitam ।
yaḥ pathēdramacaritaṁ sarvapapaiḥ pramucyatē ॥ 98 ॥
ētadakhyanamayusyaṁ pathanramayanaṁ naraḥ ।
saputrapautraḥ saganaḥ prētya svargē mahīyatē ॥ 99 ॥
pathan dvijō vagr̥sabhatvamīyat
syat ksatriyō bhūmipatitvamīyat ।
vanigjanaḥ panyaphalatvamīyat
janaśca śūdrō:’pi mahattvamīyat ॥ 100 ॥
ityarsē śrīmadramayanē valmīkīyē adikavyē balakandē śrīramayana katha saṅksēpō nama prathamassargaḥ ॥
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