Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Cau.: anusuiyå ke pada gahi s∂tå, mil∂ bahori sus∂la bin∂tå.
riipatin∂ mana sukha adhikå∂, åsia dei nika¢a bai¢hå∂.1.
dibya basana bhµuana pahiråe, je nita nµutana amala suhåe.
kaha riibadhµu sarasa mædu bån∂, nåridharma kachu byåja bakhån∂.2.
måtu pitå bhråtå hitakår∂, mitaprada saba sunu råjakumår∂.
amita dåni bhartå bayadeh∂, adhama so nåri jo seva na teh∂.3.
dh∂raja dharma mitra aru når∂, åpada kåla parikhiahiÚ cår∂.
bæddha rogabasa jaRa dhanah∂nå, a≈dha badhira krodh∂ ati d∂nå.4.
aisehu pati kara kie° apamånå, nåri påva jamapura dukha nånå.
ekai dharma eka brata nemå, kåya° bacana mana pati pada premå.5.
jaga patibratå cåri bidhi ahah∂°, beda puråna sa≈ta saba kahah∂°.
uttama ke asa basa mana måh∂°, sapanehu° åna purua jaga nåh∂°.6.
madhyama parapati dekhai kaise° , bhråtå pitå putra nija jaise° .
dharma bicåri samujhi kula raha∂, so niki¢a triya ‹ruti asa kaha∂.7.
binu avasara bhaya te° raha jo∂, jånehu adhama nåri jaga so∂.
pati ba≈caka parapati rati kara∂, raurava naraka kalpa sata para∂.8.
chana sukha lågi janama sata ko¢∂, dukha na sumujha tehi sama ko kho¢∂.
binu ‹rama nåri parama gati laha∂, patibrata dharma chåRi chala gaha∂.9.
pati pratikµula janama jaha° jå∂, bidhavå hoi påi tarunå∂.10.
Then S∂tå, who was so good natured and modest, met Anasµuyå ( Atriís wife ) and
clasped her feet. The sageís wife felt extremely pleased at heart; she blessed Her and
seating Her by her side arrayed Her in heavenly robes and ornaments that remained
ever new, clean and charming. In affectionate and mild tones the holy woman then
proceeded to discourse on some wifely virtues, making Her an occasion for such
discourse: ì Listen, O Princess: a mother, father and brother are all kind to us; but they
bestow only limited joy. A husband, however, bestows unlimited joy (in the shape of
blessedness), O Videhaís daughter; vile is the woman who refuses to serve him.
Fortitude, piety a friend and a wifeóthese four are put to the test only in times of
adversity. A woman who treats her husband with disrespectóeven though he is old,
sick, dull-headed, indigent, blind, deaf, wrathful or most wretchedóshall suffer various
torments in hell (the abode of Yama). Devotion of body, speech and mind to her lordís
feet is the only duty, sacred vow and penance of a woman. There are four types of
faithful wives in this world: so declare the Vedas, the Puråƒas and all the saints. A
woman of the best type is convinced in her heart of hearts that she cannot even dream
in this world of a man other than her lord. The middling regards anotherís husband as
her own brother, father or son ( according to his age). She who is restrained by
considerations of virtue or by the thought of her race is declared by the Vedas as a low