Uttar Kaanda Dialogue between Sri Rama and the sage Vasistha; Sri Rama's excursion to a mango grove in the company of His brothers - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Uttar Kaanda Dialogue between Sri Rama and the sage Vasistha; Sri Rama's excursion to a mango grove in the company of His brothers · Verse Chaupais 2045
Sanskrit Original
एक बार बसिष्ट मुनि आए। जहाँ राम सुखधाम सुहाए।। अति आदर रघुनायक कीन्हा। पद पखारि पादोदक लीन्हा।। राम सुनहु मुनि कह कर जोरी। कृपासिंधु बिनती कछु मोरी।। देखि देखि आचरन तुम्हारा। होत मोह मम हृदयँ अपारा।। महिमा अमित बेद नहिं जाना। मैं केहि भाँति कहउँ भगवाना।। उपरोहित्य कर्म अति मंदा। बेद पुरान सुमृति कर निंदा।। जब न लेउँ मैं तब बिधि मोही। कहा लाभ आगें सुत तोही।। परमातमा ब्रह्म नर रूपा। होइहि रघुकुल भूषन भूपा।।
ēka bāra basiṣṭa muni āē. jahāom rāma sukhadhāma suhāē.. ati ādara raghunāyaka kīnhā. pada pakhāri pādōdaka līnhā.. rāma sunahu muni kaha kara jōrī. kṛpāsiṃdhu binatī kachu mōrī.. dēkhi dēkhi ācarana tumhārā. hōta mōha mama hṛdayaom apārā.. mahimā amita bēda nahiṃ jānā. maiṃ kēhi bhāomti kahau bhagavānā.. uparōhitya karma ati maṃdā. bēda purāna sumṛti kara niṃdā.. jaba na lēu maiṃ taba bidhi mōhī. kahā lābha āgēṃ suta tōhī.. paramātamā brahma nara rūpā. hōihi raghukula bhūṣana bhūpā..
One day the sage Vasistha called at the palace where the charming and all-blissful Sri Rama was. The Lord of the Raghus received him with great reverence, laved his feet and sipped the water into which they had been washed. "Listen, Rama :" said the sage with joined palms, "I make my humble submission, O Ocean of mercy. Even as I watch Your doings infinite bewilderment possesses my soul. Your immeasurable greatness is beyond the knowledge of the Vedas; how can I describe it, O Almighty Lord? The vocation of a familypriest is very low : the Vedas, Puranas and the Smrti texts equally denounce it. When I would not accept it, Brahma (my father) said to me, "It will redound to your benefit hereafter, my son : Brahma Itself, the Supreme Spirit, will appear in human semblance as a king, the ornament of Raghu's race".