GLORY OF LORD RAMA by mcsharma राम रामेति रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे - सहस्त्र नाम तुतुल्यम राम नाम वरानने - राम राम शुब रटी सब खान आनंद धाम - सहस्त्र नाम के तुल्य है राम नाम शुभ नाम___ मंगल भवन अमंगल हारी उमा सहित जेहि जपहि पुरारी
Jai Sri Ram,
Nevertheless, when the preceptor repeated the story time after time,
I followed it to an extent according to my poor lights,
I shall versify the same in the popular tongue,
So that my mind may derive satisfaction from it,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Cosmic inhalation is a common phenomenon for man to activate the spirit at its optimized pitch in the body,
To react favorable, fair truth of the body system plays a pivotal role, and yoga is the key to making it,
With Yoga, the homogeneous modification takes place in the body to facilitate the spirit for the respective cause in the Journey,
The practice of Yoga in daily life in truth with self could a milestone to cover the journey favorable to the destined destination,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Then I heard the same story in the holy Sukeraketra, from my preceptor,
But I had no sense in those days of mind childhood, I could not follow it full well,
Bothe 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 impurities of the kali age, expect to follow it,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Both these, the listener that Bharadwaj and the reciter Yajnavalakya, are equally virtuous,
They view all alike and acquired with the pastimes of Sri Hari,
Like an embolic myrobalan fruit placed on one's palm, they hold the past, present, and future within their knowledge,
Besides these, other enlightened devotees of Sri Hari too recite, hear and understand this story in diverse ways,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks please
Jai Sri Ram,
Lord Shiva graciously communicated it to His consort Uma,
Shiva imparted it once to Kakabhusandi, a sage in the form of a crow,
Knowing him to be a devotee of Sri Rama and one qualified to hear it, it was Yajnavalakya who received it from the Kakabhusandi and narrated it to Sage Bhardwaj,
Both these, the listener that Bharadwaj and the reciter Yajnavalakya, are equally virtuous,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The charming story which Yajnavalakya related to the Sage Bharadwaj,
I shall repeat the same dialogue at length,
Let all good souls hear it with a feeling of delight,
This revising tale was conceived by Sambhu that Lord Shiva,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Tulsi Das too will be blessed by the same,
Thus revealing my merits and demerits,
And bow my head once more to all,
I proceed to sing the immaculate glory of the chief of the Raghus, by hearing which the impurities of the kali age are wiped away,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The Hero of Raghu's clan, on the hand, honored them both at his meeting with Bharata and commended them in open court,
While the Lord sat at the foot of the tree, the monkeys perched themselves high on the boughs,
Such insolent creature, He exalted to his own position,
There is no lord as generous as Sri Rama, Sri Rama is beneficent to all, and is the fact,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The Lord Never cherishes in his mind the lapse,
If any, on part of a devotee, while he remembers the letters spirit a hundred times,
For instance, the very crime of which he had killed Vali even as a huntsman was repeated in the misdemeanor perpetrated by Sugreeva,
Vibhishan was guilty of the same offense, but Sri Rama took no cognizance of it even in a dream,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The Lord, on the other hand, applauded my devotion and spirit on hearing of,
Perceiving and scanning them with the mind's eye,
If there is anything good in one's heart,
It is marred by the telling, for Sri Rama is pleased to note what in the devotee's mind,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Everybody calls me a servant of the 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 Tulsidas,
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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, a defined day to adore the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu, the savior,
Adoration of the day annihilates the accumulating impurities and imparts the fresh fragrance of purity to the soul,
Diet regulations are there but the man may accommodate with the truth and cause of individual, spirit of service in truth with submission matters the most,
Simplicity that above the horizon of the mimic show is the chapters concern with adoration and undue exhibition of the practice may derail the truth of adoration, better be placed suitable to invoke self to capitalize the opportunity,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ganga Dushera today, a divine day to celebrate in the glory of celestial stream Sri Ganga,
Sri Ganga Ji served the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu in many forms to attain the truth of divine wisdom,
Sri Rama worships holy Ganga Ji in many forms to mark a legend for men to follow,
In the kali age, Mother Ganga is the most effective antidote for the ills of affliction imparted by the shadows of Maya,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Rama gets pleased with unalloyed love,
But who is duller and more impure of mind in this world than,
The benevolent Rama will nonetheless respect the devotion,
And the pleasure of this wicked servant, Sri Rama, who made barks out of rocks and wise counselors out of monkeys and bears,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
And the pious, sensible, amiable, and supremely compassionate ruler,
Who takes descent from a ray of God,
Greets all with sweet words hearing their compliments and appraising their compassion, devotion, supplication, and conduct,
Such is the way of the earthy monarch, to say nothing of the lord, who is the crest jewel of wise men.
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please,
Jai Sri Ram,
In the world as well as in the Vedas we observe the following characteristics 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 or bad, a good poet or a bad one,
All men and women extol the king according to his or her light,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
I proceed to recount the virtues of Sri Rama,
He whose grace is never tired of showing its goodwill to others will mend my errors every day,
Rama a noble Lord, and a poor servant like myself,
Yet, true to his own disposition that storehouse of compassion has fostered me,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Man must start his day with the consciousness that he is a not distinct from nature,
Life on the planet is part of the nature and nature nourish the life varyingly and man is among them,
Man must make a resolution to follow along with his journey, that in no form he shall harm the nature, knowingly or unknowingly, that is all-wise who maintain the truth of consciousness while to interface the journey on the planet on varying aspects,
Man needs to be submissive to the truth of nature, disinterested service to the nature help to create a meaningful environment,
May Lord bless all,
Thanka, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The Name repeated either with good or evil intentions,
In an angry mood or even while yawning,
Diffuses joy in all the ten directions,
Remembering that Name and bowing my head to the Lord of Raghus, I proceed to recount the virtues of Sri Rama,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The name of Rama is as it were,
The lord manifested as a man lion,
And the Kali age, the demon Harinyakasipu,
Crushing this enemy of gods, the name will protect the devotees repeating it, even as the man-lion protected Prahalada,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
In Kaliyug neither Karma nor Bhakti nor Jnana avails,
The name of Rama is the only resort,
The Kali age is as it were the demon Kalanemi,
The repository of all wiles, whereas, the name is the wise and mighty Hanuman,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
In this terrible age, the name alone is a wish-yielding tree,
The very thought of which puts an end to all the illusions of the world,
The Name Rama is bestower of one's desired object in this age of Kali,
It is beneficent in the other world and one's father and mother in this world,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The verdict of the Vedas and Puranas as well as of saints is just this,
That love of Rama or the name Rama is the reward of all virtuous acts,
In the first age contemplation, in the second age sacrifice, in dwaper are the lord is propitiated through worship,
This Kali age, however, is simply corrupt and the root of all impurities, where the mind of man wallows like a fish in the ocean of sin, in this terrible age the name alone is a wish-yielding tree,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
It may kindly be noted that the traditional system of treatment of disease in the world employs medicines but the afflictions that cause multiple diseases needs extra mileage to recover from eternally,
Today is an opportunity to meet the date, it is Sri Somvati Amavasya, a day to enlighten self with the truth of divine nectar for the disease of birth and death spirit suffer severely,
Enjoining the divine cult of the day may help the self varyingly, the most effective way to cure the eternal and mental diseases spirit suffer in the journey of life on the planet,
Adoration of the day is an opportunity for aspirants and devotees to rescue themselves from the unwanted ties and knots of the Maya that forced spirit to go through the hell of transmigration,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Not only in this Kali age but in all the four ages,
At all times that past, present, and future,
And in all the three spheres, heaven, earth, and the subterranean region,
Creatures have been rid of grief by repeating the Name,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
I have no words to depict the glory of the 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 age of Kali, by remembering which Tulsidas, the poet himself was transformed from an intoxicated drug-like hemp plant to the Holy Basil,
May Lord bless all,
Thank, please
Jai Sri Ram,
It was because of his repeating the name that the Lord showed his grace on Prahlada, who thereby became the crest jewel of devotees,
Dhruva repeated the name of Sri Hari with a feeling of indignation at the harsh treatment received from his stepmother and thereby attained a fixed incomparable station in the heavens,
It is by remembering the Holy Name that Hanuman, son of wind god, holds 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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, a divine chapter to update self in truth with the cause of being a man in the journey of life,
Adoration of the day allows the spirit to course through your being for fair introspection of self in truth with cause irrespective of if and but's of the journey,
The floodgate of his divine grace makes it for the devotees on the occasion to enrich them with the truth of Lord Sri Hari Vishnu,
Indeed a day to culture self with wakeful spiritual care that for the universal cause of self,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
By the grace of the Name alone, Lord Shiva is immortal,
And through endowed with inauspicious paraphernalia, such as the wrath of the skulls, is yet a storehouse of blessings,
Again, it is by the grace of the name alone that Siddhas that adepts, sages, and yogis like Suka, Sanaka, and others enjoy divine ruptures,
Narada realized the glory of the name, that is why, while Sri Hari is beloved of the world, and Hara, is dear to Sri Hari, he is dear to Hari and Hara, Vishnu and Shiva, Both,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
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 in joy which is peculiarly own by the grace of the name,
They know not to sorrow even in dreams,
The name is thus greater than Brahma and Sri Rama both and confers blessings even on the bestowed of boons, knowing this in his heart, the great lord shiv chose this word Rama for himself out of Sri Rama's story comprising 100 crores verses,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Rama killed Ravana with all his family,
And returned to his own city with Sita,
He was then crowned king in the capital of Ayodhya,
While gods and sages have sung his glories in choicest phrases,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The superb glory of the name shines in the world as well as in the Vedas,
Sri Rama collected an army of bears and monkeys,
And took no little pain over the construction of a bridge to connect the mainland with the island of Lanka,
Through the repetition of his name, however, the ocean of mundane existence itself gets dried up, let the wise bear in mind,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
As is well known to all,
Sri Rama extended His protection to two devotees,
Sugriva and Vibhishan,
His name, on the other hand, has showered its grace on numerous humble souls
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
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, that celebrated Bhil Woman, and the vulture,
While his name delivered innumerable wretches, the tale of its virtues is well known in the Vedas,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
In his person, Sri Rama broke the bow of Shiva,
While the very glory of His Name dispels the fear of rebirth,
The Lord restored the charm of the Dandaka forest alone,
While His name purifies the minds of countless devotees,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
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 souls,
For the sake of sage Vishvamitra Sri Rama wrought the destruction of Suketu's daughter Tadaka with her army, while his name puts an end to the devotee's vain hopes along with his errors and sorrow even as the sun terminates night,
May Lord bless all,
Thank, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The glory of the name is thus greater than that of the absolute,
I shall show how my judgment of the name is superior even to Sri Rama,
For the sake of 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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Though both are inaccessible by themselves, they are easily attainable through the name,
Therefore I have called the name greater than Brahma and Sri Rama both, Brahma is one, all-pervading and imperishable, he is all truth, consciousness, and a compact mass of joy,
Even though such an immutable lord is present in every heart, all beings in the world are nonetheless miserable and unhappy,
Through the practice of the Name preceded by its true appraisement, however, the same Brahma reveals itself even as the value of a jewel is revealed by its correct knowledge,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Oblations are being made to conclude the sacred Yajna of Sacred Baisakh, a meaningful chapter for devotees of Sri Hari Vishnu,
Celestials and divinities are contributing their truth to the sacred Yajna for the cause of life on the planet that for safe and free passage of the spirit on pilgrimage,
Sri Satya Vrat Katha narrates unto the glory of Bhagwan Sri Satya Dev that a tangible help of his devotees and ever helps them in varying forms to rescue them from the delution of Maya,
This is a day to adore in truth with spirit, follow the truth, indulge in deeds with truth, accommodate truth in self, and respect the dignity of truth through varying chapters available with, embrace the truth,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Friends should not take this as a bold assertion on the part of this servant,
I record my mind's own conviction, partiality and liking,
The two aspects of Brahma should be recognized as akin to the fire which is latent in wood,
While other corresponds to that which is extremely visible,
may Lord bless all,
Thanks please
Jai Sri Ram,
Even those who are free from all desires,
And absorbed in the joy of devotion to Sri Rama have thrown their heart as fish into the nectarine of supreme affection for the name,
There are two aspects of the God, one unqualified and the other qualified,
Both these aspects are unspeakable, without beginning and without parallel, to my mind, greater than both is the name, that has established its rule over both by its might,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi Today, the Visibility of the man is very limited to the light and objects around,
But the vision of the man is beyond the limitations and man may visualize the truth behind the veils even of other regions,
Sri Ekadasi is a truth that imparts vision to intercept the things in the light of self, it not only signifies the hope that is known in the name of life but does impart light to have a fair glimpse of the self to untie the knots of Maya,
Adoration of the day in spirit with self through respective discipline could prove to be a milestone in pilgrimage with embodied truth,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
All the four, clever as they are, rely upon the name,
Of these, the enlightened devotee is especially dear to Lord,
The glory of the name is supreme in all the four Yogas and all the four Vedas,
Particularly in the Kali age, in which there is no other means of salvation,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Sita Navami today, is a pious day to enjoin the divine celebrations in truth with the celestial festival,
A day to glorify self through respective oblations in the lotus feet of Mother Sita through varting chapters available with,
Goddess Sita, the truth of Sri Rama, an idol of austere penance, and a caring mother that cares and helps the devotees of Sri Rama, time and ages unceasingly singing her virtues, a mystic compassionate,
Obeisance to you Mother with all faith and reverence in truth with submission, Revere your lotus feet on the occasion and bow my head again and again in your kind honor,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
If devotees in distress mutter the name,
Their worst calamities of the gravest type disappear, and they become happy,
In this world, there are four kinds of devotees of Sri Rama,
All of them are virtuous, sinless, and noble,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Even those seekers of truth, who aspire to know the mysterious ways of providence are able to comprehend them by muttering the name,
Strivers hankerings after worldly achievements repeat the name,
Absorbed in contemplation and becoming accomplished,
Acquiring superhuman powers such as that of becoming infinitely small in size,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Yogis that mystics who are full of dispassion and are wholly detached from God's creation keep awake in the daylight of wisdom muttering the name with their tongue,
And enjoy the felicity of Brahma, that absolute,
Which is incomparable unspeakable, unmixed with sorrow,
And devoid of name and form,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Install the luminous gem in the shape of the divine name, RAMA,
On the threshold of the tongue at the doorway of your mouth,
If you will have light both inside and outside,
O Tulsidas,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Typical forms cannot be identified, even if they be in your hand, without knowing their name,
And if the name is remembered even without seeing the form, the latter flashes on the mind with a special liking for it,
The mystery of name and form is a tale that cannot be told, though delightful to comprehend,
It cannot be described in words, between the unqualified absolute and qualified divinity, the name is a good intermediary, it is a cleaver interpreter revealing the truth of both,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
It is presumptuous on one's part to declare as to which is superior or inferior,
Hearing the distinctive merits of both, pious souls will judge for themselves,
Forms are found to be subordinate to the name,
Without the name, you cannot come to the knowledge of a form,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Akshaya tithi today, an auspicious chapter for life on the planet, a gracious occasion to enjoin the truth of eternity,
This Jaya Tithi is Akshaya by the gracious truth of Lord Vishnu, Indeed a favorable truth for spirit in the journey as a man on the planet,
A mystic help for devotees and aspirants to reach the glory of self, a most viable day for a man to revamp the truth of eternity belongs to,
This unique chapter is blessed by the gracious appearance of Lord Vishnu in the form of a Legendary Brahman none other than Bhagwan Parshuram, Obeisance to you on this divine occasion, and revere your lotus feet with faith and reverence,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The lord appears in person at the very mention of his name,
Name and Form are the two attributes of the God,
Both of them are ineffable and beginningless,
And can be rightly understood only by means of good intelligence,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The name amd the object named,
Though similar in significance, are aliked as master and servant one to the other,
That is to say, even though there is complete identity between God and his name,
The former closely follows the latter even as a servant follow his master,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks please
Jai Sri Ram,
Again, they are like bees for the beautiful lotus in the shape of the devotee's mind,
And are the very like Sri Hari, Sri Krishna, and Haladhara,
Who wielded a plough as a weapon, for Yashoda-their foster mother, the wife of Nanda, in the shape of a tongue,
Let the two letters forming part of the name of Raghuvara crown all the letters of the alphabet, the one spreading like an umbrella and other resting as a crest jewel, O Tulsi das,
May Lord bless all,
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