Passage 1
ब्रह्मोवाच— एकदा विबुधाः सर्वे सुखिता रावणे हते। मघवन्तं पुरस्कृत्य ब्रह्मलोकमुपाययुः॥१॥
Brahmā said: Once, after Rāvaṇa had been slain, all the delighted gods placed Indra at their head and went to Brahmā's world.
Passage 2
तत्र गत्वा स्वयं देवं परमेष्ठिनमीश्वरम्। रावणस्य वधादेशादूचुः स्वकृतकृत्यताम्॥२॥
Arriving there, they addressed the divine Lord Parameṣṭhin himself and declared that, through his command to slay Rāvaṇa, their purpose had been fulfilled.
Passage 3
देवा ऊचुः— कृतकृत्याः स्म भगवान् स हतो राक्षसेश्वरः। रामेण देवदेवेन रसिकेन लोकरञ्जिना॥३॥
The gods said: Blessed Lord, our purpose is accomplished. Rāma—the God of gods, connoisseur of rasa, and delight of the worlds—has slain that lord of the rākṣasas.
Passage 4
स्वर्गे वयं स्वस्वपदानि सर्वे लभेम दुःखं विनिवारितं ततः। स्वाहास्वधाकारकृतानि हव्यकव्यानि संस्थामगमन् स्वकीयाम्॥४॥
In heaven we have all regained our proper stations, and our suffering has therefore ended. The offerings to gods and ancestors, prepared with the calls svāhā and svadhā, have returned to their rightful course.
Passage 5
एवं त्रिलोकस्य निवारितं तमस्तत्पापसंज्ञं हरचण्डीवरोत्थम्। लङ्काधिराज्ये चाभिषिक्तो वरेण्यो विभीषणो वैष्णवः स्वस्य भक्तः॥५॥
Thus the darkness over the three worlds—the evil born from boons of Hara and Caṇḍī—has been removed. The excellent Vibhīṣaṇa, a Vaiṣṇava and his own devotee, has been consecrated as sovereign of Laṅkā.
Passage 6
त्रयी च धर्मश्च चिरेण नष्टौ संस्थापितौ गोद्विजविप्रभक्तिः। स्वीया च भक्तिस्त्रिदशैरप्यलभ्या प्रसादनाम्नो महिमा वैष्णवानाम्॥६॥
The threefold Veda and dharma, long lost, have been reestablished, together with devotion to cows, twice-born sages, and brāhmaṇas. His own devotion—unattainable even by the gods—and the glory called grace belonging to the Vaiṣṇavas have also been restored.
Passage 7
कृतानि कर्माणि तथा विचित्राण्यानन्ददानि स्वेषु दुःखं परेषु। तीर्थानि सीताचरणाङ्कितानि विनिर्मितानि स्वपदैरङ्कितानि॥७॥
He performed wondrous deeds that gave joy to his own and sorrow to his enemies. He established sacred places marked by Sītā's feet and impressed with his own footprints.
Passage 8
नामानि देवेन सुमङ्गलानि स्फुटीकृतान्यद्भुतपावनानि। चाण्डालहूणोत्खसपुल्कसाद्यैः स्मृतानि सद्यो निजसायुज्यदानि॥८॥
The Lord made manifest supremely auspicious names of wondrous purifying power; when remembered even by Caṇḍālas, Hūṇas, and other outcast peoples, they immediately grant union with him. Source note: The edition's tightly set community list is visibly based on the conventional sequence beginning चाण्डालहूण...पुल्कसाद्यैः. The root is normalized only at word joins; the English preserves the verse's inclusive salvific claim without assigning uncertain modern identities to every ethnonym.
Passage 9
कृतानि रामेण नरोत्तमेन पुण्यस्थलानि स्वपदानि भूम्याम्। सीतासुमित्रातनयाभ्यां हनूमता युक्तः स्वयं यत्र सदावतिष्ठते॥९॥
Rāma, best of men, made holy places upon the earth—his own abodes where he eternally dwells together with Sītā, Sumitrā's son, and Hanumān.
Passage 10
विक्रीडितं प्रमुदकाननमध्यगेन माङ्गल्यकासुखितयोः सदने परेण। आभीरबालवनितावधितन्निजस्य वैकुण्ठधाम नयता निशि सुप्तलोकम्॥१०॥
The supreme Lord played in the midst of Pramodavana and within the blissful auspicious dwelling; at night, while the world slept, he carried even the young cowherd women who had sought him to his own Vaikuṇṭha abode. Source note: The first line contains the compact and textually difficult sequence माङ्गल्यकासुखितयोः. It is retained rather than replaced with a conjectural proper name; the translation follows the surrounding locative sense.
Passage 11
विक्रीडितं दशरथस्य गृहे तथोच्चैरीशेन दिव्यवपुषा पुरुषोत्तमेन। स्वांशैः समं भरतलक्ष्मणशत्रुसूदैर्देव्या स्वयं कमलया च युतेन नित्यम्॥११॥
The divine-bodied Lord Puruṣottama also played magnificently in Daśaratha's house, eternally joined with the goddess Kamalā herself and with his own portions Bharata, Lakṣmaṇa, and Śatrusūdana.
Passage 12
तच्चित्रकूटगिरिवर्यचरित्रमीशः कः स्तोतुमीष्ट इति किं भगवन्न वेत्सि। यत्रार्यपादरजसा शतशः स्थलेषु भक्तिप्रदं प्रतिपदं खलु कोटितीर्थम्॥१२॥
What lord could adequately praise his deeds upon noble Mount Citrakūṭa? Blessed one, do you not know that there, through the dust of the noble Lord's feet, hundreds of places grant devotion and every step contains the power of ten million tīrthas?
Passage 13
यद्दण्डकावनभुवि प्रभुणानुजेन विक्रान्तमेवमितरेषु च काननेषु। तत्तत्र तत्र विपुलं स यशो दधार पुण्याश्रमेषु च महत्कुशलं मुनीनाम्॥१३॥
Whatever the Lord accomplished with his younger brother in Daṇḍaka forest and the other wildernesses spread his immense fame everywhere and brought great welfare to the sages in their holy hermitages.
Passage 14
शत्रुर्हतश्च जगतां सगणः सवर्गः सद्यः प्रसादसुमुखेन विभीषणश्च। राज्ये सुनिश्चलतरे वचसाभ्यषिञ्चद्दूरीकृतश्च दयिताविरहोऽविषह्यः॥१४॥
The enemy of the worlds was slain with his entire host. Favorably disposed through grace, the Lord at once consecrated Vibhīṣaṇa by his word in an unshakable kingdom, and the unbearable separation from loved ones was removed.
Passage 15
भूर्यश्वमेधमखमङ्गलदीक्षितेन यूपाङ्किताः सरयुकूलभुवः कृताश्च। अभ्युद्धृताश्च भवसागरतो मनुष्या आपामरा अपि शठा अधिका रहीनाः॥१५॥
Consecrated for many auspicious Aśvamedha sacrifices, he marked the lands along the Sarayū with sacrificial posts. Human beings—from the lowliest to the exalted, even the deceitful and destitute—were lifted from the ocean of becoming.
Passage 16
रामेति नाम रसनेन सकृद्रमन्तः पक्ष्यन्त्यजा अपि जयन्त्युररीकृताश्च। जाता वयं च कृतकार्यसमस्तकृत्या भूमिः सनाथमभवद्बहुलक्ष्यवल्लिः॥१६॥
Even birds and outcastes who delight their tongues just once with the name “Rāma” become victorious and accepted by him. We too have achieved our purposes and completed every task; the earth, rich with countless aims, has found her protector.
Passage 17
को वर्णयेदपि सहस्रमुखो गिरीशो नामानि तस्य चरितानि गुणांश्च भर्तुः। नायं प्रभुः स्पृहयते भुवि राज्यलक्ष्मीं वैकुण्ठनाथप्रतिपूजितपादपश्चः॥१७॥
Who could describe the names, deeds, and virtues of that Lord, even if thousand-faced Śiva were to speak? This Master, whose feet are worshiped by the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, does not desire the splendor of earthly kingship.
Passage 18
किं तु स्वभक्तजनदुःखनिवारणाय सम्भूय भूरि वितनोति शुभं चरित्रम्। सम्पन्नमद्य तदशेषमनन्तकीर्तेर्भूयोऽद्भुतैर्भुजबलेः प्रबले निजांशैः॥१८॥
Rather, he manifests to remove the suffering of his devotees and unfolds an abundance of auspicious deeds. Today all that work of the infinitely renowned Lord has been completed through his wondrously mighty arms and powerful portions.
Passage 19
स्वं धाम सर्वजनगुह्यमतोऽभ्युपैतु देवः परात्परवरः परमस्त्र्यधीशः। जातं सदा भुवनमङ्गलमीशितुश्च ते तेऽंशकाः स्वनिलयेषु वहन्तु राज्यम्। ये येऽधुना समुदिताः पुरुषे परस्मिन् स्वयं भगवति स्पृहणीयमूर्तौ॥१९॥
Therefore may the God above the highest, supreme Lord of Śrī, return to his own abode hidden from all people. The world's auspicious purpose has been achieved; may each of those ruling portions now manifested in the supreme Puruṣa, the blessed Lord of enchanting form, return to govern in his own station.
Passage 20
नारायणो हरो ब्रह्मा शक्राद्यास्त्रिदिवालयाः। सहस्रशीर्षा भगवान् महानारायणस्तथा॥२०॥
Nārāyaṇa, Hara, Brahmā, Indra and the other inhabitants of heaven, the thousand-headed Lord, and Mahānārāyaṇa—
Passage 21
सर्वेषामंशसंव्यूहो रामे लीनोऽद्य तिष्ठति। न च विद्योतितुं शक्तो दिवसे तेजसामिव॥२१॥
the whole array of all their portions now stands absorbed in Rāma and cannot shine separately, just as lesser lights disappear by day.
Passage 22
तस्मात्स्वयं स भगवान् निजधामैतु सम्प्रति। अधिष्ठितप्रभावाश्च राजन्तु दिवि देवताः॥२२॥
Therefore may the blessed Lord himself now return to his own abode, and may the gods once again shine in heaven with their proper powers restored.
Passage 23
इत्थं निगद्य विरतेषु सुरेश्वरेषु देवोऽब्रवीदखिलधातृपतिः सुरौघान्। स्वयं सुशीलचरितो भगवान् तदर्थमभ्यर्थनीय इव वेत्ति च सर्वमेषः॥२३॥
When the lords of the gods had spoken thus and fallen silent, Brahmā, divine lord of all creators, addressed the assembly: “The blessed Lord, whose conduct is perfectly gracious, knows all this himself, yet for this purpose he must be approached as though with a request.”
Passage 24
कालात्मना कलयते सकलं सदीश एतस्य नाविदितमग्रविधेयकार्यम्। प्रार्थ्यस्तथापि भजनीयगुणः स एतत्कालेन कालकलनः किल कालकालः॥२४॥
As Time itself, that Lord measures and governs all; no future duty is unknown to him. Yet he, whose virtues are worthy of worship, should still be petitioned through Time, for he is truly the death of Time who apportions time.
Passage 25
इत्युक्त्वा सकलान् देवान् विरञ्चिर्विससर्ज ह। भगवन्तं कालमीशं सस्मार च महामतिः॥२५॥
Having said this, the wise Virañci dismissed all the gods and called to mind the blessed Lord Time.
Passage 26
स्वस्यापि यः कलयिता मघोनः शङ्करस्य च। सृष्टिस्थितिलयाधारः स कालः समुपाययौ॥२६॥ That Time—who measures even Brahmā himself, Indra, and Śaṅkara, and who supports creation, preservation, and dissolution—then arrived. **इति श्रीमदादिरामायणे ब्रह्मभुशुण्डसंवादे उत्तरखण्डे कालदमनोपाख्याने प्रथमोऽध्यायः॥१॥
** Thus ends Chapter One in the episode of the subduing of Time, in the Uttara-khaṇḍa of the glorious Ādi Rāmāyaṇa, in the dialogue of Brahmā and Bhuśuṇḍa.