Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
te pitu måtu kahahu sakhi kaise, jinha pa¢hae bana bålaka aise.
råma lakhana siya rµupu nihår∂, hohiÚ saneha bikala nara når∂.4.
Thrilling all over with emotion, ›r∂ Råma pressed him to His bosom, as though a
pauper had found a philosopherís stone. Everyone who saw them suggested as though
love, on the one hand, and the supreme Reality, on the other, embraced each other in
living form. Next he threw himself at the feet of Lakmaƒa, who lifted him with a heart
overflowing with love. Again he placed on his head the dust of S∂tåís feet and the Mother
(S∂tå) gave him Her blessing, knowing him to be Her own child. The Niåda chief in his
turn fell prostrate before the hermit, who gladly embraced him recognizing him to be a
friend of ›r∂ Råma. With the cup of his eyes he drank the nectar of ›r∂ Råmaís beauty
and was delighted as a hungry soul who had secured excellent food *. ìTell me, friend,
what are those father and mother like, that have exiled to the woods children such as
these?î Beholding the beauty of ›r∂ Råma, Lakmaƒa and S∂tå, men and women alike
were ill at ease on account of love. (1ó4)
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Do.: taba raghub∂ra aneka bidhi sakhahi sikhåvanu d∂nha,
råma rajåyasu s∂sa dhari bhavana gavanu teiÚ k∂nha.111.
The Hero of Raghuís race then admonished His friend (Guha) in ways more than
one. And bowing to ›r∂ Råmaís commands he left for his home. (111)
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Cau.: puni siya° råma lakhana kara jor∂, jamunahi k∂nha pranåmu bahor∂.
cale sas∂ya mudita dou bhå∂, rabitanujå kai karata baRå∂.1.
pathika aneka milahiÚ maga jåtå, kahahiÚ saprema dekhi dou bhråtå.
råja lakhana saba a≈ga tumhåre° , dekhi socu ati hædaya hamåre° .2.
måraga calahu payådehi påe°, jyotiu jhµu¢ha hamåre° bhåe° .
agamu pa≈thu giri kånana bhår∂, tehi maha° såtha nåri sukumår∂.3.
* This episode of an ascetic has been ignored by some commentators as an interpolation and
obviously it is disconnected with the main thread of the narrative and appears to have been inserted
afterwards. All the same the lines are found in all old manuscripts. The poet was a saint of uncommon spiritual
insight. It is, therefore, difficult to say what was his intention in writing these lines. In any case the episode
cannot be dismissed as an interpolation. When the ascetic has been spoken of here as unknown even to the
poet, no one can say with any amount of certainty who he was. To our mind he is none else than the monkeygod,
›r∂ Hanumån, or a mental projection of the poet (Tulas∂dåsa) himself.