Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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‚È¢Œ⁄UÃÊ ∑§„È°U ‚¢ÈŒ⁄U ∑§⁄U߸ – ¿UÁ’ªÎ„°U ŒË¬Á‚πÊ ¡ŸÈ ’⁄U߸H
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Cau.: ka≈kana ki≈kini nµupura dhuni suni, kahata lakhana sana råmu hædaya° guni.
månahu° madana du≈dubh∂ d∂nh∂, manaså bisva bijaya kaha° k∂nh∂.1.
asa kahi phiri citae tehi orå, siya mukha sasi bhae nayana cakorå.
bhae bilocana cåru aca≈cala, manahu° sakuci nimi taje diga≈cala.2.
dekhi s∂ya sobhå sukhu påvå, hædaya° saråhata bacanu na åvå.
janu bira≈ci saba nija nipunå∂, biraci bisva kaha° praga¢i dekhå∂.3.
su≈daratå kahu° su≈dara kara∂, chabigæha° d∂pasikhå janu bara∂.
saba upamå kabi rahe ju¢hår∂, kehiÚ pa¢atarau° bidehakumår∂.4.
Hearing the tinkling of bangles, the small bells tied round the waist and
the anklets ›r∂ Råma thought within Himself and then said to Lakmaƒa, ìIt seems
as if Cupid has sounded his kettledrum with intent to conquer the universe.î So saying,
He looked once again in the same direction (whence the sound came); and lo !
His eyes feasted themselves on S∂tåís countenance even as the Cakora bird gazes
on the moon. His charming eyes became motionless, as if Nimi* (the god of
winking) had left the eyelids out of shyness. ›r∂ Råma was filled with rapture to
behold S∂tåís beauty; He admired it in His heart, but utterance failed Him. He felt
as if the Creator had put his whole creative skill in visible form and demonstrated
it to the world at large. ìShe lends charm to charm itself,î He said to Himself, ìand
looks as if a flame of light is burning in a house of beauty. The similes already
employed by the poets are all stale and hackneyed; to whom shall I liken the
daughter of Videha?î (1ó4)
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Do.: siya sobhå hiya° barani prabhu åpani daså bicåri,
bole suci mana anuja sana bacana samaya anuhåri.230.
Thus describing to Himself S∂tåís loveliness and reflecting on His own condition
the Lord innocently spoke to His younger brother in terms appropriate to the
occasion:ó (230)
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* Nimi was a forbear of King Janaka. On his death his spirit obtained a seat on the eyelids of human
beings and has ever since remained there. The poet here figuratively attributes the motionlessness of ›r∂
Råmaís eyelids to the sudden departure therefrom of Nimi, who as a forbear of Janaka is described as loth to
witness this exchange of pure love between Råma and S∂tå.