Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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leisure the ladies of King Janakaís gynaeceum called on them. Queen Kausalyå (›r∂
Råmaís mother) received them with due honour and courtesy and offered them such
seats as circumstances would permit. The amiability and affection of all on both sides
were such as would have made even the hardest thunderbolt melt if it could be see
or hear of them. With their body thrilling all over and overpowered by emotion and eyes
full of tears all began to sorrow and scratch the ground with the nails of their toes. They
were all incarnations as it were of love for S∂tå and ›r∂ Råma; it seemed as if Pathos
herself mourned in so many forms. Said S∂tåís mother, ìThe intellect of Providence is
so marvellous that He has thought fit to break up the foam of milk with a chisel of
adamant! (1ó4)
ŒÙ0 ó‚ÈÁŸ• ‚ÈœÊ ŒappleÁÅÊ•Á„¢U ª⁄U‹ ‚’ ∑§⁄UÃÍÁà ∑§⁄UÊ‹–
¡„°U Ä°U ∑§Ê∑§ ©U‹Í∑§ ’∑§ ◊ÊŸ‚ ‚∑Χà ◊⁄UÊ‹H 281H
Do.: sunia sudhå dekhiahiÚ garala saba karatµuti karåla,
jaha° taha° kåka ulµuka baka månasa sakæta maråla.281.
ìWe hear of nectar but see only venom: all His doings are hard. Crows, owls and
herons are seen everywhere; but swans can be found in the Månasa lake alone.î (281)
øı0ó‚ÈÁŸ ‚‚Ùø ∑§„U ŒappleÁ’ ‚ÈÁ◊òÊÊ – Á’Áœ ªÁà ’Á«∏ UÁ’¬⁄UËà Á’ÁøòÊÊH
¡Ù ‚ÎÁ¡ ¬Ê‹ß „U⁄Uß ’„UÙ⁄UË – ’Ê‹ ∑apple§Á‹ ‚◊ Á’Áœ ◊Áà ÷Ù⁄UËH.1H
∑§ı‚ÀÿÊ ∑§„U ŒÙ‚È Ÿ ∑§Ê„ÍU – ∑§⁄U◊ Á’’‚ ŒÈπ ‚Èπ ¿UÁà ‹Ê„ÍUH
∑§Á∆UŸ ∑§⁄U◊ ªÁà ¡ÊŸ Á’œÊÃÊ – ¡Ù ‚È÷ •‚È÷ ‚∑§‹ »§‹ ŒÊÃÊH.2H
߸‚ ⁄U¡Êß ‚Ë‚ ‚’„UË ∑apple¥§ – ©UìÁà ÁÕÁà ‹ÿ Á’·„ÈU •◊Ë ∑apple¥§H
ŒappleÁ’ ◊Ù„U ’‚ ‚ÙÁø• ’ÊŒË – Á’Áœ ¬˝¬¢øÈ •‚ •ø‹ •ŸÊŒËH.3H
÷ͬÁà Á¡•’ ◊⁄U’ ©U⁄U •ÊŸË– ‚ÙÁø• ‚Áπ ‹Áπ ÁŸ¡ Á„Uà „UÊŸËH
‚Ëÿ ◊ÊÃÈ ∑§„U ‚àÿ ‚È’ÊŸË – ‚È∑ΧÃË •flÁœ •flœ¬Áà ⁄UÊŸËH.4H
Cau.: suni sasoca kaha debi sumitrå, bidhi gati baRi bipar∂ta bicitrå.
jo sæji pålai harai bahor∂, båla keli sama bidhi mati bhor∂.1.
kausalyå kaha dosu na kåhµu, karama bibasa dukha sukha chati låhµu.
ka¢hina karama gati jåna bidhåtå, jo subha asubha sakala phala dåtå.2.
∂sa rajåi s∂sa sabah∂ ke°, utapati thiti laya biahu am∂ ke°.
debi moha basa socia båd∂, bidhi prapa≈cu asa acala anåd∂.3.
bhµupati jiaba maraba ura ån∂, socia sakhi lakhi nija hita hån∂.
s∂ya måtu kaha satya subån∂, sukæt∂ avadhi avadhapati rån∂.4.
Hearing this Queen Sumitrå (Lakmaƒaís mother) sorrowfully observed, ìThe
ways of Providence are most perverse and strange: He creates, maintains and then
destroys. Godís designs are as silly as childís play.î Said Kausalyå, ìIt is nobodyís fault;
sorrow and joy, loss and gain are determined by our past actions. The enexorable ways
of Providence are known to God alone, who dispenses all kinds of fruits, both good and
evil. Godís commands prevail over all, including the processes of creation, maintenance
and dissolution and even over poison and nectar (which destroy and restore life
respectively). It is no use lamenting, O good lady, out of infatuation. The doings of
Providence are, as I have said, immutable and eternal. If we mourn over the contrast