Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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of the tongue at the doorway of your mouth, if you will have light both inside and outside,
O Tulas∂dåsa. (21)
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’˝rÊÔ‚ÈπÁ„U •ŸÈ÷fl®„U •ŸÍ¬Ê – •∑§Õ •ŸÊ◊ÿ ŸÊ◊ Ÿ M§¬ÊH 1H
¡ÊŸÊ ø„U®„U ªÍ…∏U ªÁà ¡apple§ – ŸÊ◊ ¡Ë„U° ¡Á¬ ¡ÊŸ®„U Ãapple§H
‚Êœ∑§ ŸÊ◊ ¡¬®„U ‹ÿ ‹Ê∞° – „UÙ®„U Á‚h •ÁŸ◊ÊÁŒ∑§ ¬Ê∞°H 2H
¡¬®„U ŸÊ◊È ¡Ÿ •Ê⁄Uà ÷Ê⁄UË – Á◊≈U®„U ∑ȧ‚¢∑§≈U „UÙ®„U ‚ÈπÊ⁄UËH
⁄UÊ◊ ÷ªÃ ¡ª øÊÁ⁄U ¬˝∑§Ê⁄UÊ – ‚È∑ΧÃË øÊÁ⁄U©U •ŸÉÊ ©UŒÊ⁄UÊH 3H
ø„ÍU øÃÈ⁄U ∑§„È°U ŸÊ◊ •œÊ⁄UÊ – ÇÿÊŸË ¬˝÷ÈÁ„U Á’‚appleÁ· Á¬•Ê⁄UÊH
ø„È°U ¡Èª ø„È°U üÊÈÁà ŸÊ◊ ¬˝÷ʧ – ∑§Á‹ Á’‚appleÁ· Ÿ®„U •ÊŸ ©U¬Ê§H 4H
Cau.: nåma j∂ha° japi jågahiÚ jog∂, birati bira≈ci prapa≈ca biyog∂.
brahmasukhahi anubhavahiÚ anµupå, akatha anåmaya nåma na rµupå.1.
jånå cahahiÚ gµuRha gati jeµu, nåma j∂ha° japi jånahiÚ teµu.
sådhaka nåma japahiÚ laya låe°, hohiÚ siddha animådika påe°.2.
japahiÚ namu jana årata bhår∂, mi¢ahiÚ kusa≈ka¢a hohiÚ sukhår∂.
råma bhagata jaga cåri prakårå, sukæt∂ cåriu anagha udårå.3.
cahµu catura kahu° nåma adhårå, gyån∂ prabhuhi bisei piårå.
cahu° juga cahu° ‹ruti nåma prabhåµu, kali bisei nahiÚ åna upåµu.4.
Yog∂s (mystics) who are full of dispassion and are wholly detached from Godís
creation keep awake (in the daylight of wisdom) muttering the Name with their tongue,
and enjoy the felicity of Brahma (the Absolute), which is incomparable, unspeakable,
unmixed with sorrow and devoid of name and form. Even those (seekers of Truth) who
aspire to know the mysterious ways of Providence are able to comprehend them by
muttering the Name. Strivers (hankering after worldly achievements) repeat the Name,
absorbed in contemplation, and become accomplished, acquiring superhuman powers
such as that of becoming infinitely small in size.* If devotees in distress mutter the Name,
their worst calamities of the gravest type disappear and they become happy. In this world
there are four kinds of devotees† of ›r∂ Råma; all the four of them are virtuous, sinless
and noble. All the four, clever as they are, rely upon the Name. Of these the enlightened
devotee is specially dear to the Lord. The glory of the Name is supreme in all the four
Yugas and all the four Vedas, particularly in the Kali age, in which there is no other
means of salvation. (1ó4)
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* Works on Yoga enumerate the following eight kinds of miraculous powers acquired by Yog∂s:ó
(i) Aƒimå (the faculty of reducing oneís body to the size of an atom), (ii) Mahimå (the power of expanding
oneís body to an infinitely large size), (iii) Garimå (the power of becoming infinitely heavy), (iv) Laghimå
(the power of becoming infinitely light in body), (v) Pråpti (unrestricted access to all places), (vi) Pråkåmya
(realizing whatever one desires), (vii) ∫‹itva (absolute lordship) and (viii) Va‹itva (subjugating all).
† ›r∂mad bhagavadg∂tå mentions four kinds of devotees, viz., (i) Årta (the afflicted), (ii) Jij¤åsu (the
seeker of Truth), (iii) Arthårth∂ (the seeker of worldly riches) and (iv) J¤ån∂ (the enlightened), and speaks of
them all as virtuous and benevolent. Of course, the enlightened devotee, it is pointed out, is the most beloved
of the Lord and constitutes His very self (vide VII 16ó18).