Yamas and Niyamas

Jai sri Ram,
Even so mind control, the five Yamas or forms of self restraint,

Viz,, non violence, truthfulness, non-thieving, continence and non acquisition of property,

The Five Niyamas or religious vows,

Viz,, those of external and internal purity, contentment, austerity, study of sacred books or repetition of the divine name and self surrender to God,

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canopies of creepers

Jai Sri Ram,
Eulogies on virtuous men, pious soul and the name of God,

These correspond to water birds of Various kinds,

The assemblage of saints referred to herein are mango groves hemming the lake on all sides and the piety has been likened to the vernal season,

The exposition of the various types of devotion and the references to forbearance, compassion and  sense control represents the canopies of creepers,

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Sacred Baisakh

Jai sri Ram,
Sacred Baisakh is here to bless the life on varying chapters that relates to, presiding deity of the Month is Lord Vishnu, sri Vishnu Pad Puja is the subject of the month for devotees to make it for the eternal cause,

Sri Ram is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, manifest for the cause of devotees, Brahmanas, cows, gods and the earth,

Chanting the name of lord Rama may help one to regain the lost wisdom of soul, the power of sound vibration is long since acknowledged in the field of life sciences and these vibrations can penetrate the deep down and high in the sky of self to energies self at subtle and cosmic levels to meet the challenges of journey here and hereafter,

 Indeed chanting the name of sri Rama as per prescribed norms of the time and ages from the scripts of sages and saints may set out harmonious patters to the format of entity soul bear with,

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Jai sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
The implications and involution and the various excellences and styles of poetry are the lovely fishes of various kinds,

The Four Ends of human existent, worldly riches, religious merits, enjoyment and liberation,

the reasoned exposition of Jnana that knowledge of qualified divinity both with and without form,

The nine sentiments of poetry and references of Japa, austerity and penance, yoga, the contemplative union with god and detachment from the world, all these represents the charming aquatic creature of this lake, 

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The Swan

Jai sri Ram,
The other metres, viz-Chandas, Sorathias and Dohas, are the cluster of charming many colored lotuses,

The incomparable sense, the beautiful ideas and the elegant expression represent the poolen, honesty and fragrance of those flowers respectively,

The virtuous acts mentioned therein are the charming swarms of bees,

The references to spiritual enlightenment, dispassion and reason represent the swan,

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Hare Rama

Jai sri Ram,
Sri Ram, is not just a name of entity which exist for the welfare of mankind and to establish the path of a fair life but  a truth which may lead one to the supreme reality for that supreme cause,

It is not that ten thousand years ago, Sri Rama manifest for the cause of gods, Cow, Brahman and Earth, Sri Rama manifest again and again with time and again to help the cause in form which relates the subject most,

Saints and sages of the ages and aeons have tries to elaborate one facet of sri Rama, but Sri Rama possessed with infinite facets on the infinite scale of time and ages,

Sri Ram, is not just a subject of faith but a truth that follows the life and nature and devotees recognize this truth on the plane of heart for the cause both ways either to meet the challenges of mundane life or to cross over the whirlpool of Maya that to sail safe to that shore,

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beautiful pearls,

Jai sri Ram,
The Glory of Sri Rama and Sita constitutes the nectarean water,

The smiles represents the soul ravishing sport of its wavelets,

The beautiful verses represent the thick growth of Lotus plants,

The various poetic devices constitute the lovely shell that yields beautiful pearls,

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Four

Jai sri Ram,
The four most beautiful and excellent dialogues those between, Bhusandi and Garuda, Shiva and Parvati, Yajyavalakya and Bhardwaja, Tulsidas and other saints,

That have been cleverly woven into the narrative are for lovely Ghatas of this holy and charming lake,

The seven books are the seven beautiful flights of steps, which the soul delights to look upon with the eyes of wisdom,

The unqualified and unbounded greatness of sri Rama,

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Sri Hanuman Jayanti

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Hanuman Jayanti today, a very auspicious day to celebrate in divine spirit, a truth to adore with faith and reverence,

Sri Hanuman ji, a legendary devotee of Lord Rama and a great servant that to serve the devotees of Sri Rama,

Sri Hanuman ji, a messenger of Sri Rama, a truth available at all all time in all the ages and in all regions of this universe,

Sri Hanuman ji, a Guru, a disinterested friend, a guide, a guard and a savior by nature, whose very though ensures success, and a truth which removes the obstacles of life, and eradicate the demons and evil spirit, above all a tangible support for devotees of lord Rama,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
The same holy water, when it dropped on the soil of the intellect,

Flowed in a volume through the beautiful channel of the ears,

And collecting in the lovely spot called the heart, came to be stationary,

Having remained there for a long time, it become clear, agreeable, cool and refreshing,

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it is life itself

Jai Sri Ram,
Pastimes of a personal God that such holy men narrate in extenso are the transparency of this water ,

Which cleans all impurities, While loving devotion,

Which defies all description, represent its sweetness and coolness,

This water is beneficial for the paddy crop in the form of virtuous deeds, it is life itself to the devotees of sri Rama,

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sri Rama's excellent Glory

Jai Sri Ram,
A refined intellect is the catchment area,

Heart is the fathomless depression,

The Vedas and the Puranas constitute the ocean,

While holy men represents the clouds which rain down pure, sweet agreeable and blessed water in the form of sri Rama's excellent Glory,

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By the grace of Lord Shiva,

Jai Sri Ram,
By the grace of Lord Shiva a blessed idea inspired the mind of Tulsidasa,

Which made him author of Sri Ramacaritamanasa,

The Author has published his composition to the best of his intellect,

Yet listen to it with sympathetic mind, O noble souls, and correct it,

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Sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
Obeisance to Lord Rama, the soul of this universe and a truth that tangible support for spirit to sustain even midst odd whirlpools of Maya,

Obeisance to Lord Rama, the wish yielding tree and a cow of plenty to the devotees,

Obeisance to Lord Rama, that easy to serve and easy to approach through mild and simple prayer for the help and the cause, a well known protector of suppliant,

Obeisance to Lord Rama, a disinterested friend of forlorn and a giver boons, that with a wonderful form which resembles a blue lotus, a sapphire and dark cloud in its freshness which impart eternal peace and that blissful unison to devotees for a eternal cause,

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Jai Sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami today, a great day for devotees of Lord Rama, not just an appearance day of Bhagwan Sri Ram but a most relevant day for spirit to match with for eternal cause,

Story of sri Rama is not limited to words and acts, it is infinite in self yet finite for devotees to perceive at core base of heart with faith,

Glory of Sri Rama is not just a pastime of Bhagwan Ram but a comprehensive teaching for man to sail safe in the ocean of mundane existence,

All gods, saints and men pitched on the truth of self with sound of barter but sri Rama, a disinterested friend and and tangible help without any wish for favor from, Sri Rama is a truth of soul that Brahma which makes it easy for spirit to untie the knots of Maya at will and will,

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Sri Ram Navami

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami is just  at the threshold of the day, tomorrow devotees celebrate this divine day in all the fourteen regions of this existence,

In divine celebration, pastime of Lord Rama is concern with truth of life and the cause, adoration of the day in love with lotus feet of the Lord is priority for devotees,

Sri Rama is not just an incarnation of lord sri Hari Vishnu for the define cause but a truth to adore with for ultimate gains, in the journey of life,

Sri Rama, a king, a warrior, a Saint and a help to life, His name alone is more than enough to sail safe in the deadliest ocean of mundane existence, tomorrow is the day to mark with self for the eternal cause, 

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Sri Ram Navami

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami is not far away from here, 13th April, devotees recite the verses from the sri Ramayana throughout the Shakti Days in spirit of celebration to mark the day,

Lord Rama manifest for the Sake of Brahmanas, Cows, gods, and saints, took birth as a man assuming a form which is a product of His own will,

The day is to indulge in ecstasy of absorption into Brahma,

Indeed a day to recall the pastime of Lord Rama, the giver of good fortune and spiritual wealth,

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O Noble souls

Jai Sri Ram,
I repeat the same delightful and charming story,

Hear it reverently and attentively, O Noble souls,

Invoking Uma that goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, who has a bull emblazoned on his standard,

I now proceed to give a full account as to what this Ramacaritamanasa is like, how it came to be and what led to its popularity in the world,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Having conceived it, the great Lord Shiva treasured it in his mind till,

When a favorable opportunity presented itself,

He communicated it to His consort,

Therefore, after due consideration Lord Shiva joyously gave it the excellent title of Ramacaritamanasa,

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Lord Shiva

Jai Sri Ram,
The holy and beautiful Ramacaritamanasa is the delight of sages,

It was conceived by Shambhu that Lord Shiva,

It puts down the three kinds of error, sorrow and indigence

And uproots all evil practices and impurities of Kali age,

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Solace

Jai Sri Ram,
The impurities of lust, arrogance and hypocrisy positively disappears from the mind of those who hear it,

One derive solace by hearing its very Name-Ramacaritamanasa,

The Manasa like lake of Sri Rama's exploits,

The Elephant of our mind, which is being scorched by the wild fire f sensuous enjoyments, is sure to get relief should it drop into this lake,

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mortal coil

Jai sri Ram,
There are countless living beings in this world belonging to the four species,

Viviparous, Oviparous, Sweat born and those shooting from the Earth,

Whoever of these shed their mortal coil in Ayodhya are never born again,

Knowing the town to be charming in every-way, a bestower of all forms of success and a storehouse of blessings, i commenced writing this scared story there,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram
Even Sarada and goddess of learning,

With Her pure intelligence cannot describe the infinite glory of this most sacred River,

The beautiful town of Ayodhya grants an abode in abode in Sri Rama's heaven,

It is celebrated through all the worlds and is the holiest of the holy.

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Sarayu

Jai Sri Ram,
Numerous groups of pious men take dip in the holy water of the Sarayu river,

And visualizing in their heart the beautiful swarthy form of Sri Rama,

Mutter His Name,

The very sight and touch of the Sarayu, a dip into its water or a drought from it cleans one's sin's-so declare the Vedas and Puranas,

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13th April

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ram Navami is not far away from here,

Sri Rama Navami is appearance day of Lord Rama,

Ninth day of Chaitra Navrtarey is celebrated as Sri Ram Navami,

This auspicious day is on 13th April next to next Saturday, a legendary day for devotees of Lord Rama,

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come and pray

Jai Sri Ram,
On this day of sri Rama Birth,

The presiding spirits of all holy places flock there,

So declare the Vedas and Demons, Nagas, Birds, human beings, sages and gods come and pray their homage to lord of Raghus,

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

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At Ayodhya

Jai Sri Ram,
Placing my head on the feet of Sri Hari,

I commence this story in the Samvat 1631, 

Day Tuesday-ninth of lunar month of Chaitra,

This story shed its luster at Ayodhya,

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fair virtues of sri Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Putting away all doubts in this way and placing on my head the dust from the lotus feet of my preceptor,

I supplicate all with joined palms once more,

So that no blame may attach to my telling of the story,

Reverently bowing my head to Lord Shiva, now i proceed to recount the fair virtues of sri Rama,

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Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Rama is infinite, infinite are His virtues,

The dimensions of his story are also immeasurable,

Those whose thoughts are pure will,

Therefore, feel no surprise when they hear it,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Let no one who should happen not to have heard this anecdote before be surprised to hear it,

Wise men who hear this uncommon, legend marvel not, for they know there is no limit to the stories of Sri Rama in this world,

They are convinced in their heart that Sri Rama has bodied himself forth in diverse ways and that the Ramayana, though consisting of a thousand million verses, is yet infinite,

Great sages have diversely sung the charming stories of Sri Hari, relating as they do to different Kalpas or cycles, bearing this in mind, the reader should not entertain any doubt and should hear this narrative and with devotion,

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The exploit of sri Rama

Jai sri Ram,
The exploit of sri Rama are delightful to one and all even as the rays of the full Moon,

They are particularly agreeable and highly beneficial to the mind of the Virtuous,

Who can be compared to the white water lily and the cakora bird,

I shall now relate at some length the seed of the story, how goddess Bhavani questioned Lord Sankara and How Sankara answered Her question,

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In Kali

Jai Sri Ram,
Stars as it were adorning the autumnal sky in the shape of the poet's mind,

And the very life treasure for the devotees of Sri Rama, a rich harvest of enjoyments as it, were yielding by the totality of one's meritorious deeds and sincerely devoted to the good of the world like holy men,

Sporting in the mind of the devotees as swans in the Mansarovara lake and purifying as the waves of the holy Ganga,

The host of virtues possessed by sri Rama are like a blazing fire to consume the dry wood of evil ways, fallacious reasoning, mischievous practices, deceit, hypocrisy  and heresy prevailing in Kali,

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Vishnu and Shiva

Jai Sri Ram,
Dear to Lord Shiva, the slayer of the demon Tripura as a highly respectable and most beloved guest and wish yielding clouds, quenching the fire of indigence,,

They are spell and valuable gems as it were for counteracting the venom of serpents in the form of sensuous enjoyments,

And efface the deep marks of evil destiny contained on the forehead,

They are sunbeams, as it were, dispelling the darkness of ignorance and clouds nourishing the paddy crop in the form of devotees, tree paradise, as it were, yielding the object on one's desire, easily available for service and gratification like Vishnu and Shiva,

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antidotes for sins

Jai Sri Ram,
They are celestial physicians for the fell disease of metempsychosis, parents to Sita and Rama,

And the seed of holy vows, practices and observances, antidotes for sins, agonies and grief and beloved guardians in this as well as in the next world,

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

Young lions residing in the forest of the devotee's mind to kill the herd of elephants in the shape of lust, anger and impurities of the Kali age,,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
The narrative of Rama is a lovely wish yielding gem,

A graceful adornment for saintly wisdom,

The host of Virtues possessed by Sri Rama are a blessing to the world and the bestower of liberation, riches, religious merit and the divine abode,

They are true teachers of wisdom, dispassion and Yoga,

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divine pastimes

Jai Sri Ram,
River Narmada which has its source in mount Mekala, a peak of the Amarakantaka hills, is a mine of all attainments as well as of happiness and prosperity,

It is to noble qualities what mother Aditi is to gods,

It is the culmination as it were of devotion to and love for Sri Rama,

The story of Sri Rama is the river Mandakini which washes the foot of Citrakuta , a guileless heart is mount Citrakuta one of the happy resorts of Sri Rama during his wanderings in the forest, while pure love, say, Tulsidasa, is the woodland in which Sita and Rama carry on their divine pastimes,

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River Narmada

Jai Sri Ram
Like the sacred river Yamuna in this world it scares away the messengers of Yama-the god of death,

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

It is dear to Rama as the sacred basil plant and is truly beneficial to Tulsidasa as his own Mother,

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

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
It is beneficial to pious soul,

Even as goddess Gauri is exterminated the army of of demons,

It flows from the assemblage of saints,

Even as Laxmi that goddess of wealth, sprang from the ocean and like the immovable earth it bears the burden of the entire creation,

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Holi

Jai Sri Ram,
Let no more room in the heart but for Love,

Let Be at heart today as Lord Rama will manifest for Holi,

Be wakeful and conscious to celebrate this divinity in love with,

This is holi today, the festival of color that to play with eternal love,

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The tale of Sri Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
The tale of Sri Rama is the cow of plenty in this age of Kali,

It is beautiful life giving herb for the virtuous,

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

It shatters the fear of birth and death and is a virtual snake for the frog of delusion,

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Fire of wisdom

Jai Sri Ram,
Equipped with what little intellectual and critical power i possess i shall write with a heart inspired by sri Hari,

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

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

 Sri Rama's story is a pea hen for the serpent in the form of the Kali age, again, it is a wooden stick for kindling the sacred fire of wisdom,

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I followed it

Jai Sri Ram,
Both the listener and the reciter of the mysterious story of Sri Rama must be repositories of wisdom,

How, then could i, a dull creature steeped in the impurities of the Kali age, expect to follow it,

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

I followed it to a certain extent according to my poor lights, i shall versify the same in the popular tongue, so that my mind may derive satisfaction from it,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Like a myrobalan fruit placed on one's palm,

They hold the past, present and future within their knowledge,

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

Then I heard the same story in the holy sukaraksetra, the modern soron in the western united provinces from my preceptor, but as i had no sense in those days of my childhood, i could not follow it full well,

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Shiva imparted it once more

Jai sri Ram,
Shiva imparted it once more to Kakabhusandi-a sage in the form of crow,

Knowing him to be a devotee of Sri Rama and one qualified to hear it,

And It was Yajnavalikya who received it from Sri Kakabhusandi,

And Narrated it to Bharadvaja, both these listener are equally virtuous, they view all alike and are acquainted with the pastimes of Sri Hari,

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This Ravishing tale

Jai Sri Ram,
The charming story which Yajnavalkya related to the good sage Bhardwaj,

I shall repeat the same dialogue at length,

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

This Ravishing tale was conceived by Sambhu, who graciously communicated it to his consort,

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There is no Lord so generous as Sri Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
There is no Lord so generous as Sri Rama, O Tulsidasa

Your goodness, O Rama, is beneficent to all,

If this is a fact, Tulsidas too will be blessed by the same,

Thus revealing my merits and demerits and bowing my head once more to all, i proceed to sing the immaculate glory of the chief of Raghus, by hearing which the impurities of Kali age were wiped away,

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insolent creatures

Jai Sri Ram,
The Hero of Raghu's clan, on the other hand, honored them both at His meeting with Bharata on his return from Lanka and commanded them in open court,

While the Lord sat at the foot of tree,

The monkeys perched themselves high on the boughs,

Such insolent creatures He exalted to His own Position,

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the same offence but

Jai Sri Ram,
The Lord Never cherishes in His mind the lapse, if any,

On part of a devotee, while he remembers the latter's 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, Vibhishana too was guilty of the same offence but Sri Rama took no cognizance of it even in dream,

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devotee's mind,

Jai Sri Ram,
The lord on the other hand, applauded my devotion,

And spirit of hearing of, perceiving and scanning them with the mind's eye,

If there is nothing good in one's heart,

it is marred by telling, for sri Rama is pleased to note what is there there in the devotee's mind,

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tale of my sin

Jai Sri Ram,
My presumption and error are indeed great,

Hearing the tale of my sin, even hell turned up its nose at them,

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

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

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Jai Sri Ram

Jai sri Ram,
The benevolent Rama will nonetheless respect the devotion and pleasure of this wicked servant,

Sri Rama, who made barks out of rocks and wise counselors out of monkeys and bears,

Everybody calls me a servant of the Lord and I myself claim to be one,

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

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
And the pious, sensible,amiable and supremely compassionate ruler, who takes his descent from a ray of God, greet all with sweet words,

Hearing their compliments and appraising their composition, devotion, supplication and conduct,

Such is the way of earthly monarchs, to say nothing of Sri Rama,

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

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Thanks Please

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

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

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

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

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Rama a noble Lord

Jai Sri Ram,
Remembering that name and bowing my head to the lord of Raghus,

I proceeded to recount the virtues of Sri Rama,

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

Rama a noble Lord, and a poor servant like myself, yet true to his own disposition that storehouse of compassion has fostered me,

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Jai sri Ram

Jai Sri Ram,
The Name of Sri Rama is, as it were, the lord Manifested as a man-loin and the age of Kali, the demon Hiranyakasupu,

Crushing this enemy of gods, the name will protect the devotees repeating it,

The name repeated either with good or evil intentions,

In an angry mood or even while yawning, diffuses joy in all the ten directions

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