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,
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,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Bad company, which is so obdurate,
Constitute a terribly rough road,
And the words of such companions are so many tigers, Leon, and serpents,
The various occupations and entanglement of domestic life are huge mountains that are so difficult to approach, infatuation, arrogance and pride are so many inaccessible woods and sophisms of various kinds are frightful streams,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
For here there are no varied talks of the pleasures of senses,
Corresponding to snails, frogs, and moss,
That is why poor crows and herons in the form of lustful men lack the heart to visit this place,
For there is much difficulty in getting to this place and it is not possible to reach it without the grace of Sri Rama,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Appearance day of saint poet Tulsidas, a day with an eternal message from a holy soul to pious souls unto the truth of Sri Rama,
And this truth is not limited to the truth of Sri Ramcaritamanasa, it is a light for many that facing tough trial tribulations of the journey,
The story of Sri Rama is the truth to inspire irrespective of all odds, and in the kali age saint Tulsidas has created a solid foundation for soul resort with,
Rama is a huge fort in truth with the serene cult, devotees may resort to experience the bliss of self with a mild pause,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Those who carefully recite this poem,
They alone are the vigilant guardian of this lake,
And those men and women who reverently hear it every day are great gods exercising jurisdiction over this Mansarovar lake,
Sensual wretches are the accursed herons and crows who never approach the lake,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The various episodes forming part of this narrative are the birds of different colors such as the parrot and the cuckoo,
The Thrill of joy one experiences while listening to this narrative represents the flower gardens, orchards, and groves,
And delight one feels is the sporting of birds, while a noble mind is the Gardner, who waters the garden,
With moisture of love through the charming jars of eyes,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The exposition of the various types of devotion and the references to forbearance, compassion, and sense-control represents the canopies of creepers,
Even so, mind control, the five Yamas or forms of self-restraint that none violence, truthfulness, non-thieving, confidence, and non-acquisition of property,
The five Nayamas or religious vows that those of external and internal purity, contentment, austerity, study
of sacred books or repetition of the divine name and self-surrender to God are the blossoms of these creepers, spiritual enlightenment is their cult and loving devotion is the feet of Sri Hari constitutes the sap of this fruit of spiritual enlightenment, so declared by the Vedas,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Eulogies on various men, pious souls, and the name of God,
These correspond to water birds of various kinds,
The assemblage of saints referred to herein are the mango groves hemming the lake on all sides,
And piety has been likened to the vernal season,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The virtuous acts mentioned therein are the charming swans of bees,
The references to spiritual enlightenment, dispassion, and reason represent the swan,
The implications and involution and the various excellencies and styles of poetry are lovely fishes of various kinds,
The four ends of human existence that worldly riches, religious merit, enjoyment, and liberation, the reasoned exposition of Jnana knowledge of God in his absolute formless aspect and Vijnana knowledge of qualified divinity with and without form, the nine sentiments of poetry and the references to Japa the muttering of the mystic syllabus, austerity, yoga that contemplative union with God, and detachments from the world, all these represents the charming aquatic creatures of this lake,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The beautiful caupais represent the thich growth of lotus plants,
The various poetic devices constitute the lovely shells that yield beautiful pearls,
The other metres, Chandas, Sorathas, and Dohas, are the cluster of charming many colored lotuses,
The incomparable sense, the beautiful ideas, and the elegant expression represent the pollen, honey, and fragrance of those flowers respectively,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks. please
Jai Sri Ram,
The unqualified and unbounded greatness of Sri Rama,
Which will be presently discussed, represents the unfathomable, depth of this holy water,
The Glory of Sri Rama and sita constitutes the sectarian water,
The similes represent the soul-ravishing sports of its wavelets,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The four most beautiful and excellent dialogues those between,
Bhusandi and Garuda, Shiva and Parvati, Yajnavalakya and Bhardwaj and Tulsidas and other saints,
That have been cleverly woven into this narrative are four 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 eyes of wisdom,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Shivratri today, Shivratri of Sacred Saawan, a night in the light of wisdom to recharge the spirit for the cause eternal,
A Night to believe in self and the truth that belongs to self,
A Night to discard the dark of delusion to enter a new phase of the journey,
A night that could be even brighter than the brightest day that to introspect the truth of eternity spirit bear with,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
This water is beneficial for the paddy crop in the form of various deeds,
It is life itself to the devotees of Sri Rama,
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 becomes clear, agreeable, cool and refreshing,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, the first of the sacred Saawan to shower divine grace on the devotees and aspirants,
A most suited day for devotees of Lord Vishnu to recollect self in love with lotus feet of Lord,
A day for mastering the mind in truth with divine touch through adoration of the day in spirit with,
Not just a day to adore the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu that Sri Vishnu Pad Puja but a day to introspect self in the light of self by the grace of Lord,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Pastimes of a personal God that such holy men narrate in extenso are the transparency of this water,
That cleanses all impurities,
While loving devotion, which defiles all description,
Represents its sweetness and coolness,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
A refined Sattvika intellect is the catchment area,
The heart is the fathomless depression,
The Vedas and Puranas constitute the ocean,
While holy men represent the clouds that rain down pure sweet, agreeable, and blessed water in the form of Sri Rama's excellent glory,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
By the grace of Shanbhu that Lord Shiva,,
A blessed idea inspired the mind of Tulsidas,
That made him the author of Ramacaritamanasa,
The Auther has polished his compassion to the best of his intellect, yet listens to it with a sympathetic mind, O noble souls, and correct it,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Invoking Uma that Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva,
Who has a bull emblazoned on his standard,
Now I proceed to give a full account as to what this Ramacarita Manasa is like,
It came to be and what led to its popularity in the world,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
He communicated it to his consort,
Therefore, after due consideration, Lord Hara joyously gave it the excellent title of Ramacarita Manasa,
I repeat the same delight and charming story,
Hear it reverently and attentively, O Noble souls,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
One derives solace by hearing its very Name,
Ramacaritamanasa that the lake of Sri Rama's exploits,
The elephant of our mind, which is being scorched by the wild fire of sensuous enjoyment,
It is sure to get relief should it drop into the lake,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Knowing the town to be charming in every way,
A bestowed of all forms of success and storehouse of blessings,
I commenced writing this sacred Story there,
The impulse of lust, arrogance, and hypocrisy positively disappears from the mind of those who hear it,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The beautiful town of Ayodhya grants an abode in Sri Rama's heaven,
It is celebrated through all the worlds and is the holiest of the holy,
There are countless living beings in this world belonging to four species,
Whosoever of these shad their mortal coil of Ayodhya are never born again,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The Very sight and touch of the Sarayu,
A dip into its water or a draught from its cleanses one's sins,
So declare the Vedas and Puranas,
Even Sarada, the goddess of learning, with her pure intelligence cannot describe the infinite glory of this most sacred River,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
I greet the pollen like dust from the Lotus feet of Sri Rama, fragrant, refulgent, and flavored with love for devotees and aspirants,
I greet the pollen like dust from the lotus feet of Sri Rama, whose grace enables devotees to sail safe midst of all odds in the ocean of mundane existence,
I greet the pollen like dust from the lotus feet of Sri Rama, who is the embodiment of compassion and the truth of being a savior,
I greet the pollen like dust from the lotus feet of Sri Rama, that soft and agreeable salve, which is ambrosia as it were for the eyes and remedies the defect of vision,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Wise men celebrate the great birthday festival and sing the sweet glory of Sri Rama,
Numerous groups of pious men take a dip in the holy water of the Sarayu river
And visualizing in their heart the beautiful swarthy form of Sri Rama,
Mutter His Name,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Placing my head on the feet of Sri Hari,
I commence this story in the Samvat year 1631 that 1574 AD,
On Tuesday, the ninth of the lunar month of Caitra,
This story shed its luster in Ayodhya, on this day of Sri Rama's 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 homages to the Lord of Raghus,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, Si Dev Shayan Ekadasi, a day that is more viable all the way for gods too,
To reach at the truth of homogeneous veracity of self in truth with eternity,
With a referral note, it would be easy to reach the connectivity unto the truth of Sri Ekadasi, as when a thorn pierces the foot, tears come into the eyes being both are connected with a hidden media, so is the truth of the life on the planet which is very much related to celestial truth of eternity through ether codes,
And Sri Ekadasi could be a most effective link to connect with, and ensure self for a safe passage,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
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 the telling of the story,
Reverently bowing my head to Lord Shiva, now I proceed to recount the virtues of Sri Rama,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Rama is infinite, infinite are his virtues,
And the dimensions of his story are also immeasurable,
Those whose thoughts are pure will,
Therefore, feel no surprise when they hear it,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The 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 reverently and with devotion,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Let no one who should happen not to have heard this antidote before the 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,
Ther 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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
I shall now relate at some length the seed of the story,
How Goddess Parvati questioned Lord Sankara,
And how the latter answered her questions,
Weaving a strange narrative around this episode,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The hosts 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,
The exploits 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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
They are spells and valuables 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, trees of the paradise, as it were, yielding the objects of one's desire, easily available for service
And gratifying like Vishnu and Shiva stars as it was adoring the autumnal sky in the shape of the poet's mind, and very life's treasure for the devotees of Sri Rama,
A rich harvest of enjoyments as it, was yielded 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 Manasarovar lake and purifying the waves of the holy Ganga,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Parents of devotion to Sita and Rama and the seed of all holy vows, practices, and observances, antidotes for sins, agonies, and griefs, and beloved guardians in this as well as in the next world,
Valliant ministers to king reason and a veritable Agastya 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,
Dear to Lord Shiva, the slayer of demon Tripura as a highly respectable and most beloved guest and wish clouds quenching the wildfire of indigence,
May Lord Bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
They are true teachers of wisdom, dispassion, and Yoga,
Yoga is that contemplative union with God,
And celestial physicians that Ashwanikumaras for the fell disease of metempsychosis,
Parents of devotion to Sita and Rama and the seed of all holy vows,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The narratives of Rama is a lovely wish-yielding gem,
And a graceful adornment for saintly wisdom,
The hosts of the virtues possessed by Sri Rama are a blessing to the world,
And bestowed liberation, riches, religious merit and the divine abode,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The story of Sri Rama is river Mandakini,
That washes the foot of Chitrakot,
A guileless heart is a mount Chitrakoot, one of the happiest resorts of Sri Rama during his wandering in the forest,
While pure love, says Tulsidas, is the woodland in which Sita and Rama carry on their divine pastime,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
It is holy Kashi, as it were for liberation of the soul,
It is dear to Sri Rama, as the holy basil plant,
And truly beneficent to Tulsidasa as his own mother Hulasi Ji,
It is beloved of Lord Shiva as the river Narmada, which has a source in mount Mekala, a peak of Amarakantaka hills, it is a mine of all attainments as well as of happiness and prosperity,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
It flows from the assemblage of saints,
Even as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth sprang from the ocean,
And like the immovable earth, it bears the burden of the entire creation,
Like the sacred river Yamuna in this world, it scares away the messengers of Yama, the death god,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The tales of Sri Rama is a 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,
It is beneficent to pious souls, even as goddess Parvati, the daughter of Himalaya is friendly to gods,
Again, it puts an end to hell even as Parvati exterminated the army of demons,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
The story of Sri Rama is a solace to the leaned and a source of delight to all men,
And wipes out the impurities of the kali age,
Sri Rama's story is a pea-hen for the serpent in the form of the kali age,
Again, it is a wood stick for kindling the sacred fire of wisdom,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Ekadasi today, a mysterious that eternally attractive phoenix manifest in the form of this cult for the cause of devotees and aspirants,
By nature, Atman is the symbol of love to charm the self that to liberate the self, and this cult of Ekadasi manifests twice in a lunar month to help spirit favorable,
No one can afford to doubt the mystic cult of Sri Ekadasi which clearly invoke self for the rhythm to charm the truth of ultimate soul mate through defined disciplined of the day,
Those who are proficient in spirit to enjoin the truth of celebration may never repent at the threshold of changeover,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
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,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Nevertheless, when the preceptor repeated the story time after time,
I followed it to an extent according to my poor lights,
I shall versify the same in the popular tongue,
So that my mind may derive satisfaction from it,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
Jai Sri Ram,
Cosmic inhalation is a common phenomenon for man to activate the spirit at its optimized pitch in the body,
To react favorable, fair truth of the body system plays a pivotal role, and yoga is the key to making it,
With Yoga, the homogeneous modification takes place in the body to facilitate the spirit for the respective cause in the Journey,
The practice of Yoga in daily life in truth with self could a milestone to cover the journey favorable to the destined destination,
May Lord bless all,
Thanks, please
