Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Cau.: kabahu° ki dukha saba kara hita tåke°, tehi ki daridra parasa mani jåke° .
paradroh∂ k∂ hohiÚ nisa≈kå, kåm∂ puni ki rahahiÚ akala≈kå.1.
ba≈sa ki raha dvija anahita k∂nhe° , karma ki hohiÚ svarµupahi c∂nhe° .
kåhµu sumati ki khala sa°ga jåm∂, subha gati påva ki paratriya gåm∂.2.
bhava ki parahiÚ paramåtmå bi≈daka, sukh∂ ki hohiÚ kabahu° harini≈daka.
råju ki rahai n∂ti binu jåne° , agha ki rahahiÚ haricarita bakhåne° .3.
påvana jasa ki punya binu ho∂, binu agha ajasa ki påvai ko∂.
låbhu ki kichu hari bhagati samånå, jehi gåvahiÚ ‹ruti sa≈ta purånå.4.
håni ki jaga ehi sama kichu bhå∂, bhajia na råmahi nara tanu på∂.
agha ki pisunatå sama kachu ånå, dharma ki dayå sarisa harijånå.5.
ehi bidhi amiti juguti mana gunaµu° , muni upadesa na sådara sunaµu° .
puni puni saguna paccha maiÚ ropå, taba muni boleu bacana sakopå.6.
mµuRha parama sikha deu° na månasi, uttara pratiuttara bahu ånasi.
satya bacana bisvåsa na karah∂, båyasa iva sabah∂ te Œarah∂.7.
sa¢ha svapaccha tava hædaya° bisålå, sapadi hohi pacch∂ ca≈Œålå.
l∂nha ‹råpa maiÚ s∂sa caRhå∂, nahiÚ kachu bhaya na d∂natå å∂.8.
ìCan suffering ensue from solicitude for othersí well-being? Can anyone possessing
the philosopherís stone suffer from want any longer ? Can the malevolent be free from
anxiety? Can the sensualist escape obloquy? Can oneís posterity survive even though
one has persecuted the Bråhmaƒas? Can one continue to perform actions (with
attachment) even after attaining Self-Realization? Has anyone acquired sound wisdom
while living in the company of the vicious? Can an adulterer attain a happy destiny? Can
those who have realized God fall again into the ocean of transmigration? Can the revilers
of ›r∂ Hari be ever happy? Can a kingdom stand without a knowledge of statecraft? Can
sins persist even after one has commenced narrating ›r∂ Hariís exploits? Can one enjoy
sacred renown without religious merit and can anyone earn a bad reputation without a
sin? Is there any gain as valuable as Devotion to ›r∂ Hari, which is glorified alike by
saints as well as by the Vedas and Puråƒas? And, brother, is there any loss in the world
as grievous as that of the man who fails to adore ›r∂ Råma even after obtaining a human
body? Is there any other sin so bad as backbiting or any virtue so great as compassion,
O mount of ›r∂ Hari?î In this way I mentally advanced numberless arguments in my
favour and did not listen to the sageís teaching with any reverence. Again and again I
maintained the cause of the Saguƒa form of worship (the worship of an embodied Deity),
till at last the sage uttered these angry words : ìFool, you refuse to accept the supreme
lesson I have been inculcating on you and indulge in endless arguments and counterarguments.
You give no credence to my authentic words and, like a crow, look on
everything with distrust ! Fool, you are exceedingly self-opinionated; therefore, you shall
at once take the form of a crow (the pariah among birds).î I bowed to the curse
prohounced by the sage but felt neither alarmed nor humbled. (1ó8)
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