Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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råma kæpå° nåsahiÚ saba rogå, jau° ehi bhå° ti banai sa≈yogå.
sadagura baida bacana bisvåså, sa≈jama yaha na biaya kai åså. 3.
raghupati bhagati saj∂vana mµur∂, anµupåna ‹raddhå mati pµur∂.
ehi bidhi bhalehiÚ so roga nasåh∂°, nåhiÚ ta jatana ko¢i nahiÚ jåh∂°. 4.
jånia taba mana biruja goså° ∂, jaba ura bala biråga adhikå∂.
sumati chudhå båRhai nita na∂, biaya åsa durbalatå ga∂. 5.
bimala gyåna jala jaba so nahå∂, taba raha råma bhagati ura chå∂.
siva aja suka sanakådika nårada, je muni brahma bicåra bisårada. 6.
saba kara mata khaganåyaka ehå, karia råma pada pa≈kaja nehå.
‹ruti puråna saba gra≈tha kahåh∂°, raghupati bhagati binå sukha nåh∂°. 7.
kama¢ha p∂¢ha jåmahiÚ baru bårå, ba≈dhyå suta baru kåhuhi mårå.
phµulahiÚ nabha baru bahubidhi phµulå, j∂va na laha sukha hari pratikµulå. 8.
tæå jåi baru mægajala pånå, baru jåmahiÚ sasa s∂sa biånå.
a≈dhakåru baru rabihi nasåvai, råma bimukha na j∂va sukha påvai. 9.
hima te anala praga¢a baru ho∂, bimukha råma sukha påva na ko∂.10.
Thus every creature in this world is ailing and is further afflicted with grief and
joy, fear, love and desolation. I have mentioned only a few diseases of the mind; although
everyone is suffering from them, few are able to detect them. These wretches, the
plague of mankind, diminish to a certain extent on being detected, but are not completely
destroyed. Fed by the unwholesome diet of sensuality they sprout even in the mind
of sages, to say nothing of poor mortals. All these ailments can no doubt be eradicated
if by ›r∂ Råmaís grace the following factors combine. There must be faith in the words
of the physician in the form of a true preceptor; and the regimen is indifference to
the pleasures of sense. Devotion to the Lord of the Raghus is the life-giving herb (to
be used as a recipe); while a devout mind serves as the vehicle in which it is taken.
By this process the ailments can certainly be eradicated; otherwise all our efforts will
fail to get rid of them. The mind should be accounted as cured, my lord, only when
the heart gathers strength in the form of dispassion, appetite in the shape of good
resolutions grows stronger and stronger everyday and weakness in the form of sensual
appetite goes. (Being thus rid of all diseases) when the soul bathes in the pure water
of wisdom, the heart is saturated with Devotion to ›r∂ Råma. Lord ›iva, Brahmå (the
Unborn), Sanaka and his three brothers, Nårada and other sages who are adept in
the investigation of Brahma, all are of this opinion, O lord of the winged creatures,
that one should cultivate devotion to the lotus-feet of ›r∂ Råma. The Vedas and Puråƒas
and all other scriptures declare that there can be no happiness without practising
devotion to the Lord of the Raghus. It would be easier for the hair to grow on the
shell of a tortoise, or for the progeny of a barren woman to slay anyone or for flowers
of every description to appear in the air than for any creature to be happy even though
hostile to ›r∂ Hari. Sooner shall thirst be slaked by drinking of a mirage or horns sprout
on a hareís head or darkness efface the sun than a creature who has turned his face
against ›r∂ Råma find happiness. Sooner shall fire appear out of ice than an enemy
of ›r∂ Råma enjoy happiness. (1ó10)
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