 | Book 12 Chapter 3
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| 1 | nārada uvāca
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| 1 | karṇasya bāhuvīryeṇa praśrayeṇa damena ca
tutoṣa bhṛguśārdūlo guruśuśrūṣayā tathā
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| 2 | tasmai sa vidhivat kṛtsnaṃ brahmāstraṃ sanivartanam
provācākhilam avyagraṃ tapasvī sutapasvine
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| 3 | viditāstras tataḥ karṇo ramamāṇo 'śrame bhṛgoḥ
cakāra vai dhanurvede yatnam adbhutavikramaḥ
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| 4 | tataḥ kadā cid rāmas tu carann āśramam antikāt
karṇena sahito dhīmān upavāsena karśitaḥ
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| 5 | suṣvāpa jāmadagnyo vai visrambhotpannasauhṛdaḥ
karṇasyotsaṅga ādhāya śiraḥ klāntamanā guruḥ
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| 6 | atha kṛmiḥ śleṣmamayo māṃsaśoṇitabhojanaḥ
dāruṇo dāruṇasparśaḥ karṇasyābhyāśam āgamat
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| 7 | sa tasyorum athāsādya bibheda rudhirāśanaḥ
na cainam aśakat kṣeptuṃ hantuṃ vāpi guror bhayāt
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| 8 | saṃdaśyamāno 'pi tathā kṛmiṇā tena bhārata
guruprabodhaśaṅkī ca tam upaikṣata sūtajaḥ
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| 9 | karṇas tu vedanāṃ dhairyād asahyāṃ vinigṛhya tām
akampann avyathaṃś caiva dhārayām āsa bhārgavam
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| 10 | yadā tu rudhireṇāṅge parispṛṣṭo bhṛgūdvahaḥ
tadābudhyata tejasvī saṃtaptaś cedam abravīt
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| 11 | aho 'smy aśucitāṃ prāptaḥ kim idaṃ kriyate tvayā
kathayasva bhayaṃ tyaktvā yāthātathyam idaṃ mama
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| 12 | tasya karṇas tadācaṣṭa kṛmiṇā paribhakṣaṇam
dadarśa rāmas taṃ cāpi kṛmiṃ sūkarasaṃnibham
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| 13 | aṣṭapādaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ sūcībhir iva saṃvṛtam
romabhiḥ saṃniruddhāṅgam alarkaṃ nāma nāmataḥ
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| 14 | sa dṛṣṭamātro rāmeṇa kṛmiḥ prāṇān avāsṛjat
tasminn evāsṛksaṃklinne tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 15 | tato 'ntarikṣe dadṛśe viśvarūpaḥ karālavān
rākṣaso lohitagrīvaḥ kṛṣṇāṅgo meghavāhanaḥ
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| 16 | sa rāmaṃ prāñjalir bhūtvā babhāṣe pūrṇamānasaḥ
svasti te bhṛguśārdūla gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam
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| 17 | mokṣito narakād asmi bhavatā munisattama
bhadraṃ ca te 'stu nandiś ca priyaṃ me bhavatā kṛtam
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| 18 | tam uvāca mahābāhur jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
kas tvaṃ kasmāc ca narakaṃ pratipanno bravīhi tat
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| 19 | so 'bravīd aham āsaṃ prāg gṛtso nāma mahāsuraḥ
purā devayuge tāta bhṛgos tulyavayā iva
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| 20 | so 'haṃ bhṛgoḥ sudayitāṃ bhāryām apaharaṃ balāt
maharṣer abhiśāpena kṛmibhūto 'pataṃ bhuvi
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| 21 | abravīt tu sa māṃ krodhāt tava pūrvapitāmahaḥ
mūtraśleṣmāśanaḥ pāpa nirayaṃ pratipatsyase
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| 22 | śāpasyānto bhaved brahmann ity evaṃ tam athābruvam
bhavitā bhārgave rāma iti mām abravīd bhṛguḥ
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| 23 | so 'ham etāṃ gatiṃ prāpto yathā nakuśalaṃ tathā
tvayā sādho samāgamya vimuktaḥ pāpayonitaḥ
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| 24 | evam uktvā namaskṛtya yayau rāmaṃ mahāsuraḥ
rāmaḥ karṇaṃ tu sakrodham idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 25 | atiduḥkham idaṃ mūḍha na jātu brāhmaṇaḥ sahet
kṣatriyasyaiva te dhairyaṃ kāmayā satyam ucyatām
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| 26 | tam uvāca tataḥ karṇaḥ śāpabhītaḥ prasādayan
brahmakṣatrāntare sūtaṃ jātaṃ māṃ viddhi bhārgava
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| 27 | rādheyaḥ karṇa iti māṃ pravadanti janā bhuvi
prasādaṃ kuru me brahmann astralubdhasya bhārgava
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| 28 | pitā gurur na saṃdeho vedavidyāpradaḥ prabhuḥ
ato bhārgava ity uktaṃ mayā gotraṃ tavāntike
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| 29 | tam uvāca bhṛguśreṣṭhaḥ saroṣaḥ prahasann iva
bhūmau nipatitaṃ dīnaṃ vepamānaṃ kṛtāñjalim
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| 30 | yasmān mithyopacarito astralobhād iha tvayā
tasmād etad dhi te mūḍha brahmāstraṃ pratibhāsyati
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| 31 | anyatra vadhakālāt te sadṛśena sameyuṣaḥ
abrāhmaṇe na hi brahma dhruvaṃ tiṣṭhet kadā cana
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| 32 | gacchedānīṃ na te sthānam anṛtasyeha vidyate
na tvayā sadṛśo yuddhe bhavitā kśatriyo bhuvi
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| 33 | evam uktas tu rāmeṇa nyāyenopajagāma saḥ
duryodhanam upāgamya kṛtāstro 'smīti cābravīt
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