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35 passagesतस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राघवस्य महात्मनः । कुम्भयोनिर्मिहातेजा राममेतदुवाच ह ।। ७.२.१ ।।
Hearing that speech of that great-souled Raghava, the pot-born sage, great in splendor, spoke these words to Rama indeed.
शृणु राम कथावृत्तं तस्य तेजोबलं महत् । जघान शत्रून्येनासौ न च वध्यः स शत्रुभिः ।। ७.२.२ ।।
Hear, Rāma, the account of his story, his great splendor and strength: by which he slew enemies, he was not to be slain by his enemies.
तावत्ते रावणस्येदं कुलं जन्म च राघव । वरप्रदानं च तथा तस्मै दत्तं ब्रवीमि ते ।। ७.२.३ ।।
Now then, O Raghava, I shall tell you of this lineage of Ravana, and his birth, and also the granting of the boon, and likewise what was given to him.
पुरा कृतयुगे राम प्रजापतिसुतः प्रभुः । पुलस्त्यो नाम ब्रह्मर्षिः साक्षादिव पितामहः ।। ७.२.४ ।।
Long ago, in the Kṛta Age, O Rāma, there was a powerful son of Prajāpati: a Brahmarṣi named Pulastya, virtually the Grandfather himself.
नानुकीर्त्या गुणास्तस्य धर्मतः शीलतस्तथा । प्रजापतेः पुत्र इति वक्तुं शक्यं हि नामतः ।। ७.२.५ ।।
His qualities cannot be fully recounted—whether in respect of righteousness or likewise of character. It can indeed be stated only by name that he was the son of Prajāpati.
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