Passage 1
ब्रह्मोवाच— मुनेर्निर्बन्धमाज्ञाय वियोगासहने पुनः। रामः प्रोवाच करुणो भगवान् भक्तवत्सलः॥१॥
Brahmā said: Perceiving the insistence of the sage, who could no longer bear separation, compassionate Rāma—the Lord who cherishes his devotees—spoke again.
Passage 2
श्रीराम उवाच— मम नित्यं परं धाम प्रमोदवनमुत्तमम्। अत्रैव विहरिष्यामि नृणामव्यक्तमद्भुतम्॥२॥
Śrī Rāma said: Pramodavana is my eternal, supreme, and highest abode. I shall sport here itself, wondrous and unseen by human beings.
Passage 3
अन्तर्हिते मयि ततो निजधाम्नि महामुने। अनुयास्यन्ति मामेव सर्वे श्रीलक्ष्मणादयः॥३॥
Great sage, when I disappear into my own abode, Śrī Lakṣmaṇa and all the others will follow me there.
Passage 4
साकेतपुरसंस्था ये ये च कोमलदेशगाः। प्रमोदवनसंस्था ये ये च रत्नाद्रिवासिनः॥४॥
Those established in the city of Sāketa, those dwelling in the gentle region, those abiding in Pramodavana, and those living upon Ratnādri—
Passage 5
मल्लीलास्थानसंस्था ये ये च श्रीचित्रकूटगाः। ते सर्वे नरनार्यश्च पशुपक्ष्यन्त्यजा अपि॥५॥
all who dwell at the places of my līlā or have gone to holy Citrakūṭa—all of them, men and women, animals, birds, and even those regarded as outcastes—
Passage 6
पिपीलिका मक्षिका या दंशाश्च मशकादयः। जन्तवः स्थूलसूक्ष्माद्या योगिनो ब्राह्मणा अपि॥६॥
ants, flies, biting insects, mosquitoes and the rest, creatures gross and subtle, as well as yogins and brāhmaṇas—
Passage 7
सर्वे चतुर्भुजा भूत्वा व्याधव्याघ्रादिका अपि। अनुयास्यन्ति मामेव क्रीडन्तं निजधामनि॥७॥
all of them, even hunters, tigers, and the like, will become four-armed and follow me as I play in my own abode.
Passage 8
प्रमोदवनलीला च नित्यान्तर्हितमेष्यति। प्रमोदवनमेतच्च अन्तर्भाव्य परां श्रियम्॥८॥
The līlā of Pramodavana will become eternally hidden. This Pramodavana, inwardly containing the supreme splendor—
Passage 9
स्थास्यति क्षमातले नित्यं मत्पदाङ्घ्रेण पावनम्। प्रमोदवनकेलीश्च तथा साकेतलीलितम्॥९॥
will remain forever upon the earth, sanctified by my foot, together with the play of Pramodavana and the līlā of Sāketa.
Passage 10
तथा सरयूतटे रम्ये नित्यं रासे च खेलितम्। अवतारचरित्राणि नित्यानि चरितानि नः॥१०॥
So too will the play upon the lovely bank of the Sarayū and in the eternal rāsa, and the deeds of our incarnations will remain everlasting sacred narratives. Source note: The edition marks the first pāda with a footnote stating that it contains an extra syllable and is to be accepted as an archaic or seer-authorized form. The visible root is retained.
Passage 11
श्रद्धया भक्तिभावाभ्यां कीर्तयिष्यन्ति ये जनाः। तेषां कालभयं नैव भविष्यति कदाचन॥११॥
Those people who recount these deeds with faith, devotion, and loving feeling will never at any time fear Time.
Passage 12
स्थानानि ये च द्रक्ष्यन्ति मल्लीलाभवनानि च। प्रमोदवनरत्नाद्रिप्रभृतीनि पदानि च॥१२॥
Those who behold the places and dwellings of my līlā—Pramodavana, Ratnādri, and the other sacred stations—
Passage 13
ते यास्यन्ति नरा भक्तिं स्नानदानार्चनादिभिः। अयोध्यादर्शने नृणां पलायन्तेऽघकोटयः॥१३॥
will attain devotion through bathing, giving, worship, and related observances. At the sight of Ayodhyā, crores of human sins flee away.
Passage 14
रामकुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा तथा दशरथोदके। स्नात्वा दशरथस्थाने तस्य सायुज्यमाप्नुयात्॥१४॥
One who bathes in Rāma-kuṇḍa, in Daśaratha's water, and at Daśaratha's sacred place attains union with him.
Passage 15
अश्वमेधस्थलीं दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा वेदिस्थलीं पुनः। कोटिजन्मकृतं पापं धुनुते नात्र संशयः॥१५॥
By seeing the place of the Aśvamedha and then the site of its altar, one shakes off sins accumulated through crores of births—of this there is no doubt.
Passage 16
प्रमोदविपिनं दृष्ट्वा गत्वा कुञ्जरहस्यके। सहजाया वने स्नात्वा नरो मद्योगमाप्नुयात्॥१६॥
After beholding the Pramoda forest, entering the secret bower, and bathing in Sahajā's grove, a person attains union with me.
Passage 17
रत्नाद्रिं त्रिः परिक्रम्य कृत्वोत्सवमुदारधीः। वैशाखे भोजयेद्विप्रांस्तस्य पुण्यं न गण्यते॥१७॥
If a noble-minded person circles Ratnādri three times, celebrates a festival, and feeds brāhmaṇas in Vaiśākha, the merit cannot be measured.
Passage 18
चतुर्विंशतिसंख्यानि वनानि मम यानि च। श्रावणे तानि पश्येत ह्यपुनर्जन्मसिद्धये॥१८॥
One should behold my twenty-four groves during Śrāvaṇa in order to attain freedom from any further birth.
Passage 19
एवमेतानि तीर्थानि शुभानि सुखदानि च। न गच्छेन्मम भक्तो यस्तं च नित्यं त्यजाम्यहम्॥१९॥
Such are these auspicious tīrthas that bestow happiness. If one who calls himself my devotee will not visit them, I perpetually abandon him.
Passage 20
मम पादतलस्पर्शाज्जातानि धरणीतले। बहूनि खलु तीर्थानि पावनानि विशेषतः॥२०॥
Through the touch of the sole of my foot, many exceptionally purifying tīrthas have arisen upon the earth.
Passage 21
नामभिस्तारयिष्यामि जनान् मद्भक्तिसंयुतान्। कर्मभिर्मत्परैर्भावैः सेवया भजनेन च॥२१॥
Through my names I shall carry across those people who possess devotion to me—through deeds centered upon me, devotional dispositions, service, and worship.
Passage 22
नाहं च सुलभः क्वापि कदाचिल्लोकजन्मिनाम्। इच्छया मद्भक्तिलाभात् कुर्वन्ति सुलभं च माम्॥२२॥
I am never easily attained anywhere by beings born into the world; yet by longing for and obtaining devotion to me, they make me easily accessible.
Passage 23
सोऽहमन्तर्हितो भूत्वा नित्यभाव्यां निजां तनुम्। स्थास्यामि तेषां चित्तेषु ये मे प्रियतमाः जनाः॥२३॥
Having become hidden, I shall abide in my own eternally contemplated form within the hearts of those people who are dearest to me.
Passage 24
त्वं च मे दर्शितं नित्यं स्वरूपं सर्वदा स्मरन्। उन्मत्तवद्भावयुक्तो भवस्वात्रेय भूतले॥२४॥
Ātreya, always remember the eternal essential form I have shown you and live upon the earth filled with divine feeling, like one intoxicated.
Passage 25
मम स्थानेषु पुण्येषु प्रमोदविपिनादिषु। रत्नाद्रेरुपत्यकासु दिव्यश्रीव्रजभूमिषु॥२५॥
Move among my sacred places—Pramodavana and the others, the valleys of Ratnādri, and the divine lands of glorious Vraja;
Passage 26
आभीरराजग्रामेषु दिव्येषु मम धामसु। पुण्यलीलावटस्थाने सरयूपुलिनेषु च॥२६॥
among the villages of the cowherd king, my divine abodes, the sacred place of Līlā-vaṭa, and the banks of the Sarayū;
Passage 27
तिलोत्तमासरित्सङ्गे सरयूपुण्यभूमिषु। पूर्वपश्चिमयोर्मध्ये दक्षिणोत्तरयोस्तथा॥२७॥
at the meeting with the Tilottamā river, upon the holy lands of the Sarayū, between east and west and likewise between south and north;
Passage 28
अयोध्याद्वयकोट्योश्च मातृवात्सल्यभूमिषु। कौमारलीलास्थानेषु सरित्कुञ्जदरीषु च॥२८॥
at the two extremities of Ayodhyā, upon the lands of maternal tenderness, at the places of childhood līlā, and among rivers, bowers, and ravines.
Passage 29
कैशोरकेलिस्थानेषु मम नामगणं जपन्। मद्भावभक्तियुक्तात्मा सहजाभावतत्परः॥२९॥
Chant the host of my names at the places of my adolescent play, your heart joined to loving devotion for me and wholly intent on Sahajā's bhāva.
Passage 30
सहजां नित्यमाराध्य मामेव फलमाप्नुवन्। आत्रेय सुमहायोगिन् नय कालं तपश्चरन्॥३०॥
Worship Sahajā perpetually and attain me alone as the fruit. Ātreya, great yogin, pass your time practicing austerity.
Passage 31
तीव्रेण मम भावेन मामेव त्वमवाप्स्यसि। न ते बाधिष्यते ब्रह्मन् दुःसहो विरहो मम॥३१॥
Through intense loving feeling for me, you will attain me alone. Brāhmaṇa, unbearable separation from me will not afflict you.
Passage 32
आगामिनि तु योगीन्द्र कल्पे सारस्वताभिधे। मन्नित्यलीलासम्बन्धमवाप्स्यसि ततः क्रमात्॥३२॥
Then, foremost yogin, in the coming kalpa called Sārasvata, you will in due course obtain a relationship with my eternal līlā.
Passage 33
सहजायाः सखी काचिच्चन्द्रचूडा भविष्यसि। यस्याश्चूडागतेश्चन्द्रः सुखमिष्यति मोदते॥३३॥
You will become one of Sahajā's companions, named Candracūḍā, upon whose crest the moon finds happiness and rejoices.
Passage 34
एवं न ते मद्विश्लेषो भविष्यति महामुने। वंशस्थां ऋषयः सर्वे वेदरूपा न संशयः॥३४॥
Thus, great sage, you will never again be separated from me. All the sages established in your lineage are forms of the Vedas—of this there is no doubt. Source note: The source prints वंशस्थां in the second line; the syntax clearly refers to the plural sages of Ātreya's lineage, so the photographed form is preserved and the meaning translated directly. Its footnote also records that this passage is absent from the compared Baḍau witness.
Passage 35
ते यूयं मत्प्रियतमाः सर्वे मुनिजना भुवि। प्राप्तावतारास्तपसा मामेव समवाप्स्यथ॥३५॥
All you sages upon the earth are most dear to me. Having taken birth through austerity, you will attain me alone.