Chapter 117 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 117.10

इति: ब्रुवाणां काकुत्स्थं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः। अब्रवीच्छृणु मे वाक्यं सत्यं सत्यपराक्रम॥ भवान्नारायणो देवः श्रीमांश्चक्रायुधः प्रभुः। एकशृङ्गो वराहस्त्वं भूतभव्यसपत्नजित्॥ अक्षरं ब्रह्म सत्यं च मध्ये चान्ते च राघव। लोकानां त्वं परो धर्मो विष्वक्सेनश्चतुर्भुजः॥ शार्ङ्गधन्वा हृषीकेशः पुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमः। अजितः खङ्गधृग्विष्णुः कृष्णश्चैव बृहद्बलः॥ सेनानीामणीः सर्वं त्वं बुद्धिस्त्वं क्षमा दमः। प्रभवश्चाप्ययश्च त्वमुपेन्द्रो मधुसूदनः॥ इन्द्रकर्मा महेन्द्रस्त्वं पद्मनाभो रणान्तकृत्। शरण्यं शरणं च त्वामाहुर्दिव्या महर्षयः॥

iti: bruvāṇāṃ kākutsthaṃ brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ| abravīcchṛṇu me vākyaṃ satyaṃ satyaparākrama|| bhavānnārāyaṇo devaḥ śrīmāṃścakrāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ| ekaśṛṅgo varāhastvaṃ bhūtabhavyasapatnajit|| akṣaraṃ brahma satyaṃ ca madhye cānte ca rāghava| lokānāṃ tvaṃ paro dharmo viṣvaksenaścaturbhujaḥ|| śārṅgadhanvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ puruṣaḥ puruṣottamaḥ| ajitaḥ khaṅgadhṛgviṣṇuḥ kṛṣṇaścaiva bṛhadbalaḥ|| senānīāmaṇīḥ sarvaṃ tvaṃ buddhistvaṃ kṣamā damaḥ| prabhavaścāpyayaśca tvamupendro madhusūdanaḥ|| indrakarmā mahendrastvaṃ padmanābho raṇāntakṛt| śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ ca tvāmāhurdivyā maharṣayaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon Brahmā, the foremost of those conversant with the knowledge of Brahmā, spoke to Kākutstha, who had spoken thus, saying, "Do you hear my true words, O you having truth for your prowess. O lord, you are the great and effulgent, Nārāyaṇa holding discus and mace; you are the boar having one tusk; you have conquered the past, present and future; you are undecaying and without end, O Rāghava; you are the great virtue of the pious-you are the propounder of all laws and are four-armed; you are the holder of bow of time-the subduer of senses-the excellent Puruşa (person), unconquerable by sins; you are Vişņu holding dagger, Krşna and of incomparable strength; you are the army, the minister-the universe-the understanding, forgiveness and control of passions; you are the creation and destruction; Upendra and the slayer of (demon) Madhu; you are the creator of Indra; you are Mahendra; you have a lotus-like navel and you are the slayer of enemies. The celestials and the great saints style you as the refuge of those who seek for shelter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)