Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
cures the perversities, caused by the fivefold* ignorance, of those men who treasure
up in their heart even a few Caupå∂s (small four-footed verses) of this narrative that
appeal to them as most charming. If there is anyone who is all-beautiful, all-wise and
all-merciful and who is fond of the forlorn, it is Råma and Råma alone; who else can
compare with Him as a disinterested friend and a bestower of eternal bliss? Nowhere
can we find a lord like ›r∂ Råma, by an iota of whose grace even the dull-witted
Tulas∂dåsa has found supreme peace. (1ó3)
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Do.: mo sama d∂na na d∂na hita tumha samåna raghub∂ra,
asa bicåri raghuba≈sa mani harahu biama bhava bh∂ra.130(A).
kåmihi nåri piåri jimi lobhihi priya jimi dåma,
timi raghunåtha nira≈tara priya lågahu mohi råma.130(B).
There is no one so miserable as I nor such a friend of the miserable as You, O Hero
of Raghuís line ! Realizing this, O Jewel of Raghuís race, take away my fear of transmigration,
which is so terrible. May You be ever so dear to me, Råma, as woman is dear to a lustful
man, and as lucre is dear to the greedy, O Lord of the Raghus. (130 A-B)
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›loka: yatpµurva≈ prabhuƒå kæta≈ sukavinå ‹r∂‹ambhunå durgama≈
‹r∂madråmapadåbjabhaktimani‹a≈ pråptyai tu råmåyaƒam,
matvå tadraghunåthanåmanirata≈ svåntastama¨‹åntaye
bhååbaddhamida≈ cakåra tulas∂dåsastathå månasam.1.
* The fivefold ignorance has been characterized as mistaking (1) the unreal for real, (2) the ephemeral
for the eternal, (3) the painful as pleasurable, (4) the impure for pure and (5) that which is worth discarding for
something worth acquiring.