for the eternal, (3) the painful as pleasurable, (4) the impure for pure and (5) that which is worth discarding for something worth acquiring. pu˜ya¯ pŒpahara¯ sadŒ Üivakara¯ vigyŒnabhaktiprada¯ mŒyŒmohamalŒpaha¯ suvimala¯ premŒmbupµura¯ Üubham, Ür¶madrŒmacaritramŒnasamida¯ bhaktyŒvagŒhanti ye te sa¯sŒrapata˘gaghorakira˜airdahyanti no mŒnavŒ‹.2. The same mysterious “MŒnasa-RŒmŒya˜a” (the story of Ýr¶ RŒma figuratively spoken of as a MŒnasa lake) which was composed of yore by the blessed Lord Ýambhu, the best of all poets, with the object of developing unceasing devotion to the lotus-feet of the all-beautiful Ýr¶ RŒma, has been likewise rendered into the vulgar tongue by Tulas¶dŒsa for dispersing the gloom of his heart, cognizing the fact that it is devoted to the Name of Ýr¶ RŒma (the Lord of the Raghus). This glorious, holy, purifying, blessed and most limpid MŒnasa lake of Ýr¶ RŒma’s exploits ever begets happiness; nay, it bestows both wisdom and Devotion, wipes out delusion, infatuation and impurity and is brimful with the water of love. Men who devoutly take a plunge into it are never scorched with the burning rays of the sun of worldly illusion. (1-2) [PAUSE 30 FOR A THIRTY-DAY RECITATION] [PAUSE 9 FOR A NINE-DAY RECITATION] iti Ür¶madrŒmacaritamŒnase sakalakalikaluƒavidhva¯sane saptama‹ sopŒna‹ samŒpta‹. Thus ends the seventh descent into the MŒnasa lake of Ýr¶ RŒma’s exploits, that eradicates all the impurities of the Kali age. \\vv\\\\vv\\\\vv\\\\vv\\\\vv\\