Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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LAÃKÅ-KÅ°NœA *
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ten quarters of the heavens are His ears: so declare the Vedas. The winds are His
breath and the Vedas, His own speech; greed is His lower lip and Yama (the god who
sits in judgment on the dead), His dreadful teeth; Måyå (cosmic illusion) is His laughter
and the regents* of the ten quarters, His arms; fire is His mouth and Varuƒa (the god
presiding over the waters), His tongue; while the creation, preservation and destruction
of the universe are His gestures. The eighteen principal species of the vegetable
kingdom constitute the line of hair on His belly, the mountains are His bones and the
rivers represent the network of His veins. The ocean is His belly and the inferno, His
organs of urination and excretion. In short, the universe is a manifestation of the Lord and
it is no use going into further details. (1ó4)
ŒÙ0ó•„¢U∑§Ê⁄U Á‚fl ’ÈÁh •¡ ◊Ÿ ‚Á‚ ÁøûÊ ◊„UÊŸ–
◊ŸÈ¡ ’Ê‚ ‚ø⁄UÊø⁄U M§¬ ⁄UÊ◊ ÷ªflÊŸH 15 (∑§)H
•‚ Á’øÊÁ⁄U ‚ÈŸÈ ¬˝ÊŸ¬Áà ¬˝÷È ‚Ÿ ’ÿL§ Á’„UÊß–
¬˝ËÁà ∑§⁄U„ÈU ⁄UÉÊÈ’Ë⁄U ¬Œ ◊◊ •Á„UflÊà Ÿ ¡ÊßH 15 (π)H
Do.: aha≈kåra siva buddhi aja mana sasi citta mahåna,
manuja båsa sacaråcara rµupa råma bhagavåna.15(A).
asa bicåri sunu prånapati prabhu sana bayaru bihåi,
pr∂ti karahu raghub∂ra pada mama ahivåta na jåi.15(B).
ìLord ›iva is His ego, Brahmå His reason, the moon His mind and the great
Viƒu is His faculty of understanding. It is the same Lord ›r∂ Råma, manifested in the
form of this animate and inanimate creation, who has assumed a human semblance.
Pondering thus, hear me, O lord of my life: cease hostility with the Lord and cultivate
devotion to the feet of ›r∂ Råma (the Hero of Raghuís line) so that my good-luck† may
not desert me.î (15 A-B)
øı0óÁ’„°U‚Ê ŸÊÁ⁄U ’øŸ ‚ÈÁŸ ∑§ÊŸÊ – •„UÙ ◊Ù„U ◊Á„U◊Ê ’‹flÊŸÊH
ŸÊÁ⁄U ‚È÷Ê©U ‚àÿ ‚’ ∑§„U„UË¥ – •flªÈŸ •Ê∆U ‚ŒÊ ©U⁄U ⁄U„U„UË¥H 1H
‚Ê„U‚ •ŸÎà ø¬‹ÃÊ ◊ÊÿÊ– ÷ÿ •Á’’apple∑§ •‚ıø •ŒÊÿÊH
Á⁄U¬È ∑§⁄U M§¬ ‚∑§‹ ÃÒ¥ ªÊflÊ– •Áà Á’‚Ê‹ ÷ÿ ◊ÙÁ„U ‚ÈŸÊflÊH 2H
* The ten quarters alongwith their regents are named below:ó
Name of the quarter Regent
East Indra (the lord of paradise)
South-East Agni (the god of fire)
South Yama (the god who recompenses our deeds after death)
South-West Niræti (the lord of the Råkasas of a benevolent type)
West Varuƒa (the god presiding over the waters)
North-West Våyu (the wind-god)
North Kubera (the god of riches)
North-East ∫‹åna (Lord ›iva)
The Upper Region Brahmå (the Creator)
The Lower Region Ananta (the serpent-god)
† Good-luck in the eyes of a Hindu lady consists in the longevity of her husband and widowhood is
considered as the greatest curse.