Passage 1
काल उवाच— त्वमादिकालः पुरुषः पुराणो ममापि कालः स्वजनेकबन्धो। अहं ग्रसामि त्रिजगत्समस्तं त्वां यः प्रपन्नस्तमृते विचक्षणम्॥१॥
Time said: You are primordial Time, the ancient Person, Time even over me, and the sole friend of your own people. I devour all three worlds—except the discerning person who has taken refuge in you.
Passage 2
नतोऽस्मि ते नाथ पदारविन्दं न यत्प्रपद्याशुभं लभन्ते। भयं मदीयं विषह्य दुरन्तं पादावधिस्तम्बमुपात्तविक्रमम्॥२॥
I bow to your lotus feet, Lord. Those who attain them meet with no misfortune, while my terrible and irresistible fear exercises its power over all that stands below them. Source note: The edition prints the compact expression पादावधिस्तम्बमुपात्तविक्रमम्. Its general contrast is clear—Rāma's feet protect the surrendered from Time's otherwise irresistible reach—while the exact internal compound is unusually compressed.
Passage 3
तवाज्ञया नाथ शिखिनं कुबेरं ब्रह्माणमुच्चैरधरेऽप्यनन्तम्। हरामि वेगेन निजेन दुर्धरो महानदीपूरजवातिगामी॥३॥
By your command, Lord, I carry away Fire, Kubera, Brahmā in the heights, and even Ananta below. Unrestrainable, I move with my own velocity, surpassing the rush of a great river in flood.
Passage 4
कृत्यं ममैतद्विहितं त्वयैव यद्भूतमात्रग्रसनं जवेन। न मां निरोद्धुं प्रभवन्ति केचिन्महामुनीन्द्रा अपि योगसिद्धाः॥४॥
You yourself assigned me this task: swiftly to consume every created being. No one can restrain me—not even the greatest lordly sages perfected in yoga.
Passage 5
दुर्वारवेगोऽस्मि तवाज्ञया प्रभो त्वदीहितं सङ्घटयामि नित्यम्। भिन्दामि शैलान् प्रहरामि वज्रं हरामि लोहालयमध्यगानपि॥५॥
By your command, Lord, my force cannot be checked; I ceaselessly accomplish what you intend. I split mountains, strike like a thunderbolt, and carry away even those who have entered houses of iron.
Passage 6
भवत्कृपा यत्र च राम तं जनं विहाय दूरे विचरामि भीतवत्। न यत्र माया प्रभवेद् दुरत्यया कथं नु तत्र प्रभवामि वर्तितुम्॥६॥
Where your grace rests, Rāma, I leave that person far behind and move away as though afraid. Where even invincible māyā has no power, how could I have the power to remain?
Passage 7
त्वमेक ईशोऽसि ममाप्यधीश्वर ब्रह्मादयो मद्वशगाः समन्ततः। त्वामीशितारं मम विष्टपानां गच्छामि त्वां नाथ शरणं शरण्यम्॥७॥
You alone are Lord and ruler even over me; Brahmā and all the others everywhere fall under my power. Recognizing you as the ruler of me and of the worlds, I come to you, Lord—the refuge worthy of refuge.
Passage 8
किं तु प्रभो ब्रह्मशक्रादिभिः कृतां विज्ञप्तिमेकां विनिवेदयामि। स्वेच्छासमग्रैकवशो भवांस्तथापि श्रवितुमर्होऽसि विभो रघूद्वह॥८॥
Yet, Lord, I shall communicate one request made by Brahmā, Indra, and the others. Although you are wholly governed by your own will alone, almighty scion of Raghu, you may nevertheless deign to hear it.
Passage 9
त्वं भूमिभारसंहृत्यै सम्प्राप्तोऽसि रघोः कुले। रचितानि चरित्राणि लौकिकालौकिकानि च॥९॥
You descended into Raghu's lineage to remove the earth's burden, and you have enacted deeds both human and transcendent.
Passage 10
उद्धृताश्च निजा भक्ताः पादच्छायावलम्बिनः। विपदो नाशितास्तेषां दुष्टराक्षसनाशनात्॥१०॥
Your own devotees, who depend upon the shelter of your feet, have been delivered; their calamities were destroyed through the destruction of the wicked rākṣasas.
Passage 11
देवानां च हितं यच्च यच्च वै मानुषं हितम्। त्रैलोक्यस्य हितं यच्च तत्त्वया रचितं प्रभो॥११॥
Whatever benefits the gods, whatever truly benefits humanity, and whatever benefits the three worlds—all that has been accomplished by you, Lord.
Passage 12
ज्यास्फालनेन धनुषो वीरेन्द्रेण त्वया जिताः। सुबाहुमारीचमुखा राक्षसा अतिमायिनः॥१२॥
With the snap of your bowstring, you, lord of heroes, conquered the supremely deceitful rākṣasas headed by Subāhu and Mārīca.
Passage 13
बहुबाहुप्रहरणा बहुयुद्धविशारदाः। बहुमायाविनो धूर्ता रात्रियुद्धेषु कोविदाः॥१३॥
They struck with many arms, were skilled in many forms of combat, masters of countless illusions, cunning, and expert in fighting by night.
Passage 14
उल्कामुखा अग्निमुखा विकटाङ्गा विलोचनाः। करालदर्शना घोरा भूतसैन्यसहायकाः॥१४॥
Some had meteor-like mouths, some fire-like mouths, misshapen limbs, and monstrous eyes. They were terrible and dreadful to behold, supported by armies of spirits.
Passage 15
रुद्रदत्तवरास्तीव्रास्तीव्रप्रहरणास्तथा। ईदृग्विधाः सुसंरब्धास्त्वया दैत्या निवारिताः॥१५॥
Fierce through boons granted by Rudra and armed with fierce weapons, such thoroughly enraged daityas were checked by you.
Passage 16
ते चापि रिपवो राम त्वया स्वात्मनि वेशिताः। मोचिता घोरसंसारक्लेशाद्भक्तपदं गताः॥१६॥
Even those enemies, Rāma, were drawn into your own Self. Freed from the anguish of dreadful saṃsāra, they attained the station of devotees.
Passage 17
इदमद्भुतमाहात्म्यं तव राम निशामय। राक्षसा अपि यन्मुक्तिं गमिताः स्वपदाङ्किताः॥१७॥
Consider this wondrous greatness of yours, Rāma: even rākṣasas were brought to liberation and marked as your own.
Passage 18
किं तु भक्ताः स्वपादाब्जसेवकाः साधुवर्त्मगाः। मोचिता भवदुःखेभ्यो नाथेनामिततेजसा॥१८॥
How much more, then, were the devotees—servants of your own lotus feet who follow the path of the good—freed from the sorrows of becoming by the Lord of immeasurable splendor.
Passage 19
अतः परं प्रभो श्रीमन् विश्वस्याभ्युदयोऽभवत्। तवैव कृपया नाथ राम सुभगवर्ष्मणः॥१९॥
Thereafter, glorious Lord, the whole world prospered solely by your grace, O Rāma of beautiful form. Source note: The scan's tightly printed final compound is read as सुभगवर्ष्मणः, “of beautiful form,” in agreement with the sentence's direct address to Rāma.
Passage 20
न ते योनिं विदुर्देवा न मर्त्या नापि ये परे। त्वमेकान्तस्वधाम्न्येव रममाणोऽसि नित्यशः॥२०॥
Neither the gods nor mortals, nor even those beyond them, know your origin. You eternally delight within your own utterly private abode.
Passage 21
न ते गुणांस्तथा कर्माण्यन्यान्याचरितान्यपि। विदन्ति ते सूक्ष्मदृशो ये मायां कालमत्यगुः॥२१॥
Only those of subtle vision who have crossed beyond māyā and Time know your qualities, your acts, and your other deeds.
Passage 22
त्वमेव स्वात्मनः स्थानं जानासि रघुनन्दन। न ते व्यक्तिः कापि भवे दृश्यते श्रूयतेऽपि वा॥२२॥
You alone know the abode of your own Self, delight of Raghu. No manifestation of yours in worldly becoming can truly be seen or even heard.
Passage 23
त्वं सूर्यस्त्वं शशाङ्कश्च त्वं सर्वे ग्रहतारकाः। जङ्गमं स्थावरं चापि त्वमेव रघुपुङ्गव॥२३॥
You are the sun and the moon; you are all planets and stars. You alone are everything moving and unmoving, foremost of Raghu's line.
Passage 24
स्वच्छन्दं क्रीडतो नाथ तव लीलारसात्मनः। बहूनि कोटिवर्षाणि व्यतीतानि रमापते॥२४॥
Many tens of millions of years have passed, Lord of Ramā, while you—whose very nature is the relish of divine play—sport according to your own freedom.
Passage 25
रुद्धो यमपुरीमार्गस्त्वयि जाग्रति भूतले। विधेश्च सृष्टिवैषम्यसामर्थ्यं प्रविलोपितम्॥२५॥
While you remain manifest and vigilant upon the earth, the road to Yama's city is closed, and the Creator's capacity to produce the inequalities of creation has disappeared.
Passage 26
सर्वे मनुष्याः सुखिनः सर्वे भाग्येन पूरिताः। सर्वे पूर्णायुषो राम सर्वे स्वेच्छैकमृत्यवः॥२६॥
All people are happy and filled with good fortune. All live out their full span, Rāma, and all die only according to their own will.
Passage 27
यत्र यत्र पदाम्भोजस्पर्शो जातस्तव प्रभो। तत्र तत्र न पश्यामि दौर्भाग्यमपि दुर्गतिम्॥२७॥
Wherever the touch of your lotus feet has fallen, Lord, there I see neither misfortune nor any evil destiny.
Passage 28
एते त्वयैवाधिकृताः सुरेश्वरा व्यर्थाधिकारा अभवन् समस्ताः। सर्वं जगद् राम त्वयाभिपाल्यमानं सुखाम्भोनिधिमग्नमस्ति॥२८॥
All these rulers of the gods, though appointed by you alone, have found their offices rendered unnecessary: the whole world, protected by you, Rāma, lies immersed in an ocean of happiness.
Passage 29
नित्योत्सवो नित्यमहोदयश्च नित्यं शुभं नित्यसुखं गृहे गृहे। राज्यं भवे कुर्वति राघवेन्द्र त्वयि गृहाः सर्वसुखाय चाभवन्॥२९॥
There is perpetual festival, perpetual prosperity, constant auspiciousness, and constant happiness in every home. With you, lord of the Raghus, governing the realm of becoming, every household has become a place of complete joy.
Passage 30
एवं कृत्वा जगत्सर्वं मङ्गलायतनं प्रभो। अभ्युपेहि परं दिव्यं स्वधाम त्रिगुणातिगम्॥३०॥
Having thus made the entire world an abode of auspiciousness, Lord, return now to your supreme, divine abode beyond the three guṇas.
Passage 31
न यत्र वाङ् नैव मनःप्रसारो न कालमायादिगुणप्रवेशः। तदेव ते धाम प्रमुद्दनं हि लीलालयं दिव्यदिव्यं परात्परम्॥३१॥
There neither speech nor the reach of mind extends, nor do Time, māyā, or their qualities enter. That is indeed your abode, Pramodavana—the home of divine play, diviner than the divine and higher than the highest.
Passage 32
नित्यरासविलासाय सरयूपुलिनस्थितम्। ब्रह्मशक्रादयो देवा ईक्षन्ते बहुभाग्यतः॥३२॥
It stands upon the bank of the Sarayū for the delight of the eternal rāsa. Brahmā, Indra, and the other gods behold it only through immense good fortune.
Passage 33
इति विज्ञापितो नाथ ब्रह्मणा लोकभर्तृणा। तन्निशम्य यथा स्वेच्छं क्रियतां कोविदेश्वर॥३३॥ Thus, Lord, has the sustainer of the worlds, Brahmā, submitted his request. Having heard it, O master of the wise, act according to your own will. **इति श्रीमदादिरामायणे ब्रह्मभुशुण्डसंवादे उत्तरखण्डे कालदमनोपाख्याने तृतीयोऽध्यायः॥३॥
** Thus ends Chapter Three in the episode of the subduing of Time, in the Uttara-khaṇḍa of the glorious Ādi Rāmāyaṇa, in the dialogue of Brahmā and Bhuśuṇḍa.