Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

1070 *
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
◊Ÿ ªÙÃËà •◊‹ •Á’ŸÊ‚Ë – ÁŸÁ’¸∑§Ê⁄U ÁŸ⁄UflÁœ ‚Èπ ⁄UÊ‚ËH
‚Ù ÃÒ¥ ÃÊÁ„U ÃÙÁ„U ŸÁ„¢U ÷appleŒÊ – ’ÊÁ⁄U ’ËÁø ßfl ªÊflÁ„¢U ’appleŒÊH 3H
Á’Á’Áœ ÷Ê°Áà ◊ÙÁ„U ◊ÈÁŸ ‚◊ȤÊÊflÊ – ÁŸªÈ¸Ÿ ◊à ◊◊ NUŒÿ° Ÿ •ÊflÊH
¬ÈÁŸ ◊Ò¥ ∑§„appleU©°U ŸÊß ¬Œ ‚Ë‚Ê – ‚ªÈŸ ©U¬Ê‚Ÿ ∑§„U„ÈU ◊ÈŸË‚ÊH 4H
⁄UÊ◊ ÷ªÁà ¡‹ ◊◊ ◊Ÿ ◊ËŸÊ– Á∑§Á◊ Á’‹ªÊß ◊ÈŸË‚ ¬˝’ËŸÊH
‚Ùß ©U¬Œapple‚ ∑§„U„ÈU ∑§Á⁄U ŒÊÿÊ – ÁŸ¡ ŸÿŸÁã„U Œappleπı¥ ⁄UÉÊÈ⁄UÊÿÊH 5H
÷Á⁄U ‹ÙøŸ Á’‹ÙÁ∑§ •flœapple‚Ê – Ã’ ‚ÈÁŸ„U©°U ÁŸªÈ¸Ÿ ©U¬Œapple‚ÊH
◊ÈÁŸ ¬ÈÁŸ ∑§Á„ U „UÁ⁄U∑§ÕÊ •ŸÍ¬Ê – π¢Á«U ‚ªÈŸ ◊à •ªÈŸ ÁŸM§¬ÊH 6H
Ã’ ◊Ò¥ ÁŸªÈ¸Ÿ ◊à ∑§⁄U ŒÍ⁄UË – ‚ªÈŸ ÁŸM§¬©°U ∑§Á⁄U „∆U ÷Í⁄UËH
©UûÊ⁄U ¬˝ÁéUûÊ⁄U ◊Ò¥ ∑§Ëã„UÊ – ◊ÈÁŸ ß ÷∞ ∑˝§Ùœ ∑apple§ øËã„UÊH 7H
‚ÈŸÈ ¬˝÷È ’„ÈUà •flÇÿÊ Á∑§∞° – ©U¬¡ ∑˝§Ùœ ÇÿÊÁŸã„U ∑apple§ Á„U∞°H
•Áà ‚¢ÉÊ⁄U·Ÿ ¡ı¥ ∑§⁄U ∑§Ù߸ – •Ÿ‹ ¬˝ª≈U ø¢ŒŸ Ãapple „UÙ߸H 8H
Cau.: taba mun∂sa raghupati guna gåthå, kahe kachuka sådara khaganåthå.
brahmagyåna rata muni bigyån∂, mohi parama adhikår∂ jån∂.1.
låge karana brahma upadeså, aja advaita aguna hædayeså.
akala an∂ha anåma arµupå, anubhava gamya akha≈Œa anµupå.2.
mana got∂ta amala abinås∂, nirbikåra niravadhi sukha rås∂.
so taiÚ tåhi tohi nahiÚ bhedå, båri b∂ci iva gåvahiÚ bedå.3.
bibidhi bhå° ti mohi muni samujhåvå, nirguna mata mama hædaya° na åvå.
puni maiÚ kaheu° nåi pada s∂så, saguna upåsana kahahu mun∂så.4.
råma bhagati jala mama mana m∂nå, kimi bilagåi mun∂sa prab∂nå.
soi upadesa kahahu kari dåyå, nija nayananhi dekhau° raghuråyå.5.
bhari locana biloki avadheså, taba sunihau° nirguna upadeså.
muni puni kahi harikathå anµupå, kha≈Œi saguna mata aguna nirµupå.6.
taba maiÚ nirguna mata kara dµur∂, saguna nirµupau° kari ha¢ha bhµur∂.
uttara pratiuttara maiÚ k∂nhå, muni tana bhae krodha ke c∂nhå.7.
sunu prabhu bahuta avagyå kie° , upaja krodha gyåninha ke hie° .
ati sa≈gharaana jau° kara ko∂, anala praga¢a ca≈dana te ho∂.8.
Thereupon the great sage recounted with reverence a few virtues of ›r∂ Råma (the
Lord of the Raghus), O lord of the feathered creation. But himself devoted to the
knowledge of Brahma (the Absolute), and knowing me to be the fittest person (to be
initiated into such knowledge), the enlightened sage began a sermon on Brahma, the
unborn, the One without a second and without attributes, the Ruler of the heart (the inner
Controller), incomprehensible, desireless, without name or form, attainable only through
realization, indivisible and incomparable, beyond the mind and the senses, immaculate
and indestructible, immutable, unlimited and all-blissful : ìYou are identical with the
Brahma referred to above; no more difference exists between Him and you than between
a sheet of water and the ripples on its surface: so declare the Vedas.î The sage
instructed me in various ways; but the truth that the individual soul is identical with the
attributeless Brahma did not appeal to my heart. Bowing my head at his feet I submitted
again, ìKindly tell me how to worship the embodied Brahma, O lord of the sages. My
mind takes delight in the worship of ›r∂ Råma even as a fish rejoiees in water; how, then,