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# Brahmanda Purana 2.35

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 2.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.59) — 1 part

### [2.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.1)

sagara uvāca  
mune paramatattvajñadhyānajñānārthakovida /  
bhagavadbhaktisaṃlīnamānasānugrahaḥ kutaḥ //

### [2.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.2)

tvayāpi hi mahābhāga yataḥ śaṃsasi satkathāḥ /  
śrutvā mṛgamukhātsarvaṃ bhārgavasya viceṣṭitam //

### [2.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.3)

bhūtaṃ bhavadbhaviṣyaṃ ca nārāyaṇakathānvitam /  
punaḥ prapaccha kiṃ nātha tanme vada savistaram //

### [2.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.4)

vasiṣṭha uvāca  
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi mṛgasya caritaṃ mahat /  
yathā pṛṣṭaṃ tayā so 'syai varṇayāmāsa tattvavit //

### [2.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.5)

śrutvā tu caritaṃ tasya bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ /  
bhūyaḥ prapaccha taṃ kāntaṃ jñānatattvārthamādarāt //

### [2.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.6)

mṛgyuvāca  
sādhusādhu mahābhāga kṛtārthastvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /  
yadasya darśanātte 'dya jātaṃ jñānamatīdriyam //

### [2.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.7)

athātaścātmanaḥ sarvaṃ mamāpi vada kāraṇam /  
karmaṇā yena saṃprāptāvāvāṃ tiryagjaniṃ prabho //

### [2.35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.8)

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya priyāyāḥ sa mṛgaḥ svayam /  
varṇayāmāsa caritaṃ mṛgyaścaivātmanastadā //

### [2.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.9)

mṛga uvāca  
śṛṇu priye mahābhāge yathā'vāṃ mṛgatāṃ gatau /  
saṃsāre 'sminnamahābhāge bhāvo 'sya bhavakāraṇam //

### [2.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.10)

jīvasya sadasabhdyāṃ hi karmabhyāmāgataḥ smṛtim /  
purā draviḍadeśe tu nānāṛddhisamākule //

### [2.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.11)

brāhmaṇānāṃ kule vāhaṃ jātaḥ kauśikagotriṇām /  
pitā me śivadatto 'bhūnnāmnā śāstraviśāradaḥ //

### [2.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.12)

tasya putrā vayaṃ jātāścatvāro dvijasattamāḥ /  
jyeṣṭho rāmo 'nujastasya dhamastasyānu jaḥ pṛthuḥ //

### [2.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.13)

caturtho 'haṃ priye jāto sūrirityabhiviśrutaḥ /  
upanīya kramātsarvāñchivadatto mahāyaśāḥ //

### [2.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.14)

vedānadhyāpayāmāsa sāṃgāṃśca sarahasyakān /  
catvāro 'pi vayaṃ tatra vedādhyayanatatparāḥ //

### [2.35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.15)

guruśuśrūṣaṇe yuktā jātā jñānaparāyaṇāḥ /  
gatvāraṇyaṃ phalānyaṃbusamitkuśamṛdo 'nvaham //

### [2.35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.16)

ānīya pitre dattvātha kurmo 'dhyayanameva hi /  
ekadā tu vayaṃ sarve saṃprāptā parvate vane //

### [2.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.17)

audbhidaṃ nāma lolakṣi kṛtamālātaṭe sthitam /  
sarve snātvā mahānadyāmuṣasi prītamānasāḥ //

### [2.35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.18)

dattārghāḥ kṛtajapyāśca samārūḍhā nāgottamam /  
śālastamālaiḥ priyakaiḥ panasaiḥ kovidārakaiḥ //

### [2.35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.19)

saralārjunapūgaiśca kharjūrairnārikelakaiḥ /  
jaṃbūbhiḥ sahakāraiśca kaṭphalairbṛhatīdrumaiḥ //

### [2.35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.20)

anyairnānāvidhairvṛkṣaiḥ parārthapratipādakaiḥ /  
snigdhacchāyaiḥ samāhṛṣṭanānāpakṣinināditaiḥ //

### [2.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.21)

śārdūla haribhirbhallairgaṇḍakairmṛganābhibhiḥ /  
gacaindraiḥ śārabhādyaiśca sevitaṃ kandarāgataiḥ //

### [2.35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.22)

mallikāpāṭalākundakarṇikārakadaṃbakaiḥ /  
sugandhibhirvṛtaṃ cānyairvātoddhūtaparagibhiḥ //

### [2.35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.23)

nānāmaṇigaṇākīrṇairnīlapītasitāruṇaiḥ /  
śṛṅgaiḥ samullikhantaṃ ca vyoma kautukasaṃ yutam //

### [2.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.24)

atyuccapātadhvanibhirnirjharaiḥ kandarodgataiḥ /  
garjjatamiva saṃsaktaṃ vyālādyairmṛgapakṣibhiḥ //

### [2.35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.25)

tatrātikautukāhṛṣṭadṛṣṭayobhrātaro vayam /  
nāsmārṣma cātmanātmānaṃ viyuktāśca parasparam //

### [2.35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.26)

etasminnantare caikā mṛgī hyagātpipāsitā /  
nirjharāpāta śirasi pātukāmā jalaṃ priye //

### [2.35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.27)

tasyāḥ pibantyāstu jalaṃ śārdūlo 'tibhayaṅkaraḥ /  
tatra prāpto yadṛcchāto jagṛhe tāṃ bhayarditām //

### [2.35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.28)

ahaṃ tadgrahaṇaṃ paśyanbhayena prapalāyitaḥ /  
atyuccavattvātpatito mṛtaścaiṇīmanusmaran //

### [2.35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.29)

sā mṛtā tvaṃ mṛgī jātā mṛga stvāhamanusmaran /  
jāto bhadre na jāne vai kva gātā bhrātaro 'grajāḥ //

### [2.35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.30)

etanme smṛtimāpannaṃ caritaṃ tava cātmataḥ /  
bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca tathā śṛṇu bhadre vadāmyaham //

### [2.35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.31)

yo 'yaṃ vā vṛṣṭhasaṃlagno vyādho dūrasthito 'bhavat /  
rāmasyāsya bhayātso 'pi bhakṣito hariṇā dhunā //

### [2.35.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.32)

prāṇāṃstyaktvā vidhānena svargalokaṃ gamiṣyati /  
avābhyāṃ tu jalaṃ pītaṃ madhyame puṣkare tviha //

### [2.35.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.33)

saṃdṛṣṭo bhārgavaścāyaṃ sākṣādviṣṇusvarūpadhṛk /  
tenānekabhavotpannaṃ pātakaṃ nāśamāgatam //

### [2.35.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.34)

agastyadarśanaṃ labdhvā śrutvā stotraṃ gatipradam /  
gamiṣyāvaḥ śubhāṃllokānyeṣu gatvā na śocati //

### [2.35.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.35)

ityevamuktvā sa mṛgaḥ priyāyai priyadarśanaḥ /  
virarāma prasannātmā paśyanrāmamanā turaḥ //

### [2.35.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.36)

bhargavaḥ śrutavāṃścaiva mṛgoktaṃ śiṣyasaṃyutaḥ /  
vismito 'bhūcca rājendra gantuṃ kṛtamatistathā //

### [2.35.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.37)

akṛtavramasaṃyukto hyagastyasyāśramaṃ prati /  
snātvā nityakriyāṃ kṛtvā pratasthe harṣito bhṛśam //

### [2.35.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.38)

rāmeṇa gacchatā mārge dṛṣṭo vyādho mṛtastadā /  
siṃhasya saṃprahārema vismitena mahātmanā //

### [2.35.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.39)

adhyarddhayojanaṃ gatvā kaniṣṭhaṃ puṣkaraṃ prati /  
snātvā mādhyāhnikīṃ sandhyāṃ cakā rātimudānvitaḥ //

### [2.35.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.40)

hitaṃ tadātmanaḥ proktaṃ mṛgeṇa sa vicārayan /  
tāvattatpṛṣṭhasaṃlagnaṃ mṛgayugmamupāgatam //

### [2.35.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.41)

puṣkare tu jalaṃ pītvābhiṣicyātmatanuṃ jalaiḥ /  
paśyato bhārgavasyāgādagastyāśramasaṃmukham //

### [2.35.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.42)

rāmo 'pi sandhyāṃ nirvarttya kuṃbhajasyāśramaṃ yayau /  
vipadgataṃ puṣkaraṃ tu paśyamāno mahāmanāḥ //

### [2.35.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.43)

viṣṇoḥ padāni nāgānāṃ kuṇḍaṃ saptarṣisaṃsthitam /  
gatvopaspṛśya śucyaṃbho jagāmāgastyasaṃśrayam //

### [2.35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.44)

yacca brahmasutā rājansamāyātā sarasvatī /  
trīnsaṃpūrayituṃ kuṇḍānagnihotrasya vai vidheḥ //

### [2.35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.45)

tatra tīre śubhaṃ puṇyaṃ nānāmuniniṣevitam /  
dadarśa mahadāścaryaṃ bhārgavaḥ kuṃbhajāśramam //

### [2.35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.46)

mṛgaiḥ siṃhaiḥ sahagataiḥ sevitaṃ śāntamānasaiḥ /  
kuṭarairarjunairniṃbaiḥ pāribhadradhavegudaiḥ //

### [2.35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.47)

khadirāsanakharjūraiḥ saṃkulaṃ badarīdrumaiḥ /  
tatra praviśya vai rāmo hyakṛtavraṇasaṃyutaḥ //

### [2.35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.48)

dadarśa munimāsīnaṃ kumbhajaṃ śāntamānasam /  
stimitodasaraḥ prakhyaṃ dhyāyantaṃ brahma śāśvatam //

### [2.35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.49)

kauśyāṃ vṛṣyāṃ mārgakṛttiṃ vasānaṃ pallavoṭaje /  
nanāma ca mahārāja svābhidhānaṃ samuccaran //

### [2.35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.50)

rāmo 'smi jāmadagnyo 'haṃ bhavantaṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ /  
tādviddhi praṇipātena namaste lokabhāvana //

### [2.35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.51)

ityuktavantaṃ rāmaṃ tu unmīlya nayane śanaiḥ /  
dṛṣṭvā svāgatamuccārya tasmāyāsanamādiśat //

### [2.35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.52)

madhuparkaṃ samānīya śiṣyeṇa munipuṅgavaḥ /  
dadau papraccha kuśalaṃ tapasaśca kulasya ca //

### [2.35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.53)

sa pṛṣṭastena vai rāmo ghaṭodbhavamuvāca ha /  
bhavatsaṃdarśanādīśa kuśalaṃ mama sarvataḥ //

### [2.35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.54)

kiṃ tvaṅkaṃ saṃśayaṃ jātaṃ chindhi svavacanāmṛtaiḥ /  
mṛgaścaiko mayā dṛṣṭo madhyame puṣkare vibho //

### [2.35.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.55)

tenoktamakhilaṃ vṛttaṃ mama bhūtamanāgatam /  
tacchūtvā vismayāviṣṭo bhavaccharaṇamāgataḥ //

### [2.35.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.56)

pāhi māṃ kṛpayā nātha sādhayanta mahāmanum /  
śivena dattaṃ kavaca mama sādhayato guro //

### [2.35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.57)

kṛṣmasya samatīta tu sādhikaṃ hi śaracchatam /  
na ca siddhimavāpto 'haṃ tanme tvaṃ kṛpayā vada //

### [2.35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.58)

vasiṣṭha uvāca  
evaṃ praśnaṃ samākarṇya rāmasya sumahātmanaḥ /  
kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā mahārāja mṛgoktaṃ jñātavān hṛdā //

### [2.35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.59)

mṛgaṃ cāpi samāyātaṃ mṛgyā saha nijāśrame /  
śrotuṃ kṛṣṇāmṛtaṃ stotraṃ sarvaṃ tatkāraṇa muniḥ /  
vicāryāśvāsayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ svavacomṛtaiḥ //

### [2.35.59.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.35.59.p1)

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya  
upoddhātapāde bhārgavaca rite pañcatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 35//

## Discussed in (1)

- [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c27.s1.8) — Pargiter 1922, English

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