Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Cau.: je janame kalikåla karålå, karataba båyasa bea marålå.
calata kupa≈tha beda maga chå° Re, kapa¢a kalevara kali mala bhå°Re.1.
ba≈caka bhagata kahåi råma ke, ki≈kara ka≈cana koha kåma ke.
tinha maha° prathama rekha jaga mor∂, dh∂≈ga dharamadhvaja dha≈dhaka dhor∂.2.
jau° apane avaguna saba kahaµu° , båRhai kathå påra nahiÚ lahaµu° .
tåte maiÚ ati alapa bakhåne, thore mahu° jånihahiÚ sayåne.3.
samujhi bibidhi bidhi binat∂ mor∂, kou na kathå suni deihi khor∂.
etehu para karihahiÚ je asa≈kå, mohi te adhika te jaRa mati ra≈kå.4.
kabi na hou° nahiÚ catura kahåvau° , mati anurµupa råma guna gåvau°.
kaha° raghupati ke carita apårå, kaha° mati mori nirata sa≈sårå.5.
jehiÚ måruta giri meru uRåh∂°, kahahu tµula kehi lekhe måh∂°.
samujhata amita råma prabhutå∂, karata kathå mana ati kadarå∂.6.
Those who are born in this terrible age of Kali, who though akin to the crow in their
doings have put on the garb of a swan, who tread the evil path, abandoning the track
of the Vedas, who are embodiments of falsehood and repositories of sins of the Kali age,
who are impostors claiming to be devotees of ›r∂ Råma, though slaves of mammon,
anger and passion, and who are unscrupulous, hypocritical and foremost among
intriguersóI occupy the first place among them. Were I to recount all my vices, their tale
will assume large dimensions, and yet I shall not be able to exhaust them. Hence I have
mentioned very few. A word should suffice for the wise. Entering into the spirit of my
manifold prayers, none should blame me on hearing this story. Those who will raise
objections even then are more stupid and deficient in intellect than myself. I am no poet
and have no pretensions to ingenuity; I sing the glories of ›r∂ Råma according to my own
lights, My intellect, which wallows in the world, is a poor match for the unlimited exploits
of the Lord of Raghus. Tell me, of what account is cotton in the face of the strong wind
before which even mountains like Meru are blown away? Realizing the infinite glory of
›r∂ Råma, my mind feels very diffident in proceeding with this story. (1ó6)
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Do.: sårada sesa mahesa bidhi ågama nigama puråna,
neti neti kahi jåsu guna karahiÚ nira≈tara gåna.12.
Goddess Sarasvat∂ ›ea (the thousand-headed serpent-god), the great Lord
›iva, Brahmå (the Creator), the Ågamas (Tantras), the Vedas and the Puråƒas unceasingly
sing His virtues, saying ënot thatí, ënot thatí.*
* This shows that the gods and scriptures mentioned above, though ever engaged in singing the
virtues of ›r∂ Råma, are able only to touch the fringe of His glory and find themselves unable to describe it in
full. That is why they make only a negative assertion ëNa itií (not that), meaning thereby that whatever is
predicated of God falls much too short of His real glory and is at best only a faint indication of it.