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,
I shall be waiting in the shade of this banyan tree till you come back to me,
Using your critical judgment you should resort to some device whereby the stupendous error born of your ignorance may be rectified,
She racked her brains to find out what step she should take,
In order to test the divinity of Rama,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Although Lord Shiva repeated this time after time,
His exhortation made no impression on the heart of Sati,
Then Lord Shiva, realizing in his heart the potency of Sri Hari's Maya,
If you have a grave doubt in your mind, why not go and verify the things,
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Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
He who has bodied himself forth as the jewel of Raghu's race for the sake of his devotees is no other than the supreme eternal,
Who is all-pervading and ever free, who is the ruler of the worlds and the Lord of Maya,
Whom illumined sages, Yogis that mystics and adepts constantly meditate upon with their sinless mind,
And whose glory sung by the Vedas as well as the Puranas and other scriptures in negative terms as not that,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Look here Sati, the woman is foremost in you,
You should never harbor such doubt in your mind,
He is no other than Rama,
The hero of Raghu's race, my beloved deity, whose story was sung by the jar-born sage Agastya faith in whom was the subject of the talk I gave him and whom illumined sages ever wait upon,
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Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Everyone knows that he is all-wise,
Thus, her mind was filled with an interminable series of doubts,
Her heart could not be pacified by any means,
Although Bhavani that goddess Parvati, did not open her lips, Lord Hara, who is the inner controller of all, came to know everything,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Even Vishnu who takes a human form for the sake of gods is omnipresent like the slayer of Tripura, Shiva,
Can he wander in search of his consort like an ignorant man,
He who is a repository of Knowledge, the lord of the goddess of prosperity and the slayer of demons,
The words of Shambhu cannot be false,
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Jai Sri Ram,
He was enraptured to behold his beauty,
And felt an upsurge of emotion in his heart,
Which He is unable to control even to this moment,
The supreme eternal, which is all-pervading, unbegotten, without parts, free from desire, beyond Maya and beyond all distinction, and which not even the Vedas can comprehend, can it assume the shape of a man,
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Jai Sri Ram,
When Sati beheld Sambhu in this state,
A grave doubt arose in her mind,
Sankara is a lord of all the universe himself,
And deserves universal adoration, gods, men, and sages all bow their heads to him, yet he made obeisance to this prince, referring to him as the supreme being is all truth, conscious and bliss,
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Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, a day for Sri Vishnu Pad Puja, Lord Vishnu-a Savior,
It may not be helpful to secure justice in this deluded world, yet a day to adore,
It may not be helpful to reach at the truth of desire unto lucrative objects of Maya in journey, yet a day to adore,
This day belongs to the truth of eternity soul belongs to, and it may help soul to reach safe shore hereafter,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Rama,
The destroyer of cupid, Shiva, passed on exclaiming Glory to the redeemer of the Universe,
Who is all truth, Conscious, and bliss,
As the Shiva went on his way with Sati,
The merciful Lord was repeatedly thrilled with joy,
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Jai Sri Ram,
On that very occasion Sambhu Saw Sri Rama,
And excessive joy of an extraordinary type welled up in his heart,
He feasted his eyes on that ocean of beauty,
But he did not disclose his identity as he knew it was no appropriate occasion for the same,
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Jai Sri Ram,
And the two brothers roamed about in the woods in search of her,
He who knows neither union nor separation showed unmistakable signs of grief born of separation,
Exceedingly mysteriously are the ways of the Lord of Raghus,
The supremely wise alone can comprehend them, the dull-witted in their height of folly imagine something entirely different,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Having killed the antelope, Sri Hari returned with his brother,
And his eyes were filled with tears when he saw the empty hermitage,
The Lord of Raghus felt distressed at the loss like a mortal man,
And the two brothers roamed about in the woods in search of her,
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Jai Sri Ram,
The lord was thus lost in a reverie,
Meanwhile, the vile Ravana who had no less than ten heads, took with him the demon Marica,
Who forthwith assumed the illusory form of a deer,
The Fool Ravana carried off king Vedeha's daughter Sita by fraud, the lord's real might was not known to him,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, had sought from Brahman the boon of death at the hands of a human foe,
And the Lord would have the words of Brahma come true,
If I do not go to meet him,
I shall ever regret it, Shiva pondering but found no solution to the puzzle,
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Jai Sri Ram,
The Lord Has embodied himself forth secretly,
And if I Visit Him, everyone will know who he is,
In Sankara's heart there was a great tumult, Sato however, had no linking of this secret,
His mind says Tulsidasa, apprehended lest the secret might be disclosed while the temptation of obtaining a sight of Lord made his eyes wistful,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Renouncing His right to the throne at the word of his father Dasaratha,
The immortal Lord was wandering in the Dandaka forest in the garb of an ascetic,
Lord Hara kept pondering as he went,
How can I obtain a sight of Him,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Finaly, asking leave of the sage,
The slayer of the demon Tripura, Sankara, proceeded to his home with his consort,
During these days, with a view to relieving the burden of the earth,
Sri Hari had descended in the line of King Raghu,
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Jai Sri Ram,
The great sage narrated at length the story of Rama,
And Lord Mahesha listened to it with extreme delight,
The sage then inquired about devotion to Hari and Snhambhu discoursed on it finding it the Sage a fir recipient,
Thus narrating and hearing the tale of Sri Rama's virtue, the Lord of Kailash spent some days there,
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Jai Sri Ganesha,
Once upon a time, in the age of Treta,
Lord Shiva called on the Jar-born sage Agastya,
His consort, goddess Sati, Mother of the universe, accompanied him,
The sage worshipped him knowing Him to be a universal lord,
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Jai Sri Ram,
I shall repeat now to the best of my lights the dialogue between Goddess Parvati and Sambhu that Lord Shiva,
Hear, O sage,
The time and occasion of this dialogue,
Your gloom will be lifted,
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Jai Sri Ganesha,
The Divine cult of Sri Ekadasi continues in truth with its inherent philosophy,
Time has made life experienced many facets in the sphere of the celestial cult but the truth of Sri Ekadasi,
Ages have changed, seasons come and go, but immortal truth of Sri Ekadasi exists in its inherent cult to bless the devotees and aspirants for the cause eternal,
Life as a human remains at large without realizing the truth of the day, realization alone may help spirit to untie the knots of Maya at that junction,
May Lord Bless all,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi Today,
Day for Sri Vishnu Pad Puja,
Day to reconcile self in love with Lotus feet of Lord Vishnu,
Day to take refuge in lord Vishnu,
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Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The story of Sri Rama is like the moonbeams that are drunk by Cakora birds in the form of saints,
A similar doubt was expressed by no less a personage than Bhavani that Goddess Parvati,
And the great God Shiva then expounded on the matter in detail,
I shall repeat now to the best of my lights the dialogue between Goddess Parvati and Sambhu that Lord Shiva,
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Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Radha Ashtami today, the appearance day of Sri Radha Rani Ji, the eternal truth of Sri Krishna,
Devotees and aspirants on the path of truth and self are exceptionally participating in this divine cult to make it for the cause,
Sacred oblations are being made to gratify self, Parikrma is being performed at many divine regions on the planet to mark self on the occasion,
Time and truth of ages have elaborate the truth of the day in many forms which helps spirit beyond bound in both worlds, there is no difference between the moon and the moonbeam so the truth of Sri Radha and the Krishna, a day for eternal parikrama in truth with the name of Sri Radha Ji,
May Lord bless all,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Tell me in detail, My master, the story whereby my overwhelming perplexity may be overcome,
Yajnavalkya said the glory of the Lord of Raghus is already known to you, you are a devotee of Rama in thought, word, and deed,
I have come to know your ingenuity, you wish to hear an account of the hidden virtues of Rama, that is why you have questioned me as if you were quite ignorant,
Listen then, with devoted attention, my child, while I narrate the beautiful story of Rama, appalling ignorance is the gigantic demon Mahisasura, so called because he was endowed with the form of a buffalo, while narratives of Rama is the dread Kalika, who made short work of the demon,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Is it this very Rama, My Lord,
Or someone else whose name the slayer of the demon Tripura, Shiva, ever repeats,
You are an embodiment of truth and omniscient,
So ponder well and give me your considered reply,
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Jai Sri Ram,
One such Rama is the prince of Ayodhya,
Whose exploits are known throughout the world,
Infinite was his sorrow due to the loss of his wife,
And flying into a rage slew Ravana in battle,
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Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Jai Sri Ganesha, Sri Ganesh Jayanti here to oblige self through adoration of the day in shiv cult,
Sri Ganesha is known to be a truth to eradicate the hurdles of the journey in life,
Sri Ganesha is more of tangible support in the journey of devotees,
Enlighten day is here to attain the blessing from the kind honor of Lord Ganesha,
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Jai Sri Ram,
There are four broad divisions of living beings in the world,
Such of them as die in the holy city of Kashi attains the highest wisdom,
This too marks the glory of Sri Rama's name that Lord shiva mercifully imparts to the dying soul in Kashi,
I Ask You My Lord, who that Rama is, pray to explain to me, O storehouse of compassion,
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Jai Sri Ram,
Remembering this I disclose my folly,
Dispel it, taking pity on this servant, My Lord,
The saints as well as the Puranas and the Upanishad too declared that the potency of the name Rama is unlimited,
The immortal Lord Shiva, who is the fountain of joy and a storehouse of wisdom and goodness, incessantly repeats it,
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Jai Sri Ram,
The saints lay down the rule,
And the Vedas as well as the Puranas and sages too loudly proclaim,
That pure wisdom cannot be dawn in the heart,
Should one keep anything concealed from one's preceptor,
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Jai Sri Ganesha,
He Reverently washed the latter's lotus feet,
And installed him on the most sacred seat,
And extolling his fair renown with a religious ceremony,
Bharadwaj spoke in mild and reverential tones, A grave doubt haunts my my mind, Holy Sir, and the whole mystery of the Vedas stands revealed to you, I am afraid and ashamed to utter the doubt and lose the great opportunity if I keep it back,
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Jai Sri Ram,
They discuss the nature of Brahma,
That supreme eternal,
The percepts of religion and the classification of fundamental entities and expatiate on devotion to the Lord coupled with spiritual enlightenment and dispassion,
In this way they bathe for the whole month of Magha and then return each to his hermitage, there is great rejoicing every year, and having performed their ablutions while the sun stays in Capricorn then all the great sages had left for their hermitages, Bharadwaj clasped the feet and detained the supremely wise saint Yajnavalakya,
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Jai Sri Ram,
By reverently bathing in it and drinking from it all traces of sin and remorse are obliterated from the heart,
Those who have not washed their heart with water are wretches that have been duped by the age of kali,
These creatures, wandering in pursuit of sensuous pleasures, will come to grief even as a thirsty dear runs after a mirage mistaking it for real water, and returns disappointed,
Having enumerated the virtues of this water to the best of his intellectual capacity and bathed his mind in it and remembering goddess Bhavani and Lord Sankara, the poet narrates the beautiful story, installing in my heart the lotus feet of the lord of Raghus and thus securing His grace, I proceed to relate the charming story of the meeting of the two great sages that Yajnavalakya and Bhardwaj,
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Jai Sri Ram,
This marvelous water heals by the mere hearing quenches the thirst of desire and washes the dirt of the mind,
This water nourishes true love for Sri Rama and drives away the sins of the Kali age as well as the feeling o self-depreciation resulting therefrom,
It relieves the fatigue of transmigration, gratifies self-gratification itself, and puts an end to sin, sorrow, indigence, and error,
It wipes out lust, anger, pride, and infatuation and enhances pure wisdom and dispassion,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, a conscious occasion for spirit to enjoin the truth of self to update the truth of eternity it belongs to,
An enlightening day to rise above the limitation of body and thoughts, to make it for the cause of eternity spirit belongs to,
Vishnu Pad Puja is the prime subject that may lead the spirit to self unto the truth of fair realization,
Cult of the day pivoted unto the truth of self-restraint, be silent in the truth of eternity, be a pause for a while to make it for self rather than the practice of mimic shows to earn name and fame in the list of devotees,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The way the four brothers look at one another meet and love one another,
Their mirth and their ideal brotherliness,
These constitute the sweetness and fragrance of the water,
My intense longing, supplication, and humility represent the not inconsiderable lightness of this pure and holy water,
May Lord Bless all,
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Jai Sri Ram,
The river of Sri Rama's glory is delightful during all six seasons,
It is exceedingly charming and holy at all times,
The wedding of Goddess Parvati, the daughter of Himalaya, with Lord Shiva represents Hemanta or the cold season while the festival connected with the Lord's advent represents the delightful Shishir or chilly season,
The story of preparations for Rama's wedding constitutes the vernal season, the king if all seasons, which abounds in joy and felicity,
while Sri Rama's departure for the forest constitutes the oppressively hot weather and the tale of his wanderings represents the blazing sun and hot winds, the terrible conflicts with the demons represent the rainy season, which constituted a veritable blessing to the paddy crop in the form of Gods, while the prosperity attending Sri Rama's reign, his politeness and glory represent the cloudless, delightful and charming autumn, the recital of the virtues of Sita, the crest jewel of the faithful wives, constitutes the excellence of the transparent and incomparable water, and Bharat's amiability represents its coolness, which is uniform at all times and beyond description,
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Jai Sri Ram,
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,
The auspicious preparations that were through in connection with the installation of Sri Rama as the Yuvaraja that prince regret represents as it were the crowds of bathers assembled at the river bank on a sacred occasion,
Kaikeyi's evil council represents the moss on the bank, which brought a serious calamity in its wake,
The story of Bharta, which wards off all the calamities, is a congregational muttering of scared formulae carried on at the river bank, while the references to the corruptions of Kali age and to the evil propensities of the wicked soul represent the scum on the water as well as the heron's ad crows living by the riverside,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Rama,
Sri Krishna Janmashtami today, a glorious day in truth with the Sri Krishna cult,
A meaningful day to enjoy the truth of eternity in truth with devotion unto lotus feet of Lord Krishna,
A defined day for enchanting the syllabus of truth and the cause as prescribed in the pages of time as narrated by Lord Krishna,
A day with the truth of submission to mark self in the lotus feet of lord Krishna through adoration of the cult with respective discipline,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
In the fascinating story of Sita's choice, marriage is the delightful charm surrounding the river, the numerous pertinent questions are the boats on the rivers, while judicious replies to the same are the skilled boatmen,
The conversion that follows the narration of the story is the crow of travelers moving along with the river banks,
The Warth of Parashurama represents the furious current of this river, while Sri Rama's soft words strongly build Ghatas on the banks,
The festivities connected with the wedding of Sri Rama and his brothers represent the graceful swell in the river, which is a source of delight to all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The bridegroom's party in the wedding of goddess Uma and the great Lord Shiva are numberless aquatic creatures of various kinds,
The rejoicing and felicitations that attended the advent of Sri Rama,
The chief of Raghus represents the charm of the eddies and waves,
The childlike sports of the four brothers are the numerous lotus flowers of varied colors, while the stock of merits of king Dasaratha and his consort and court represent the bees and water birds,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
With its source in Manasa lake,
And united with the celestial river Ganga,
The Sarayu of Sri Rama's fame will purify the mind of the pious souls who listen to it,
While the strange episodes interspersed here and there are the groves and gardens as it was adjoining the river banks,
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Jai Sri Ram,
We are in the midst of Amrit Mahotsav at the threshold of Independence day,
A national festival in cult with patriotism,
A truth with the moral to submit self for the cause of the nation,
A celebration to invoke self in the color of patriotism,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The latter was joined again by the charming stream of mighty Sona in the form of the martial glory of Rama with his younger brother Laxman,
Intervening the two streams of Sarayu and Sona shines the celestial stream of devotion blended with noble dispassion and reason,
This triple stream scares away the threefold agony referred to above,
Headed towards the ocean of Sri Rama's divine personality,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The Three types of audiences are in towns, villages, and cities on both the banks,
And the congregation of saints is the incomparable Ayodhya,
That is a fountain of auspicious blessings,
The Beautiful Sarayu in the form of Sri Rama's fair renown joined the heavenly stream Ganga of devotion to Rama,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Saawan Purnima today in truth with divinity, a great chapter to recognize self in the light of celestial cult,
Man's freedom makes him answerable for his choice and priorities and puts him to the truth of his fundamental responsibility for his inner life,
And his truth and life in the world about him relate his destiny in both worlds, appropriate actions taken in the light of truth may safeguard him and defend him from the helpless status of being a passive victim,
Adoration of the day through inner cult in truth with realization may lead him to the truth of his eternity for the cause eternal,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
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 renown, Saryu is the name of this river, which is the very fountain of pure bliss,
The secular viewpoint and the viewpoint of the Vedas, there represent its two charming banks, 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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
He alone reverently bathes in the lake and thus escapes the threshold of the agony of the fiercest kind,
Agony is classified into three streams in a broad spectrum, first, that inflicted by other living beings, second that proceeding from natural causes and the third is caused by bodily or mental distemper,
Those men who cherish ideal devotion to the feet of Rama never quit this lake,
Let him who would baths in this lake, brother, diligently practice Satsanga that association with saints, having seen in 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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, A day for self-restraint to affirm self in truth with requisite consciousness,
Adoration of the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu helps to reach,
Know Lord Vishnu to be a savior all the way, a supporter of the spirit on a journey, and truth to adore for infinite reasons,
A supreme celebrity that embodiment of divinity, devotees enjoin sublime prayer to the eminent lord who cares in both worlds,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Even if anyone makes his way to 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 unhappy soul is deprived of a dip even after reaching there,
Finding himself unable to take a plunge into the lake or 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, all these obstacles do not, however, deter him whom Sri Rama regards with overwhelming kindness,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The Manasa is most inaccessible who lack provisions for the journey in the shape of piety,
Who does not enjoy the company of saints,
And who have no love for the lord of Raghus Sri Rama,
Even if anyone makes his way to undergoing so much hardship,
May Lord bless all,
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