The Lord

Jai sri Ram,
The Lord of Raghus is a straightforward,

The Lord of Raghus is a powerful master,

The Lord of Raghus is merciful master,

The Lord of Raghus is gracious master,

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Befriender of the Poor

Jai sri Ram,
He is supremely gracious and loving to the suppliant,

He is excessively found of his devotees, treat them as his own,

He has never frowned at him to whom he has shown his favor,

The restorer of what have been lost, the befriender of the poor,

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Lord's greatness

Jai sri Ganesha,
Though all knows the Lord's greatness as such,

Yet none has refrained from describing it,

The Vedas have justified it Thus, They have variously sung the glory of remembering the Lord,

Who is one, desire-less, formless, nameless and unborn, who is truth, conscious and bliss, who is supreme effulgence, all pervading and all formed, it is he who has performed many deeds assuming a suitable form,

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Not That

Jai Sri Ram,
Tell me of what account is cotton in the face of the strong wind before which even mountains like Meru are blown away,

Realizing the infinite glory of Sri Rama, my mind feels very diffident in proceeding with the story,

Goddess Saraswati, Sesa, the great Lord Shiva, Brahma, and agmas, the Vedas and the Purans unceasingly sing his virtues,

Saying "not that" Not That"

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Manifold prayer

Jai Sri Ram,
Entering into the spirit of my manifold prayers, none should blame me on hearing the story,

Those who will raise objections even then are more stupid and difficult to intellect man myself,

I am no poet and have no pretensions to ingenuity, i sing the glories of sri Rama according to my own lights,

My intellect which wallows in the world, is poor match for the unlimited exploits of the lord of Raghus,

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I occupy the first of them

Jai Sri Ram,
If those pearls are pierced with skill and strung together on the beautiful thread of Sri Rama's exploits,

And if noble soul wear them in their innocent heart, grace in the form of excessive fondness is the result,

Those who are born in the terrible age of kali, who through skin to the crow in their doing have put on the garb of a swan, Who trade the evil path, abandoning the track of the Vedas,

Who are embodiment of falsehood and repository of sins of the kali age, who are impostors claiming to be devotee of Sri Rama, though slaves of mammon, anger and passion and who are unscrupulous, hypocritical and foremost among intriguers, i occupy the first of them,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
I bow to the lotus feet of my Guru, who is the limit of compassion and 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 my preceptor, refulgent, fragrant and flavored with love, lovely powder of the life giving herbs, which allays the host of all the attendant ills of Mundane Existence,

I adore Lord Hari, Known by the name of Sri Rama, who is superior to and lies beyond all causes, whose Maya holds sway over the entire creation,

I revere the lotus feet of Lord Rama, Please accept my humble homage, O scion of Raghu,

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Pearl

Jai Sri Ram,
The wise liken the heart of a poet to the sea,

His intellect to the shall containing pearls and goddess Saraswati to the star called Svati,

The modern Arcturus, the fifteenth lunar asterism considered as favorable to the formation of pearl,

If there is a shower in the form of beautiful ideas, lovely pearls make their appearance in the form of poetic effusion,

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The Fatigue

Jai Sri Ram
The fatigue occasioned by this long journey cannot be relieved by millions of devices unless she takes a dip in the lake of Sri Rama's exploits,

Realizing this in their heart, poets and wise men chant the glory of Sri Hari alone,

Which wipes away the impurities of the kali age,

Finding the bard singing the glories of worldly men the goddess of speech begins to beat her brow and repent,

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Invocation

Jai Sri Ram,
Even so, the wise say,

The outpourings of a good poet originate at one place,

In the poets own mind,

And exercise their charm elsewhere, on the mind of admirer, at his very invocation,

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Young Lady

Jai sri Ram,
So do the wise chant and hear the glory of Sita and Sri Rama,

Even though couched in the vulgar tongue,

The beauty of a gem, a ruby and a pearl does not catch the eyes as it should so long as they are born on the head of a serpent,

the top of a mountain and the crown of an elephant respectively,

The charm of them all is enhanced when they adorn the diadem of a king or the person of a young lady,

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The milk of dark cow

Jai sri Ram,
My composition will appear extremely delightful to all by its association with Glory of Sri Rama,


Even as timber of every description is transformed into sandal and becomes worthy of adoration by contact with the Malaya mountain,

Nobody takes into account the quality of the wood in that region,

The milk of even a dark cow is white, and promise a great medicinal value,

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Appears Charming

Jai Sri Ram
The tale of Sri Rama brings forth blessings and wipes away the impurities of the Kali age,

The course of this stream is tortuous like that of the holy Ganga,

By its association with the auspicious glory of the lord my composition will be blessed and well captivate the mind of virtuous,

On the person of Lord Shiva, even the ashes of the cremation ground appears charming and purify by their very thought,

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Felicity

Jai Sri Ram
Even smoke rising from burning aloe wood is impregnated with the latter's fragrance,

And gives up its natural pungency, although my composition is clumsy,

it treat of a commendable theme,

The story  of Sri Rama, which brings felicity to the world,

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Hare Rama

Jai sri Ram,
Although, There is no poetic charm whatsoever,

The glory sri Rama is manifest in it,

This is the only hope which flashes on my mind,

Who has not been exalted by noble company,

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Pretty woman

Jai Sri Ram,
Even a compassionate of marvelous beauty and written by a gifted poet does not commend itself without the name of Sri Rama,

A pretty  woman with a charming countenance and fully adorned does not look attractive when undressed,

On the Other Hand, the wise recite and hear with admiration even the composition of a worthless poet, which is devoid of all merit,

Knowing it as adorned with the name and glory of sri Rama, for like the bee, saints have bias for goodness,

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Gracious Name of Lord

Jai Sri Ram,
It contains the gracious name of Lord Raghus,

Which is exceedingly holy and very cream of the Puranas and the Vedas,

It is abode of blessings and the remover of evils and is muttered by Lord Shiva,

The Enemy of demon Tripura, along with consort Uma,

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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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