Sundarkand

Dohā 23 / 60

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Chaupāī

राम चरन पंकज उर धरहू। लंका अचल राज तुम्ह करहू॥ रिषि पुलिस्त जसु बिमल मंयका। तेहि ससि महुँ जनि होहु कलंका॥ राम नाम बिनु गिरा न सोहा। देखु बिचारि त्यागि मद मोहा॥ बसन हीन नहिं सोह सुरारी। सब भूषण भूषित बर नारी॥ राम बिमुख संपति प्रभुताई। जाइ रही पाई बिनु पाई॥ सजल मूल जिन्ह सरितन्ह नाहीं। बरषि गए पुनि तबहिं सुखाहीं॥ सुनु दसकंठ कहउँ पन रोपी। बिमुख राम त्राता नहिं कोपी॥ संकर सहस बिष्नु अज तोही। सकहिं न राखि राम कर द्रोही॥

rāma carana paṃkaja ura dharahū laṃkā acala rāja tumha karahū riṣi pulista jasu bimala maṃyakā tehi sasi mahu~ jani hohu kalaṃkā rāma nāma binu girā na sohā dekhu bicāri tyāgi mada mohā basana hīna nahiṃ soha surārī saba bhūṣaṇa bhūṣita bara nārī rāma bimukha saṃpati prabhutāī jāi rahī pāī binu pāī sajala mūla jinha saritanha nāhīṃ baraṣi gae puni tabahiṃ sukhāhīṃ sunu dasakaṃṭha kahau~ pana ropī bimukha rāma trātā nahiṃ kopī saṃkara sahasa biṣnu aja tohī sakahiṃ na rākhi rāma kara drohī

Dohā

मोहमूल बहु सूल प्रद त्यागहु तम अभिमान। भजहु राम रघुनायक कृपा सिंधु भगवान॥23॥

mohamūla bahu sūla prada tyāgahu tama abhimāna bhajahu rāma raghunāyaka kṛpā siṃdhu bhagavāna 23

Meaning"Set Rama's lotus-feet in your heart and reign over Lanka unshaken. The fame of the sage Pulastya (your line) is a spotless moon — do not become a stain on that moon. Without Rama's name speech is not graceful; consider this, casting off pride and delusion. As a fair woman decked with every ornament looks not lovely without raiment, O foe of the gods, so the wealth and lordship of one averse to Rama, even when gained, is as if not gained and departs — like rivers without a perennial source, which dry up as soon as the rains pass. Listen, Ten-throated one, I declare with a vow: for one averse to Rama there is no protector, even if (Rama be) angered (with him); a thousand Shankaras, Vishnus and Brahmas cannot save the foe of Rama. Give up dark pride — the root of delusion and giver of much pain — and worship Rama, Lord of Raghus, the Ocean of Mercy, the Lord God."

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What is the meaning of Sundarkand Dohā 23?▼

"Set Rama's lotus-feet in your heart and reign over Lanka unshaken. The fame of the sage Pulastya (your line) is a spotless moon — do not become a stain on that moon. Without Rama's name speech is not graceful; consider this, casting off pride and delusion. As a fair woman decked with every ornament looks not lovely without raiment, O foe of the gods, so the wealth and lordship of one averse to Rama, even when gained, is as if not gained and departs — like rivers without a perennial source, which dry up as soon as the rains pass. Listen, Ten-throated one, I declare with a vow: for one averse to Rama there is no protector, even if (Rama be) angered (with him); a thousand Shankaras, Vishnus and Brahmas cannot save the foe of Rama. Give up dark pride — the root of delusion and giver of much pain — and worship Rama, Lord of Raghus, the Ocean of Mercy, the Lord God."