Hare Rama
भवानीशङ्करौ वन्दे श्रद्धाविश्वासरूपिणौ
याभ्यां विना न पश्यन्ति सिद्धाःस्वान्तःस्थमीश्वरम्
वन्दे बोधमयं नित्यं गुरुं शङ्कररूपिणम्
यमाश्रितो हि वक्रोऽपि चन्द्रः सर्वत्र वन्द्यते
I greet Goddess Parvati and his consort, Bhagwan Shiv Sankara, the embodiment of reverence and faith respectively, without which even the adept cannot perceive God enshrined in their very heart,
I make obeisance to the eternal preceptor in the form of Lord Sankara, who is all wisdom and resting on his brow the crescent moon, though crooked in shape, is universally adored
Sri Rama is the prime source of eternal energy for life on the planet.
Sri Rama is infinite, infinite are his virtues and the dimensions of his story are also immeasurable, those whose thoughts are pure will, therefore, feel no surprise when they hear it,
Sri Rama is supreme Brahma, who is beyond time, space, and all qualifying attributes and who infinite, knowledge absolute, peace and effulgence,
Knower of Brahma can never be ignorant, it is the grace of Sri Rama that a man reaches this stage,
Until one has Sri Rama's grace it is not possible for anyone to get help from a realized spiritual master,
Sri Rama is an active help in this age than an entity and tangible help to the spirit in both formats,
Sri Rama is a path and the destination of spirit that is embodied in mortal truth in the delusion of Maya,
Sri Rama is a reality above the horizon of the idol and the name,
Secular knowledge may mislead the self but the spiritual truth, Sri Rama is presiding deity of spiritual truth,
When all relatives and close associates leave the dead then Sri Rama reaches out for help in the lone chapter of spirit, provides respective cover with care,
Sri Rama can never be mistaken for an idol and idealogy, is a presiding deity of soul all the way, That ever maintain in proximity along within journey of the soul as embodied or immortal reality,
Sri Rama is a beckon of light irrespective of vision,
Atman resort in a sacred obscure place in the heart along with his Master Rama,
When the mortal heart ceases to act to feed mortality to the spirit, Rama takes charge to safeguard it from the delusion of Maya,
Try to understand the truth of the pitcher that filled with air, as the pitcher broke away, the air in the pitcher remains unaffected except for mild diversion so is the truth of Atman as the body ceases to exist on the pitch of breath yet the truth of eternity exist to safeguard the soul, and soul master Rama take care of the soul irrespective of merits and virtues, that is the subject Maya, not the Rama,
Caring Rama cares for the Atma Ram like anything in both worlds,
Individuals in mortal frame maintain a different vision for Atman and the Rama because they mostly remain bare from the truth of Atman and the Rama,
Atman that truth of Ego amalgamated with self face challenges from Maya being married to Maya to pacify self and the passion it maintains with but Rama helps with time and again to recover from the mirage of ego,
There is nothing superior or inferior in the sphere of individuality except that distant to Rama and close to him,
Nothing is ever born in the cult of soul, nor does it dies, it is just the pitch of ego that amalgamate spirit in truth with Maya for a hidden cause yet Rama follows the Atman irrespective of its orientation and amalgamated truth,
Know sky to be the most expensive among the five, being the resort of atman,
Atman being a party to Rama is as rich as anything yet begs before all in amalgamation with Maya and ego,
Only Rama may liberate it from its self-generated delusion,
Maya is the shadow of Rama, those in the passion of shadow are bound to remain bare from self even,
Mostly mind runs wild to control the shadow to rule over the Rama, which is the worst part of the illusion man suffers from,
This world is the product of imagination unto the truth of falsehood to trap the atman with ego, when imagination stops world ceases to exist and manifest the real Rama,
Knowledge is nothing but a light to reach, Material knowledge can never lead the self to the truth of self,
Knowledge of the self alone can help the self to reach at self, as the man reaches the truth of self find self in front of the supreme reality none other than Rama,
This suffering of the world is a product of man's erroneous thinking, this long-enduring suffering has filled the world with curses rather than life,
Man mostly suffered by the illusive bondage than the realities, Just a fair thought unto the truth of Sri Rama is more than enough to untie these unwanted knots,
Know it for sure that the mind wilfully and swiftly indulges in various kinds of imaginations, in the process got tied with snares of delusion,
Without knowledge of God, man cannot identify god and gets cheated through the cheaters on the format of life,
Cosmic consciousness is a must for a man to identify self-being the roots of self lie there,
Rama is the giver of cosmic consciousness, and mostly he awards this unique truth to atman at the changeover for the cause eternal, is one of the reason associated chants Raam Naam Satya hai, at the time of the last journey,
If to visualize it, then try to realize that just as sky clouds suddenly appear and then melt away, so is the truth of this world which appears on the frame of the sky as the world and soon with the changeover, appears as lost away, It manifests from the oceanic Rama and melts away to reach at Sri Rama,
If to visualize it, then try to realize that waves arise from water and merge in the water itself, so is the truth of Atman and the Rama,
Due to ignorance of the atman about the atman, the world appears to exist and cease to exist when the knowledge of the Atman is Acquired and the giver is Rama,
As the spirit loses memory of its pristine cult and truth, this world appears to be real, and embodied soul experience pain and pleasure through a mirage yet a truth for man in the light of Maya,
As the cosmic consciousness manifests, lost memory recovers at once, ties melt away and the self finds liberated, Rama is the giver,
It is the conscious state of man that matters to him the most,
Divine consciousness leads him to self and worldly consciousness derailed him from the truth of self,
And Sri Rama is a giver of divine consciousness,
It is the toughest task for any among the men, to elevate self from the delusion of Maya from one's own charter of life yet a man may make it in the refuge of Sri Rama,
A mystic whose mind is calm and cool like the full moon may invite Sri Rama for the hidden cause,
But for worldly man full moon appears as torment with high tides to derail the motive of being man, and may distant self from the Rama,
Know for sure that lust and greed are the very cause of being drowned, they may be called bird and beast, bird and beast never take resort in burning mountain, a man with austere penance may be called a burning mountain, and the Rama is the giver of truth unto austere penance,
The relationship between the cause and effect is a manifest truth of the material world, which by nature is transitory but the relationship between Atman and the Rama is universal, its transition is an illusion and a subject matter of spirit to realize before it is too late,
The effect of action always comes back to the doer, some action produces an effect immediately that is not as bad as that late hearing effects, they pronounce indifferently in different conditions and indifferent truth in other births on the pitch of karmic baggage in the form of fate, Only Rama may dilute the afflicted fate to facilitate the aspirants is the truth of time and ages,
The deals and the deeds in the hidden charter to deceive fellow beings that are pious and weak by nature are taken to that facet of Karma, where the sin accumulated many times and matures at different birth in different colors of punishments, only Rama can neutralize those afflicted Karma that yields in misappropriation,
A knower of Brahman and his cult man acts as an empty pot or pitcher in the ocean that never sinks, on the other hand, the man filled with the truth of Maya may sink into the ocean of mundane existence to suffer the pangs of birth and rebirth, Rama is the giver of true knowledge eternally to safeguard the spirit in the journey,
Know Rama to be the giver of Jivanmukta status to Atman devoid of the contemplation of sense objects, effortlessly giving up all egoistic worldly desires,
By the Grace of Rama Jivatma may experience the Liberated state of self even while in truth with a mortal frame through meaningful meditation of the static mind and make it easy for the spirit to sail safe for the hereafter,
Indeed liberation exists in the sky but not in the external sky, it exists in the eternal sky of the self and the ruler is Sri Rama,
Mostly mind falls prey to bondage in its restless and playful state in truth with sense objects and acts as a slave to senses and refuge in Sri Rama alone is the path to recover from,
Even in the conscious state of mind fleeting images never let the self track peace unless or until man submits himself in the refuge of Sri Rama,
Extra mileage of mind unto the truth of creature and creation cause hassles for self in varying forms unless or until a man takes refuge in lotus feet of Brahma Rama,
One may see one's own death in one's own dream, which is nothing but an illusion created by the mind through its memory chart, lack of discrimination is the cause, once the mind is graduated such errors can be eliminated through in truth of Sri Rama,
Peace of the mind is destroyed by the false vocabulary of the mind which acts at a negative pace to dilute the truth of self in the influence of Maya for a hidden cause and man may safeguard self by taking refuge in Sri Rama,
The Epic of Sri Rama is just an aspect of his truth to graduate the mind unto the truth of his might and the sports to help the devotees even out of proportion irrespective of merits,
Sri Rama has helped all beings in the sphere of life in different forms being a reader of inner truth, devotion to Rama is just an aspect to reach him but many other aspects bring Jiva close to Sri Rama,
Know Sri Rama to be an icon of Morality and truth and truth of compassion the embodiment of mercy that savior of suppliant irrespective of anything,
Sri Rama is a bridge between Atman and its emancipation,
Sri Rama is a veritable ship to sail safely,
The world is a river of suffering and Rama is the ocean of bliss,
Sri Rama acts as a philosopher's stone for his devotees to transform them from pitiable truth to a dignified state,
Sri Rama is fond of his devotees and awards them priceless gems of spirituality to rejoice eternally in the bliss of divine union,
Sri Rama is the truth of Velour that guards the life of his devotees and saintly souls,
Sri Rama is a wish-yielding tree that transforms fragile and transient life into a truth of final beatitude,
The soul is a fortunate bride to embrace his bridegroom from head to foot to kindle the love for the soul mate and enjoy its bliss and Sri Rama is the provider of provisions for the blissful unification in the name of final beatitude, Wake up O soul, Hurry up, clasp his feet, make humble and pitiable entreaty before him for the cause eternal,
Kingdom of Sri Rama ever remains active and in reach of the Spirit, his ways to address the grievance of the soul are mystic beyond words but the most effective antidote for the ills of fate the soul bears as baggage,
Two kinds of crystals are available in the material world, one disperses the light and the other remains unaffected by any kind of light, so is the truth of man, those in the proximity of Rama are bare from the colors of Maya but in the light of truth to visualize Rama at wish and will, but those who allow light to pass through are subjected colors of light, color is nothing but the dispersion of light,
The consciousness of self is never tarnished, invariable is the state of mind in one of its aspects when this mind imagines objects and runs after them, it takes with itself the subtle body, a flexible truth that could be alike elastic elongation but remains tied with self at one end and the body at the other end to indicate the resultant, but ever remains within reach of omnipresent Rama,
The mind is prone to be bound by desires and becomes free when discarding the desires and here it matters to the mind that a state of discrimination awarded by Sri Rama,
Mind and the world of Maya are co-related all the way, as long as the mind exists, the three worlds exist as the mind ceases to exist. all the three worlds cease to themselves, if the mind is directed towards the truth of Rama, it heads towards the Atma-Ram and looks for compliance truth of being in truth with the human format,
Know the mind to be the truth of this world as it remains in flux with Maya and the possessions of Maya that objects of senses when this mind acts outwards create chaos for self but it takes it to rout inward works a light of wisdom for Atman, the inward journey is the toughest truth for man but in the proximity of Sri Rama,
Victory over the mind is the toughest chapter for anyone, Lord has revealed four simple applications for man to enjoin the truth to control the mind and they are, Holy company is the very first milestone, second is indulgent with spiritual discourse, this is the practice of truth, and concluding threshold is streamlining the vital energy through the practice of Pranayama,
Supreme bliss is unique in itself and beyond the horizon of description but ways to reach are very simple, it is a state that manifests with knowing the supreme Brahma who is pure consciousness and the giver of, with the anhilihiltion of mind, knowledge of duality and doubts cease to itself and the light of wisdom manifest for the cause of supreme bliss and Sri Rama provides the provision to the suppliant in the quest for,
When the mind becomes cool, this world appears to be a moon, but when this mind becomes heated in friction with failures of life in desires to grab more, the world appears to be a gigantic forest fire, Only in the refuge of Sri Rama in truth with submission may help Atman to resort to the shore of peace and serenity,
Since I am undisturbed in distress and in affluence I am the friend of the entire world, as I am devoid of the sense of loss or gain, I live a life free from mental afflictions, I am devoid of worldly pursuits, I am independent and unattached like the sky, peaceful, formless, eternal and immovable as that of Rama, those in pursuits with and alike Rama may reach him,
Sri Rama transcends everything, is all-pervading and like the sky all over, indeed it is a wonder that from his infinite ocean of consciousness, all individual beings are arising like so many waves, moving back and forth and then subsiding,
Aspirants on the path unto truth and the cause need to give up all attachments, inward by nature that try to establish self in the truth of self to make it for the cause by the grace of Sri Rama, need not too long for desirable objects apart from essential to maintain body truth, try to reach at the truth of realization to reach the effulgent supreme spirit and Sri Rama could a tangible help unto subject,
Know Sri Rama to be an infinite ocean of consciousness that causes this universe and the life in it,
Know Sri Rama to be the giver of consciousness to matter and the spirit for a hidden cause,
Above the Horizon of self, the inner controller of all is Sri Rama alone, eternal by nature, free from all kinds of bounds yet abiding in every embodied being for a hidden cause,
The ocean is no other than the water, and This world is no other than a state of consciousness in varying forms at varying levels, The Ocean and the sky are taken as infinite by nature so is the truth of Sri Rama,
This visible universe containing movable and immovable objects is nothing but the projection of the mind among its three states to intercept the truth of consciousness, duality exists with an animate state of mind when the mind pause in itself duality and doubts cease to itself, until casting off its slough, the snake identifies with it but after casting it off, as the man pitched on the mind outwards that extrovert, drama appears to be an illusion but as the man takes inward route in truth with the paused mind through active meditation unto self, Rama becomes the reality,
Mandodary was in dismay since her rings fell to the ground in mysticism with her eyes filled with tears she spoke thus to Ravana, O Lord of My Life, listen to my prayer,
My beloved cease hostility with Sri Rama and have more obstinacy in your heart taking him to be a mere mortal, Believe my words That Sri Rama himself is manifested in the form of this universe, and the Vedas conceive of every limb of his a a distinct sphere,
Subterraining regions are his feet and the abode of Brahma is his head while other spheres are located in his other limbs, terrible death is a mere contraction of his eyebrows, the sun is his eyes and the mass of cloud is his locks, twin born god Ashwani Kumar are his nostrils, alternating days and nights constitute the repeated twinkling of his eyelids, while the quarter of the heavens are his ears, so declared by the Vedas, the wind are his breath and the Vedas, his own speech is the lower lip and Yama the death god is his dreadful teeth, Maya that cosmic illusion is his laughter and regents of the ten quarters, his arms, fire is his mouth and Varun the water is his tongue, while creation, preservation, and destruction of the universe is his gesture, the eighteen principle species of the vegetable kingdom constitute the line of hair on his belly, the mountains are his bones and the rivers represents the network of his veins, the ocean is his belly and the inferno, his organs of urination and excreation, in short, the universe is manifestation of the lord and it is no use going into further details,
Lord Shiva is his ego, Brahman his reason, the moon his mind, and great Vishnu is his faculty of understanding, is the same Lord Sri Rama, manifested in the form of animate and inanimate creation, who has assumed a human semblance, pondering this, hear me, O my lord of life, cease hostility with Lord Rama, and cultivate devotion to his feet so that my good luck may not desert me,
भरद्वाज मुनि बसहिं प्रयागा -तिन्हहि राम पद अति अनुरागा
तापस सम दम दया निधाना -परमारथ पथ परम सुजाना
माघ मकरगत रबि जब होई -तीरथपतिहिं आव सब कोई
देव दनुज किंनर नर श्रेनीं -सादर मज्जहिं सकल त्रिबेनी
पूजहि माधव पद जलजाता -परसि अखय बटु हरषहिं गाता
भरद्वाज आश्रम अति पावन -परम रम्य मुनिबर मन भावन
तहाँ होइ मुनि रिषय समाजा -जाहिं जे मज्जन तीरथराजा
मज्जहिं प्रात समेत उछाहा -कहहिं परसपर हरि गुन गाहा
ब्रह्म निरूपम धरम बिधि बरनहिं तत्त्व बिभाग
कहहिं भगति भगवंत कै संजुत ग्यान बिराग
एक बार भरि मकर नहाए -सब मुनीस आश्रमन्ह सिधाए
जागबलिक मुनि परम बिबेकी -भरव्दाज राखे पद टेकी
सादर चरन सरोज पखारे -अति पुनीत आसन बैठारे
करि पूजा मुनि सुजस बखानी -बोले अति पुनीत मृदु बानी
नाथ एक संसउ बड़ मोरें -करगत बेदतत्त्व सबु तोरें
कहत सो मोहि लागत भय लाजा जौ न कहउँ बड़ होइ अकाजा
संत कहहि असि नीति प्रभु श्रुति पुरान मुनि गाव
होइ न बिमल बिबेक उर गुर सन किएँ दुराव
अस बिचारि प्रगटउँ निज मोहू -हरहु नाथ करि जन पर छोहू
राम नाम कर अमित प्रभावा -संत पुरान उपनिषद गावा
संतत जपत संभु अबिनासी -सिव भगवान ग्यान गुन रासी
आकर चारि जीव जग अहहीं -कासीं मरत परम पद लहहीं
सोपि राम महिमा मुनिराया -सिव उपदेसु करत करि दाया
रामु कवन प्रभु पूछउँ तोही -कहिअ बुझाइ कृपानिधि मोही
एक राम अवधेस कुमारा
तिन्ह कर चरित बिदित संसारा
नारि बिरहँ दुखु लहेउ अपारा
भयहु रोषु रन रावनु मारा
प्रभु सोइ राम कि अपर कोउ जाहि जपत त्रिपुरारि
सत्यधाम सर्बग्य तुम्ह कहहु बिबेकु बिचारि
जैसे मिटै मोर भ्रम भारी -कहहु सो कथा नाथ बिस्तारी
जागबलिक बोले मुसुकाई -तुम्हहि बिदित रघुपति प्रभुताई
राममगत तुम्ह मन क्रम बानी -चतुराई तुम्हारि मैं जानी
चाहहु सुनै राम गुन गूढ़ा -कीन्हिहु प्रस्न मनहुँ अति मूढ़ा
तात सुनहु सादर मनु लाई -कहउँ राम कै कथा सुहाई
महामोहु महिषेसु बिसाला -रामकथा कालिका कराला
रामकथा ससि किरन समाना -संत चकोर करहिं जेहि पाना
Sage Bhardwaj clasped the feet and detained the supremely wise saint Yajnavalkya,
He reverently washed the latter's lotus feet and installed him on a most sacred seat, extolling his fair renown, Bhardwaj spoke in mild and reverent tones,
A GRAVE DOUBT HAUNTS MY MIND, HOLY SIR,
The mystery of Vedas stand revealed to you,
I am afraid and ashamed to utter the doubt and I lose a great opportunity if I keep it back,
The saints lay down the rule and the Vedas, as well as the Puranas and sages too loudly, proclaimed that pure wisdom cannot dawn in the heart, should one keep anything concealed from one's preceptor,
Remembering this I disclose my folly, dispel it, taking pity on this servant, my lord, The saints as well as the Puranas and the other ancient literature too declare that the potency of the Name Rama is unlimited,
The immortal shiva, that fountain of joy and storehouse of wisdom and goodness, incessantly repeats it, there are four broad classifications of living beings in the world, such of them as to die in the holy city of Kashi, attain the highest state,
This too marks the glory of Sri Rama's name, for it is the very name that Shiva mercifully imparts to the dying soul in Kashi,
I ask you, My Lord,
Who that Rama is,
Pray explain to me,
O storehouse of compassion,
One such Rama is the prince of Ayodhya whose exploits are known to the world that infinite was his sorrow due to the loss of his wife and flying into a rage he slew Ravana in battle
Is it this Very Rama, or someone else,
Whose name the slayer of the demon Tripura, ever repeats, you are the embodiment of truth and omniscient, so ponder well and give me your considered reply,
Tell me in detail, my master, the story whereby my overwhelming perplexity may be overcome, Yjnavlakya smilingly replied, the glory of Sri Rama is already known to you, you are a devote of Sri Rama in thought word and deed, I have come to know your ingenuity, you wish to hear an account of the hidden virtues of Sri Rama,
I shall repeat now to the best of my light the dialogue between Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, your gloom will be lifted,
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ऐसेइ संसय कीन्ह भवानी -महादेव तब कहा बखानी
सिद्ध तपोधन जोगिजन सूर किंनर मुनिबृंद
बसहिं तहाँ सुकृती सकल सेवहिं सिब सुखकंद
त्रिबिध समीर सुसीतलि छाया -सिव बिश्राम बिटप श्रुति गाया
एक बार तेहि तर प्रभु गयऊ -तरु बिलोकि उर अति सुखु भयऊ
निज कर डासि नागरिपु छाला -बैठै सहजहिं संभु कृपाला
कुंद इंदु दर गौर सरीरा -भुज प्रलंब परिधन मुनिचीरा
तरुन अरुन अंबुज सम चरना -नख दुति भ गत हृदय तम हरना
भुजग भूति भूषन त्रिपुरारी -आननु सरद चंद छबि हारी
जटा मुकुट सुरसरित सिर लोचन नलिन बिसाल
नीलकंठ लावन्यनिधि सोह बालबिधु भाल
बैठे सोह कामरिपु कैसें -धरें सरीरु सांतरसु जैसें
पारबती भल अवसरु जानी -गई संभु पहिं मातु भवानी
जानि प्रिया आदरु अति कीन्हा -बाम भाग आसनु हर दीन्हा
बैठीं सिव समीप हरषाई -पूरुब जन्म कथा चित आई
पति हियँ हेतु अधिक अनुमानी -बिहसि उमा बोलीं प्रिय बानी
बिस्वनाथ मम नाथ पुरारी -त्रिभुवन महिमा बिदित तुम्हारी
चर अरु अचर नाग नर देवा -सकल करहिं पद पंकज सेवा
प्रभु समरथ सर्बग्य सिव सकल कला गुन धाम
जोग ग्यान बैराग्य निधि प्रनत कलपतरु नाम
जौं मो पर प्रसन्न सुखरासी -जानिअ सत्य मोहि निज दासी
तौं प्रभु हरहु मोर अग्याना -कहि रघुनाथ कथा बिधि नाना
जासु भवनु सुरतरु तर होई -सहि कि दरिद्र जनित दुखु सोई
ससिभूषन अस हृदयँ बिचारी --हरहु नाथ मम मति भ्रम भारी
प्रभु जे मुनि परमारथबादी
कहहिं राम कहुँ ब्रह्म अनादी
सेस सारदा बेद पुराना
सकल करहिं रघुपति गुन गाना
तुम्ह पुनि राम राम दिन राती
सादर जपहु अनँग आराती
रामु सो अवध नृपति सुत सोई
की अज अगुन अलखगति कोई
जौं नृप तनय त ब्रह्म किमि नारि बिरहँ मति भोरि
देख चरित महिमा सुनत भ्रमति बुद्धि अति मोरि
जौं अनीह ब्यापक बिभु कोऊ -कहहु बुझाइ नाथ मोहि सोऊ
अग्य जानि रिस उर जनि धरहू -जेहि बिधि मोह मिटै सोइ करहू
मैं बन दीखि राम प्रभुताई -अति भय बिकल न तुम्हहि सुनाई
तदपि मलिन मन बोधु न आवा -सो फलु भली भाँति हम पावा
अजहूँ कछु संसउ मन मोरे -करहु कृपा बिनवउँ कर जोरें
प्रभु तब मोहि बहु भाँति प्रबोधा -नाथ सो समुझि करहु जनि क्रोध
तब कर अस बिमोह अब नाहीं -रामकथा पर रुचि मन माहीं
Goddess Parvati_
My Lord, you are all-powerful, all-wise, and blissful,
You are a repository of all arts and virtues and a storehouse of Yoga, wisdom, and dispassion,
Your name is the wish-yielding tree as it were to the suppliant,
O blissful Lord, if you are pleased with me and know me to be your servant then, my master,
Disperse my ignorance by repeating to me the various stories of the Lord of Raghus,
Why should he who has his abode beneath a w wish-yielding tree undergo the suffering born of want,
Bearing this in mind, O Lord, with the crescent on the forehead, dispel the great confusion of my mind,
O Lord, the sages who discourse on the supreme reality speaks Rama as Brahma who has no beginning,
Sesa and Sarada, as well as the Vedas and the Puranas, all sing praises of the lord of Raghus,
You too, subduer of love, reverently repeat the word RAMA night and day,
Is this Rama is the same as the son of the king of Ayodhya or some other unborn, unqualified, and imperceptible being,
IF A KING'S SON, HOW COULD HE BE BRAHMA THAT INFINITE,
IF HE WERE BRAHMA HOW COULD HIS MIND GET UNHINGED BY THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE,
WHEN I SEE HIS ACTS ON THE ONE HAND AND HEAR OF HIS GLORY, ON THE OTHER HAND, MY MIND GETS UTTERLY CONFUSED,
IF, MY LORD, THERE IS ANY OTHER DESIRELESS, ALL-PERVADING, AND ALL-POWERFUL BRAHMA, INSTRUCT ME ABOUT THE SAME,
BE NOT ANGRY AT MY FOLLY BUT TAKE STEPS TO WIPE OUT MY IGNORANCE,
IN THE WOOD IN MY PREVIOUS BIRTH I WITNESSED SRI RAMA'S GLORY, THOUGH I WAS TOO AWE-STRICKEN TO TELL YOU, YET MY MIND WAS SO IMPURE THAT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND AND I REAPED A GOOD RETURN FOR MY FOLLY, SOME DOUBT STILL LINGERS IN MY MIND,
BE GRACIOUS TO ME, I IMPLORE YOU WITH JOINED PALM,
LORD, YOU INSTRUCTED ME THEN IN THE WAYS MORE THAN ONE YET I DID NOT UNDERSTAND,
DO NOT ALLOW THIS THOUGHT TO ANGER YOU,
I HAVE NO SUCH DELUSION NOW
I FIND DEVELOPED IN ME A TASTE FOR HEARING THE STORY OF SRI RAMA,
PLACING MY HEAD ON THE GROUND, I ADORE YOUR FEET AND ENTREAT YOU WITH JOINED PALMS TO RECOUNT THE UNSULLIED GLORY OF THE CHIEF OF RAGHUS, GIVING IN SUBSTANCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE REVEALED TEXTS ON THE SUBJECT,
FIRST TELL ME AFTER A MATURE THOUGHT WHAT MAKES THE UNQUALIFIED BRAHMA ASSUME A QUALIFIED FORM,
THEN RELATE SRI RAMA'S DESCENT AND NEXT HIS CHARMING PASTIME,
HOW HE WEDDED SITA AND THE FAULT FOR WHICH HE HAD TO RENOUNCE HIS FATHER'S KINGDOM LATER ON,
PERFORMED DEEDS WHILE LIVING IN THE FOREST AND HOW HE KILLED RAVANA,
THE MIRACLES WROUGHT BY RAMA
HOW THE JEWEL OF RAGHU'S LINE PROCEEDED TO HIS DIVINE ABODE ALONG WITH HIS SUBJECTS
Lord Shiva_
सगुनहि अगुनहि नहिं कछु भेदा गावहिं मुनि पुरान बुध बेदा
अगुन अरुप अलख अज जोई भगत प्रेम बस सगुन सो होई
जो गुन रहित सगुन सोइ कैसें जलु हिम उपल बिलग नहिं जैसें
जासु नाम भ्रम तिमिर पतंगा तेहि किमि कहिअ बिमोह प्रसंगा
राम सच्चिदानंद दिनेसा नहिं तहँ मोह निसा लवलेसा
सहज प्रकासरुप भगवाना नहिं तहँ पुनि बिग्यान बिहाना
हरष बिषाद ग्यान अग्याना जीव धर्म अहमिति अभिमाना
राम ब्रह्म ब्यापक जग जाना परमानन्द परेस पुराना
पुरुष प्रसिद्ध प्रकास निधि प्रगट परावर नाथ
रघुकुलमनि मम स्वामि सोइ कहि सिवँ नायउ माथ
बिषय करन सुर जीव समेता सकल एक तें एक सचेता
सब कर परम प्रकासक जोई राम अनादि अवधपति सोई
जगत प्रकास्य प्रकासक रामू मायाधीस ग्यान गुन धामू
जासु सत्यता तें जड़ माया भास सत्य इव मोह सहाया
रजत सीप महुँ भास जिमि जथा भानु कर बारि
जदपि मृषा तिहुँ काल सोइ भ्रम न सकइ कोउ टारि
एहि बिधि जग हरि आश्रित रहई जदपि असत्य देत दुख अहई
जौं सपनें सिर काटै कोई बिनु जागें न दूरि दुख होई
जासु कृपाँ अस भ्रम मिटि जाई गिरिजा सोइ कृपाल रघुराई
आदि अंत कोउ जासु न पावा मति अनुमानि निगम अस गावा
बिनु पद चलइ सुनइ बिनु काना कर बिनु करम करइ बिधि नाना
आनन रहित सकल रस भोगी बिनु बानी बकता बड़ जोगी
तनु बिनु परस नयन बिनु देखा ग्रहइ घ्रान बिनु बास असेषा
असि सब भाँति अलौकिक करनी महिमा जासु जाइ नहिं बरनी
जेहि इमि गावहि बेद बुध जाहि धरहिं मुनि ध्यान
सोइ दसरथ सुत भगत हित कोसलपति भगवान
कासीं मरत जंतु अवलोकी जासु नाम बल करउँ बिसोकी
सोइ प्रभु मोर चराचर स्वामी रघुबर सब उर अंतरजामी
सादर सुमिरन जे नर करहीं भव बारिधि गोपद इव तरही
राम सो परमातमा भवानी तहँ भ्रम अति अबिहित तव बानी
DUE TO A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SRI RAMA EVEN AS THE UNREAL PASSES FOR REAL, JUST AS IGNORANCE ABOUT A ROPE LEADS US TO MISTAKEn IT FOR A SNAKE,
EVEN SO THE MOMENT, WE KNOW HIM THE WORLD OF MATTER VANISHES, JUST AS THE DELUSION OF A DREAM DISAPPEARS AS SOON AS WE WAKE UP,
HIM DO I REVERENCE IN THE FORM OF A CHILD,
REPETITION OF WHOSE NAME BRINGS ALL KINDS OF SUCCESS WITHIN EASY REACH,
MAY THAT HOME OF BLISS AND BANE OF WOE TAKE COMPASSION ON ME, HE WHOSE SPORTS IN THE COURTYARD OF THE KING DASARATH, AFTER THUS PAYING HOMAGE TO RAMA, THE SLAYER OF THE DEMON TRIPURA JOYFULLY SPOKE IN MALLIFIOUS ACCENTS AS FOLLOW
YOU HAVE PUT QUESTIONS TO ME WITH AN EYE TO THE GOOD OF THE WORLD
There is no difference between qualified Divinity and the unqualified Brahma, so declare the sages and men of wisdom, the Vedas and Puranas, that which is attributeless and formless, imperceptible and unborn, becomes qualified under the influence of the devotee's love
How can the absolute become qualified_
In the same way as water and the hailstone are non-different in substance, infatuation is out of the question for him whose very name is like the sun to the darkness of error
Sri Rama, who is Truth, conscious, and bliss combined, is like a Sun----the night if ignorance cannot subsist in Him even to the smallest degree
Sri Rama is the Lord whose very being is light, there is no dawn of understanding in his case---For the dawn presupposes night and night there is none in the sunlight of Sri Rama,
Joy and grief, knowledge and ignorance, egotism and pride, these are the characteristics of a Jiva that finite being,
Sri Rama is all pervading Brahma,
Sri Rama is supreme bliss personified,
Sri Rama is the highest lord and the most ancient Being, the whole world knows it,
He who is universally known as the spirit, the fount of light, manifest in all forms and is the lord of life as well as matter that jewel of Raghu's line is my master, so saying shiva bowed his head to him,
Fools do not drive their own error,
or on the other hand,
Those stupid creatures attribute infatuation to the lord,
Just as on seeing the sky covered with clouds, men of unsound judgment declare that the sun has been screened by the clouds,
Infatuation is an attributed to Rama in the same way as darkness,
The object of senses, senses, and their presiding deities as well as Jiva that embodied soul, all derive their illumination from the other, that is to say, that the objects are illuminated by their presiding dieties and dieties presiding over the senses are illumined the conscious of self,
The supreme illuminator of them all is Rama,
He is Lord of Maya and abode of wisdom,
Just as the shell is mistaken for silver and a mirage for water even though the appearance is false at all times, nobody can dispel this delusion,y has been able to discover his beginning
He whose grace wipes out delusion is none other than Rama,
Nobody has been able to realize his beginning or end, basing their conclusions on speculations the Vedas have described him in the following words,
HE WALKS WITHOUT LEGS
HE HEARS WITHOUT EAR,
HE PERFORMS ACTIONS WITHOUT HANDS,
HE ENJOYS THE TASTE WITHOUT A PALATE
HE IS MOST CLEAVER SPEAKER EVEN THOUGH DEVOID OF SPEECH
HE TOUCHES WITHOUT BODY
HE CATCHES ODOURS WITHOUT A NOSE
HIS WAYS ARE SUPERNATURAL IN EVERY RESPECT AND HIS GLORY IS BEYOND WORDS,
HE WHO IS THUS EXTOLLED BY THE VEDAS AND MEN OF WISDOM AND WHOM THE SAGES LOVE TO CONTEMPLATE IS NO OTHER THAN THE DIVINE RAM, SON OF DASARATHA, LORD OF AYODHYA
Listen O Girija, The Vedas and the Tantra have sung numerous and sinless exploits of Sri Hari,
The cause of descent cannot be precisely stated,
Sri Rama is beyond the grasp of intellect, mind, or speech, such is my conviction,
Yet O charming lady I tell you the reason as I understand it and even as the saints and sages, the Vedas and the Puranas have stated according to their intellectual level,
Whenever Virtues declines and vile and haughty demons multiply and work uniquety that cannot be told and whenever Brahmana, cows, and earth itself are in trouble, the gracious Lord assumes various transcended forms and relieves the distress of the virtuous,
Killing the demons He reinstates the gods, preserves the bound of propriety fixed by the Vedas, which represents his own breath, and diffuses His immaculate glory throughout the world,
This is the motive of Sri Rama descent
The Yajna
The Truth of Yajna lies in its spiritual light for the cause of welfare of all
And
Life and pastime of Sri Rama is a sacred Yajna
Yajna that selfless sacrifice for the noble purpose
The sacrifice of the Ego, selfishness
And
Material attachments and adopting rational thinking,
With
The truth of Human compassion,
And the life of Sri Rama is a pious Yajna,
The pastime of Sri Rama is the path to self for devotees
The pastime of Sri Rama is a Jnana Yajna
That
To untie the knots of Maya in silent truth
Yajna is a process aimed at the refinement of the subtle energy existing in self and participation in the Yajna in the manifest form in the name of Rama is a truth for self whichever remains linked to the truth of eternal Rama,
Material based science is available with the truth of experiments,
But the science of spirituality is based on the core of inner philosophy and Rama is the embodiment of that science
In the physical world, two basic energy system remains active in the truth of heat and sound,
And they actively manifest in any sacred Yajna from the truth of the celestial cult
Recalling the name and pastime of Sri Rama invokes fire and sound for the Yajna of life to sail safely to the destined cause of the journey
In any Yajna fire subtilize matter into the form of energy, this energy conjunct with eternal truth to liberate the spirit from the extravaganza, the very cause of mostly drowned,
In similar truth Name of Sri Rama that ever remains connected to its source to help the spirit to recover from the whirlpool of mundane ocean
With fair participation in the Yajna, all volatile substances in varying forms causing Hassel for spirit to sustain in the Yajna of life, subsided by enjoining the Yajna that manifest in the name of Sri Rama and his pastime provides the safe covetings to spirit to sail,
The power of sound vibrations is long since acknowledged in the field of life and science which penetrate the energy levels at subtle truth to match with the truth of the cosmic cult
And
The truth of the Name of Sri Rama with his personality helps devotees in the same pattern,
Sri Rama is a presiding deity of cosmic energy,
Cosmic energy centered its deity to associate the aspirants,
Pronouncing the name of Sri Rama in faith with creating the conductive path for cosmic energy to value the spirit in truth with spirituality
and relative vibrations help spread positive energy around
Mental diseases and disorders are challenging to even modern science,
Indeed they are more rampant than physical diseases and wreck the man like anything,
But they can be tackled with Yajna fairly,
Yajna of Sri Ram Nama's is a fair Yajna to help suitable even on the toughest chapters of the journey for the man
Rama is a tangible support
Rama is a disinterested friend
Rama an icon of morality and truth
Hare Rama
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