Sri Rama's birth

 Jai sri Ram,

On this day of Sri Rama's 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 pay their homage to the lord of Raghus,

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

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Samvat 1631

 Jai Sri Ram,

Placing my head on the feet of Sri Hari,

I commence this story in Samvat 1631 that 1574 A.D.

On Tuesday, the ninth of the lunar month of Chaitra,

This story shed its luster at Ayodhya,

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Now i proceed

 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 the 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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Sri Rama is infinite, Infinite are his virtues

 Jai Sri Ram,

Bearing this in mind, the reader should not entertain any doubt and should hear this narrative reverently and with devotion,

Sri Rama is infinite, Infinite are his virtues 

And the dimension of his story are also immeasurable,

Those whose thoughts are pure will,, therefore, feel no surprise when they hear it,

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Sri Ekadasi Parv

 Jai Sri Ram,

Sri Ekadasi Parv today with divine fragrance of Purushotam Maas, indeed a meaning chapter for Man to make it for self,

Life is a complex issue for all and all are in swat of Yoga-Maya, the divine illusion, hard to sustain with but for Man,

There are many inclusive chapters for man to recover from and among them one is Adoration of Sri Ekadasi Parv, in the light of this divine festival man may update self with eternal power of lord Vishnu to counter the affliction of life,

Lord Vishnu, the most venerable truth that embodiment of compassion, refuge in him ever act as tangible support to man and sri Ekadasi is the day to take refuge in sublime truth of Lord Vishnu,

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sri Rama has bodied himself forth in diverse ways

 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 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, 

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strange narrative

 Jai Sri Ram,

I shall now relate at some length the seed of the story,

How Goddess Bhavani questioned Lord Shankara,

And how the latter answered her question, 

Waving a strange narrative round this episode,

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Blazing fire

 Jai Sri Ram,

The hosts 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,

The exploits 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,  

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Rich harvest

 Jai Sri Ram,

Exploits of Sri Rama, a rich harvest of enjoyments as it, were yielded by the totality of one's meritorious deeds,

And sincerely devoted to the good of the world like holy men,

Supporting in the mind of the devotees as swans in the Manasarovara lake,

And purifying as the waves of the holy Ganga,

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venom of serpents

 Jai Sri Ram,

They are spells 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, trees of paradise, as it were, yielding the object of one's desire, easily available are service and gratifying like Vishnu and Shiva, stars as it were adorning the autumnal sky in the shape of the poet's mind, and the very life's treasure for the devotees of sri Rama, 

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wild fire of indigence

 Jai sri Ram,

Practices and observances, antidotes and sins, agonies and griefs, and beloved guardians in this as well as in the next world,

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

Young lions residing in the forest of the devotees's mind to kill the herd of elephants in the shape of lust, anger and impurities of Kali age dear to lord Shiva as a highly respectable and most beloved guest and wish yielding clouds quenching the wild fire of indigence,

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contemplative union with God,

 Jai Sri Ram,

They are true teachers of wisdom, dispassion and Yoga,

That contemplative union with God,

And celestial physician for the fell disease of metempsychosis,

Parents of devotion to Sita and Rama and the seed of all holy vows, 

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The narrative of Sri Rama

 Jai Sri Ram,

The narrative of Sri Rama is lovely wish yielding gem,

And a graceful adornment for saintly wisdom,

The hosts of virtues possessed by sri Rama are a blessing to the world,

And bestower of liberation, riches, religious merit and the divine abode,

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Sita Rama carry on their pastime

 Jai Sri Ram,

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 Chitakoot,

One of the happy resort of sri Rama during his wanderings in the forest while pore love, says Tulsidasa, is wonderland in which Sita Rama carry on their divine pastime,

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Hulasi

 Jai Sri Ram,

Like the sacred River Yamuna in this world it scares away the messengers of Yama-the death god,

It is holy Kashi as it were for the liberation of souls,

It is clear to Rama as the sacred basil plant and is truly beneficent to Tulsidasa as his own mother, Hulasi,

It is beloved of Lord Shiva as river Narmada which has its source in mount Mekala,

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sprang from the ocean

 Jai Sri Ganesha,

It is beneficent to pious soul, even as Goddess Parvati, the daughter of Himalaya, is friendly to gods,

Again, it puts an end to hell even as Parvati exterminated the army of demons,

It flows from assemblage of saints, even as Lakshmi-goddess of wealth, sprang from the ocean,

And like the immovable Earth it bears the burden of the entire creation,

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river of nectar

 Jai Sri Ram

It is a beautiful life giving herb for the virtuous,

It is veritable river of nectar on the surface of globe,

It shatters the fear of birth and death, 

And it is a virtual snake for the frog of delusion,

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In this age

 Jai Sri Ram,

The story I am going to tell is such as will dispel my own doubts, errors and delusion and will serve as a boat for crossing the stream of mundane existence, 

The story of Rama is a solace to the learned and a source of delight to all men and wipes out the impurities of the Kali age,

Again it is a wooden stick for kindling the sacred fire of wisdom,

The tale of sri Rama is the cow of plenty in this age of Kali,

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critical power i possess

 Jai Sri Ram,

I shall versify the same in the popular tongue,

So that my mind may derive satisfaction from it,

Equipped with what little intellectual and critical power i possess,

I shall write with a heart inspired by Sri Hari, 

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preceptor repeated the story time after time

 Jai Sri Ram,

Both the listener and the reciter of the mysterious story of Sri Rama 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,

Nevertheless, when the preceptor repeated the story time after time,

I followed it to a certain extent according to my poor lights,

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Sukaraksetra

 Jai Sri Ram,

Beside these, other enlightened devotees of sri Hari too recite, hear and understand this story in diverse ways,

Then i heard the same story in the holy Sukaraksetra, 

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,

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Myrobalan Fruit

 Jai Sri Ram,

Shiva imparted it once more to Khakabhusandi,

A sage in the form of crow, knowing him to be a devotee of sri Rama and one qualified to hear it,

And it was Yajnavalakya who received it from the latter and narrated it to Bharadwaja, 

Both these, the listener and the reciter are equally virtuous, they view it all alike and are acquainted with the pastime of sri Hari, like a myrobalan fruit placed on one's palm, they hold the past, present and future within their knowledge, 

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Sri Ekadasi

 Jai Sri Ram,

Sri Ekadasi parv is being celebrated to gratify self on the path of virtue, 

This one is special being with truth of sri Purushotam Maas, 

Adoration of the day glorify self in many forms in both the worlds,

It is not just a divine festival from celestial cult but a truth to make it for self to reach at the sole motto of being man in the journey of life,

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Ravishing tale

 Jai Sri Ram,

The charming story which Yajnavalakya related to the good Sage Bhardwaj,

I shall repeat the same dialogue at length,

Let all good soul hear it with a feeling of delight,

This ravishing tale was conceived by Shambhu, who graciously communicate it to his consort Uma Kalyani that Goddess Parvati,

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immaculate glory of Sri Rama

 Jai Sri Ram,

Your goodness, O Rama, is beneficent to all, if this is the fact,

Tulsidasa too will be blessed by the same,

Thus revealing my merits and demerits and bowing my head once more to all,

I proceed to sing the immaculate glory of Sri Rama, by hearing which the impurities of the Kali age are wiped away, 

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There is no Lord as generous as Sri Rama,

 Jai sri Ram,

The Lord never cherishes in his mind the lapse, if any, on part of the devotee,

While he remembers the latter's spirit a hundred times,

While the lord sat the foot of tree, the monkeys perched them, selves high on the boughs, such insolent creature he exalted to his own position, 

There is no Lord as generous as Sri Rama, 

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mind's eye

 Jai Sri Ram,

The Lord, on the other hand, applauded my devotion and spirit on hearing of,

Perceiving and scanning them with mind's eye,

If there is anything good in one's heart, it is marred by telling,

For sri Rama is pleased to note what is there in the devotee's mind,

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even in dream

 Jai Sri Ram,

My presumption and error are indeed very great,

And hearing the tale of my sins, even hell has turned up its nose at them,

I shudder to think of it due to my assumed fears,

While sri Rama took no notice of them even in a dream,

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The Benevolent Rama

 Jai Sri Rama,

The Benevolent Rama will nonetheless respect the devotion and pleasure of this wicked servant,

Sri Rama, who made barks out of the rock, and wise counselors out of monkey and bears,

Everybody calls me a servant of lord and i myself claim to be one,

And sri Rama puts up with the scoffing remark that a master like Sita's lord has a servant like Tulsidasa,

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blessed with unalloyed love

 Jai Sri Ram,

The pious, sensible, amiable and supremely compassionate ruler,

Who takes his descent from the ray of God, greets all with sweet words hearing their compliments and appraising their composition, devotion, supplication, and conduct,

Such is the way of earthy monarchs, to say nothing of Lord, Who is crest jewel of wise men, 

Sri Rama gets pleased with unalloyed love, but who is duller and more impure of mind in this world than I,

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In the world

 Jai Sri Ram,

In the world as well as in the Vedas we observe the following characteristic in a good master,

That he comes to recognize one's devotion to him as soon as he hears one's prayer,

Rich or poor, rustic or urban, learned or unlettered, of good repute or bad, a good poet or bad one, 

All men and women extol the king according to his or her light,

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storehouse of compassion

 Jai Sri Ram,

I proceed to recount the virtues of Sri Rama,

He whose grace is never tired of showing good will to others will mend my errors in everyway,

Rama a Noble lord, and a poor servant like myself,

Yet true to his own disposition, that storehouse of compassion has fostered me,

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The Name

 Jai Sri Ram,

The Name repeated either with good or evil intention,

In an angry mood or even while yawing,

Diffuses joy in all the ten direction, 

Remembering that name and bowing my head to the Lord Rama, 

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Hiranyakasipu,

 Jai Sri Ram,

To use another metaphor,

The Name of Rama is, as it were, the lord Manifested as a man-lion,

And the Kali age, the demon Hiranyakasipu,

Crushing this enemy of gods, the name will protect the devotees repeating it, even as the man-lion protected Prahlada,

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mighty Hanuman

 Jai Sri Ram,

In Kali Yug neither Karma nor Bhakti nor Jnana,

The name of Rama is only resort,

The age of Kali is as it were the demon Kalanemi, the repository of all wiles,

Whereas the name is the wise and mighty Hanuman, 

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Father and Mother

 Jai Sri Ganesha,

In this terrible age the name alone is the wish yielding tree,

The very thought of which puts an end to all the illusion of the world,

The name of Rama is the bestower of one's desired objects in the Kali age,  

It is beneficent in the other world and one's father and mother in this world,

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The verdict

 Jai Sri Ram,

The verdict of the Vedas and Puranas as well as the saints is just this,

That love of sri Rama or the name Rama, is reward of the virtuous acts,

In the first age, contemplation-in the second age, Sacrifice-in Dwaper age the lord is propitiated through worship,

This age of Kali, however, is simply corrupt and the root of all impurities, where the mind wallows alike a fish in the ocean of sin, 

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Chaturyug

 Jai Sri Ram,

The span of life of the universe, 

Which si known by the name of Kalp, consist of 432,00,00,000 human years, has been divided into 100 epochs that Chaturyug,  

Each Chaturyug is made of For Yugas or ages, viz. Satyayuga, Dwaper, Treta and Kaliyug, 

Satyuga bear 1728000 years, Treta possess 1296000 years, Dwaper 864000 years and Kali age 432000 years,

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in all the four ages

 Jai Sri Ram,

Not only in this Kali Age,

But in all the four ages,

At all times, present, past and future,

And in all the three spheres, heaven, earth and subterranean region, creature have been rid of grief by repeating the name,

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Not even Rama

 Jai Sri Ram,

I have no words to depict the glory of Name, 

Not even Rama can adequately glorify it,

The name of Sri Rama is a wish yielding tree,

The very home of the beatitude in this Kali age, by remembering which Tulsidasa was transformed from an intoxicating drug like hemp plant into holy basil,

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Holy Name

 Jai Sri Ram,

It is by remembering the holy name that,

Sri Hanuman, son of wind god,

Hold sri Rama under his thumb,

The vile Ajamila and even the celebrated elephant and the harlot of the legend were liberated by the power of Sri Hari's Name,

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Dhruva and Prahlad

 Jai Sri Ram,

It was because of his repeating the name that Lord showered his grace on Prahlad,

Who thereby become the crest jewel of devotees,

Dhruva Repeated the name of sri Hari with a feeling of indignation at the harsh treatment received from her step mother,

And thereby attained a fixed and incomparable station in the heaven, 

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Hara and sri Hari,

 Jai Sri Ram,

Narada realized the glory of name, 

That is why, while sri Hari is beloved of the world, 

And Hara is dear to sri Hari, 

Narada is dear to Hara and sri Hari,

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Narada realized

 Jai Sri Ram,

Again it is by the grace of name alone,

That Siddhas-adepts-sages and yogis like Suka and Sanaka,

And others enjoy divine raptures,

Narada realized the glory of name, that is why, while sri Hari is beloved of the world, and Hara is dear to sri Hari,

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Lord Shiva is immortal

 Jai Sri Ram,

By the grace of name alone,

Lord Shiva is immortal,

And through endowed with inauspicious paraphernalia,

Such as wealth of skulls, is yet a store house of blessings,

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100 crore verses,

 Jai Sri Ram,

The Name is thus greater than Brahma and Sri Rama both,

And confers blessings even on the bestowers of boons, 

Knowing this in his heart,

The Great Lord Shiva chose this word Rama for himself out of sri Rama's story comprising 100 crore verses,

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conquer the formidable army of errors

 Jai sri Ram,

His servants are, however, 

Able to conquer the formidable army of errors by fondly remembering His Name,

And absorbed in devotion, move about which is peculiarly their own,

By the grace of the name they know not sorrow even in dream,

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choicest phrases

 Jai sri Ram,

Sri Rama killed in battle Ravana with his family,

And returned to his own city with Sita,

He was then crowned king in the capital of Ayodhya,

While gods and sages sung his glories in choicest phrases,

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connect the mainland with island

 Jai Sri Ram,

This superb glory of the name shines forth in the world as well as in the Vedas,

Sri Collected an army of bears and monkeys,

And took no little pain over the construction of a bridge to connect the mainland with island,

Through the repetition of his name, however, the ocean of mundane existence itself get dried up, let the wise bear this in mind,

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Sugreeva and Vibhishan,

 Jai Sri Ganesha,

As is well known to all,

Sri Rama extended His protection to two devotees only,

Sugreeva and Vibhishan,

His name, on the other hand, has showered its grace on numerous humble souls, 

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Sabari and the vulture Jatayu

 Jai Sri Ram,

The delighter of Raghus Sri Rama crushed only a host of demons,

While His Name uproots all impurities of the Kali age,

The Lord of Raghus conferred immortality only on faithful servants like Sabari and the vulture Jatayu, 

While his name has delivered innumerable wrenches, the tale of its virtues is well known in the Vedas, 

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Dandak Van

 Jai Sri Ram,

In his own person Sri Rama broke the bow of Shiva,,

While very glory of his name dispels the fear of rebirth,

The Lord restored the charm of Dandak Van alone, 

While his name purified the mind of the countless devotees,

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Suketu's daughter Tadaka

 Jai Sri Ram,

Sri Rama himself redeemed a single woman Ahilya, 

The wife of an ascetic, While his name corrected the error of crores of wicked soul,

For the sake of sage Vishvamitra, sri Rama wrought the destruction of Suketu's daughter Tadaka with her army and son Subhahu, 

While his name puts an end to the devotee's vain hopes along with errors,

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joy and blessings,

 Jai Sri Ram,

The glory of the name is thus infinitely greater than that of the absolute,

I shall show below how in my judgement the name is superior even to sri Rama,

For the sake of his devotees sri Rama assumed the form of a human being and suffering calamities himself, brought relief to the pious,

By fondly repeating his name, on the other hand, devotees easily become abodes of joy and blessings,

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Revealed by its correct knowledge

 Jai Sri Ram,

Even though such immutable lord is present in every heart,

All beings in this world are nonetheless miserable and unhappy,

Though the practice of the name preceded by its true appraisement,

However, the same Brahma reveals even as the value of a jewel is revealed by its correct knowledge,

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