Today's Beautiful Gem: ayodhya kANDa (the episode of Ayodhya) and araNya kANDa
(the episode of forest) from nAmarAmAyaNa, author unknown, translated by me.

"agaNitaguNagaNa bhUSita rAm
avanItanyA kAmita rAm
rAkAcandrasamAnana rAm
pitRvAkyAs'ritakAnana rAm
priyaguhaviniveditapada rAm
prakSAlitanijamRdupada rAm
bharadvAjamukhAnandaka rAm
citrakUTAdriniketana rAm
das'arathasantatacintita rAm
kaikeyItanayArthita rAm
viracitanijapitRkarmaka rAm
bharatArpitanijapAduka rAm"


"daNDakavanajanapAvana rAm
duSTavirAdhavinAs'ana rAm
s'arabhanga sutIkSNArcita rAm
agastyAnugraha vardhita rAm
gRdhrAdhipa saMsevita rAm
pancavaTitaTa susthita rAm
surpaNakhArti vidhAyaka rAm
kharadUSaNamukha sUdaka rAm
sItA priyahariNAnuga rAm
mArIcArti kRdAs'uga rAm
vinaSTa sItAnveSaka rAm
gRdhrAdhipagati dAyaka rAm
s'abarIdataphalAs'ana rAm
kabandhabAhucchedana rAm"

 |     "O Rama! adorned with countless good qualities,
|       O Rama! desired by the daughter of Earth,
|       O Rama! handsome like the full moon,
|       O Rama! gone to the forest to obey the command of your father,
|       O Rama! greeted by dear Guha,
|       O Rama! with your tender feet washed,
|       O Rama! joy-giver to sage Bharadvaaja,
|       O Rama! having abode on the top of Mount Chitrakuta,
|       O Rama! always remembering the dead Dasaratha,
|       O Rama! begged to return by Kaikeyi's son,
|       O Rama! performer of father's last rites,
|       O Rama! presented your sandals to Bharata,
|       O Rama! salutations to you!"
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|     "O Rama! sanctifier of the Dandaka forest,
|       O Rama! destroyer the evil Viraadha,
|       O Rama! blessed by the sages Sarabhanga and Sutikshna,
|       O Rama! enhanced by Agastya's kindness,
|       O Rama! worshipped by the King of eagles,
|       O Rama! residing at the Five-banyan trees,
|       O Rama! humbled the she-demon Surpanakha,
|       O Rama! made Khara and Dushana faceless,
|       O Rama! went in search of the deer to please Sita,
|       O Rama! shooting Maricha with your arrows,
|       O Rama! in search of lost Sita,
|       O Rama! comforting the dying Jataayu,
|       O Rama! consuming the fruits offered by Sabari,
|       O Rama! severer of the limbs of Kabandha,
|       O Rama! salutations to you!"

Om s'aantih: Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao

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