exhilarating dip in the river

Jai Sri Ram,
The festivities connected with the weddings of Sri Rama and his younger brothers represents the graceful swell in the river,

Which is a source of delight to all,

Those who rejoice and experience a thrill of joy in narrating or hearing the story are the lucky souls,

Who take an exhilarating dip in the river,

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judicious replies

Jai sri Ram,
The numerous questions are boats on the river,

While the judicious replies to the same are the skilled boatmen,

The conversation that follows the narrations of the story is the crowd of travelers moving along the the river banks,

The wrath of Parshurama represents the furious current of this river, while Sri Rama's soft words are the strongly built Ghatas on the banks,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
The child like sports of the four divine brothers are the numerous lotus flowers of varied colors,

While the stock of merits of king Dasaratha and his consorts and court represent the bees and water birds,

The fascinating story of Sita's choice,

Marriage is the delightful charm surrounding the river,

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the charm of the eddies and waves

Jai Sri Ram,
The bridegroom's party in the wedding of goddess Gauri,

And the great lord Shiva are numberless aquatic creatures of the various kinds,

The rejoicing and felicitations that attended the advent of sri Rama,

The chief of Raghu's represents the charm of the eddies and waves,

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the Manasa Lake

Jai Sri Ram,
With its source in the Manasa Lake.

United with celestial River Ganga,

The Sarayu of sri Ram fame will purify the mind of the pious souls who listen to it,

While the strange episode interspersed here and there are groves and gardens as it were adjourning the river Banks,

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sri Rama's divine personality,

Jai Sri Ram,
The beautiful Sarayu in the form of sri Rama's fair renown joined the heavenly stream Ganga of devotion of Sri Rama,

The later was joined again by the charming stream of the mighty Sona in the form of the martial glory of Rama with his younger brother Laxmana

Intervening the two streams the Sarayu and Sona shines the celestial stream of devotion blended with noble dispassion and reason,

This triple stream, which scares away the threefold agony referred to the above, headed towards the ocean of sri Rama's divine personality,

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This holy stream

Jai sri Ram,
This holy stream, issuing as it does from the beautiful Manasa lake,

Uproots in its course all the impurities of the Kali age,

Whether in the form of tiny blades of grass or of mighty trees,

The three types of audience are the towns, villages and cities on both the banks, and the congregation of the saints is the incomparable Ayodhya, which is the fountain of all auspicious blessings,

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torrent of love

Jai Sri Ram,
The heart was flooded with joy and alacrity and a torrent of love and rapture welled from it,

thence flowed a stream of beautiful poetry, carrying the water of sri Rama's fair renown,

Sarayu is the name of this river, which is the very fountain of pure bliss,

The secular view point and the view point of Vedas-there represents its two charming banks

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
All these obstacles do not, however, deter him whom Sri Rama regards with overwhelming kindness,

He alone reverently bathe in this lake, thus escape the three fold agony of the fiercest kind,

Those men who cherish ideal devotion to the feet of sri Rama never quit this lake, brother, Diligently practice Satsanga, that association with Saints,

Having seen the said manasa lake with the mind's eye and taken a dip into it, the poet's intellect got purged of all its dross,

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Bhagwan Parshuram

Jai sri Ram,
Today, it is appearance day of Bhagwan Parshuram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu,

Bhagwan Parshuram, a Saint with difference, a truth with light and a Brahman not only by birth but with truth of purity in conjunction with austerity and penance,

Bhagwan Parshuram, the remover of afflictions and killer of demons and the savior of suppliant, with a dedicated son to a great Sage,

Bhagwan Parshuram, seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu which co-exist along with incarnation as lord Rama, blessed with deathless entity with a boon from his Father, act as a devotee of lord Shiva throughout his truth, Obeisance to Bhagwan Parshuram with faith and reverence,

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tries to satisfy him

Jai sri Ram,
Finding himself unable to take a plunge into the lake,

Or to drink from it, he returns with a feeling of pride,

And if anyone comes to inquire about the lake,

He tries to satisfy him by vilifying it,

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Benumbing cold

Jai Sri Ram,
Even if anyone makes his way to it undergoing so much hardship,

He is forthwith attacked by ague in the shape of drowsiness,

Benumbing cold in the shape of stupor overtakes his heart,

So that the unhappy soul is deprived of a dip even after reaching there,

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no love

Jai Sri Ram,
The Manasa is most inaccessible to those,

Who lack provisions for the journey in the shape of piety,

Who do not enjoy the company of saints,

And who have no love for the Lord of Raghus that Sri Rama,

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domestic life

Jai Sri Ram,
Bad Company, which is so obdurate, constitute a terribly rough road,

And the words of such companion are so many tigers, lions and serpents,

The previous occupations and entanglements of domestic life are huge mountains which are so difficult to approach,

Infatuation, arrogance and pride are so may inaccessible woods and sophism of various kinds are frightful streams,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
For here there are no varied talks of pleasure of senses,

Corresponding to snails, frogs and moss,

That is why poor crows and herons in the form of lustful men lack the heart to visit this place,

For there is much difficulty to getting to this place and it is not possible to reach it without the grace of Sri Rama,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Those who carefully recite this poem,

They alone are vigilant guard of this lake,

And those men and women who reverently hear it everyday are great gods exercising jurisdiction over this Mansarovara lake,

Sensual wretches are the accursed  herons and crows never approach the lake,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram is an legendary incarnation of Lord Vishnu that to help the life varyingly,

Name of Sri Rama itself is a tangible support to sail safe in the deadliest mundane ocean of transmigration,

Chanting the name of sri Rama is an invocation of the divine that to rejuvenate and recharge self,

Beside its inherent quality, it is a fair companion of soul with entity or without and enhance the prospects of panorama soul bear with in journey of life,

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moisture of love

Jai Sri Ram,
Spiritual enlightenment is their fruit and loving devotion to the feet of Sri Hari constitutes the sap of this fruit, so declare by Vedas,

The various other episodes forming part of this narrative are birds of different colors, such as parrot and the cuckoo,

The thrill of Joy that one experiences while listening to this narrative represents the flower gardens, orchards and grooves and the delight one feels is the sporting of birds,

While  a noble mind is the Gardner, who waters the garden with the moisture of love through the charming jars of eyes,

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Hare Rama

Jai sri Ram,
Unless one adore Sri Hari our troubles will not end, Month of Sri Hari Vishnu Sacred Baisakh is here,

Without Sri Rama's grace it is not possible to know the greatness of Lord,

Without knowledge faith is out of question and without faith there can be no love,

Devotion will not abide any more than the lubricity produced by Water, Without faith there can be no devotion and sri Rama never melts except through devotion, and without sr Rama's grace the human soul can never attain peace even in a dream,

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Yamas and Niyamas

Jai sri Ram,
Even so mind control, the five Yamas or forms of self restraint,

Viz,, non violence, truthfulness, non-thieving, continence and non acquisition of property,

The Five Niyamas or religious vows,

Viz,, those of external and internal purity, contentment, austerity, study of sacred books or repetition of the divine name and self surrender to God,

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canopies of creepers

Jai Sri Ram,
Eulogies on virtuous men, pious soul and the name of God,

These correspond to water birds of Various kinds,

The assemblage of saints referred to herein are mango groves hemming the lake on all sides and the piety has been likened to the vernal season,

The exposition of the various types of devotion and the references to forbearance, compassion and  sense control represents the canopies of creepers,

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Sacred Baisakh

Jai sri Ram,
Sacred Baisakh is here to bless the life on varying chapters that relates to, presiding deity of the Month is Lord Vishnu, sri Vishnu Pad Puja is the subject of the month for devotees to make it for the eternal cause,

Sri Ram is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, manifest for the cause of devotees, Brahmanas, cows, gods and the earth,

Chanting the name of lord Rama may help one to regain the lost wisdom of soul, the power of sound vibration is long since acknowledged in the field of life sciences and these vibrations can penetrate the deep down and high in the sky of self to energies self at subtle and cosmic levels to meet the challenges of journey here and hereafter,

 Indeed chanting the name of sri Rama as per prescribed norms of the time and ages from the scripts of sages and saints may set out harmonious patters to the format of entity soul bear with,

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Jai sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
The implications and involution and the various excellences and styles of poetry are the lovely fishes of various kinds,

The Four Ends of human existent, worldly riches, religious merits, enjoyment and liberation,

the reasoned exposition of Jnana that knowledge of qualified divinity both with and without form,

The nine sentiments of poetry and references of Japa, austerity and penance, yoga, the contemplative union with god and detachment from the world, all these represents the charming aquatic creature of this lake, 

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The Swan

Jai sri Ram,
The other metres, viz-Chandas, Sorathias and Dohas, are the cluster of charming many colored lotuses,

The incomparable sense, the beautiful ideas and the elegant expression represent the poolen, honesty and fragrance of those flowers respectively,

The virtuous acts mentioned therein are the charming swarms of bees,

The references to spiritual enlightenment, dispassion and reason represent the swan,

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Hare Rama

Jai sri Ram,
Sri Ram, is not just a name of entity which exist for the welfare of mankind and to establish the path of a fair life but  a truth which may lead one to the supreme reality for that supreme cause,

It is not that ten thousand years ago, Sri Rama manifest for the cause of gods, Cow, Brahman and Earth, Sri Rama manifest again and again with time and again to help the cause in form which relates the subject most,

Saints and sages of the ages and aeons have tries to elaborate one facet of sri Rama, but Sri Rama possessed with infinite facets on the infinite scale of time and ages,

Sri Ram, is not just a subject of faith but a truth that follows the life and nature and devotees recognize this truth on the plane of heart for the cause both ways either to meet the challenges of mundane life or to cross over the whirlpool of Maya that to sail safe to that shore,

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beautiful pearls,

Jai sri Ram,
The Glory of Sri Rama and Sita constitutes the nectarean water,

The smiles represents the soul ravishing sport of its wavelets,

The beautiful verses represent the thick growth of Lotus plants,

The various poetic devices constitute the lovely shell that yields beautiful pearls,

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Four

Jai sri Ram,
The four most beautiful and excellent dialogues those between, Bhusandi and Garuda, Shiva and Parvati, Yajyavalakya and Bhardwaja, Tulsidas and other saints,

That have been cleverly woven into the narrative are for lovely Ghatas of this holy and charming lake,

The seven books are the seven beautiful flights of steps, which the soul delights to look upon with the eyes of wisdom,

The unqualified and unbounded greatness of sri Rama,

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Sri Hanuman Jayanti

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Hanuman Jayanti today, a very auspicious day to celebrate in divine spirit, a truth to adore with faith and reverence,

Sri Hanuman ji, a legendary devotee of Lord Rama and a great servant that to serve the devotees of Sri Rama,

Sri Hanuman ji, a messenger of Sri Rama, a truth available at all all time in all the ages and in all regions of this universe,

Sri Hanuman ji, a Guru, a disinterested friend, a guide, a guard and a savior by nature, whose very though ensures success, and a truth which removes the obstacles of life, and eradicate the demons and evil spirit, above all a tangible support for devotees of lord Rama,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
The same holy water, when it dropped on the soil of the intellect,

Flowed in a volume through the beautiful channel of the ears,

And collecting in the lovely spot called the heart, came to be stationary,

Having remained there for a long time, it become clear, agreeable, cool and refreshing,

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it is life itself

Jai Sri Ram,
Pastimes of a personal God that such holy men narrate in extenso are the transparency of this water ,

Which cleans all impurities, While loving devotion,

Which defies all description, represent its sweetness and coolness,

This water is beneficial for the paddy crop in the form of virtuous deeds, it is life itself to the devotees of sri Rama,

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sri Rama's excellent Glory

Jai Sri Ram,
A refined intellect is the catchment area,

Heart is the fathomless depression,

The Vedas and the Puranas constitute the ocean,

While holy men represents the clouds which rain down pure, sweet agreeable and blessed water in the form of sri Rama's excellent Glory,

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By the grace of Lord Shiva,

Jai Sri Ram,
By the grace of Lord Shiva a blessed idea inspired the mind of Tulsidasa,

Which made him author of Sri Ramacaritamanasa,

The Author has published his composition to the best of his intellect,

Yet listen to it with sympathetic mind, O noble souls, and correct it,

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Sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
Obeisance to Lord Rama, the soul of this universe and a truth that tangible support for spirit to sustain even midst odd whirlpools of Maya,

Obeisance to Lord Rama, the wish yielding tree and a cow of plenty to the devotees,

Obeisance to Lord Rama, that easy to serve and easy to approach through mild and simple prayer for the help and the cause, a well known protector of suppliant,

Obeisance to Lord Rama, a disinterested friend of forlorn and a giver boons, that with a wonderful form which resembles a blue lotus, a sapphire and dark cloud in its freshness which impart eternal peace and that blissful unison to devotees for a eternal cause,

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Jai Sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami today, a great day for devotees of Lord Rama, not just an appearance day of Bhagwan Sri Ram but a most relevant day for spirit to match with for eternal cause,

Story of sri Rama is not limited to words and acts, it is infinite in self yet finite for devotees to perceive at core base of heart with faith,

Glory of Sri Rama is not just a pastime of Bhagwan Ram but a comprehensive teaching for man to sail safe in the ocean of mundane existence,

All gods, saints and men pitched on the truth of self with sound of barter but sri Rama, a disinterested friend and and tangible help without any wish for favor from, Sri Rama is a truth of soul that Brahma which makes it easy for spirit to untie the knots of Maya at will and will,

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Sri Ram Navami

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami is just  at the threshold of the day, tomorrow devotees celebrate this divine day in all the fourteen regions of this existence,

In divine celebration, pastime of Lord Rama is concern with truth of life and the cause, adoration of the day in love with lotus feet of the Lord is priority for devotees,

Sri Rama is not just an incarnation of lord sri Hari Vishnu for the define cause but a truth to adore with for ultimate gains, in the journey of life,

Sri Rama, a king, a warrior, a Saint and a help to life, His name alone is more than enough to sail safe in the deadliest ocean of mundane existence, tomorrow is the day to mark with self for the eternal cause, 

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Sri Ram Navami

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami is not far away from here, 13th April, devotees recite the verses from the sri Ramayana throughout the Shakti Days in spirit of celebration to mark the day,

Lord Rama manifest for the Sake of Brahmanas, Cows, gods, and saints, took birth as a man assuming a form which is a product of His own will,

The day is to indulge in ecstasy of absorption into Brahma,

Indeed a day to recall the pastime of Lord Rama, the giver of good fortune and spiritual wealth,

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O Noble souls

Jai Sri Ram,
I repeat the same delightful and charming story,

Hear it reverently and attentively, O Noble souls,

Invoking Uma that goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, who has a bull emblazoned on his standard,

I now proceed to give a full account as to what this Ramacaritamanasa is like, how it came to be and what led to its popularity in the world,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Having conceived it, the great Lord Shiva treasured it in his mind till,

When a favorable opportunity presented itself,

He communicated it to His consort,

Therefore, after due consideration Lord Shiva joyously gave it the excellent title of Ramacaritamanasa,

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Lord Shiva

Jai Sri Ram,
The holy and beautiful Ramacaritamanasa is the delight of sages,

It was conceived by Shambhu that Lord Shiva,

It puts down the three kinds of error, sorrow and indigence

And uproots all evil practices and impurities of Kali age,

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Solace

Jai Sri Ram,
The impurities of lust, arrogance and hypocrisy positively disappears from the mind of those who hear it,

One derive solace by hearing its very Name-Ramacaritamanasa,

The Manasa like lake of Sri Rama's exploits,

The Elephant of our mind, which is being scorched by the wild fire f sensuous enjoyments, is sure to get relief should it drop into this lake,

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mortal coil

Jai sri Ram,
There are countless living beings in this world belonging to the four species,

Viviparous, Oviparous, Sweat born and those shooting from the Earth,

Whoever of these shed their mortal coil in Ayodhya are never born again,

Knowing the town to be charming in every-way, a bestower of all forms of success and a storehouse of blessings, i commenced writing this scared story there,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram
Even Sarada and goddess of learning,

With Her pure intelligence cannot describe the infinite glory of this most sacred River,

The beautiful town of Ayodhya grants an abode in abode in Sri Rama's heaven,

It is celebrated through all the worlds and is the holiest of the holy.

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Sarayu

Jai Sri Ram,
Numerous groups of pious men take dip in the holy water of the Sarayu river,

And visualizing in their heart the beautiful swarthy form of Sri Rama,

Mutter His Name,

The very sight and touch of the Sarayu, a dip into its water or a drought from it cleans one's sin's-so declare the Vedas and Puranas,

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13th April

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami is not far away from here,

Sri Rama Navami is appearance day of Lord Rama,

Ninth day of Chaitra Navrtarey is celebrated as Sri Ram Navami,

This auspicious day is on 13th April next to next Saturday, a legendary day for devotees of Lord Rama,

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come and pray

Jai Sri Ram,
On this day of sri Rama Birth,

The presiding spirits of all holy places flock there,

So declare the Vedas and Demons, Nagas, Birds, human beings, sages and gods come and pray their homage to lord of Raghus,

Wise men celebrate the great birthday festival and sing the sweet glory of sri Rama,

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At Ayodhya

Jai Sri Ram,
Placing my head on the feet of Sri Hari,

I commence this story in the Samvat 1631, 

Day Tuesday-ninth of lunar month of Chaitra,

This story shed its luster at Ayodhya,

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fair virtues of sri Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Putting away all doubts in this way and placing on my head the dust from the lotus feet of my preceptor,

I supplicate all with joined palms once more,

So that no blame may attach to my telling of the story,

Reverently bowing my head to Lord Shiva, now i proceed to recount the fair virtues of sri Rama,

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Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Rama is infinite, infinite are His virtues,

The dimensions of his story are also immeasurable,

Those whose thoughts are pure will,

Therefore, feel no surprise when they hear it,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Let no one who should happen not to have heard this anecdote before be surprised to hear it,

Wise men who hear this uncommon, legend marvel not, for they know there is no limit to the stories of Sri Rama in this world,

They are convinced in their heart that Sri Rama has bodied himself forth in diverse ways and that the Ramayana, though consisting of a thousand million verses, is yet infinite,

Great sages have diversely sung the charming stories of Sri Hari, relating as they do to different Kalpas or cycles, bearing this in mind, the reader should not entertain any doubt and should hear this narrative and with devotion,

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The exploit of sri Rama

Jai sri Ram,
The exploit of sri Rama are delightful to one and all even as the rays of the full Moon,

They are particularly agreeable and highly beneficial to the mind of the Virtuous,

Who can be compared to the white water lily and the cakora bird,

I shall now relate at some length the seed of the story, how goddess Bhavani questioned Lord Sankara and How Sankara answered Her question,

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In Kali

Jai Sri Ram,
Stars as it were adorning the autumnal sky in the shape of the poet's mind,

And the very life treasure for the devotees of Sri Rama, a rich harvest of enjoyments as it, were yielding by the totality of one's meritorious deeds and sincerely devoted to the good of the world like holy men,

Sporting in the mind of the devotees as swans in the Mansarovara lake and purifying as the waves of the holy Ganga,

The host of virtues possessed by sri Rama are like a blazing fire to consume the dry wood of evil ways, fallacious reasoning, mischievous practices, deceit, hypocrisy  and heresy prevailing in Kali,

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Vishnu and Shiva

Jai Sri Ram,
Dear to Lord Shiva, the slayer of the demon Tripura as a highly respectable and most beloved guest and wish yielding clouds, quenching the fire of indigence,,

They are spell and valuable gems as it were for counteracting the venom of serpents in the form of sensuous enjoyments,

And efface the deep marks of evil destiny contained on the forehead,

They are sunbeams, as it were, dispelling the darkness of ignorance and clouds nourishing the paddy crop in the form of devotees, tree paradise, as it were, yielding the object on one's desire, easily available for service and gratification like Vishnu and Shiva,

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antidotes for sins

Jai Sri Ram,
They are celestial physicians for the fell disease of metempsychosis, parents to Sita and Rama,

And the seed of holy vows, practices and observances, antidotes for sins, agonies and grief and beloved guardians in this as well as in the next world,

Valiant ministers to king reason, and a veritable Agastaya  drinking up the illimitable ocean of greed,

Young lions residing in the forest of the devotee's mind to kill the herd of elephants in the shape of lust, anger and impurities of the Kali age,,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
The narrative of Rama is a lovely wish yielding gem,

A graceful adornment for saintly wisdom,

The host of Virtues possessed by Sri Rama are a blessing to the world and the bestower of liberation, riches, religious merit and the divine abode,

They are true teachers of wisdom, dispassion and Yoga,

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divine pastimes

Jai Sri Ram,
River Narmada which has its source in mount Mekala, a peak of the Amarakantaka hills, is a mine of all attainments as well as of happiness and prosperity,

It is to noble qualities what mother Aditi is to gods,

It is the culmination as it were of devotion to and love for Sri Rama,

The story of Sri Rama is the river Mandakini which washes the foot of Citrakuta , a guileless heart is mount Citrakuta one of the happy resorts of Sri Rama during his wanderings in the forest, while pure love, say, Tulsidasa, is the woodland in which Sita and Rama carry on their divine pastimes,

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