Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
I glorify ›a∆kara, the Lord of Kå‹∂ (the modern Våråƒas∂), the Consort of Girijå
(Himålayaís Daughter), the storehouse of good qualities, the Destroyer of Cupid, worthy
of all praise, shining like a conchshell or the moon, most handsome of person, clad in
a tigerís skin, decked with dreadful ornaments in the shape of deadly serpents, fond of
the Ga∆gå and the moon, the allayer of the sins of the Kali age and the celestial tree
yielding the fruit of Blessedness for the mere asking. (2)
ÿÙ ŒŒÊÁà ‚ÃÊ¢ ‡Êê÷È— ∑Ò§flÀÿ◊Á¬ ŒÈ‹¸÷◊˜–
π‹ÊŸÊ¢ Œá«U∑ΧlÙ˘‚ı ‡ÊVÔU⁄U— ‡Ê¢ ßÙÃÈ ◊appleH 3H
yo dadåti satå≈ ‹ambhu¨ kaivalyamapi durlabham,
khalånå≈ danŒakædyoísau ‹a∆kara¨ ‹a≈ tanotu me.3.
May Lord ›ambhu, the bestower of blessings, who confers on the virtuous even
final beatitude, which is so difficult to obtain, and who punishes the evil-doers, extend His
blessings to me. (3)
ŒÙ0ó‹fl ÁŸ◊apple· ¬⁄U◊ÊŸÈ ¡Èª ’⁄U· ∑§‹¬ ‚⁄U ø¢«U–
÷¡Á‚ Ÿ ◊Ÿ ÃappleÁ„U ⁄UÊ◊ ∑§Ù ∑§Ê‹È ¡Ê‚È ∑§ÙŒ¢«UH
Do.: lava nimea paramånu juga baraa kalapa sara ca≈Œa,
bhajasi na mana tehi råma ko kålu jåsu koda≈Œa.
O my soul, who do you not worship ›r∂ Råma, who has the indivisible Time for
His bow and the various divisions of time such as a Paramåƒu,* a twinkling, a moment,
a year, an age and a cycle for His fierce arrows?
‚Ù0óÁ‚¢œÈ ’øŸ ‚ÈÁŸ ⁄UÊ◊ ‚Áøfl ’ÙÁ‹ ¬˝÷È •‚ ∑§„appleU©U–
•’ Á’‹¢’È ∑apple§Á„U ∑§Ê◊ ∑§⁄U„ÈU ‚appleÃÈ ©UÃ⁄ÒU ∑§≈U∑ȧH
‚ÈŸ„ÈU ÷ÊŸÈ∑ȧ‹ ∑apple§ÃÈ ¡Ê◊fl¢Ã ∑§⁄U ¡ÙÁ⁄U ∑§„U–
ŸÊÕ ŸÊ◊ Ãfl ‚appleÃÈ Ÿ⁄U øÁ…∏U ÷fl ‚ʪ⁄U Ã⁄UÁ„¢UH
So.: si≈dhu bacana suni råma saciva boli prabhu asa kaheu,
aba bila≈bu kehi kåma karahu setu utarai ka¢aku.
sunahu bhånukula ketu jåmava≈ta kara jori kaha,
nåtha nåma tava setu nara caRi bhava sågara tarahiÚ.
On hearing Oceanís words ›r∂ Råma called His counsellors and spoke to them
thus : ìWhy delay now? Build the bridge, so that the army may cross over.î ìListen, O
Glory of the solar race.î said Jåmbavån with joined palms, ìYour name itself, my lord,
is a bridge by ascending which men cross over the ocean of mundane existence.î
øı0óÿ„U ‹ÉÊÈ ¡‹Áœ Ã⁄Uà ∑§Áà ’Ê⁄UÊ – •‚ ‚ÈÁŸ ¬ÈÁŸ ∑§„U ¬flŸ∑ȧ◊Ê⁄UÊH
¬˝÷È ¬˝Ãʬ ’«∏UflÊŸ‹ ÷Ê⁄UË – ‚Ù·apple©U ¬˝Õ◊ ¬ÿÙÁŸÁœ ’Ê⁄UËH 1H
* The measure of time taken by a sunbeam in passing by an atom of matter.