Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Cau.: kæpåsi≈dhu bole musukå∂, soi karu jehiÚ tava nåva na jå∂.
begi ånu jala påya pakhårµu, hota bila≈bu utårahi pårµu.1.
jåsu nåma sumirata eka bårå, utarahiÚ nara bhavasi≈dhu apårå.
soi kæpålu keva¢ahi nihorå, jehiÚ jagu kiya tihu pagahu te thorå.2.
pada nakha nirakhi devasari hara∂, suni prabhu bacana moha° mati kara∂.
keva¢a råma rajåyasu påvå, påni ka¢havatå bhari lei åvå.3.
ati åna≈da umagi anurågå, carana saroja pakhårana lågå.
barai sumana sura sakala sihåh∂°, ehi sama punyapu≈ja kou nåh∂°.4.
The all-compassionate Lord smilingly said, ìDo that which may prevent the loss
of your boat. Bring water at once and lave my feet; we are getting late, take us
across.î The same gracious Lord, by uttering whose Name only once men cross
the boundless ocean of mundane existence, and for whose three strides the universe
proved too small*, thus importuned an ordinary boatman. Though bewildered by the
Lordís words, the celestial river (Ga∆gå) rejoiced on beholding the nails of His toes.
On receiving ›r∂ Råmaís command the ferryman brought a wood basin full of water.
In great joy and with a heart overflowing with love he proceeded to bathe the Lordís
lotus-feet. Raining flowers on him all the gods envied his lot and said there was
none so meritorious as he. (1ó4)
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Do.: pada pakhåri jalu påna kari åpu sahita parivåra,
pitara påru kari prabhuhi puni mudita gayau lei påra.101.
Having laved the Lordís feet and drunk of the water in which they had been
immersed alongwith the other members of his family, he thereby transported the souls
of his deceased forbears across the ocean of metempsychosis and then gladly took the
Lord across the Ga∆gå. (101)
* There is an allusion here to the Lordís Descent as a Dwarf and to His subsequently assuming
colossal dimensions and measuring the earth and heavens in a couple of strides. The same Lord who had
assumed the form of a Dwarf in the Satyayuga now appeared as ›r∂ Råma; hence the two are identified by the
poet. It is further mentioned in the Puråƒas that Brahmå (the Creator) laved the foot of the Lord when it
reached Brahmaloka (the highest heaven) after measuring the heavens and it was this water which flowed
through the heavens and later on reached the earth in the form of the river Ga∆gå. It is also gathered from the
Puråƒas that the river, like all other rivers and mountains etc., is presided over by a goddess of the same name
and it is this deity who is represented here as mystified by the Lordís behaviour as an ordinary human being
depending on a boatman for being taken across the stream. When, however, the boatman bathed the feet of
the Lord with the water of the holy river, the goddess took no time in recognizing the source of her waters and
rejoiced to discover the Almighty Lord.