रामायणम् — बालकाण्डे चतुःसप्ततितमः सर्गः | rāmāyaṇam

राम दाशरथे वीर वीर्यं ते श्रूयतेऽधुतम् ।
धनुषो भेदनं चैव निखिलेन मया श्रुतम् ॥

Summary AI O heroic Rāma, son of Daśaratha, your extraordinary valor is being heard of; I have heard the complete account of your breaking of the bow.

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तदद्भुतमचिन्त्यं च भेदनं धनुषस्त्वया ।
तच्छ्रुत्वाहमनुप्राप्तो धनुर्गृह्यापरं शुभम् ॥

Summary AI Having heard of that wonderful and inconceivable breaking of the bow by you, I have arrived here carrying another auspicious bow.

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तदिदं घोरसंकाशं जामदग्न्यं महद्धनुः ।
पूरयस्व शरेणैव स्वबलं दर्शयस्व च ॥

Summary AI Therefore, string this formidable and great bow of Jamadagni's son with an arrow and demonstrate your own strength.

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तदहं ते बलं दृष्ट्वा धनुषोऽस्य प्रपूरणे ।
द्वन्द्वयुद्धं प्रदास्यामि वीर्यश्लाघ्यमिदं तव ॥

Summary AI Upon seeing your strength in stringing this bow, I shall offer you a duel that is worthy of your prowess.

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तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दशरथस्तदा ।
विषण्णवदनो दीनः प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

Summary AI Hearing those words, King Daśaratha, with a dejected face and feeling distressed, spoke with joined palms.

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क्षत्ररोषात्प्रशान्तस्त्वं ब्राह्मणस्य महायशाः ।
बालानां मम पुत्राणामभयं दातुमर्हसि ॥

Summary AI O illustrious one, you are a Brāhmaṇa who has calmed your anger towards the Kṣatriyas; you ought to grant safety to my young sons.

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भार्गवाणां कुले जातः स्वाध्यायव्रतशालिनाम् ।
सहस्राक्षे प्रतिज्ञाय शस्त्रं निक्षिप्तवानसि ॥

Summary AI Born in the lineage of the Bhārgavas who are devoted to Vedic study and vows, you renounced weapons after making a solemn promise to Indra.

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स त्वं धर्मपरो भूत्वा काश्यपाय वसुंधराम् ।
दत्त्वा वनमुपागम्य महेन्द्रकृतकेतनः ॥

Summary AI Being devoted to righteousness, you gave the earth to Kaśyapa, retired to the forest, and made Mount Mahendra your abode.

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मम सर्वविनाशाय संप्राप्तस्त्वं महामुने ।
न चैकस्मिन्हते रामे सर्वे जीवामहे वयम् ॥

Summary AI O great sage, you have arrived for my total destruction; if Rāma alone is killed, none of us will remain alive.

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ब्रुवत्येवं दशरथे जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ।
अनादृत्यैव तद्वाक्यं राममेवाभ्यभाषत ॥

Summary AI While Daśaratha was speaking thus, the powerful son of Jamadagni, disregarding his words, spoke only to Rāma.

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इमे द्वे धनुषी श्रेष्ठे दिव्ये लोकाभिविश्रुते ।
दृढे बलवती मुख्ये सुकृते विश्वकर्मणा ॥

Summary AI These two excellent, divine, and world-renowned bows, which are firm, powerful, and foremost, were well-crafted by Viśvakarman.

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अतिसृष्टं सुरैरेकं त्र्यम्बकाय युयुत्सवे ।
त्रिपुरघ्नं नरश्रेष्ठ भग्नं काकुत्स्थ यत्त्वया ॥

Summary AI O best of men, O scion of Kakutstha, one bow was given by the gods to Lord Śiva when he desired to fight; it was the destroyer of Tripura, which you broke.

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इदं द्वितीयं दुर्धर्षं विष्णोर्दत्तं सुरोत्तमैः ।
समानसारं काकुत्स्थ रौद्रेण धनुषा त्विदम् ॥

Summary AI O descendant of Kakutstha, this second unassailable bow was given to Viṣṇu by the best of gods; it is equal in strength to the bow of Śiva.

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तदा तु देवताः सर्वाः पृच्छन्ति स्म पितामहम् ।
शितिकण्ठस्य विष्णोश्च बलाबलनिरीक्षया ॥

Summary AI At that time, all the gods questioned Lord Brahmā to ascertain the relative strength and weakness of Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu.

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अभिप्रायं तु विज्ञाय देवतानां पितामहः ।
विरोधं जनयामास तयोः सत्यवतां वरः ॥

Summary AI Brahmā, the best of the truthful, knowing the intent of the gods, created a disagreement between the two.

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विरोधे च महद्युद्धमभवद्रोमहर्षणम् ।
शितिकण्ठस्य विष्णोश्च परस्परजयैषिणोः ॥

Summary AI In that disagreement, a great and hair-raising battle took place between Lord Śiva and Lord Viṣṇu, both desiring victory over each other.

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तदा तज्जृम्भितं शैवं धनुर्भीमपराक्रमम् ।
हुंकारेण महादेवः स्तम्भितोऽथ त्रिलोचनः ॥

Summary AI Then that bow of Śiva of terrible prowess became slack, and Lord Śiva, the three-eyed Mahādeva, was rendered motionless by a 'huṃ' sound.

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देवैस्तदा समागम्य सर्षिसंघैः सचारणैः ।
याचितौ प्रशमं तत्र जग्मतुस्तौ सुरोत्तमौ ॥

Summary AI Then, approached and implored by the gods along with hosts of sages and Cāraṇas, those two best among the gods were pacified.

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जृम्भितं तद्धनुर्दृष्ट्वा शैवं विष्णुपराक्रमैः ।
अधिकं मेनिरे विष्णुं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तदा ॥

Summary AI At that time, the gods and sages, seeing the bow of Śiva rendered slack by the prowess of Viṣṇu, considered Viṣṇu to be superior.

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धनू रुद्रस्तु संक्रुद्धो विदेहेषु महायशाः ।
देवरातस्य राजर्षेर्ददौ हस्ते ससायकम् ॥

Summary AI The illustrious Lord Rudra, though angry, then gave that bow along with an arrow into the hands of the royal sage Devarāta in the land of Videha.

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इदं च विष्णवं राम धनुः परपुरंजयम् ।
ऋचीके भार्गवे प्रादाद्विष्णुः स न्यासमुत्तमम् ॥

Summary AI O Rāma! Viṣṇu gave this supreme trust, the bow of Viṣṇu which conquers the cities of enemies, to Ṛcīka, the descendant of Bhṛgu.

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ऋचीकस्तु महातेजाः पुत्रस्याप्रतिकर्मणः ।
पितुर्मम ददौ दिव्यं जमदग्नेर्महात्मनः ॥

Summary AI The highly effulgent Ṛcīka gave this divine bow to his son, my father, the great-souled Jamadagni of incomparable deeds.

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न्यस्तशस्त्रे पितरि मे तपोबलसमन्विते ।
अर्जुनो विदधे मृत्युं प्राकृतां बुद्धिमास्थितः ॥

Summary AI While my father, endowed with the power of penance, had laid down his weapons, Arjuna, following a vulgar intellect, brought about his death.

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वधमप्रतिरूपं तु पितुः श्रुत्वा सुदारुणम् ।
क्षत्रमुत्सादयं रोषाज्जातं जातमनेकशः ॥

Summary AI Having heard of the most cruel and incomparable murder of my father, I repeatedly annihilated the Kṣatriya race as they were born, out of wrath.

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पृथिवीं चाखिलां प्राप्य काश्यपाय महात्मने ।
यज्ञस्यान्ते तदा राम दक्षिणां पुण्यकर्मणे ॥

Summary AI O Rāma! Having conquered the entire earth, I gave it as a sacrificial fee to the high-souled Kāśyapa of meritorious deeds at the end of a sacrifice.

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दत्त्वा महेन्द्रनिलयस्तपोबलसमन्वितः ।
श्रुतवान्धनुषो भेदं ततोऽहं द्रुतमागतः ॥

Summary AI After giving the fee, I resided on Mount Mahendra, endowed with ascetic power. Then, hearing of the breaking of the bow, I have come here swiftly.

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तदिदं वैष्णवं राम पितृपैतामहं महत् ।
क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य गृह्णीष्व धनुरुत्तमम् ॥

Summary AI O Rāma! This is that great ancestral Vaiṣṇava bow. Honoring your Kṣatriya duty, take up this supreme bow.

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योजयस्व धनुः श्रेष्ठे शरं परपुरंजयम् ।
यदि शक्नोषि काकुत्स्थ द्वन्द्वं दास्यामि ते ततः ॥

Summary AI O Kākutstha! Fix an arrow capable of conquering enemy cities to this excellent bow. If you are capable of doing so, I shall then offer you a duel.

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