बन्दउँ नाम राम रघुबर को । हेतु कृसानु-भानु-हिमकर को ॥
बिधि-हरि-हर-मय-बेद-प्रान सो । अगुन अनूपम गुन-निधान सो ॥
bandaum̐ nāma rāma raghubara ko | hetu kṛsānu-bhānu-himakara ko ||
bidhi-hari-hara-maya-beda-prāna so | aguna anūpama guna-nidhāna so ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 19: The glory of the name Rama
5 verses · 19 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The glory of the name Rama
Tulsidas bows to the name Rama, which holds the seeds of fire, sun and moon, which is Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and the life of the Vedas. It is the great mantra Mahesh repeats and gives in Kashi for liberation. By its power Ganesha is worshipped first. Valmiki became pure chanting it even reversed. Told by Shiva that the one name equals a thousand, Bhavani chanted it and then ate with her lord, and Shiva, pleased, made her the ornament of his own body. Knowing the name's power, he drank the halahala and it became nectar. The doha: devotion is the rainy season, good devotees are paddy, and the two syllables are the months Sawan and Bhadon.
महा मन्त्र जोइ जपत महेसू । कासीं मुकुति हेतु उपदेसू ॥
महिमा जासु जान गनराऊ । प्रथम पूजिअत नाम प्रभाऊ ॥
mahā mantra joi japata mahesū | kāsīṃ mukuti hetu upadesū ||
mahimā jāsu jāna ganarāū | prathama pūjiata nāma prabhāū ||
जान आदिकबि नाम-प्रतापू । भयउ सुद्ध करि उलटा जापू ॥
सहस-नाम-सम सुनि सिव बानी । जपि जेई पिय सङ्ग भवानी ॥
jāna ādikabi nāma-pratāpū | bhayau suddha kari ulaṭā jāpū ||
sahasa-nāma-sama suni siva bānī | japi jeī piya saṅga bhavānī ||
हरषे हेतु हेरि हर ही को । किय भूषन तिय भूषन ती को ॥
नाम प्रभाव जान सिव नीको । कालकूट फल दीन्ह अमी को ॥
haraṣe hetu heri hara hī ko | kiya bhūṣana tiya bhūṣana tī ko ||
nāma prabhāva jāna siva nīko | kālakūṭa phala dīnha amī ko ||
बरषा रितु रघुपति भगति, तुलसी सालि सुदास ।
राम नाम बर बरन जुग, सावन भादवँ मास ॥
baraṣā ritu raghupati bhagati, tulasī sāli sudāsa |
rāma nāma bara barana juga, sāvana bhādavam̐ māsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0