चौ0—बंद'¡U नाम राम रघायबर कô । गेUिय कहरसानय भानय गिUमकर कô॥ बिˇि गUरि गUरमय बेद पýान सô । ु»यन ुनŒपम »यन निˇान सô॥ 1॥ मगUामं˜ा `ô§ `पि मगेसŒ । कासीउ मयकयरिि गेUिय 'UपदेसŒ॥ मगिUमा `ासय `ान »नरा“र । पýथम पŒ`िुि नाम पýभा“र॥ 2॥ `ान ुादिकबि नाम पýिापŒ । भय'U सय् करि 'UलंUा `ापŒ॥ सगUस नाम सम सयनि सिव बानी । `पि `े§Z पिय सं» भवानी॥ 3॥ गUरो गेUिय गेUरि गUर गUी कô । किय भŒान ििय भŒान िी कô॥ नाम पýभा'U `ान सिव नीकô । कालकŒरंU ¨रलय दी‹गU ुमी कô॥ 4॥
banda~~u . nŒma rŒma raghubara ko, hetu kṛsŒnu bhŒnu himakara ko. bidhi hari haramaya beda prŒna so, aguna anµupama guna nidhŒna so.1. mahŒmantra joi japata mahesµu, kŒsī¡ mukuti hetu upadesµu. mahimŒ jŒsu jŒna ganarŒµu, prathama pµujiata nŒma prabhŒµu.2. jŒna Œdikabi nŒma pratŒpµu, bhayau suddha kari ula¢Œ jŒpµu. sahasa nŒma sama suni siva bŒnī, japi jeī ¡ piya saṅga bhavŒnī.3. haraṣe hetu heri hara hī ko, kiya bhµuṣana tiya bhµuṣana tī ko. nŒma prabhŒu jŒna siva nīko, kŒlakµu¢a phalu dīnha amī ko.4.
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I greet the name ‘RŒma’ of the chief of Raghus, * which is composed of other personalities, viz., ParaÜurŒma and BalarŒma (the elder brother of Ýr¶ K¾ƒ˜a). 28 * ÝR” RMACARITAMNASA* seed-letters* representing the fire-god, the sun-god and the moon-god (viz., Ra, and Ma respectively). It is the same as BrahmŒ (the creative aspect of God), Viƒ˜u (His preservative aspect) and Ýiva (His disintegrating aspect), and the vital breath of the Vedas; It is attributeless, peerless and a mine of virtues. It is the great spell which Lord MaheÜvara mutters and which, when imparted by Him at KŒÜ¶ (the modern VŒrŒ˜as¶) leads to emancipation†. Its glory is known to Lord Ga˜eÜa, who is worshipped before all others as a concession to the Name ‡. The oldest poet (VŒlm¶ki) is acquainted with the glory of the Name, inasmuch as he attained to purity by repeating It in the reverse order§. Hearing the verdict of Lord Ýiva that the name is as good as a thousand other names of God, Goddess BhavŒn¶ (PŒrvat¶) dined with Her consort after uttering It only once #. Noticing such partiality of Her heart for the Name, Hara (Lord Ýiva) made that lady, who was the ornament of Her sex, the ornament of His own person (i.e., made Her a part of His own being by assigning to Her the left half of His body). Ýiva knows full well the power of the Name, due to which deadly poison served the purpose of nectar to Him. (1—4)
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