आखर मधुर मनोहर दोऊ । बरन बिलोचन जन जिय जोऊ ॥
सुमिरत सुलभ सुखद सब काहू । लोक-लाहु परलोक-निबाहू ॥
ākhara madhura manohara doū | barana bilocana jana jiya joū ||
sumirata sulabha sukhada saba kāhū | loka-lāhu paraloka-nibāhū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 20: The two syllables Ra and Ma
5 verses · 20 of 361
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The two syllables Ra and Ma
The two syllables of the name are sweet, the eyes of the alphabet and the life of devotees. Easy to remember, they bring gain here and support hereafter. To Tulsi they are as dear as Rama and Lakshmana. Spoken apart they belong together, like Brahman and the jiva. They are brothers like Nara and Narayana, earrings for the lady devotion, moon and sun for the world's good. They are the taste and fullness of nectar, the tortoise and Shesha that hold up the earth, bees to the lotus of the devotee's mind, Krishna and Balarama to Yashoda's tongue. The doha: one is the royal umbrella and the other the crest jewel over all letters.
कहत सुनत सुमिरत सुठि नीके । राम-लखन-सम प्रिय तुलसी के ॥
बरनत बरन प्रीति बिलगाती । ब्रह्म-जीव-सम सहज-सँघाती ॥
kahata sunata sumirata suṭhi nīke | rāma-lakhana-sama priya tulasī ke ||
baranata barana prīti bilagātī | brahma-jīva-sama sahaja-sam̐ghātī ||
नर-नारायन-सरिस सुभ्राता । जग पालक बिसेष जन त्राता ॥
भगति-सुतिय कल करन-बिभूषन । जग-हित-हेतु बिमल बिधु-पूषन ॥
nara-nārāyana-sarisa subhrātā | jaga pālaka biseṣa jana trātā ||
bhagati-sutiya kala karana-bibhūṣana | jaga-hita-hetu bimala bidhu-pūṣana ||
स्वाद तोष सम सुगति सुधा के । कमठ सेष सम धर बसुधा के ॥
जन-मन-मञ्जु-कञ्ज-मधु कर से । जीह जसोमति हरि हलधर से ॥
svāda toṣa sama sugati sudhā ke | kamaṭha seṣa sama dhara basudhā ke ||
jana-mana-mañju-kañja-madhu kara se | jīha jasomati hari haladhara se ||
एक छत्र एक मुकुट-मनि, सब बरननि पर जोउ ।
तुलसी रघुबर नाम के, बरन बिराजत दोउ ॥
eka chatra eka mukuṭa-mani, saba baranani para jou |
tulasī raghubara nāma ke, barana birājata dou ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0