Passage 1
आत्रेय उवाच— प्रयच्छ मे परं चक्षुस्त्वत्स्वरूपैकदर्शकम्। दिव्यं ज्ञानमयं राम कृपया पुरुषोत्तम॥१॥
Ātreya said: Grant me, Rāma, the supreme eye made of divine knowledge, which beholds your essential form alone. Bestow it by your grace, Puruṣottama.
Passage 2
प्रपन्नं मां विजानीहि पादयोस्तव राघव। यथा त्वां परिपश्येयं तथा कुरु रमापते॥२॥
Know me as surrendered at your feet, Rāghava. Lord of Ramā, enable me to behold you fully.
Passage 3
त्वत्तोऽन्यस्त्वत्स्वरूपस्य ज्ञापको नैव विद्यते। तेन त्वां शरणं यातो भीतो घोरभवार्णवात्॥३॥
No one other than you can reveal your own essential form. Terrified by the dreadful ocean of becoming, I have therefore sought refuge in you.
Passage 4
अयं हि कालो दुर्वेगो विना त्वच्छरणागतिम्। प्रणाशयत्यतो मां त्वं त्रायस्व निर्जिकीकरम्॥४॥
Without refuge in you, the irresistible force of Time destroys a person. Therefore protect me and make me imperishable. Source note: The edition tightly prints the final imperative expression as निर्जिकीकरम्. Its governing plea is clear—Ātreya asks Rāma to save him from Time and bring him beyond decay—so the visible reading is retained without conjectural replacement.
Passage 5
पुरा वसिष्ठादिषु संगतेषु ब्रह्मर्षिवर्येषु विरिञ्चिलोके। अन्योन्यवादे खलु जायमाने रामेति सारं परमश्रौषमुच्चैः॥५॥
Long ago, when Vasiṣṭha and other foremost brahmarṣis assembled in Virinci's world and a debate arose among them, I heard proclaimed aloud that “Rāma” is the supreme essence.
Passage 6
ततस्त्वमेवासि परावरेश्वरो विभुश्चिदानन्दमयैकविग्रहः। पश्यामि येन परमं स्वरूपं तदेव मे दिव्यचक्षुः प्रदेहि॥६॥
You alone are therefore the sovereign of the higher and lower realms, the all-pervading single embodiment of consciousness and bliss. Grant me the divine eye by which I may see that supreme form.
Passage 7
ब्रह्मोवाच— इत्थं विज्ञापितो रामो भुशुण्डपरमर्षिणा। स्वरूपं दर्शयामास स्वं श्रुतिशिरोगतम्॥७॥
Brahmā said: Petitioned in this way by the great sage Bhuśuṇḍa, Rāma revealed his own essential form, the reality taught at the summit of revelation.
Passage 8
श्रीराम उवाच— पश्य मे मुनिशार्दूल स्वरूपं दिव्यचक्षुषा। मया तुभ्यं प्रपन्नाय दत्तेन ज्ञानरूपिणा॥८॥
Śrī Rāma said: Tiger among sages, behold my essential form through the divine eye made of knowledge, which I now give to you because you have surrendered.
Passage 9
पुरुषं च परं चैव पुरुषादपि पश्य माम्। सर्वाश्चर्यमयं ब्रह्मन् प्रपञ्चं यत्र द्रक्ष्यसि॥९॥
See me as the supreme Person and as that which is beyond even the Person. Within me, brāhmaṇa, you will behold the entire wondrous cosmos.
Passage 10
ततोऽसौ रामचन्द्रस्य शरीरे सर्वमप्यथ। भूतधात्रीं साब्धिवर्षद्वीपपर्वतकाननाम्॥१०॥
Then within Rāmacandra's body he saw everything: the earth that sustains beings, together with oceans, regions, continents, mountains, and forests.
Passage 11
वियच्च विस्तृतं लोकैर्ब्रह्मादिसुरसंश्रयैः। ज्योतिश्चक्रं वसून् वायूनग्नीन् वरुणमेव च॥११॥
He saw the vast sky with worlds inhabited by Brahmā and the other gods, the wheel of the luminaries, the Vasus, winds, fires, and Varuṇa.
Passage 12
स्वस्वलोकसमेतांश्च सर्वान् देवगणानपि। शेषं पातालभागांश्च दैत्यस्वर्गान् पृथग्विधान्॥१२॥
He saw all the hosts of gods together with their respective worlds, Śeṣa, the regions of Pātāla, and the many distinct heavens of the Daityas.
Passage 13
कालं दश दिशश्चैव प्रकृतिं पुरुषं तथा। एवंविधाश्च पुरुषाः शरीरे यस्य कोटिशः॥१३॥
He saw Time, the ten directions, prakṛti, and puruṣa. Crores of persons and realities of these kinds existed within that body.
Passage 14
स तं पुरुषधौरेयं रामदेहे व्यपश्यत। सहस्रशिरसं देवं तपन्तं विश्वतोमुखम्॥१४॥
Within Rāma's body he beheld that foremost Person, the thousand-headed, all-faced divine being blazing in every direction.
Passage 15
किरीटिनं कुण्डलरत्नभासा सहस्रसूर्येन्दुगुणं ज्वलन्तम्। पीताम्बरं शङ्खचक्रे गदाब्जे दधानमीशं कमलासखायम्॥१५॥
Crowned and radiant with jeweled earrings, he blazed with the multiplied light of a thousand suns and moons. Clad in yellow, the Lord and companion of Kamalā bore conch and discus, mace and lotus.
Passage 16
सहस्रबाहुं च सहस्रनेत्रं सहस्रपादोदरवक्त्रकर्णम्। शब्दार्थसृष्टिप्रभवं पुराणं सहस्रशाखागणवेदगानम्॥१६॥
He had a thousand arms and eyes, a thousand feet, bellies, faces, and ears. Ancient source of the creation of word and meaning, he was sung by the Veda in its thousand hosts of branches.
Passage 17
संस्तूयमानं मुनिभिः सुरौघैरणीयवर्णं घनसंघवर्णम्। तथेन्दुवर्णं महसा विभक्तं कूटं परं ब्रह्मविदेकरूपम्॥१७॥
Sages and hosts of gods praised him. His appearance ranged from the subtlest radiance to the hue of massed clouds and the moon, distinguished by splendor—the transcendent summit and single form known by knowers of Brahman.
Passage 18
कूटस्थमुग्रं विपुलं च कालं करालकायं विलसत्कोटिदंष्ट्रम्। प्रभूततेजो विशदाकृतिं विभुं विभासितं ज्वालमालापरीतम्॥१८॥
He saw immutable, terrible, immense Time: a frightful body with crores of flashing fangs, vast in radiance, clearly formed yet all-pervading, shining within a surrounding garland of flames.
Passage 19
विरजां च नदीं पूर्णां ब्रह्माण्डगणकोटिभिः। अपश्यत्तस्य देवस्य दण्डेन खलु कारितैः॥१९॥
He saw the river Virajā filled with crores of hosts of cosmic eggs, all brought forth under that divine being's sovereign authority.
Passage 20
कालग्रस्तानि तत्रैव भुवनानि चतुर्दश। अपश्यच्च ततोऽप्युच्चैरक्षरं परमं पदम्॥२०॥
There he saw the fourteen worlds swallowed by Time, and high above them he beheld the imperishable supreme station.
Passage 21
पूर्णानन्दघनं धाम ज्ञानगम्यं सुयोगिभिः। त्रिपाद्ब्रह्मेति निर्दिष्टं सगुणं निर्गुणं तथा॥२१॥
It was an abode compacted of perfect bliss, reached through knowledge by accomplished yogins, designated the three-footed Brahman and described as both with qualities and beyond qualities.
Passage 22
स्थूलं सूक्ष्मं विभुं परं श्रीराममहसाश्रितम्। अवतारांस्तथा सर्वांश्चतुर्विंशदशादिभिः॥२२॥
He saw the gross and subtle, the all-pervading and transcendent, all resting in Śrī Rāma's radiance, and every class of incarnation, beginning with the groups of twenty-four, ten, and others.
Passage 23
अनेकधा ह्यसंख्यातान् दिव्यलीलाविनोदितान्। अक्षरात्परतोऽपश्यदवतारेभ्य एव च॥२३॥
He saw them in countless forms, delighting in divine līlā. Then he beheld that which lies beyond Akṣara and beyond all incarnations.
Passage 24
रामं त्रैलोक्यसुभगं सहजानन्दिनीयुतम्। प्रमोदवनमध्यस्थं दिव्यकान्ताकदम्बकैः॥२४॥
He saw Rāma, beauty of the three worlds, united with Sahajānandinī in the midst of Pramodavana and surrounded by clusters of divine beloved companions.
Passage 25
क्रीडन्तं रासलीलाभिर्नटवेशं किरीटिनम्। बहुरत्नावलीभूषामुद्रामणिविभूषितम्॥२५॥
Rāma played in the rāsa līlā, crowned and dressed as a dancer, adorned with strings of many jewels, ornaments, emblems, and gems.
Passage 26
युगलं कामिनीवृन्दमध्यमण्डलवर्तिनम्। नटवेशोचितमहारञ्जकच्छविरोचिभिः॥२६॥
The divine pair stood at the center of the circle of loving women, shining with captivating beauty perfectly suited to their dancers' attire.
Passage 27
काञ्चीगुणैर्भासमानं दिव्यवेणुरवामृतम्। वर्षन्तं प्रावृषेण्यामं विद्युत्पीताम्बरावृतम्॥२७॥
Waist-bands shone upon him as he poured out the nectar of the divine flute. Dark as a monsoon cloud, he was wrapped in a yellow garment flashing like lightning.
Passage 28
पीताम्बरप्रभामध्योच्छन्नच्छ्रीप्रभया युतम्। प्रमोदवनमानन्दस्वरूपं पर्यपश्यत॥२८॥
He beheld that form joined with pure splendor, shining amid the radiance of the yellow garment, and saw Pramodavana itself as the embodiment of bliss. Source note: The first line is printed as the dense compound पीताम्बरप्रभामध्योच्छन्नच्छ्रीप्रभया युतम्. Its visible imagery is retained; the English follows its clear convergence of yellow-garment radiance and immaculate divine beauty.
Passage 29
रत्नाद्रिं सरयूँ चैव रामकुण्डं मनोहरम्। सहजायास्तथा कुण्डं तथा रामवनं महत्॥२९॥
He saw Ratnādri, the Sarayū, the enchanting Rāma-kuṇḍa, Sahajā's own pool, and the great Rāma forest.
Passage 30
चतुर्विंशवनालीं च रामकुञ्जं तदन्तरे। तत्र दिव्यसखीयूथं गायन्तं रामसद्गुणान्॥३०॥
He saw the succession of twenty-four groves and Rāma's bower within them, where hosts of divine companions sang Rāma's sacred virtues.
Passage 31
आभीरराजं सुखितं प्रसन्नां माङ्गल्यकां पितरौ गोकुलेन्दोः। अनेकगोपेन्द्रसमूहजुष्टं श्रीनन्दनं राजिनीं चैव देवीम्॥३१॥
He saw the delighted cowherd king and joyful Māṅgalyakā, parents of the moon of Gokula, attended by assemblies of many cowherd chiefs—glorious Nanda and the revered queen.
Passage 32
सहजां तत्सुतां रामां श्रीभूलीलादिरूपिणीम्। समस्तगुणसम्पन्नां राधिकां रासकेलिनीम्॥३२॥
He saw their daughter Sahajā, Ramā herself, who assumes the forms of Śrī, Bhū, Līlā, and others: Rādhikā, endowed with every virtue and delighting in rāsa play.
Passage 33
लीलापरिकरं सर्वं नित्यरूपे व्यवस्थितम्। एकं रामं च वै पूर्णं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टो महामुनिः॥३३॥
The great sage saw the entire retinue of līlā established in eternal form and the one complete Rāma, and he became fully satisfied.