Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru
बालकाण्डम् Salutations to the Guru
Salutations to the Guru in the Baal Kaanda.
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Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru · Verse Chaupais 1458
बंदउ गुरु पद पदुम परागा। सुरुचि सुबास सरस अनुरागा।। अमिय मूरिमय चूरन चारू। समन सकल भव रुज परिवारू।। सुकृति संभु तन बिमल बिभूती। मंजुल मंगल मोद प्रसूती।। जन मन मंजु मुकुर मल हरनी। किएँ तिलक गुन गन बस करनी।। श्रीगुर पद नख मनि गन जोती। सुमिरत दिब्य द्रृष्टि हियँ होती।। दलन मोह तम सो सप्रकासू। बड़े भाग उर आवइ जासू।। उघरहिं बिमल बिलोचन ही के। मिटहिं दोष दुख भव रजनी के।। सूझहिं राम चरित मनि मानिक। गुपुत प्रगट जहँ जो जेहि खानिक।।
baṃdau guru pada paduma parāgā. suruci subāsa sarasa anurāgā.. amiya mūrimaya cūrana cārū. samana sakala bhava ruja parivārū.. sukṛti saṃbhu tana bimala bibhūtī. maṃjula maṃgala mōda prasūtī.. jana mana maṃju mukura mala haranī. kiēom tilaka guna gana basa karanī.. śrīgura pada nakha mani gana jōtī. sumirata dibya drṛṣṭi hiyaom hōtī.. dalana mōha tama sō saprakāsū. baḍaē bhāga ura āvai jāsū.. ugharahiṃ bimala bilōcana hī kē. miṭahiṃ dōṣa dukha bhava rajanī kē.. sūjhahiṃ rāma carita mani mānika. guputa pragaṭa jahaom jō jēhi khānika..
I greet the pollen-like dust of the lotus feet of my preceptor, refulgent, fragrant and flavoured with love. It is a lovely powder of the life-giving herb, which allays the host of all the attendant ills of mundane existence. It adorns the body of a lucky person even as white ashes beautify the person of Lord Siva, and brings forth sweet blessings and joys. It rubs the dirt off the beautiful mirror in the shape of the devotee's heart; when applied to the forehead in the form of a Tilaka (a religious mark), it attracts a host of virtues. The splendour of gems in the form of nails on the feet of the blessed Guru unfolds divine vision in the heart by its very thought. The lustre disperses the shades of infatuation, highly blessed is he in whose bosom it shines. With its very appearance the bright eyes of the mind get opened; the attendant evils and sufferings of the night of mundane existence disappear; and gems and rubies in the shape of stories of Sri Rama, both patent and hidden, wherever and in whatever mine they may be, come to light.
Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru · Verse Chaupais 1460
गुरु पद रज मृदु मंजुल अंजन। नयन अमिअ दृग दोष बिभंजन।। तेहिं करि बिमल बिबेक बिलोचन। बरनउँ राम चरित भव मोचन।। बंदउँ प्रथम महीसुर चरना। मोह जनित संसय सब हरना।। सुजन समाज सकल गुन खानी। करउँ प्रनाम सप्रेम सुबानी।। साधु चरित सुभ चरित कपासू। निरस बिसद गुनमय फल जासू।। जो सहि दुख परछिद्र दुरावा। बंदनीय जेहिं जग जस पावा।। मुद मंगलमय संत समाजू। जो जग जंगम तीरथराजू।। राम भक्ति जहँ सुरसरि धारा। सरसइ ब्रह्म बिचार प्रचारा।। बिधि निषेधमय कलि मल हरनी। करम कथा रबिनंदनि बरनी।। हरि हर कथा बिराजति बेनी। सुनत सकल मुद मंगल देनी।। बटु बिस्वास अचल निज धरमा। तीरथराज समाज सुकरमा।। सबहिं सुलभ सब दिन सब देसा। सेवत सादर समन कलेसा।। अकथ अलौकिक तीरथराऊ। देइ सद्य फल प्रगट प्रभाऊ।।
guru pada raja mṛdu maṃjula aṃjana. nayana amia dṛga dōṣa bibhaṃjana.. tēhiṃ kari bimala bibēka bilōcana. baranau rāma carita bhava mōcana.. baṃdau prathama mahīsura caranā. mōha janita saṃsaya saba haranā.. sujana samāja sakala guna khānī. karau pranāma saprēma subānī.. sādhu carita subha carita kapāsū. nirasa bisada gunamaya phala jāsū.. jō sahi dukha parachidra durāvā. baṃdanīya jēhiṃ jaga jasa pāvā.. muda maṃgalamaya saṃta samājū. jō jaga jaṃgama tīratharājū.. rāma bhakti jahaom surasari dhārā. sarasai brahma bicāra pracārā.. bidhi niṣēdhamaya kali mala haranī. karama kathā rabinaṃdani baranī.. hari hara kathā birājati bēnī. sunata sakala muda maṃgala dēnī.. baṭu bisvāsa acala nija dharamā. tīratharāja samāja sukaramā.. sabahiṃ sulabha saba dina saba dēsā. sēvata sādara samana kalēsā.. akatha alaukika tīratharāū. dēi sadya phala pragaṭa prabhāū..
The dust of the Guru's feet is a soft and agreeable, salve, which is ambrosia as it were for the eyes and remedies the defects of vision. Having brightened my eyes of discernment thereby I proceed to relate the story of Sri Rama, which secures freedom from the bondage of mundane existence. First I reverence the feet of Brahmanas, the very gods on earth, who are able to dispel all doubts born of ignorance. Then I make loving obeisance, in a polite language, to the whole body of pious souls, the mines of all virtues. The conduct of holy men is noble as the career of the cotton plant, the fruit whereof is tasteless, white and fibrous (even as the doings of saints yield results which are free from attachment, stainless and full of goodness).* Even by suffering hardships ( in the form of ginning, spinning and weaving) the cotton plant covers others' faults and has thereby earned in the world a renown which is worthy of adoration. The assemblage of saints, which is all joy and felicity, is a moving Prayaga (the king of all holy places) as it were. Devotion to Sri Rama represents, in this moving Prayaga, the stream of the holy Ganga, the river of the celestials; while the proceeding of an enquiry into the nature of Brahma (the Absolute) constitutes the Sarasvati (a subterranean stream which is traditionally believed to join the Ganga and the Yamuna at Prayaga, thus accounting for the name 'Triveni', which signifies a meeting-place of three rivers). Discourses on Karma or Action, consisting of injunctions and interdictions, have been spoken of as the sacred Yamuna-a daughter of the sun-god in her angelic form-washing the impurities of the Kali age; while the anecdotes of Visnu and Siva stand out as the triple stream known as Triveni, bringing joy and blessings to those who listen to them. Unwavering faith in their own creed constitutes the immortal banyan tree and noble actions represent the royal court of that king of holy places. Easy of access to all on anyday and at every place, this moving Prayaga assuages the afflictions of those who resort to it with reverence. This king of holy places is beyond all description and supra-mundane in character; it bestows the reward immediately and its glory is manifest.(1-7)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru - Sortas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru · Verse Sortas 1457
बंदउ गुरु पद कंज कृपा सिंधु नररूप हरि। महामोह तम पुंज जासु बचन रबि कर निकर।।5।।
baṃdau guru pada kaṃja kṛpā siṃdhu nararūpa hari. mahāmōha tama puṃja jāsu bacana rabi kara nikara..5..
I bow to the lotus feet of my Guru, who is an ocean of mercy and is no other than Sri Hari Himself in human form, and whose words are sunbeams as it were for dispersing the mass of darkness in the form of gross ignorance.(5)
Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Chapter Baal Kaanda Salutations to the Guru · Verse Dohas 1459
जथा सुअंजन अंजि दृग साधक सिद्ध सुजान। कौतुक देखत सैल बन भूतल भूरि निधान।।1।।
jathā suaṃjana aṃji dṛga sādhaka siddha sujāna. kautuka dēkhata saila bana bhūtala bhūri nidhāna..1..
-as for instance, by applying to the eyes the miraculous salve known by the name of Siddhanjana (the eye-salve of perfection) strivers, adepts as well as men of wisdom easily discover a host of mines on hill-tops, in the midst of forests and in the bowels of the earth.(1)