Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.111
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7.111.1
एतावदेतदाख्यानं सोत्तरं ब्रह्मपूजितम् ।
रामायणमिति ख्यातं मुख्यं वाल्मीकीना कृतम् ॥ ७.१११.१ ॥
Thus far is this narrative, together with its sequel, honored by Brahmā. This foremost work composed by Vālmīki is known as the Rāmāyaṇa.
7.111.2
ततः प्रतिष्ठितो विष्णुः स्वर्गलोके यथा पुरम् ।
येन व्याप्तमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥ ७.१११.२ ॥
Then Viṣṇu was established in his city in the heavenly world, as before, by whom all this three-worlded cosmos, with its moving and unmoving beings, is pervaded.
7.111.3
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः ।
नित्यं शृण्वन्ति सन्तुष्टाः दिव्यं रामायणं दिवि ॥ ७.१११.३ ॥
Then the gods, together with the gandharvas, the siddhas and the great sages, delighted, constantly listen to the divine Rāmāyaṇa in heaven.
7.111.4
इदमाख्यानमायुष्यं सौभाग्यं पापनाशनम् ।
रामायणं वेदसमं श्राद्धेषु श्रावयेद्बुधः ॥ ७.१११.४ ॥
This narrative brings long life and good fortune and destroys sin. The wise should have the Rāmāyaṇa, equal to the Vedas, recited at the śrāddha rites.
7.111.5
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रमधनो लभते धनम् ।
सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्येत पदमप्यस्य यः पठेत् ॥ ७.१११.५ ॥
A childless man obtains a son, a poor man obtains wealth, and whoever recites even a single verse-quarter of this is freed from all sins.
7.111.6
पापान्यपि च यः कुर्यादहन्यहनि मानवः ।
पठत्येकमपि श्लोकं पापात्स परिमुच्यते ॥ ७.१११.६ ॥
Even a person who commits sins day after day, if he recites even a single verse, is completely freed from sin.
7.111.7
वाचकाय च दातव्यं वस्त्रं धेनुं हिरण्यकम् ।
वाचके परितुष्टे तु तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः ॥ ७.१११.७ ॥
A reciter should be given cloth, a cow and gold; when the reciter is pleased, all the gods are pleased.
7.111.8
एतदाख्यानमायुष्यं पठन्रामायणं नरः ।
सपुत्रपौत्रो लोके ऽस्मिन्प्रेत्य चेह महीयते ॥ ७.१११.८ ॥
This narrative prolongs life. A man who recites the Rāmāyaṇa lives in this world with sons and grandsons, and is honored here even after death.
7.111.9
अयोध्या ऽपि पुरी रम्या शून्या वर्षगणान्बहून् ।
ऋषभं प्राप्य राजानं निवासमुपयास्यति ॥ ७.१११.९ ॥
The lovely city of Ayodhyā too will lie empty for many years; then, having obtained a noble king, it will again become an abode.
7.111.10
एतदाख्यानमायुष्यं सभविष्यं सहोत्तरम् ।
कृतवान्प्रचेतसः पुत्रस्तद्ब्रह्माप्यन्वमन्यत ॥ ७.१११.१० ॥
This narrative, with its future and its Uttara part, prolongs life. The son of Pracetas composed it, and Brahmā too approved it.
7.111.11
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयायुतस्य च ।
लभते श्रावणादेव सर्गस्यैकस्य मानवः ॥ ७.१११.११ ॥
A person who merely hears one single canto of this obtains the merit of a thousand horse-sacrifices and ten thousand Vājapeya rites.
7.111.12
प्रयागादीनि तीर्थानि गङ्गाद्याः सरितस्तथा ।
नैमिशादीन्यरण्यानि कुरुक्षेत्रादिकान्यपि ।
गतानि तेन लोके ऽस्मिन्येन रामायणं श्रुतम् ॥ ७.१११.१२ ॥
He who has heard the Rāmāyaṇa has, in this world, reached the sacred fords such as Prayāga, the rivers such as the Gaṅgā, the forests such as Naimiṣa, and Kurukṣetra and the rest.
7.111.13
हेमभारं कुरुक्षेत्रे ग्रस्ते भानौ प्रयच्छति ।
यश्च रामायणं लोके शृणोति सदृशावुभौ ॥ ७.१११.१३ ॥
He who gives a load of gold at Kurukṣetra when the sun is eclipsed, and he who hears the Rāmāyaṇa in this world, both obtain equal merit.
7.111.14
सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमायुक्तः शृणुते राघवीं कथाम् ।
सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्येत विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥ ७.१११.१४ ॥
He who, endowed with rightful faith, listens to the story of the Rāghava is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
7.111.15
आदिकाव्यमिदं त्वार्षं पुरा वाल्मीकिना कृतम् ।
यः शृणोति सदा भक्त्या स गच्छेद्वैष्णवीं तनुम् ॥ ७.१११.१५ ॥
This is the first poem, the work of the sages, composed long ago by Vālmīki. Whoever hears it always with devotion may attain a body belonging to Viṣṇu.
7.111.16
पुत्रदाराश्च वर्धन्ते सम्पदः सन्ततिस्तथा ।
सत्यमेतद्विदित्वा तु श्रोतव्यं नियतात्मभिः ॥ ७.१११.१६ ॥
Sons and wives increase, and prosperity and offspring likewise. Knowing this to be true, those of controlled mind should indeed listen to it.
7.111.17
गायत्र्याश्च स्वरूपं तद्रामायणमनुत्तमम् ॥ ७.१११.१७ ॥
That Rāmāyaṇa, which is the very form of the Gāyatrī, is supreme.
7.111.18
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रमधनो लभते धनम् ।
सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्येत पदमप्यस्य यः पठेत् ॥ ७.१११.१८ ॥
The childless obtains a son, the poor obtains wealth. Whoever recites even a single line of this is freed from all sins.
7.111.19
यः पठेच्छृणुयान्नित्यं चरितं राघवस्य ह ।
भक्त्या निष्कल्मषो भूत्वा दीर्घमायुरवाप्नुयात् ॥ ७.१११.१९ ॥
Whoever daily reads or hears the deeds of Rāghava (Rāma) with devotion, becomes free from sin and obtains long life.
7.111.20
चिन्तयेद्राघवं नित्यं श्रेयः प्राप्तुं य इच्छति ।
श्रावयेदिदमाख्यानं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो दिने दिने ॥ ७.१११.२० ॥
One who desires the highest good should always contemplate Rāghava, and day after day should recite this narrative to brahmins.
7.111.21
यस्त्विदं रघुनाथस्य चरितं सकलं पठेत् ।
सो ऽसुक्षये विष्णुलोकं गच्छत्येव न संशयः ॥ ७.१११.२१ ॥
Whoever recites this entire deed-story of Raghunātha (Rāma) goes, at the end of life, to the world of Viṣṇu; there is no doubt.
7.111.22
पिता पितामहस्तस्य तथैव प्रपितामहः ।
तत्पिता तत्पिता चैव विष्णुं यान्ति न संशयः ॥ ७.१११.२२ ॥
His father, his grandfather, likewise his great-grandfather, and their fathers and their fathers' fathers, all go to Viṣṇu; there is no doubt.
7.111.23
चतुर्वर्गप्रदं नित्यं चरितं राघवस्य तु ।
तस्माद्यत्नवता नित्यं श्रोतव्यं परमं सदा ॥ ७.१११.२३ ॥
The deeds of Rāghava always grant the four aims of life (dharma, wealth, pleasure, liberation); therefore one who strives should always listen to it with supreme reverence.
7.111.24
शृण्वन्रामायणं भक्त्या यः पादं पदमेव वा ।
स याति ब्रह्मणः स्थानं ब्रह्मणा पूज्यते सदा ॥ ७.१११.२४ ॥
Whoever hears the Rāmāyaṇa with devotion, even a single quarter-verse or a single word, goes to the abode of Brahmā and is always honored by Brahmā.
7.111.25
एवमेतत्पुरावृत्तमाख्यानं भद्रमस्तु वः ।
प्रव्याहरत विस्रब्धं बलं विष्णोः प्रवर्धताम् ॥ ७.१११.२५ ॥
Thus is this ancient narrative told. May there be blessings upon you. Proclaim it fearlessly; may the strength of Viṣṇu increase.