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Garudapurana 1.143

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Brahmā said: / I shall now tell the Rāmāyaṇa, which destroys sin when heard. / From the lotus of Viṣṇu’s navel came Brahmā; Marīci was his son.

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From Marīci came Kaśyapa, from him the Sun, and from him Manu is known; / from Manu came Ikṣvāku, and in his lineage King Raghu is remembered.

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From Raghu came Aja; from him the powerful King Daśaratha was born. / His sons were four, endowed with great strength and prowess.

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Rāma was born of Kausalyā; Bharata was the son of Kaikeyī; / the two sons Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna were born of Sumitrā.

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Rāma, devoted to his father and mother, obtained the collection of divine weapons / from Viśvāmitra; thereafter he slew the yakṣī Tāṭakā.

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At Viśvāmitra's sacrifice, the mighty one slew Subāhu. / Having gone to Janaka's sacrifice, he then married Jānakī.

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The heroic Lakṣmaṇa [married] Urmilā, Bharata the daughter Māṇḍavī, / and Śatrughna indeed Kīrtimatī—both daughters of Kuśadhvaja.

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Rāma and the others went to Ayodhyā with their father and relatives and settled there. / Śatrughna and Bharata went to their maternal uncle Yudhājit.

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When the two had gone, that best of kings prepared to bestow the kingdom / upon Rāma, his son; he was then petitioned by Kaikeyī.

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A dwelling in the forest for fourteen years was desired for Rāma. / For the welfare of his father, Rāma, along with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā,

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renounced the kingdom like a blade of grass and went to Śṛṅgaverapura. / Leaving his chariot, he went to Prayāga and then to Mount Citrakūṭa.

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Due to separation from Rāma, the king attained heaven. / Having performed the funeral rites, Bharata, accompanied by an army, came and said to Rāma:

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"Come to Ayodhyā and rule the kingdom, O high-minded one!" / He did not desire [to do so]; but giving his sandals to Bharata for the kingdom,

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Bharata, dismissed, protected the kingdom of Rāma. / Residing in Nandigrāma, the devoted observer of vows did not enter Ayodhyā.

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Rāma also went from Citrakūṭa to the hermitage of Atri. / Having bowed to Sutīkṣṇa and Agastya, he came to the Daṇḍaka Forest.

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There a rākṣasa woman named Śūrpaṇakhā came to devour [them]. / Having her ears and nose cut off, she was then repulsed by Rāma.

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Incited by her, Khara came, and likewise Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras, / with an army of fourteen thousand rākṣasas.

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Rāma sent them with his arrows to the city of Yama. / Incited by the rākṣasa woman, Rāvaṇa came to abduct [her].

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Having placed Mārīca in the form of a deer in front of him, he bore the triple staff [of an ascetic]. / Urged by Sītā, Rāma struck down Mārīca.

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Dying, he cried out: "Ah Sītā! Lakṣmaṇa!" / Addressed by Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa then came, and Rāma caught sight of him.

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He said: "This is rākṣasa illusion; Sītā is surely taken." / Rāvaṇa, seizing the opportunity, took Jānakī in his lap,

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and having struck down Jaṭāyus, the mighty one then went to Laṅkā. / He kept her guarded in the shade of an aśoka tree.

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Having returned, Rāma saw the leaf-hut empty. / Having grieved, the lord then undertook a search for Jānakī.

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Having performed the funeral rites for Jaṭāyus and instructed by him, / the descendant of Raghu went toward the southern quarter and formed an alliance with Sugrīva.

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Having pierced seven palm trees with an arrow of straight joints, / and having struck down Vālin, the lord of monkeys in Kiṣkindhā,

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Rāma made Sugrīva [king] while himself remaining on Mount Ṛśyamūka. / Sugrīva dispatched monkeys resembling mountains,

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jubilant, in the eastern and other directions to conduct the search for Sītā. / Those who went to the western, northern, and eastern directions returned.

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Those searching for Jānakī in the southern direction / [searched] forests, mountains, islands, and river sandbanks.

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Not seeing Jānakī, they resolved upon death. / Learning [her whereabouts] from the words of Sampāti, Hanūmat, an elephant among monkeys,

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leapt across the ocean, which was a hundred yojanas wide. / There he saw Jānakī situated in an aśoka grove,

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threatened by rākṣasa women and by the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa, / who was saying, "Become my wife!", while she contemplated the descendant of Raghu.

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The monkey, giving the ring, spoke words of well-being to Sītā: / "I am the messenger of that Rāma; do not grieve, O Maithilī.

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Give me a token of your own, by which Rāma will remember [you]." / Hearing that, Sītā gave a crest-jewel to Hanūmat.

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"You must speak, O monkey, in such a way that Rāma may bring me quickly." / Saying "So be it," Hanūmat destroyed the divine grove.

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Having slain Akṣa and other rākṣasas, he willingly submitted to bondage / from Indrajit's arrows; and having seen Rāvaṇa, he said:

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"I am Hanūmat, the messenger of Rāma; give Maithilī to Rāma." / Hearing this, enraged, [Rāvaṇa] set his tail on fire.

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With his tail ablaze, the monkey of great strength burned Laṅkā. / Having burned Laṅkā, the monkey returned to Rāma's side.

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Having eaten fruit in the Madhuvana, he reported: "Sītā has been seen," / and [gave] the crest-jewel to Rāma; Rāma set out for the city of Laṅkā,

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accompanied by Sugrīva, Hanūmat, Aṅgada, and Lakṣmaṇa. / Vibhīṣaṇa also came seeking refuge with the descendant of Raghu.

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Rāma consecrated him, the younger brother of Rāvaṇa, to the sovereignty of Laṅkā. / Rāma, having constructed a bridge across the ocean through Nala, crossed it.

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Stationed on Mount Suvela, he saw the city of Laṅkā. / Then those heroic monkeys—Nīla, Aṅgada, Nala, and the others,

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Dhūmra, chiefs of heroes like Dhūmrākṣa, led by Jāmbavat, / and the foremost such as Mainda and Dvivida—battered the city of Laṅkā.

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And the rākṣasas of huge bodies, resembling heaps of black collyrium— / Rāma along with Lakṣmaṇa and the monkeys slew all the rākṣasas:

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Vidyujjihva, Dhūmrākṣa, Devāntaka, Narāntaka, / Mahodara, Mahāpārśva, the exceedingly mighty Atikāya,

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Kumbha, Nikumbha, Matta, Makarākṣa, and Akampana, / Prahasta, the heroic Unmatta, and the immensely strong Kumbhakarṇa.

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Lakṣmaṇa cut down the son of Rāvaṇa; and the mighty descendant of Raghu, with divine weapons, / having severed the circle of arms, struck down Rāvaṇa.

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Then, having received the purified Sītā, seated in the Puṣpaka aerial car / along with the monkeys, he returned to the excellent city of Ayodhyā.

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There he ruled the kingdom, protecting the subjects like sons. / Having performed ten horse sacrifices, and having duly offered

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the balls of rice at Gayāśiras and distributed gifts, the descendant of Raghu, / having beheld his two sons Kuśa and Lava, consecrated them in the kingdom.

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Rāma ruled the kingdom for eleven thousand [years]. / Śatrughna slew Lavaṇa, and Bharata then [slew] Śailūṣa.

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Having bowed to sages such as Agastya and having heard the origin of the rakṣases, / he, having accomplished his purpose, went to heaven together with the people dwelling in Ayodhyā.

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Thus ends the one hundred and forty-third chapter, entitled "The Description of the Rāmāyaṇa," in the section on Conduct, designated the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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