Passage 1
ब्रह्मोवाच— भुक्तोत्थितस्तदा गोपराजः शेषं रमापतेः। प्रसादलुलितोष्ठं मुखं संशोध्य दिव्यधीः॥१॥
Brahmā said: After rising from the meal, the divinely minded cowherd king cleansed his face, whose lips still bore the remnants of the Lord’s prasāda.
Passage 2
आजगाम नृपः श्रीमन्मञ्जुतरोस्तले। वार्तयन्तं सुकण्ठेन रामसम्बन्धिनीः कथाः॥२॥
The king came beneath the splendid Mañju tree, where conversation with Sukaṇṭha was continuing about the stories of Rāma.
Passage 3
सुखित उवाच— राजोवाच— कच्चिन्नृपतिशार्दूल श्रुतं सम्यक् सुकण्ठतः। कच्चित्तव मनस्यासीत् प्रसादः शृण्वतः परम्॥३॥
Sukhita said—The king said: “Tiger among kings, did you hear Sukaṇṭha fully? As you listened, did supreme grace arise within your heart?”
Passage 4
अयं पुरुषवर्यस्य रामस्यामितकर्मणः। सखा सुहृद्रहस्येषु समक्षः सकलेष्वपि॥४॥
“He is the companion and intimate friend of Rāma, best of persons and doer of limitless deeds, and he has directly witnessed all his secrets.
Passage 5
या यास्तस्य शुभा लीलाः सतां गोप्याः सुपावनीः। बाह्याभ्यन्तरभेदेन वेदितास्ताः सुकण्ठकः॥५॥
“Whatever auspicious and supremely purifying plays of Rāma remain hidden even from the holy, Sukaṇṭha knows them in both their outward and inward aspects.
Passage 6
रहस्यविद्रामचन्द्रस्य लीलानां रसवेश्मनाम्। समुच्छलत्परप्रेमधारास्नपितचेतसाम्॥६॥
“He knows the secrets of Rāmacandra’s plays, those abodes of rasa whose hearts are bathed in overflowing streams of supreme love.
Passage 7
यासां स्वरूपं विज्ञातुं ब्रह्माद्या अपि देवताः। नालं सहस्रवदनो यत्र शब्दोऽप्यमुह्यत॥७॥
“Even Brahmā and the other gods are not capable of knowing their true nature; there even the thousand-mouthed Lord and speech itself fall bewildered.
Passage 8
पारे वाङ्मनसं तस्य वृत्तमेकैकमद्भुतम्। आनन्दस्य पराकाष्ठा यत्र सम्यक् प्रतिष्ठिता॥८॥
“Each wondrous act of his lies beyond speech and mind, for in it the utmost limit of bliss is perfectly established.
Passage 9
यस्मै कृपायति त्वेष दास्यन् स्वप्रेम दुर्लभम्। तस्य प्रकाशयत्यन्तर्लीलामानन्दरूपिणीम्॥९॥
“When he favors someone and wishes to give his own rarely attained love, he reveals to that person the inward play whose nature is bliss.
Passage 10
सत्यमेतत् कथयासि गोपराज सतां भुवि। दुर्लभः प्रेमसम्बन्धो रामस्याद्भुतकर्मणः॥१०॥
The king replied: “What you say is true, cowherd king. In this world even the holy rarely obtain a bond of love with Rāma of wondrous deeds.
Passage 11
धन्यास्ते तत्र यूयं प्रमुदवनलतापुष्पसौरभ्यसारै- र्विष्टप्राणाध्वनीतस्तुलसिपरिमलैः शोधिताशेषदेहाः। लीलामानन्दरूपामनुभवयभवे भावुकैकान्तधाम्नो रामेन्दोः सत्प्रमोदाटविविहृतिकला मण्डलाखण्डितस्य॥११॥
“Blessed are all of you there. Your whole beings are purified by the essential fragrance of Pramoda-forest’s vines and flowers and by the perfume of tulasī; you experience the blissful play of moonlike Rāma, the single refuge of loving souls, whose circle of arts forever fills the true Pramoda forest.
Passage 12
भवतां ये च पार्श्वस्थाः प्रेमानन्दशरीरिणाम्। तेऽपि प्रेमकलाभाजो भवन्ति भुवि मानवाः॥१२॥
“Even the human beings who merely remain near you, whose very bodies consist of the bliss of love, come to share in a ray of that love on earth.
Passage 13
अलौकिकी प्रेमवृद्धिः प्रमोदवनवासिनाम्। चन्दनानामिव तरून् गन्धः स्पृशति मानवान्॥१२॥
“The growth of love among Pramoda-forest’s residents is transcendent. Its fragrance touches human beings just as the scent of sandalwood touches the trees around it.
Passage 14
कर्मोपास्तिज्ञानमार्गैश्चोत्तरोत्तरतः शुभैः। सर्वेषां शुभकृत्प्रेम भवतामूर्जितं महत्॥१४॥
“Beyond the progressively auspicious paths of action, worship, and knowledge, your mighty love is the highest good of all.
Passage 15
भवतां भावपाथोब्धौ निमज्जति सतां मनः। प्रेमरत्नवरप्राप्तिहेतवे सुखहेतवे॥१५॥
“The minds of the holy plunge into the ocean of your devotional feeling so as to obtain the finest jewel of love, the source of true happiness.
Passage 16
सुकण्ठस्य मुखोद्गीर्णं प्रेमचारित्रकं प्रभोः। श्रुत्वा गोपालराजाद्य मयि प्रेमाङ्कुरोऽभवत्॥१६॥
“Cowherd king, after hearing today from Sukaṇṭha’s mouth the Lord’s deeds of love, a sprout of love has arisen within me.
Passage 17
त्वदादेशात् सुकण्ठो मे कृपयामास गोपते। रहस्यं रामचरितं चक्रे मत्कर्णगोचरम्॥१७॥
“At your command, lord of cowherds, Sukaṇṭha showed me mercy and brought the secret deeds of Rāma within the range of my ears.
Passage 18
शितिकण्ठादपि श्रेष्ठः सुकण्ठो रामवल्लभः। ब्रह्मानन्दादपि श्रेष्ठः प्रेमानन्दरसो ह्ययम्॥१८॥
“Sukaṇṭha, beloved of Rāma, is greater even than Śitikaṇṭha, and this rasa of the bliss of love is greater even than the bliss of Brahman.
Passage 19
भावेनानुगृहीतोऽस्मि त्वया सुखितवित्तम। भवतां कृपया रामः स्वरूपं कलयिष्यति॥१९॥
“Best of the blessed, you have favored me with devotional feeling. By your grace Rāma will reveal his own true form.
Passage 20
गोपलीलापरिकरे क्रीडन्तं विश्वसुन्दरम्। सर्वाङ्गणे स्थितं रामं कदा द्रक्ष्यामि चक्षुषा॥२०॥
“When shall I behold with my own eyes all-beautiful Rāma, present in every courtyard and playing among the companions of his cowherd līlā?
Passage 21
केकिपिच्छकृतोरंसं गुञ्जाहारविभूषणम्। लीलारसानन्दमयं रामं द्रक्ष्यामि वै कदा॥२१॥
“When indeed shall I see Rāma, his breast adorned with peacock feathers and a necklace of guñjā berries, wholly formed of the bliss and rasa of play?
Passage 22
प्रमोदवनमध्यस्थं परं ब्रह्म रसात्मकम्। भक्तप्रेमानुरागेण प्रकाण्डं कलये कदा॥२२॥
“When shall I realize in the midst of Pramoda forest the supreme Brahman, embodied rasa and manifest through the devotee’s loving attachment?
Passage 23
अपि भूयोऽपि मे ब्रूहि प्रमोदवनमध्यतः। धामानि रामचन्द्रस्य समाख्यातानि लीलया॥२३॥
“Please tell me still more about Rāmacandra’s abodes and plays within Pramoda forest.”
Passage 24
अतः परं यानि शुभानि लोके रामश्चरित्राणि चकार खेलन्। आख्याहि तानि प्रचुराणि विद्वद्वरेण्य गुण्यानि मनोरमाणि॥२४॥
“Tell me the many auspicious, virtuous, and enchanting deeds that Rāma enacted in this world, excellent knower, as he played here.”
Passage 25
सुखिताधीश ऊचिवान् पुनः शृणु राजेन्द्र निगद्यते मया। चरितानि बहूनि सत्पतेर्व्रजभूम्यां वसतोऽत्र मद्गृहे॥२५॥
Lord Sukhita said: “Listen again, king. I shall relate the many deeds of the true Lord while he lived here in Vraja, in my own home.
Passage 26
बाल्यपौगण्डकैशोरेष्वाख्यातानि मया पुरा। शिष्टानि ते तथावोचत् सुकण्ठोऽत्र समागतः॥२६॥
“I formerly told you of his infancy, boyhood, and youth; when Sukaṇṭha arrived here he likewise told you what remained. The python seizes Sukhita
Passage 27
अन्यानि ते पुनर्वक्ष्ये यावत् साकेतमागतः। एकदाहं सिताष्टम्यां चण्डिकार्चां कर्तुं गतः॥२७॥
“I shall now tell you other events, up to his departure for Sāketa. Once, on a bright eighth lunar day, I went to worship Caṇḍikā.
Passage 28
श्मशानस्थां श्यामलेशानीं साक्षान्महिषमर्दिनीम्। रात्रावुपोषितः स्नातः पूजयित्वा हरप्रियाम्। चकार चोत्सवं तत्र गीतवाद्यपुरःसरम्॥२८॥
“Having fasted through the night and bathed, I worshiped Hari’s beloved—the dark Lady who dwells in the cremation ground, the manifest slayer of Mahiṣa— and held a festival there with song and instruments.
Passage 29
तत्प्रीतये द्विजवरेभ्य उपागतेभ्यो गाः स्वर्णरत्नवसनानि वितीर्य भूरि। अन्नानि पायसमुखानि च भोजयित्वा हुत्वा हवींषि समदां बहुदक्षिणाश्च॥२९॥
“To please her I gave the assembled brāhmaṇas cows, gold, jewels, abundant clothing, rice, and dishes beginning with rice-pudding. I offered oblations and distributed generous gifts.
Passage 30
कुटुम्बं भोजयित्वा च दधिदुग्धफलादिभिः। साकं गोपवरैस्तत्र निशीथात् परतः स्वयम्॥३०॥
“After feeding my household yogurt, milk, fruits, and other foods, I myself remained there with the leading cowherds beyond midnight.
Passage 31
सुप्तं मां कदाचिदुरगः समागत्य पदेऽग्रसत्। तेन ग्रस्तपदः क्रोशन् प्रबुद्धोऽहं निशान्तरे॥३१॥
“While I slept, a serpent approached and swallowed my foot. Awakening in the middle of the night with my foot caught in its mouth, I cried out.
Passage 32
दृष्ट्वा महाजगरमग्निशिखाप्रदीप्त- नेत्रद्वयं प्रचलदुद्धतविस्फुलिङ्गम्। भीतोऽहमार्तकरुणारवपूर्णवक्त्र- श्चुक्रोश तेन परितो व्रजवासिनां गणः॥३२॥
“I saw an enormous python whose two eyes blazed like tongues of fire and flashed fierce, flying sparks. Terrified, I filled my mouth with anguished cries, and the people of Vraja gathered all around.
Passage 33
स च तैर्हन्यमानोऽपि लोष्ठाश्मलकुटादिभिः। नामुञ्चन्मां ततो रामः स च स्वयमुपागमत्॥३३॥
“Though they struck it with clods, stones, clubs, and other weapons, it would not release me. Then Rāma himself came there.
Passage 34
कृतमच्चरणग्रासं पदा स तमताडयत्। आराधितेन मुनिभिरहत्याज्ञापहारिणा॥३४॥
“With the foot worshiped by sages and capable of removing transgression, he struck the creature that had swallowed my foot.
Passage 35
स्पृष्टमात्रः स तेनाङ्घ्रिकमलेन महानहिः। नीचां तां योनिमुत्सृज्य दिव्यं रूपमवाप ह॥३५॥
“The instant that great serpent was touched by Rāma’s lotus foot, it abandoned that low birth and attained a celestial form. Candramukha tells of his fall
Passage 36
तमुवाच हसन् रामः कथं भोः कामसुन्दरः। कस्माच्चैतादृशीं योनिमापन्नः प्राणिभीषणाम्॥३६॥
Smiling, Rāma asked him, “Sir, you are as beautiful as Kāma. How did you come to assume this form so terrifying to living beings?”
Passage 37
अब्रवीत् स तमानम्य नमस्ते पुरुषोत्तम। त्वदङ्घ्रिकमलोद्भूतप्रसादान्मोचितोऽस्म्यहम्॥३७॥
Bowing to him, the celestial being replied, “Homage to you, Supreme Person. I have been released by the grace arising from your lotus foot.
Passage 38
अहल्या मोचिता येन स्वस्य प्रस्तरभावतः। भगीरथस्य सचिवः सर्पभावाच्च मोचितः॥३८॥
“By that same foot Ahalyā was freed from her condition as stone, and Bhagīratha’s companion was freed from serpenthood.
Passage 39
तथान्यो दुष्टकालाहिः सारवे सलिले वसन्। मोचितो घोरसंसाराद् गरुडाच्चापि निर्भयः॥३९॥
“Another dreadful black serpent living in the waters of Sārava was likewise freed from terrible worldly existence and made fearless even of Garuḍa.
Passage 40
अन्ये च बहवः प्राप्तास्त्वामेव हि दयानिधे। ब्रह्मक्षत्रियविड्शूद्रा मोचिता घोरसंसृतेः॥४०॥
“Many others—brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras—have reached you, treasure of compassion, and been freed from dreadful transmigration.
Passage 41
तदेव तेऽङ्घ्रिकमलमतिमानसं व्यथाहरं कलिकलुषापहं मे। महातुरस्येह समोपकारं कृपावशात् समजनि भूरि भव्यदम्॥४१॥
“That very lotus foot of yours, beyond the mind, has removed my pain and the stain of the Kali age. By your mercy it has rendered the highest help to me in my great distress and bestowed abundant good.
Passage 42
स्वभावस्ते नाथ त्रिभुवनमहाक्लेशहरणं नृणां भूयः श्रेयोवितरणमहाव्यूहदलनम्। महामोहध्वंसोऽशुभविदलनं कालभयहृत् कियानेष स्वामिन् तव मम समुद्धारणविधिः॥४२॥
“Lord, your very nature is to remove the three worlds’ great suffering, grant human beings their highest good, break hostile arrays, destroy vast delusion and misfortune, and take away fear of death. Master, what a mighty act is this deliverance you have granted me!
Passage 43
अहं चन्द्रमुखो नाम गन्धर्वेश्वरः प्रभो। व्योमयानं समारुह्य चचार विदिशो दिशः॥४३॥
“Lord, I am Candramukha, a chief among gandharvas. Mounting a celestial craft, I traveled through every region and direction.
Passage 44
वनिताभिः सेव्यमानो साध्वीकग्रहणोन्मदः। रूपसौन्दर्यमत्तश्च कुलस्याभिजनोन्मदः॥४४॥
“Served by women, I grew intoxicated by possessing noble wives, by my own beauty, and by the distinction of my lineage.
Passage 45
क्वचिद्दैवाद्दत्तशर्माणमात्रेयं मुनिपुङ्गवम्। दिगम्बरतनुं वीक्ष्य स्वात्मारामं जहास ह॥४५॥
“Once, by chance, I saw the excellent sage Dattaśarman, a descendant of Atri. Seeing the self-delighted ascetic unclothed, I laughed at him.
Passage 46
तस्योपस्थमहं नग्नं विरूपतरदर्शनम्। लोलाकमलपत्रेण छादयामास दुर्मतिः॥४६॥
“Foolishly, I covered his exposed and unattractive private parts with a trembling lotus leaf.
Passage 47
समोपहसितः क्रोधाच्छशाप मुनिरात्मधीः। एवं कुटिलचित्तस्त्वं सार्पं वपुरुपेष्यसि॥४७॥
“Thus ridiculed, the self-possessed sage grew angry and cursed me: ‘Because your mind is so crooked, you will assume a serpent’s body.’
Passage 48
ज्ञात्वा प्रसादितः सोऽसाववदत् करुणाकरः। श्रीरामचरणस्पर्शात् प्रकृतिं स्वामुपेष्यसि॥४८॥
“When I understood and appeased him, that compassionate sage said, ‘Through the touch of Śrī Rāma’s foot, you will regain your natural form.’
Passage 49
अनुग्रहः कृतस्तेन मुनिना शापकैतवात्। चराचरगुरुः साक्षाद्यतो दृष्टो भवानिह॥४९॥
“The sage’s apparent curse was truly grace, for through it I have directly beheld you here, the teacher of all that moves and does not move. Candramukha’s praise and renunciation
Passage 50
नमस्ते पुरुषाग्र्यायापौरुषप्रतिमौजसे। पुरुषार्थचतुष्कैकदायिने शुभदायिने॥५०॥
“Homage to you, foremost of persons, whose splendor has no human equal, the sole giver of the four aims of life and the bestower of auspiciousness.
Passage 51
अगाधबोधभवनमगाधानन्दसागरम्। लोकवत्केलिकैवल्यं त्वामहं शरणं गतः॥५१॥
“I take refuge in you, the abode of unfathomable knowledge, the ocean of unfathomable bliss, whose absolute freedom appears as play within the world.
Passage 52
पारेपरार्धनवपञ्चशरावतारं श्रीमत्प्रमोदवनशारदपूर्णचन्द्रम्। आभीरकानयनजीवनदानदक्षं नित्यं नमामि रघुवर्य परं भवन्तम्॥५२॥
“I eternally bow to you, supreme Rāma: the ever-new embodiment of Love beyond all measure, the full autumn moon of glorious Pramoda forest, expert in giving life to the eyes of the cowherd women.
Passage 53
त्वत्पादपद्मपरिरम्भणतो मयायं स्वं रूपमीश रघुपुङ्गव नाधुनाहम्। यास्यामि पूर्ववदलं मदमन्धकारं त्वामेव भक्तिरसभावधरो भजिष्ये॥५३॥
“By the embrace of your lotus foot I have now regained my own form, lord and best of Raghus. I will abandon forever the former darkness of pride and worship you alone, bearing the devotional feeling of bhakti-rasa.
Passage 54
हित्वा विमानमुरुमानमनङ्गमत्त- विद्याधरीशतकभोगविमोहमूलम्। त्वामच्युतात्मगतिदायिनमेकमीशं सेवेय सेव भवतान्मतिरप्रमत्ता॥५४॥
“May my attentive mind serve you alone, infallible Lord who grants the soul’s highest destination. I shall abandon my celestial craft, immense pride, and the bewildering pleasures of hundreds of passion-intoxicated heavenly women.
Passage 55
इत्येवमप्यस्तु तवाधुना प्रभोरनुग्रहोऽनन्यजनैकसम्भवः। त्वामेव सेवे रघुपुङ्गवाशिषं प्रपूरयाशेषवरप्रदानकृत्॥५५॥
“Lord, may your grace now make this resolve possible for one devoted solely to you. Best of Raghus, I shall serve you alone; please fulfill this prayer, for you grant every boon.
Passage 56
ब्राह्मं पदं प्राप्य विरञ्चिरीश्वर स्वामात्मनः क्षेमनिधिं निभालयम्। संसेवते कीर्तयते चतुर्भिः सख्यैः क्षणे विस्मरति क्वचिन्न सः॥५६॥
“Even after attaining Brahmā’s station, O lord of Virāñci, one who beholds you as the soul’s treasure of welfare serves and glorifies you with his companions; he never forgets you, even for a moment.
Passage 57
असौ घोरस्वरूपोऽपि संसारविषभूरुहः। त्वामीश सेवमानानां विभाति गुणवन्नरः॥५७॥
“For those who serve you, Lord, even this terrible poisonous tree of worldly existence appears as though it possessed virtue.
Passage 58
इति स्तुत्वा चिरं देवं वियोगभयकातरः। नत्वा नत्वा तदादिष्टो जगाम दिशमुत्तराम्॥५८॥
After praising the Lord for a long time, trembling at the fear of separation, he bowed again and again. At Rāma’s command he departed toward the north.
Passage 59
श्रयित्वा हिमशैलस्य करां रत्नप्रदीपिताम्। एकान्ततः समासीनश्चिन्तयामास तं प्रियम्॥५९॥
He took refuge on a jeweled, radiant slope of the Himalayan mountain, sat in solitude, and contemplated his beloved Lord.
Passage 60
तच्चिन्तनभरप्रेमपरमाह्लादतुन्दिलम्। भक्तियोगमुपासीनस्तस्थौ त्यक्तपरिग्रहः॥६०॥
Filled to abundance with the supreme joy and love born of intense contemplation of Rāma, he remained there practicing bhakti-yoga, having renounced possessions.
Passage 61
यस्य रामचरणाम्बुजातयोर्भाग्यतोऽजनि शुभङ्करी रतिः। तस्य सर्वविषयानुशीलनं तुच्छवत्स्फुरति पूर्णचेतसः॥६१॥
When, by good fortune, auspicious love for Rāma’s two lotus feet arises in a person, every engagement with sense objects appears trivial to that fulfilled heart.
Passage 62
य इमां शृणुयाद्रामगुणकीर्तनगां कथाम्। सोऽपि मुच्येत संसाराद् यथा चन्द्रमुखाह्वयः॥६२॥
Whoever hears this account, flowing as a song of Rāma’s virtues, will likewise be freed from worldly existence, just as the one named Candramukha was freed. Colophon इति श्रीमदादिरामायणे ब्रह्मभुशुण्डसंवादे पूर्वखण्डे दशरथतीर्थयात्रायाम् आदिव्रजागमने त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥ १३३ ॥ Thus ends Chapter 133, “Rāma Frees Candramukha from the Python Form,” in the Ādi Rāmāyaṇa, within the dialogue of Brahmā and Bhuśuṇḍa, in the Pūrva-khaṇḍa, in the account of Daśaratha’s pilgrimage and arrival in primordial Vraja. Source and editorial note This chapter is transcribed and translated from source leaves 955–960 of the 1975 Pūrva-khaṇḍa scan (physical PDF pages 956–961). Chapter 133 begins at the top of physical page 956; its colophon is followed by Chapter 134 on the lower half of physical page 961. The edition prints passage number 12 twice and then resumes at 14. Both printed 12 markers are preserved above; the second independent unit is registered editorially as passage 13, yielding 62 passages in the chapter. Minor spacing and obvious OCR segmentation have been normalized against the scan. Several densely printed compounds retain the closest legible reading; the English gives their direct contextual sense without silently supplying a missing passage.