Today's Beautiful Gem

Today's Beautiful Gem: uttara kANDa (later history of Rama) from nAmarAmAyaNa,
author unknown, translated by me.

"Agata munigaNa saMstuta rAm
vis'ruta das'akaMThodbhava rAm
sItAlingana nirvRta rAm
nIti surakSita janapada rAm
vipinatyAjita janakaja rAm
kArika lavaNAsura vadha rAm
svargata s'aMbuka saMstuta rAm
svatanaya kus'alava paNDita rAm
as'vamedhakratu dIkSita rAm
kAlAvedita surapada rAm
ayodhyaka janamuktida rAm
vidhimukha vibudhAnandaka rAm
tejomaya nijarUpaka rAm
saMsmRtibandha vimocaka rAm
dharmasthApana tatpara rAm
bhaktiparAyaNa muktida rAm
sarvacarAcara pAlaka rAm
sarvabhayAmaya vAraka rAm
vaikunThAlaya saMsthita rAm
nityAnanda padasthita rAm
rAma rAma jaya rAjA rAm
rAma rAma jaya sItA rAm"

|    "O Rama! praised by the arriving seers,
|      O Rama! famous for Ravana's killing,
|      O Rama! bereft of the embraces of Sita,
|      O Rama! upholder of people's morals,
|      O Rama! abandoning Sita to the woods,
|      O Rama! killer of the demon Lavana,
|      O Rama! praised by Shambuka who went to heaven,
|      O Rama! having learned sons Kusha and Lava,
|      O Rama! deciding to perform the horse sacrifice,
|      O Rama! reaching heavens at Yama's call,
|      O Rama! redeemer of Ayodhya's denizens,
|      O Rama! gladdening the faces of Brahma and other learned men,
|      O Rama! glowing with light and lustre,
|      O Rama! liberator from the bonds of memories,
|      O Rama! interested in the establishment of Dharma,
|      O Rama! granting moksha to devotees,
|      O Rama! ruler of all that moves and remains stationary,
|      O Rama! detroyer of all fear,
|      O Rama! established in the celestial Vaikuntha,
|      O Rama! giver of Eternal Joy at your feet,
|      O Rama! Victory to you, great King,
|      O Rama! Victory to Her, great Sita,
|      Salutations to you!"

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

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