Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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you have secured a human body, whichóas declared by all the scripturesóis difficult
even for the gods to attain. It is a tabernacle suitable for spiritual endeavours, gateway
to liberation. He who fails to earn a good destiny hereafter even on attaining it.î (1ó4)
ŒÙ0ó‚Ù ¬⁄UòÊ ŒÈπ ¬Êflß Á‚⁄U œÈÁŸ œÈÁŸ ¬Á¿UÃÊß–
∑§Ê‹Á„U ∑§◊¸Á„U ߸Sfl⁄UÁ„U Á◊âÿÊ ŒÙ· ‹ªÊßH 43H
Do.: so paratra dukha påvai sira dhuni dhuni pachitåi,
kålahi karmahi ∂svarahi mithyå doa lagåi.43.
ìHe reaps torture in the other world and beats his head in remorse, wrongly
attributing the blame to Time, Fate and God.î (43)
øı0ó∞Á„U ß ∑§⁄U »§‹ Á’·ÿ Ÿ ÷Ê߸ – Sflª¸©U SflÀ¬ •¢Ã ŒÈπŒÊ߸H
Ÿ⁄U ÃŸÈ ¬Êß Á’·ÿ° ◊Ÿ Œapple„UË¥ – ¬‹Á≈U ‚ÈœÊ Ãapple ‚∆U Á’· ‹apple„UË¥H 1H
ÃÊÁ„U ∑§’„È°U ÷‹ ∑§„Uß Ÿ ∑§Ù߸ – ªÈ¢¡Ê ª˝„Uß ¬⁄U‚ ◊ÁŸ πÙ߸H
•Ê∑§⁄U øÊÁ⁄U ‹ë¿U øı⁄UÊ‚Ë – ¡ÙÁŸ ÷˝◊à ÿ„U Á¡fl •Á’ŸÊ‚ËH 2H
Á»§⁄Uà ‚ŒÊ ◊ÊÿÊ ∑§⁄U ¬˝apple⁄UÊ – ∑§Ê‹ ∑§◊¸ ‚È÷Êfl ªÈŸ ÉÊapple⁄UÊH
∑§’„È°U∑§ ∑§Á⁄U ∑§L§ŸÊ Ÿ⁄U Œapple„UË – Œappleà ߸‚ Á’ŸÈ „appleUÃÈ ‚Ÿapple„UËH 3H
Ÿ⁄U ÃŸÈ ÷fl ’ÊÁ⁄UÁœ ∑§„È°U ’apple⁄UÙ – ‚ã◊Èπ ◊L§Ã •ŸÈª˝„U ◊apple⁄UÙH
∑§⁄UŸœÊ⁄U ‚ŒªÈ⁄U ŒÎ…∏U ŸÊflÊ – ŒÈ‹¸÷ ‚Ê¡ ‚È‹÷ ∑§Á⁄U ¬ÊflÊH 4H
Cau.: ehi tana kara phala biaya na bhå∂, svargau svalpa a≈ta dukhadå∂.
nara tanu påi biaya° mana deh∂°, pala¢i sudhå te sa¢ha bia leh∂°.1.
tåhi kabahu° bhala kahai na ko∂, gu≈jå grahai parasa mani kho∂.
åkara cåri laccha caurås∂, joni bhramata yaha jiva abinås∂.2.
phirata sadå måyå kara prerå, kåla karma subhåva guna gherå.
kabahu° ka kari karunå nara deh∂, deta ∂sa binu hetu saneh∂.3.
nara tanu bhava båridhi kahu° bero, sanmukha maruta anugraha mero.
karanadhåra sadagura dæRha nåvå, durlabha såja sulabha kari påvå.4.
ìSensuous enjoyment, brethren, is not the be-all and end-all of human existence;
even heavenly enjoyment is short-lived and ends in sorrow. The fools who devote their
mind to the pleasures of sense even after attaining human birth take poison in
exchange for nectar. None will ever speak well of him who picks up a peppercorn
throwing away the philosopherís stone. This immortal soul goes round through eightyfour
lakh species of life, falling under four broad divisions. Driven by Måyå (My
deluding potency) and encompassed by Time, destiny, Nature and phenomenal
existence, it ever drifts along. Rarely does God, who loves the J∂va without any selfinterest,
graciously bestow on it a human form, which is a veritable raft whereby it can
cross the ocean of mundane existence, with My grace for a favourable wind and a
worthy preceptor for a helmsman to steer this strong barkóa combination which,
though difficult to secure, has been made easily available to it.î (1ó4)