Hear it

Jai sri Ram,
Of these details of poesy,

i possess critical knowledge of none,

I vouch for it in writing on a blank sheet,

My composition is devoid of all charms, it has only one merit, which is known throughout the world, recognizing this merit, men of sound reason, who are gifted unbiased, will surely hear it,

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Sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
Knowing it in their heart as adorned with devotion to Sri Rama,

The virtuous will listen to it with bland words of praise,

I am no poet nor an adept in the art of speech and am a cipher in all arts and sciences,

There are elegant devices of letters, subtleties of meaning, various figures of speech, material composition of different kinds, infinite varieties of emotions and sentiments and multifarious flaws and excellence of poetic composition,

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Who cherish no love

Jai Sri Ram,
To those who cherish no love for the feet of Lord,

And have no sound reason either, this story will sound unattractive to the ears,

To those, however, who posses devotion to the feet of God Vishnu and Shiva,

and whose mind is not perverse, the tale of the chief of Raghus will taste as sweet,

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Delightful Mirth

Jai Sri Ram,
To those who have no taste for poetry nor devotion to the feet of Sri Rama,

This undertaking of mine will serve as a subject for delightful mirth,

My composition is couched in the popular dialect and my intellect is feeble.

Hence it is a fit subject for ridicule and those who laugh shall not incur any blame,

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Will benefit me

Jai Sri Ram,
The laughter of the evil minded will benefit me,

Crows call the cuckoo hoarse,

Herons ridicule the swan, frogs make fun of the Cataka bird,

Malicious rogues deride refined speech,

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Rare Good soul like ocean

Jai Sri Ram,
There is some rare good soul like the ocean,

Which swells at the sight of the Full Moon,

Humble is my lot and my ambition high,

My only hope is that all good men will be gratified to hear what i say, while the evil minded will laugh,

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Rare in this world

Jai Sri Ram,
Those, however, who are hard hearten, mischievous and perverse and cherish other's faults as an ornament, will feel amused,

Who does not like one's poetry, be a delightful or exceedingly insipid,

Such good people as delight to hear other's composition are rare in this world,

The World abounds in men who resemble lakes and rivers that get swollen with their own rise when waters are added to them,

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lisping ascents

Jai Sri Ram,
Even though my intellect is exceedingly mean, my aspirations pitched too high,

While i crave for nectar, i have no mean in the world to procure even butter milk,

The virtuous will forgive my presumption and listen to my childish babbling with interest,

When a child prattles in lisping ascents, the parents hear it with mind full of delight,

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your servant

Jai Sri Ram,
Knowing me as your Servant, be genuinely gracious to me all of you, O mines of Compassion,

I have no confidence in my intellect power, hence i supplicate you all,

I world recount the virtues of the Lord of Raghus, Sri Rama but wits are poor. whereas the exploits of Sri Rama are unfathomable,

For this i find not the least resources, my ambition is right royal,

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Living beings

Jai Sri Ram,
I reverence gods, demons, human beings, Nagas, birds, spirits, manes and Gandharvas and Rakshasas,

Pray be gracious to me all on this occasion,

Eight million and four hundred thousand species of living beings, classified under four broad divisions,

Inhabit land, water and the air, recognizing the entire creation as full of Sita and Rama, i make obeisance to them with joined palms.

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the emaciator of the moon

Jai Sri Ram,
Knowing the one as the nourisher and the other as the emaciator of the moon,

The world has given it a name and a bad one,

Whatever beings, animate or inanimate, there are in the universe, recognizing them, one and all, as considering of Sri Rama,

I ever adore the lotus feet of all with joined palms,

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Only men endowed with keen insight

Jai Sri Ram,
Again, in conjunction with water, fire and air it is transformed into cloud and brings life to the world,

The Planet, medicines, water, air and cloth prove good or bad in the world according to their good and evil association,

Only men endowed with a keen insight are able to know this,

The Proportion of Moon light and the darkness is the same in the bright as well as in the dark fortnight, only the two have been named differently by the creator,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Through contact with the wind when united dust ascends to the sky,

While it is assimilated with mud when united with low laying water,

Parrots and Mainas nurtured in the house of virtuous and the wicked repeat the name of Rama and pour a volley of abuses respectively,

Smoke coming in contact with an evil Earthy substance turns into soot, the same is used as a material for copying the Puranas when converted into beautiful ink,

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The Good

Jai sri Ram,
The good are honored not withstanding their mean appearance,

Even as Jambavan, who was endowed with the form of a bear and possessed miraculous strength,

Hanuman, won honor in this world, Bad association is harmful, while good company is an asset itself,

This is true in the world as well as in the eyes of Vedas and is known to all,

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old habits and past Karma

Jai Sri Ram,
By force of the spirit of the times, old habits and past karma even the good deviate from goodness under the influence of Maya,

But just as servants of sri Hari rectify that error and eradicating sorrow and weakness, bring untarnished glory to them,

Even so the wicked occasionally perform a noble deed due to their good association, although their evil nature, which is unchangeable, cannot be obliterated,

Even those who are impostors are respected on account of their Garb, as the world is taken in by their attractive appearance, but eventually exposed and cannot keep up their false appearance till end, as was the case with Kalanemi, Ravana and Rahu,

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Swan

Jai sri Ram,
God has created the universe consisting of animate and inanimate beings as partaking of both good and evil,

Swans in the form of saints imbibe the milk of goodness rejecting water in the form of evil,

The swan is traditionally believed to feed on pearls and credited with the nature gift of separating milk from water,

When providence blesses one with such discrimination as possessed by the swan, then alone does the mind abandon evil and gets enamored of goodness,

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Mixture of good and evil

Jai Sri Ram,
The good as well as the vile, all have being brought into being by the creator,

It is the Vedas that have differentiated them by reckoning the merits of the former class and demerits  of the others,

The Vedas and Itihaas such as Ramayana and the Mahabharata and Purana unanimously declare that the creation of Brahma is an inter-mixture of good and evil,

It is charecterised by the pair of opposites such as pain and pleasure, sin and merits, day and night, the good and the wicked, good birth and the vile birth, demons and gods, the high and the low, nectar and the poison, a happy life and the death, Maya and the Brahma, matter and spirit, soul and the God, plenty and poverty, pauper and the king, attachment and dispassion,

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That Is Why

Jai Sri Ram,
The tales of sins and vices of the wicked, on one hand,

And of the virtues of the virtuous, on the other hand, are like boundless and unfathomable oceans,

That is why enumerated only a few virtues and vices,

For they cannot be acquired or discarded without being duly distinguished,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Of course, a good man has a bias for goodness alone,

While a vile person is prone to vileness,

while nectar is praised for its immortalizing virtue,

Poison is extolled for its deadly effects,

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The good and the wicked

Jai sri Ram,
The good and the wicked gather a rich harvest of good reputation and infamy by their receptive doings,

Although the merits of Nectar, the moon, the seat of nectar,

The Ganga-the river of the celestials and a pious soul, on the one hand, and the demerits of venom,,

Fire, the unholy river Karmanasa and the hunter, on the other hand, are known to all, only that which is to a man's taste appears good to him,

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common parent

Jai Sri Ram,
Though born together in the world,

They differ in their traits even as the lotus and the leech. Both of which spring from Water,

The good and the wicked resemble nectar and wine respectively,

The unfathomable ocean in the form of this world is their common parent,

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Can you ever expect ravens to turn vegetarians,

Jai Sri Ganesha,
I for my part made entreaties to them, they too must not fail to do their part,

However fondly you may nurture a brood of crows,

Can you ever expect ravens to turn vegetarians,

I adore the feet of a saint and a wicked soul, both of whom give pain, though some difference is said to exist between them, whereas the former class cause mortal pain while parting, the latter give agonizing torment during their meeting,

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Such is their wont

Jai Sri Ram,
The wicked burn with jealousy as they hear of other's welfare.

Be they his friend, foe or neutrals,

Such is their wont,

Knowing thus this humble soul makes loving entreaties to them with joined palms,

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Once More

Jai Sri Ram,
I reverence a wicked soul as the fiery thousand tongued serpent god sesa,

In so far as he eagerly expatiates on other's faults with the thousand tongue as it were,

Again i bow to him as celebrated king prthu who prayed for ten thousand ears in order to be able to hear the glories of lord to his heart's content, inasmuch as he hears of others faults with the thousand of ears as it were,

Once more do i supplicate to him as Indra-the lord of celestials in so far as wine appears charming and beneficial to him, even as the army of gods is beneficent to Indra, Harsh language is dear to him even as the thunderbolt is fondly cherished by Indra and he directs other's faults with a thousand eyes as it were,

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dissolve after destroying the crop,

Jai sri Ram,
They are rich in crime and vice as Kubera, the god of riches,

Like the rise of a comet their advancement augurs ill for other's interests,

Like the slumber of Kumbhakarana their decline alone is propitious for the world,

They lay down their very life in order to be able to harm others, even as hail-stone dissolve after destroying the crop,

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god of death

Jai sri Ram,
They are valiant like the reputed king Sahasrabahu,

So called because of his possessing a thousand arms in working other's woe,

They detect other's faults as if with a thousand eyes and their designing mind mars other's interests even as a fly spoils clarified butter,

In splendor they emulate the god of fire and in anger they vie with god of death,

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lunar eclipse

Jai Sri Ram,
Again, i greet with a sincere heart the malevolent class,

Who are hostile without purpose even to the friendly,

To whom others loss is their own gain and who delight in others desolation and wail over their prosperity,

They try to eclipse the glory of Vishnu and Shiva even as the demon Rahu intercept the light of the full moon during what is known as the lunar eclipse,

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Hare Rama

Jai sri Ram,
Realizing thus the noble disposition and loving nature of saints,

who are innocent at heart and catholic in spirit,

I make humble submission to them,

Listening to my childlike prayer and taking compassion on me, O noble souls bless me with devotion to the feet of Sri Rama,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Much less can it be described by me,

Even as a dealer of vegetable find himself incapable of expatiating on the qualities of gems,

I bow to the saints, who are even minded towards all,

And have no friend and foe, just as a flower of good quality placed in the palm of one's hands communicates its fragrance alike to both the hands the one which has plucked it and that which held and preserved it,

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Noble character

Jai Sri Ram,
Through contact with the virtuous even the wicked get reformed,

Just as the base metal is transformed by the touch of philosopher stone,

On the other hand, if by mischance good men fall into evil company, they maintain their noble character like the gem on the hood of a serpent,

Even the speech of deities like, Vishnu and Shiva, poets and men of wisdom falter in depicting the glory of pious soul,

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Fulfillment of all endeavors

Jai Sri Ram,
Wisdom dawns not without association with saints,

Such association cannot be easily had without the grace of Sri Rama,

Contact with noble souls is the root of joy and blessings,

It constitute the fruit and fulfillment of all endeavors,

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Association of holy men

Jai Sri Ram,
Of the virtues creatures, both animate and inanimate,

Living in the world, whether in water or on land or in the air,

whoever has ever attained wisdom, glory, salvation, material prosperity or welfare anywhere and by any means whatsoever,

Know it to be the result of association with holy men,

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Crows turn into cuckoos and the herons into swans,

Jai Sri Ram,
The result of an immersion into the sacred waters of this king of holy places is instantly perceived,

Crows turn into cuckoos and the herons into swans,

Let no one marvel to hear this, the glory of contact with saints is no secret,

Valmiki, Narada and Agastya who was born of pitcher, have related the story of their birth and transformation with their own lips,

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The Four Rewards

Jai Sri Ram,
Men who having the glory of this moving Prayaga in the form of the assemblage of holy men appreciate it with an enraptured mind,

Then take  a plunge into it with extreme devotion obtain the four rewards,

The four rewards of human existence are---

Dharma-righteousness, Artha-Material riches, Kama-sensual enjoyment, Moksha-release from the bondage of worldly existence,

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Unwavering faith

Jai Sri Ram,
Unwavering faith in their own creed constitutes the immortal banyan tree and noble actions represents the royal court of that king of holy places,

Easy of access to all on any-day and at every place, this Prayaga assuages the afflictions of those resort to it with reverence,

This king of holy places is beyond all description and supra-mundane in character,

It bestows the rewards immediately and its glory is Manifest,

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Discourse on karma

Jai Sri Ram,
Discourse on karma or action, consisting of injunctions and interdiction, have been spoken of as the sacred Yamuna,

A daughter of sun-god in her angelic form, washing the impurities of the Kali age,

While the anecdotes of Vishnu and Shiva stand out as the triple stream known as Treveni,

Bringing joy and blessing to those who listen to them

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Treveni

Jai Sri Ram
Devotion to sri Rama represents, in this moving Prayaga, the stream of the holy Ganga,

The river of the celestials, while the proceeding of an enquiry into nature of Brahma,

The absolute that constitute the Saraswati, a subterranean stream which is traditionally believed to join the Ganga and The Yamuna, at Prayaga,

Thus accounting for the name Treveni, which signifies a meeting place of Three Rivers,

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the king of all holy places

Jai sri Ram,
Then i Make loving obeisance, in a polite language, to the whole body of pious souls, the mine of virtues,

The Conduct of holy men is noble as the carrier of the cotton plant, the fruit whereof is tasteless, white and fibrous even as the doings of saints yeils results which are free from attachments, stainless and full of goodness,

Even by suffering hardship in the form of ginning, spinning and weaving, the cotton plant cover other's faults and has thereby earned in the world a renown which is worthy of adoration,

The assemblage of saints, which is all joy and felicity, is a Moving Prayag-the king of all holy places, as it were,

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the very gods on earth

Jai Sri Ram,
Having brightened my eyes of discernment thereby i proceed to relate the Story of Sri Rama,

Which secures freedom from the bondage of mundane existence, 

First i reverence the feet of Brahmans, the very gods on earth,

Who are able to dispel all doubts born of ignorance,

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Midst of Forest

Jai Sri Ram,
As for instance, by applying to the eyes the miraculous slave known by the name of Siddhanjana that the eye salve of protection,

Strivers, accept as well as men of the wisdom easily discover a host of mines on hill tops,

In the midst of forests and in the bowels of the earth.

The Dust of the Guru's feet is a soft and agreeable salve, which is ambrosia as it were for the eyes and remedies the defects of vision,

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Come to light

Jai Sri Ram,
The splendor of gems in the form of nails on the feet of the blessed Guru unfolds divine vision in the heart by its very thought,

The luster disperse the shades of the infatuation, highly blessed is he in whose bosom it shines,

With its very appearance the bright eyes of the mind get opened.

The attendants evils and sufferings of the night of mundane existence disappear, and gems and rubles in the shape of stories of Sri Rama, both patent and hidden, wherever and in whatever mine they may be, come to light.

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ills of mundane existence

Jai Sri Ram,
It is lovely powder of life giving herb,

Which allays the host of all the attendants ills of mundane existence,

It adorns the body of a lucky person of Lord Shiva, and brings forth sweet blessings and joy,

It rubs the dirt off the beautiful mirror in the shape of the devotee's heart, when applied on the forehead in the form of a religious mark, it attracts a host of virtues,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Obeisance to Lord Rama,

I adore the Lord of the Universe bearing the name of Rama,,

The chief of Raghu's line and the crest jewel of kings,

The Mine of compassion, the dispeller of all sins, appearing in the form of Human through his Maya, The greatest of all gods, knowable through Vedanta, constantly worshiped by Brahma, Shambhu and sesa. the bestower of the supreme peace in the form of final beatitude, placid, eternal, beyond the ordinary means of cognition sinless and all pervading,

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flavored with love,

Jai Sri Ram,
I bow to the lotus feet of My Guru,

Who is ocean of Mercy and No other Than Sri Hari Vishnu himself in human form,

Whose words are sunbeams as it were for dispersing the mass of Darkness in the form of gross ignorance,

I greet the pollen like dust of the lotus feet of my preceptor, refulgent, fragrant and flavored with love,

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May the Lord_

Jai Sri Ram,
May the Lord who ever sleeps on the ocean of milk,

And who is Swarthy as a blue lotus, and has eyes resembling a pair of full flown red lotuses, take up his abode in my bosom,

May the crusher of cupid, Bhagwan shiv,

Whose form resembles in the colors of jasmine flower and the Moon, who is consort of Goddess Parvati and an abode of compassion and who is fond of the afflicted, be gracious,

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Sri Kartik Purnima

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Satya Vrat Purnima of Sacred Kartik is right here to adore the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu,

It is full Moon tonight, a wonderful full Moon, the giver of eternal peace and bliss to saintly souls,

It is a meritorious day for devotees of Lord Vishnu, it is a define day for Sri Vishnu Pad Puja,

Indeed a day to recall the glory of Lord Vishnu and his wonderful incarnation as Sri Rama and Sri Krishna, a day to recall the pastime of Lord Vishnu with all faith and reverence,

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Sri Ganesha

Jai Sri Ram,
May Lord Ganesha, the leader of Shiva's retinue,

Whose very thought, ensure success,

Who is is a repository of wisdom and an abode of blessed qualities, Shower his grace,

May the merciful lord, whose grace enable the dumb to wax eloquent and cripple to ascend an inaccessible, who burn all impurities of Kali age, be moved to pity,

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cross the ocean of mundane existence

Jai Sri Ram,
I adore Lord Hari, known by the name of Sri Rama,

Who is superior to and lies beyond all causes,

Whose Maya holds away the entire universe including gods from Brahma downwards and demons,

Whose presence lends positive reality to the world of appearances, even as the false notion of a serpent is entertained with reference to a rope, and whose feet are the only bark for those who are eager to cross the ocean of mundane existence,

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crescent Moon

Jai Sri Ram,
I make obeisance to the eternal preceptor in the form of Lord Sankara,

Who is all wisdom, and resting on whose brow the crescent Moon, Though crooked in shape, universally adored,

I Pay Homage to the king of bards and the chief of monkeys, of pure intelligence, both of whom sport in the holy woods in the shape of glories of Sita and Rama,

I bow to Sita the beloved consort of Sri Rama, who is responsible for creation, sustenance and dissolution, removes afflictions and begets all blessings,

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Lord Ganesha

Jai Sri Ganesha,
I revere the lotus feet of Goddess of Speech and the Lord Ganesha,

The Originator of sounds represented by the alphabet, of the multitudes of the objects denoted by those sound,

Of poetic sentiments as well as of metres. and the begetters of the blessings,

I greet Goddess Parvati and her consort Bhagwan Sankara, embodiment of reverence and faith respectively, without which even the adept perceive enshrined in their heart,

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Sri Tulsi Vivaha

Jai Sri Ram,
Today, it is Sri Dev Prabodhini Ekadasi, a very auspicious and beneficial chapter for devotees to adore with,

It is Sri Tulsi Vivaha, an auspicious occasion to adore with that to recall the glory of Goddess Tulsi, the great servant of Lord Vishnu,

Surpassing strength of the day that is known to even Vedas, time and the ages and it is infinite in nature, in fact-it is a celestial stream to have holy dip that to purify self for the eternal cause,

Indeed a day to rejoice eternally in love with lotus feet of Lord Vishnu, indeed a day to revere the lotus feet of Goddess Tulsi, the legend of disinterested service on the planet and celestial regions there,

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Obeisance to lord Shiva

Jai sri Ram,
Blessed indeed is your birth, O great sage, He said, to you the lord of Gauri is dear as life,

Those who love not Shiva's lotus feet cannot even dream of pleasing Rama, A guileless love for Shiva's feet is a surest sign of a devotee of Rama, who is so faithful to the lord of Raghu's as Shiva, who renounced a sinless wife like Sati and demonstrated ideal devotion to Rama by his Pledge of unswerving fidelity, Whom does Rama hold so dear as Shiva,

Having begun by recounting the deeds of Shiva I have come to know your secret, you indeed a faithful servant of Sri Rama, free from all impurities, i have come to know your virtuous disposition, O Sage, I cannot say how glad i am at this meeting with you Today,

Obeisance to lord Shiva, Revere the the lotus feet of Lord Shiva, bow my head again and again in the lotus feet of Mother Gauri, on the occasion of Dev Prabhodini,

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his Passion

Jai sri Ram,
His passion for hearing the story grew to be inordinate,

Tears rushed to his eyes, the Hair on his body bristled with joy,

Overpowered with emotion he could not utter a word,

The enlightened sage Yajyavalakya was delighted to see his Condition,

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charming story of Shambhu's deeds

Jai sri Ram,
The exploits of Sri Girija's Lord are illimitable like the ocean,

Even the Vedas cannot reach their end,

How, then, can Tulasidasa, a humble devotees, succeed in describing them,

 Bharadvaja was much delighted to hear the sweet and charming story of Shambhu's deeds,

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The tale of the birth

Jai Sri Ram,
The tale of the birth, exploits, glory and surpassing strength of Sanmukha is known to the whole world,

That is why i have briefly touched the narratives of Shiva's son,

Men and women who narrate or sing this story of wedding of Uma and Shambhu shall ever rejoice in their auspicious undertaking,

As well as during festive occasions such as weddings, ect.,

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