Passage 1
ब्रह्मोवाच— रामाज्ञां समनुप्राप्य मुनिरत्रेस्तनूजनिः। कृताभिवन्दनस्तेन श्रीमता विश्वमूर्तिना॥१॥
Brahmā said: Having fully received Rāma's command, the sage born from Atri bowed before that glorious one whose form is the universe.
Passage 2
प्रणम्य तं चाथ मुहुराश्लिष्य च मुहुर्मुहुः। व्यलप्य च मुहुर्योगी गलद्बाष्पनिषेचितम्॥२॥
The yogin bowed to him, embraced him again and again, and repeatedly wept over him, bathing him in the tears that streamed down.
Passage 3
प्रयास्यन् स्वाश्रमपदमिदमुच्चैः समुज्जगौ। चतुःश्लोकीं रामगीतामात्रेयमुनिवर्णिताम्॥३॥
As he prepared to leave for his own hermitage, Ātreya raised his voice and sang this four-verse Rāma Gītā composed by the sage.
Passage 4
जय जय रामचन्द्र तव भक्तिरन्तगुणा- परमफलात्मिका जयतु मे हृदि नित्यमसौ। प्रमुदवनव्रजाधिप भवन्तमिहेन्दुमुखं द्विविधिविदृक्चकोरयुगलेन पिबामि सदा॥१॥४॥
Victory, victory, Rāmacandra! May this devotion to you—transcending the guṇas and embodying the supreme fruit—triumph forever in my heart. Lord of Pramudavana-Vraja, may I always drink your moonlike face here with the twin cakora birds of my eyes.
Passage 5
तव सहजाप्रियाचरणपद्मपरागभरेरह- मभिषिक्तदिव्यतनुरश्रुकलाञ्चितदृक्। अनुसवमब्जलोचन भजे भवतोः सविधं- विधिशिवनारदादिपरिवारकमलभ्यतमम्॥२॥५॥
My divine body anointed with abundant pollen from the lotus feet of your beloved Sahajā and my eyes marked by tears, I worship at every moment, lotus-eyed Lord, the presence of you both—most inaccessible even to the retinues of Brahmā, Śiva, Nārada, and the others.
Passage 6
अपि हृदयेश शेषविधिशक्रशिवादिषु- यत्किमपि कलांशमात्रमहसां विभवो जयति। स इह तव प्रमोदविपिने पशुपालवधू- पदकमलैर्विमर्दितद्रवस्फुटाभ्यो रसैः॥३॥६॥
Lord of my heart, whatever majesty belongs to only a fractional ray of splendor in Śeṣa, Brahmā, Indra, Śiva, and the others is here in your Pramoda forest transformed into manifest, flowing rasa beneath the lotus feet of the cowherd women. Source note: The final compound of the printed passage is densely set as पदकमलैर्विमर्दितद्रवस्फुटाभ्यो रसैः. The English follows its clear contrast between fragmentary divine majesty and the rasa manifested beneath the cowherd women's lotus feet, without silently substituting a conjectural root.
Passage 7
जयतु सदैव भक्तमनुजेषु भवत्करुणा भवजलवीचिलोलितमनः। सुविषैर्विषये भवति यथा प्रपत्तिरपि ते पदपङ्कजयोरसुलभमनन्ततपसां प्रचयेन विभो॥४॥७॥
May your compassion forever triumph among devoted human beings whose minds are tossed by the waves of becoming, so that even amid sense objects like potent poison there arises surrender to your lotus feet—something unattainable, all-pervading Lord, even through accumulations of endless austerity. Source note: The source glosses सुविषैर्विषये as referring to objects comparable to poison. That editorial explanation is reflected directly in the English. Numbering note: The source labels these four song-verses 1–4 while simultaneously continuing the chapter sequence as 4–7. Both printed systems are preserved in the Sanskrit; the reader headings follow the chapter sequence.
Passage 8
इति गानमसौ कृत्वा मुनिः प्रणयविह्वलः। श्रीरामपदयोर्न्यस्य हृदयं स्वाश्रमं ययौ॥८॥
Having sung in this way, the sage, overwhelmed by love, placed his heart at Śrī Rāma's feet and went to his own hermitage.
Passage 9
रामस्य गुणसंदोहं गायन् कौमारकादिषु। तदेव संस्मरन्नित्यं रूपं भुवनमङ्गलम्॥९॥
He sang the multitude of Rāma's virtues at the places of his childhood and elsewhere, perpetually remembering that form which blesses the worlds.
Passage 10
चरित्राणि गृणन्नुच्चैः प्रियाणि सरसानि च। रामलीलारसोन्मत्तो मन्यमानस्तृणवज्जगत्॥१०॥
He loudly praised Rāma's beloved, rasa-filled deeds. Intoxicated by the rasa of Rāma's līlā, he regarded the world as no more than straw.
Passage 11
नन्दिग्रामे गोकुले च सुखितस्यालये तथा। सौगन्धिगिरौ रत्नाद्रौ प्रमोदवनमण्डले॥११॥
He wandered at Nandigrāma, Gokula, the abode of Sukhita, Mount Saugandhika, Ratnādri, and the circle of Pramodavana;
Passage 12
श्रीमज्जनकपुर्यां च चित्रकूटे महागिरौ। उद्यानेषु च दिव्येषु भरतादिस्थलेषु च॥१२॥
at glorious Janakapura, the great mountain Citrakūṭa, the divine gardens, and the places associated with Bharata and the others;
Passage 13
श्रीलक्ष्मणस्य चावासे ब्रह्मावर्ते तथैव च। रामक्रीडामनोज्ञेषु स्थानेषु विविधेषु च॥१३॥
at Śrī Lakṣmaṇa's dwelling, Brahmāvarta, and the many enchanting places of Rāma's play.
Passage 14
रामचन्द्रं ध्यायमानो व्यचरन्मूखमत्तवत्। तत्र तत्र महर्षीणां मण्डलेषु वदत्सु यः॥१४॥
Meditating upon Rāmacandra, he wandered like one mute and intoxicated wherever assemblies of great sages were speaking. Source note: The source visibly prints मूखमत्तवत्. Its narrative sense is clear—Ātreya moves like one speechless and divinely intoxicated—so the photographed form is retained without conjectural replacement.
Passage 15
शृण्वानो रामचरितं प्रमत्तवदघूर्णत। वर्षवातातपक्लेशान् सहमानस्तपोनिधिः॥१५॥
Listening to Rāma's deeds, he swayed like one ecstatic. That treasury of austerity endured the hardships of rain, wind, and burning heat.
Passage 16
पुण्यं पापं सुखं दुःखं शापं चानुग्रहं तथा। जयाजयादिकं चैव लाभालाभादिकं तथा॥१६॥
Merit and sin, pleasure and pain, curse and blessing, victory and defeat, gain and loss—
Passage 17
तुल्यमेतन्मन्यमानो ज्ञानवैराग्यबृंहिताम्। रामभक्तिं प्रकुर्वाणः श्रुतश्रोतव्यपारगः॥१७॥
regarding all these alike, he practiced devotion to Rāma, strengthened by knowledge and dispassion, having mastered what had been heard and all that remained to be heard.
Passage 18
न्यवर्तत स सर्वेभ्यो धर्मेभ्यः सर्ववर्जितः। यावत्सारस्वतं कल्पं मुनिवेशमुपाश्रितः॥१८॥
He withdrew from every prescribed duty, relinquishing all, and retained the appearance of a sage until the Sārasvata kalpa.
Passage 19
कल्पे सारस्वते प्राप्ते रामचन्द्ररसोत्सुकः। ततः स भविता योगी चन्द्रचूडाह्वया सखी॥१९॥
When the Sārasvata kalpa arrives, the yogin, eager for the rasa of Rāmacandra, will become the companion named Candracūḍā.
Passage 20
एवं वेदर्षयः सर्वे भवितारः सखीपदम्। श्रीरामकृपया प्राप्तं रसभोगफलात्मकम्। दुर्लभं भुवनेष्वन्यैर्देवदानवमानवैः॥२०॥
In the same way all the Veda-sages will attain, through Śrī Rāma's grace, the station of companions whose fruit is the enjoyment of rasa—a state difficult for other gods, demons, or human beings in the worlds to obtain.