Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
Cau.: jågabalika jo kathå suhå∂, bharadvåja munibarahi sunå∂.
kahihau° soi sa≈båda bakhån∂, sunahu° sakala sajjana sukhu mån∂.1.
sa≈bhu k∂nha yaha carita suhåvå, bahuri kæpå kari umahi sunåvå.
soi siva kågabhusu≈Œihi d∂nhå, råma bhagata adhikår∂ c∂nhå.2.
tehi sana jågabalika puni påvå, tinha puni bharadvåja prati gåvå.
te ‹rotå bakatå samas∂lå, sava°daras∂ jånahiÚ haril∂lå.3.
jånahiÚ t∂ni kåla nija gyånå, karatala gata åmalaka samånå.
aurau je haribhagata sujånå, kahahiÚ sunahiÚ samujhahiÚ bidhi nånå.4.
The charming story which Yåj¤avalkya related to the good sage Bharadvåja, I
shall repeat the same dialogue at length; let all good souls hear it with a feeling of delight.
This ravishing tale was conceived by ›ambhu (Lord ›iva), who graciously communicated
it to His Consort Umå (Pårvat∂). ›iva imparted it once more to Kåkabhu‹uƒŒi (a sage in
the form of crow), knowing him to be a devotee of ›r∂ Råma and one qualified to hear
it. And it was Yåj¤avalkya who received it from the latter (Kåkabhu‹uƒŒi) and narrated
it to Bharadvåja. Both these, the listener (Bharadvåja) and the reciter (Yåj¤avalkya), are
equally virtuous; they view all alike and are acquainted with the pastimes of ›r∂ Hari. Like
a emblic myrobalan fruit placed on oneís palm, they hold the past, present and future
within their knowledge. Besides these, other enlightened devotees of ›r∂ Hari too recite,
hear and understand this story in diverse ways. (1ó4)
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Do.: maiÚ puni nija gura sana sun∂ kathå so sµukarakheta,
samujh∂ nahiÚ tasi bålapana taba ati raheu° aceta.30(A).
‹rotå bakatå gyånanidhi kathå råma kai gµuRha,
kimi samujhau° maiÚ j∂va jaRa kali mala grasita bimµuRha.30(B).
Then I heard the same story in the holy ›ukaraketra* (the modern Soron in
the western United Provinces) from my preceptor; but as I had no sense in those
days of my childhood, I could not follow it full well. Both the listener and the reciter
of the mysterious story of ›r∂ Råma must be repositories of wisdom. How, then could
I, a dull and stupid creature steeped in the impurities of the Kali age, expect to
follow it ? (30 A-B)
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* The name is associated with the descent of ›r∂ Har∂ as a Boar (›µukara) who killed Hiraƒyåka, the
elder brother of Hiraƒyaka‹ipu, and lifted up the earth from the depths of the ocean, to which it had been
consigned by the said demon.