Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 194: Rama's name makes the lowly pure

5 verses · 194 of 326

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Rama's name makes the lowly pure

Bharata embraces Guha with deep love; the people envy this way of love, and the gods cry 'blessed, blessed' and rain flowers. He whom custom and Veda count low in every way, whose very shadow, if it touches one, calls for sprinkling with water, Rama's younger brother takes in his arms, his body thrilling. Heaps of sin will not face those who say 'Rama, Rama' even in a yawn; this man Rama himself took to his heart, and so made him and his family purifiers of the world. When the water of the Karmanasha falls into the Ganga, who will not place it on his head? Svapacha, Shabara, Khasa, Yavana, Kol and Kirata, saying 'Rama', become supremely pure and famed across the worlds.

194.1

भेँटत भरत ताहि अति प्रीती । लोग सिहाहिँ प्रेम के रीती ॥
धन्य धन्य धुनि मङ्गल-मूला । सुर सराहि तेहि बरिसहिँ फूला ॥

bhem̐ṭata bharata tāhi ati prītī | loga sihāhim̐ prema ke rītī ||
dhanya dhanya dhuni maṅgala-mūlā | sura sarāhi tehi barisahim̐ phūlā ||

194.2

लोक बेद सब भाँतिहिं नीचा । जासु छाँह छुइ लेइअ सीॅचा ॥
तेहि भरि अङ्क राम लघु भ्राता । मिलत पुलक परिपूरित गाता ॥

loka beda saba bhām̐tihiṃ nīcā | jāsu chām̐ha chui leia sīॅcā ||
tehi bhari aṅka rāma laghu bhrātā | milata pulaka paripūrita gātā ||

194.3

राम राम कहि जे जमुहाहीॅ । तिन्हहिँ न पाप-पुञ्ज समुहाहीॅ ॥
यह तो राम लाइ उर लीन्हा । कुल समेत जग पावन कीन्हा ॥

rāma rāma kahi je jamuhāhīॅ | tinhahim̐ na pāpa-puñja samuhāhīॅ ||
yaha to rāma lāi ura līnhā | kula sameta jaga pāvana kīnhā ||

194.4

करमनास जल सुरसरि परई । तेहि को कहहु सीस नहिँ धरई ॥
उलटा नाम जपत जग जाना । बालमीकि भये ब्रह्म समाना ॥

karamanāsa jala surasari paraī | tehi ko kahahu sīsa nahim̐ dharaī ||
ulaṭā nāma japata jaga jānā | bālamīki bhaye brahma samānā ||

दो॰ 194Doha

स्वपच सबर खस जमन जड़, पावँर कोल किरात ।
राम कहत पावन परम, होत भुवन बिख्यात ॥

svapaca sabara khasa jamana jar̤a, pāvam̐ra kola kirāta |
rāma kahata pāvana parama, hota bhuvana bikhyāta ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0