Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Do.: prathama janma ke carita aba kahau° sunahu bihagesa,
suni prabhu pada rati upajai jåte° mi¢ahiÚ kalesa.96(A).
pµuruba kalpa eka prabhu juga kalijuga mala mµula,
nara aru nåri adharma rata sakala nigama pratikµula.96(B).
Listen, O lord of the feathered kingdom: I now proceed to narrate the story of my very
first birth (within my memory), which is sure to engender in the heart of the listener love for
the Lordís feet, which is the remedy for all afflictions. In a former Kalpa (round of creation),
my lord, the world was passing through a Kaliyuga, the hotbed of sin, in which men and
women were all steeped in unrighteousness and acted contrary to the Vedas. (96 A-B)
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Cau.: tehiÚ kalijuga kosalapura jå∂, janmata bhayau° sµudra tanu på∂.
siva sevaka mana krama aru bån∂, åna deva ni≈daka abhimån∂.1.
dhana mada matta parama båcålå, ugrabuddhi ura da≈bha bisålå.
jadapi raheu° raghupati rajadhån∂, tadapi na kachu mahimå taba jån∂.2.
aba jånå maiÚ avadha prabhåvå, nigamågama puråna asa gåvå.
kavanehu° janma avadha basa jo∂, råma paråyana so pari ho∂.3.
avadha prabhåva jåna taba prån∂, jaba ura basahiÚ råmu dhanupån∂.
so kalikåla ka¢hina uragår∂, påpa paråyana saba nara når∂.4.
In that Kaliyuga I was born in the city of Ayodhyå and got the body of a ›µudra (a
member of the labouring and artisan classes). A devotee of Lord ›iva in thought, word
and deed, I was a reviler of other gods and conceited too. Intoxicated with the pride of
pelf, I was most loquacious and savage of purpose and carried an enormous load of
hypocrisy in my heart. Even though I dwelt in the capital of ›r∂ Råma (the lord of the
Raghus), I failed to know even an iota of its glory then. Now I have come to know the
greatness of Ayodhyå. Thus has it been sung by the Vedas, Tantras and Puråƒas that
whoever has resided in Ayodhyå in any birth whatsoever surely becomes a votary of ›r∂
Råma. A man comes to know the glory of Ayodhyå only when ›r∂ Råma, bow in hand,
takes up His abode in his heart. That particular age of Kali was terrible indeed, O enemy
of serpents; every man and woman was given over to sin. (1ó4)
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