Lanka Kanda

Chapter 111: Brahma's hymn to Shri Rama

7 verses · 111 of 121

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Brahma's hymn to Shri Rama

Brahma, thrilled with love, sings a hymn. Hari, ever the home of joy; your fame seized Ravana as Garuda seizes a great serpent. You are made of knowledge, unborn, all-pervading, one and without beginning. You made the lowly Vibhishana a king. The Vedas say, and it is no idle tale, that you are every form yet never become any, as sunlight is both other than the sun and one with it. These monkeys are fulfilled, for they gaze on your face; shame on the deva body that forgets your bhakti. Remove the mind that sees division in me. Grant me lasting love for your lotus feet. Gazing on that ocean of beauty, Brahma's eyes are never satisfied.

111.छं॰ 1Chhand

अब राम सदा सुखधाम हरे । रघुनायक सायक-चाप धरे ।
भव बारन दारन सिंह प्रभो । गुन सागर नागर नाथ बिभो ॥
तनु काम अनेक अनूप छबी । गुन गावत सिद्ध मुनींद्र कबी ।
जस पावन रावन नाग महा । खगनाथ जथा करि कोप गहा ॥

aba rāma sadā sukhadhāma hare | raghunāyaka sāyaka-cāpa dhare |
bhava bārana dārana siṃha prabho | guna sāgara nāgara nātha bibho ||
tanu kāma aneka anūpa chabī | guna gāvata siddha munīṃdra kabī |
jasa pāvana rāvana nāga mahā | khaganātha jathā kari kopa gahā ||

111.छं॰ 2Chhand

जन-रंजन भंजन सोक-भयं । गत-क्रोध सदा प्रभु बोध-मयं ।
अवतार उदार अपार गुनं । महि-भार-बिभञ्जन ग्यानघनं ॥
अज ब्यापकमेकमनादि सदा । करुनाकर राम नमामि मुदा ।
रघुबंस-विभूषन दूषन हा । कृत भूप बिभीषन दीन रहा ॥

jana-raṃjana bhaṃjana soka-bhayaṃ | gata-krodha sadā prabhu bodha-mayaṃ |
avatāra udāra apāra gunaṃ | mahi-bhāra-bibhañjana gyānaghanaṃ ||
aja byāpakamekamanādi sadā | karunākara rāma namāmi mudā |
raghubaṃsa-vibhūṣana dūṣana hā | kṛta bhūpa bibhīṣana dīna rahā ||

111.छं॰ 3Chhand

गुन-ज्ञान निधान अमान अजं । नित राम नमामि बिभुं बिरजं ।
भुजदंड प्रचंड प्रताप बलं । खल बृन्द-निकन्द महा कुसलं ॥
बिनु कारन दीन दयाल हितं । छबि-धाम नमामि रमा-सहितं ।
भव तारन-कारन काज-परं । मन-सम्भव दारुन-दोष-हरं ॥

guna-jñāna nidhāna amāna ajaṃ | nita rāma namāmi bibhuṃ birajaṃ |
bhujadaṃḍa pracaṃḍa pratāpa balaṃ | khala bṛnda-nikanda mahā kusalaṃ ||
binu kārana dīna dayāla hitaṃ | chabi-dhāma namāmi ramā-sahitaṃ |
bhava tārana-kārana kāja-paraṃ | mana-sambhava dāruna-doṣa-haraṃ ||

111.छं॰ 4Chhand

सर चाप मनोहर त्रोन धरं । जरजारुन-लोचन भूपबरं ।
सुख-मन्दिर सुन्दर श्रीरमनं । मद मार मुधा-ममता-समनं ॥
अनवद्य अखंड न गोचर गो । सब रूप सदा सब होइ न गो ।
इति बेद बदन्ति न दन्तकथा । रवि आतप भिन्नमभिन्न जथा ॥

sara cāpa manohara trona dharaṃ | jarajāruna-locana bhūpabaraṃ |
sukha-mandira sundara śrīramanaṃ | mada māra mudhā-mamatā-samanaṃ ||
anavadya akhaṃḍa na gocara go | saba rūpa sadā saba hoi na go |
iti beda badanti na dantakathā | ravi ātapa bhinnamabhinna jathā ||

111.छं॰ 5Chhand

कृतकृत्य बिभो सब बानर ये । निरखंति तवानन सादर जे ।
धिग जीवन देव सरीर हरे । तव भक्ति बिना भव भूलि परे ॥
अब दीन दयाल दया करिऐ । मति मोरि बिभेदकरी हरिऐ ।
जेहि तैं बिपरीत क्रिया करिऐ । दुख से सुख मानि सुखी चरिऐ ॥

kṛtakṛtya bibho saba bānara ye | nirakhaṃti tavānana sādara je |
dhiga jīvana deva sarīra hare | tava bhakti binā bhava bhūli pare ||
aba dīna dayāla dayā kariai | mati mori bibhedakarī hariai |
jehi taiṃ biparīta kriyā kariai | dukha se sukha māni sukhī cariai ||

111.छं॰ 6Chhand

खल खंडन मंडन-रम्य छमा । पद-पङ्कज सेवित सम्भु उमा ।
नृप-नायक दे बरदानमिदं । चरनाम्बुज प्रेम सदा सुभदं ॥

khala khaṃḍana maṃḍana-ramya chamā | pada-paṅkaja sevita sambhu umā |
nṛpa-nāyaka de baradānamidaṃ | caranāmbuja prema sadā subhadaṃ ||

दो॰ 111Doha

बिनय कीन्हि चतुरानन, प्रेम पुलकि अति गात ।
सोभा सिन्धु बिलोकत, लोचन नहीं अघात ॥

binaya kīnhi caturānana, prema pulaki ati gāta |
sobhā sindhu bilokata, locana nahīṃ aghāta ||

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