Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
so dhana dhanya prathama gati jåk∂, dhanya punya rata mati soi påk∂.
dhanya ghar∂ soi jaba satasa≈gå, dhanya janma dvija bhagati abha≈gå.4.
He alone is omniscient and accomplished, he alone is wise, he alone is an
ornament of the globe, learned and munificent, he alone is pious and he the saviour of
his race, whose mind is devoted to the feet of ›r∂ Råma. He alone is perfect in correct
behaviour and most sagacious, he alone has thoroughly grasped the conclusion of the
Vedas, and he alone is a seer, a man of erudition, and staunch in battle, who adores the
Hero of Raghuís line in a guileless spirit. Blessed is the land where flows the celestial
stream (the Ga∆gå); blessed the wife who observes a vow of fidelity to her husband.
Blessed is the monarch who administers justice; blessed the Bråhmaƒa who swerves
not from his duty. Blessed is the wealth which is used to the best advantage;* blessed
is the intellect and ripe too, which is devoted to pious acts. Blessed is the hour which
is spent in communion with saints; blessed the birth in which one practises unceasing
devotion to the twice-born (the Bråhmaƒas). (1ó4)
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Do.: so kula dhanya umå sunu jagata pµujya supun∂ta,
‹r∂raghub∂ra paråyana jehiÚ nara upaja bin∂ta.127.
Listen, Umå : blessed is the family, worthy of adoration for the whole world and
most hallowed too, in which is born an humble devotee of the illustrious Råma (the Hero
of Raghuís line) . (127)
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Cau.: mati anurµupa kathå maiÚ bhå∂, jadyapi prathama gupta kari råkh∂.
tava mana pr∂ti dekhi adhikå∂, taba maiÚ raghupati kathå sunå∂.1.
yaha na kahia sa¢hah∂ ha¢has∂lahi, jo mana låi na suna hari l∂lahi.
kahia na lobhihi krodhihi kåmihi, jo na bhajai sacaråcara svåmihi.2.
dvija drohihi na sunåia kabahµu° , surapati sarisa hoi næpa jabahµu° .
råma kathå ke tei adhikår∂, jinha ke° satasa≈gati ati pyår∂.3.
gura pada pr∂ti n∂ti rata je∂, dvija sevaka adhikår∂ te∂.
tå kaha° yaha bisea sukhadå∂, jåhi prånapriya ‹r∂raghurå∂.4.
* Wealth invariably meets with one of the following three fates: it is either devoted to some charitable
purpose, squandered away on luxury and enjoyment or lost. Evidently the first of these is the best use of it. The
wealth of the miser who neither devotes it to the service of the needy, nor spends it on his own comforts meets
with the third, which is the worst fate.