Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

* UTTARA-KÅ°NœA *
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I have told you this narrative according to my own lights, although at first I kept
it secret. I saw excessive fondness for the same in your heart and then I narrated to you
the story of ›r∂ Råma (the Lord of the Raghus). This story, however, should not be
repeated to a perverse knave, who does not listen attentively to the story of ›r∂ Hari; nor
should it be recited to a greedy, irascible or lustful man who worship not the Lord of all
animate and inanimate creation. It should never be repeated to a Bråhmaƒa-hater, be he
a monarch as great as Indra (the lord of the celestials). They alone are qualified to hear
›r∂ Råmaís narrative, who are extremely fond of communion with holy men. They alone
are fit to hear it, who are devoted to the feet of their preceptor, and are lovers of propriety
and votaries of the Bråhmaƒas. The story affords special delight to them who hold the
graceful Lord of the Raghus dear as life. (1ó4)
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Do.: råma carana rati jo caha athavå pada nirbåna,
bhåva sahita so yaha kathå karau ‹ravana pu¢a påna.128.
He who seeks devotion to the feet of ›r∂ Råma or to enjoy the state of eternal
bliss should fondly drink in this story with the cups of his ears. (128)
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Cau.: råma kathå girijå maiÚ baran∂, kali mala samani manomala haran∂.
sa≈sæti roga saj∂vana mµur∂, råma kathå gåvahiÚ ‹ruti sµur∂.1.
ehi maha° rucira sapta sopånå, raghupati bhagati kera pa≈thånå.
ati hari kæpå jåhi para ho∂, påu° dei ehiÚ måraga so∂.2.
mana kåmanå siddhi nara påvå, je yaha kathå kapa¢a taji gåvå.
kahahiÚ sunahiÚ anumodana karah∂°, te gopada iva bhavanidhi tarah∂°.3.
suni saba kathå hædaya ati bhå∂, girijå bol∂ girå suhå∂.
nåtha kæpå° mama gata sa≈dehå, råma carana upajeu nava nehå.4.
I have narrated, Girijå, the story of ›r∂ Råma, which wipes out the sins of the Kali
age and removes the impurities of the mind. The narrative of ›r∂ Råma, as is declared
by the Vedas and the seers, is a life-giving herb to cure the disease of birth and death.
It has seven beautiful stairs, which are so many roads as it were leading to the goal of
Devotion to the Lord of the Raghus. He alone who enjoys the utmost grace of ›r∂ Hari
can set his foot on this road (the road to Devotion). Men who sing this story in a guileless
spirit attain the object of their soulís desire. Nay, they who repeat or listen to it or even
approve of its recitation cross the ocean of mundane existence as they would the print