Garuda Purana

अवतीर्णो वराहोऽथ हिरण्याक्षं जघान ह । पृथिवीं धारयामास पालयामास देवताः ॥ १,१४२.

Then, descending as the Boar, he slew Hiraṇyākṣa; he upheld the earth and protected the gods.

नरसिंहोऽवर्तोर्णोऽथ हिरण्यकशिपुंरिपुम् । दैत्यान्निहतवान्वेदधर्मादीनभ्यपालयत् ॥ १,१४२.

Then Narasiṃha, the man-lion, appeared and slew Hiraṇyakaśipu, the enemy; having destroyed the daityas, he protected the Vedas, dharma, and others.

ततः परशुरामोऽभूज्जमदग्नेर्जगत्प्रभुः । त्रिः सप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं चक्रे निः क्षत्त्रियां हरिः ॥ १,१४२.

After that, Paraśurāma, the lord of the world, was born from Jamadagni; Hari made the earth devoid of kṣatriyas twenty-one times.

कार्तवीर्यं जघानाजौ कश्यपाय महीं ददौ । यागं कृत्वा महाबाहुर्महेन्द्रे पर्वते स्थितः ॥ १,१४२.

He slew Kārtavīrya in battle and gave the earth to Kaśyapa; after performing a sacrifice, the mighty-armed one dwelt on Mount Mahendra.

ततो रामो भविष्णुश्च चतुर्धा दुष्टर्मदनः । पुत्रो दशरथाज्जज्ञे रामश्च भरतोऽनुजः ॥ १,१४२.

Then Rāma, the destroyer of the wicked, was to become manifest in fourfold form; born as the son of Daśaratha, Rāma, with Bharata as his younger brother.

लक्ष्मणश्चाथ शत्रुघ्नो रामभार्या च जानकी । रामश्च पितृसत्यार्थं मातृभ्यो हितमाचरन् ॥ १,१४२.

Lakṣmaṇa and then Śatrughna, and Jānakī, the wife of Rāma; and Rāma, for the sake of his father's promise, acted for the good of his mothers.

शृङ्गवेरं चित्रकूटं दण्डकारण्यमागतः । नासां शूर्पणखायाश्च च्छित्त्वाथ खरदूषणम् ॥ १,१४२.

He came to Śṛṅgavera, Citrakūṭa, and the Daṇḍaka forest; then, cutting off the nose of Śūrpaṇakhā, he slew Khara and Dūṣaṇa.

हत्वा स राक्षसं सीतापहारिरजनीचरम् । रावणं चानुजं तस्य लङ्कापुर्यां विभीषणम् ॥ १,१४२.

Having slain the night-wandering demon who abducted Sītā, Rāvaṇa, and his brother in Laṅkā city, he established Vibhīṣaṇa.

रक्षोराज्ये च संस्थाप्य सुग्रीवनुमन्मुखैः । आरुह्य पुष्पकं सार्धं सीतया पतिभक्तया ॥ १,१४२.

Having installed Vibhīṣaṇa in the kingdom of the rākṣasas, with Sugrīva and Hanumān at his side, he ascended the Puṣpaka chariot together with Sītā, devoted to her husband.

लक्ष्मणेनानुकूलेन ह्ययोध्यां स्वपुरीं गतः । राज्यं चकार देवादीन्पालयामास स प्रजाः ॥ १,१४२.

With Lakṣmaṇa, who was favorable, he went to Ayodhyā, his own city; he ruled the kingdom and protected the people, along with the gods and others.

धर्मसंरक्षणं चक्रे ह्यश्वमेधादिकान्क्रतून् । सा महीपतिना रेमे रामेणैव यथासुखम् ॥ १,१४२.

He maintained the protection of dharma and performed sacrifices such as the aśvamedha; that earth rejoiced under the rule of Rāma, the king, as she wished.

रावणस्य गृहे सीता स्थिता भेजे न रावणम् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सा गता राघवं सदा ॥ १,१४२.

Sītā, though dwelling in the house of Rāvaṇa, did not turn to him; by deed, mind, and speech, she was always devoted to Rāghava.

पतिव्रता तु सा सीता ह्यनसूया यथैव तु । पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यं शृणु त्वं कथयाम्यहम् ॥ १,१४२.

That Sītā was truly devoted to her husband, just as Anasūyā was; now listen, I will tell you the greatness of a devoted wife.

कौशिको ब्राह्मणः कुष्ठी प्रतिष्ठानेऽभवत्पुरा । तं तथा व्याधितं भार्या पतिं देवमिवार्चयत् ॥ १,१४२.

Once, in the city of Pratiṣṭhāna, there was a brāhmaṇa named Kauśika, afflicted with leprosy; his wife worshipped her husband as if he were a god, even in that condition.

निर्भर्त्सितापि भर्तारं तममन्यत दैवतम् । भर्त्रोक्ता सानयद्वेश्यां शुल्कमादाय चाधिकम् ॥ १,१४२.

Even when reproached, she regarded her husband as a deity; at his command, she took a hated woman and brought back extra payment.

पथि सूले तदा प्रोतमचौरं चौरशङ्कया । माण्डव्यमतिदुः खार्तमन्धकारेऽथ स द्विजः ॥ १,१४२.

On the road, there was a thief impaled on a stake, suspected of theft; Māṇḍavya, greatly afflicted, was there in the darkness, and that brāhmaṇa too.

पत्नीस्कन्धसमारूढश्चालयामास कौशिकः । पादावमर्शणत्क्रुद्धो माण्डव्यस्तमुवाच ह ॥ १,१४२.

Kauśika, carrying his wife on his shoulder, brushed against Māṇḍavya's feet; Māṇḍavya, angered by the touch, spoke to him.

सूर्योदये मृतिस्तस्य येनाहं चालितः पदा । तच्छ्रुत्वा प्राह तद्भार्या सूर्यो नोदयमेष्यति ॥ १,१४२.

He said, 'At sunrise, you shall die, for you have disturbed me with your foot.' Hearing this, his wife replied, 'The sun will not rise.'

ततः सूर्योदयाभावाद भवत्सततं निशा । बहून्यब्दप्रमाणानि ततो देवा भयं ययुः ॥ १,१४२.

Then, because the sun did not rise, night continued endlessly for many years; therefore, the gods became afraid.

ब्रह्माणं शरणं जग्मुस्तामूचे पद्मसम्भवः । प्रशाम्यते तेजसैव तपस्तेजस्त्वनेन वै ॥ १,१४२.

They sought refuge in Brahmā; the Lotus-born spoke to them: 'This ascetic heat is pacified only by ascetic heat itself.'

पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यान्नोद्गच्छति दिवाकरः । तस्य चानुदयाद्धानिर्मर्त्यानां भवतां तथा ॥ १,१४२.

Because of the greatness of the devoted wife, the sun does not rise; and due to his not rising, there is darkness for mortals, including you.

तस्मात्पतिव्रतामत्रेरनसूयां तपस्विनीम् । प्रसादयत वै पत्नीं भानोरुदयकाम्यया ॥ १,१४२.

Therefore, appease the devoted and ascetic Anasūyā, the wife, in order to bring about the sun’s rising.

तैः सा प्रसादिता गत्वा ह्यनसूया पतिव्रता । कृत्वादित्योदयं सा च तं भर्तारमजीवयत् । पतिव्रतानसूयायाः सीताभूदधिका किल ॥ १,१४२.

Having gone to her, they appeased Anasūyā, the devoted wife; she caused the sun to rise and revived her husband. Indeed, Sītā was surpassed by the devoted Anasūyā.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १४३ ब्रह्मोवाच । रामायणमतो वक्ष्ये श्रुतं पापविनाशनम् । विष्णुनाभ्यब्जतो ब्रह्मा मरीचिस्तत्सुतोऽभवत् ॥ १,१४३.

Brahmā said: Now I shall recount the Rāmāyaṇa, which destroys sin, as heard; from Viṣṇu’s navel was born Brahmā, and his son was Marīci.

मरीचेः कश्यपस्तस्माद्रविस्तस्मान्मनुः स्मृतः । मनोरिक्ष्वाकुरस्याभूद्वंशे राजा रघुः स्मृतः ॥ १,१४३.

From Marīci came Kaśyapa, from him was born Rivi, and from Rivi, Manu is remembered; in Manu’s lineage, Ikṣvāku was born, and in Ikṣvāku’s, the king Raghu is remembered.

रघोरजस्ततो जातो राजा दशरथो बली । तस्य पुत्रास्तु चत्वारो महाबलपराक्रमाः ॥ १,१४३.

From Raghu was born Aja, and from Aja, the mighty king Daśaratha; his four sons were of great strength and valor.

कौसल्यायाम भूद्रामो भरतः कैकयीसुतः । सुतौ लक्ष्मणशक्षुघ्नौ सुमित्रायां बभूवतुः ॥ १,१४३.

Rāma was born to Kausalyā, Bharata was the son of Kaikeyī; and to Sumitrā were born the two sons, Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna.

रामो भक्तः पितुर्मातुर्विश्वामित्रादवाप्तवान् । अस्त्रग्रामं ततो यक्षीं ताटकां प्रजघान ह ॥ १,१४३.

Rāma, devoted to his father and mother, received the collection of weapons from Viśvāmitra; then he slew the yakṣī Tāṭakā.

विशावमित्रस्य यज्ञे वै सुबाहुं न्यवधीद्बली । जनकस्य क्रतुं गत्वा उपयेमेऽथ जानकीम् ॥ १,१४३.

At Viśvāmitra’s sacrifice, the mighty one slew Subāhu; then, going to Janaka’s sacrifice, he married Jānakī.