Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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hoi buddhi jau° parama sayån∂, tinha tana citava na anahita jån∂.
jau° tehi bighna buddhi nahiÚ bådh∂, tau bahori sura karahiÚ upådh∂.5.
i≈dr∂ dvåra jharokhå nånå, taha° taha° sura bai¢he kari thånå.
åvata dekhahiÚ biaya bayår∂, te ha¢hi dehiÚ kapå¢a ughår∂.6.
jaba so prabha≈jana ura gæha° jå∂, tabahiÚ d∂pa bigyåna bujhå∂.
gra≈thi na chµu¢i mi¢å so prakåså, buddhi bikala bhai biaya batåså.7.
i≈drinha suranha na gyåna sohå∂, biaya bhoga para pr∂ti sadå∂.
biaya sam∂ra buddhi kæta bhor∂, tehi bidhi d∂pa ko båra bahor∂.8.
The constant awareness that ìI am the same (Brahma)î represents the most
dazzling flame of the lamp. In this way when the bliss of Self-Realization sheds its bright
lustre, the error of duality, the root of worldly existence, is dispersed and the infinite
darkness of infatuation etc.ó which forms the family of Avidyå (Nescience)ódisappears.
Having thus procured a light, the Buddhi referred to above sits in the chamber of the
heart to untie the ligature (that binds the Spirit with Matter). The soul can hope to attain
its object only in the event of Buddhi succeeding in untying it. But when Måyå, O king
of the birds, finds her attempting to untie the knot, she creates many difficulties. She
sends forth, brother, a number of §Rddhis and Siddhis (riches and supernatural powers
in their embodied forms), that try to excite her cupidity. By artifice, force or fraud they
approach her and put off the light by fanning it with the end of their garment. If the Buddhi
happens to be most sagacious, she refuses even to look at them considering them to
be her enemies. If these impediments fail to distract her, the gods next proceed to create
trouble. The various appertures of the body that locate the five senses are so many
windows in the chamber of the heart, each of which is presided over by a god. Even as
they find the gust of sensuality entering the chamber the gods wantonly throw the
shutters of these appertures wide open. As soon as the blast penetrates the chamber
of the heart the light of immediate knowledge gets extinguished. In this way while the
ligature binding the Spirit with Matter remains untied, the light (of Self-Realization) also
disappears and the understanding gets bewildered when buffetted by the blast of
sensuality. Gnosis is welcome neither to the senses nor the gods presiding over them,
who are ever fond of sensuous enjoyments. And the Buddhi too having been distracted
by the blast of sensuality, who can light the lamp again as before? (1ó8)
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Do.: taba phiri j∂va bibidhi bidhi påvai sa≈sæti klesa,
hari måyå ati dustara tari na jåi bihagesa.118(A).
kahata ka¢hina samujhata ka¢hina sådhata ka¢hina bibeka,
hoi ghunåcchara nyåya jau° puni pratyµuha aneka.118(B).
(When the light of wisdom is thus extinguished) the soul then goes again through the
manifold agonies of transmigration. ›r∂ Hariís deluding potency, O lord of the winged creatures,
is most difficult to cross: it cannot easily be crossed over. Gnosis is difficult to expound,