Ramcharitmanas · Complete Seven-Kāṇḍa Reading Edition

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 1Bālakāṇḍa

वर्णानामर्थसंघानां रसानां छन्दसामपि । मङ्गलानां च कर्त्तारौ वन्दे वाणीविनायकौ ॥१॥

varṇānāmarthasaṃghānāṃ rasānāṃ chandasāmapi | maṅgalānāṃ ca karttārau vande vāṇīvināyakau ||1||

Close meaning

I revere Vāṇī and Vināyaka, the two makers of phonemes and their gathered meanings, of aesthetic sentiments and even of metres, and of all auspicious beginnings.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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Four painted panels show Sarasvati and Ganesha, points of sound gathering into meaning, a many-hued lotus suggesting poetic sentiment and metre, and the two deities blessing a blank manuscript. — A symbolic visual reading of the opening invocation to Vani and Vinayaka as makers of sounds, gathered meanings, poetic sentiments, metres, and auspicious beginnings.
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वर्णानामर्थसंघानांvarṇānāmarthasaṃghānāṃ

of phonemes and their gathered meanings

रसानांrasānāṃ

of aesthetic sentiments

छन्दसामपिchandasāmapi

and even of metres

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मङ्गलानांmaṅgalānāṃ

of auspicious things and beginnings

चca

and

कर्त्तारौkarttārau

the two makers

वन्देvande

I revere

वाणीविनायकौvāṇīvināyakau

Vāṇī and Vināyaka

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 2Bālakāṇḍa

भवानीशङ्करौ वन्दे श्रद्धाविश्वासरूपिणौ । याभ्यां विना न पश्यन्ति सिद्धाः स्वान्तःस्थमीश्वरम् ॥२॥

bhavānīśaṅkarau vande śraddhāviśvāsarūpiṇau | yābhyāṃ vinā na paśyanti siddhāḥ svāntaḥsthamīśvaram ||2||

Close meaning

I revere Bhavānī and Śaṅkara, embodiments of faith and trust; without those two, even the accomplished do not behold the Lord dwelling within their own hearts.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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Four painted panels show Bhavani and Shankara at Kailasa, accomplished sages whose heart-lotuses remain veiled, complementary streams of light opening those lotuses, and an inward flame becoming visible. — A symbolic visual reading of Bhavani and Shankara as faith and trust, through whom even accomplished contemplatives perceive the indwelling Lord.
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भवानीशङ्करौbhavānīśaṅkarau

Bhavānī and Śaṅkara

वन्देvande

I revere

श्रद्धाविश्वासरूपिणौśraddhāviśvāsarūpiṇau

the two who embody faith and trust

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याभ्यांyābhyāṃ

without whom two

विनाvinā

without

नna

not

पश्यन्तिpaśyanti

behold

सिद्धाःsiddhāḥ

the accomplished ones

स्वान्तःस्थमीश्वरम्svāntaḥsthamīśvaram

the Lord abiding within their own hearts

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 3Bālakāṇḍa

वन्दे बोधमयं नित्यं गुरुं शङ्कररूपिणम् । यमाश्रितो हि वक्रोऽपि चन्द्रः सर्वत्र वन्द्यते ॥३॥

vande bodhamayaṃ nityaṃ guruṃ śaṅkararūpiṇam | yamāśrito hi vakro'pi candraḥ sarvatra vandyate ||3||

Close meaning

I perpetually revere the guru, filled with awakening and bearing Śaṅkara's form; sheltered by him, even the crooked moon is honoured everywhere.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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Four painted panels show a seeker revering a guru through the turning phases of the moon, the guru illumined by Shiva's presence, the crescent moon sheltered in Shiva's matted locks, and a gathered community receiving the guru's blessing. — A symbolic visual reading of the guru as Shiva's compassionate presence and of the crescent moon—though naturally crooked—receiving universal reverence because it rests upon Shiva's head.
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वन्देvande

I revere

बोधमयंbodhamayaṃ

filled with awakening

नित्यंnityaṃ

perpetually

गुरुंguruṃ

the guru

शङ्कररूपिणम्śaṅkararūpiṇam

bearing Śaṅkara's form

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यमाश्रितोyamāśrito

sheltered by whom

हिhi

indeed

वक्रोऽपिvakro'pi

even though crooked

चन्द्रःcandraḥ

the moon

सर्वत्रsarvatra

everywhere

वन्द्यतेvandyate

is honoured

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 4Bālakāṇḍa

सीतारामगुणग्रामपुण्यारण्यविहारिणौ । वन्दे विशुद्धविज्ञानौ कवीश्वरकपीश्वरौ ॥४॥

sītārāmaguṇagrāmapuṇyāraṇyavihāriṇau | vande viśuddhavijñānau kavīśvarakapīśvarau ||4||

Close meaning

I revere the lord of poets and the lord of monkeys—Vālmīki and Hanumān—whose insight is wholly pure and who roam the sacred forest formed by the host of Sītā and Rāma's virtues.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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Four painted panels show Sita and Rama walking through a sacred forest, Valmiki contemplating their reflection beside a blank manuscript, Hanuman praying among the vanaras, and both devotees bowing before Sita and Rama. — A symbolic visual reading of Valmiki and Hanuman—lords of poets and vanara hosts—moving with purified insight through the sacred forest formed by the abundant virtues of Sita and Rama.
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सीतारामगुणग्रामपुण्यारण्यविहारिणौsītārāmaguṇagrāmapuṇyāraṇyavihāriṇau

the two who roam the sacred forest of the host of Sītā and Rāma's virtues

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वन्देvande

I revere

विशुद्धविज्ञानौviśuddhavijñānau

the two of wholly pure insight

कवीश्वरकपीश्वरौkavīśvarakapīśvarau

the lord of poets and the lord of monkeys

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 5Bālakāṇḍa

उद्भवस्थितिसंहारकारिणीं क्लेशहारिणीम् । सर्वश्रेयस्करीं सीतां नतोऽहं रामवल्लभाम् ॥५॥

udbhavasthitisaṃhārakāriṇīṃ kleśahāriṇīm | sarvaśreyaskarīṃ sītāṃ nato'haṃ rāmavallabhām ||5||

Close meaning

I bow to Sītā, Rāma's beloved, who brings about creation, continuance and dissolution, removes affliction, and brings every highest good.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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उद्भवस्थितिसंहारकारिणींudbhavasthitisaṃhārakāriṇīṃ

her who brings about creation, continuance and dissolution

क्लेशहारिणीम्kleśahāriṇīm

her who removes affliction

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सर्वश्रेयस्करींsarvaśreyaskarīṃ

her who brings every highest good

सीतांsītāṃ

Sītā

नतोऽहंnato'haṃ

I bow

रामवल्लभाम्rāmavallabhām

Rāma's beloved

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 6Bālakāṇḍa

यन्मायावशवर्त्ति विश्वमखिलं ब्रह्मादिदेवासुराः । यत्सत्त्वादमृषैव भाति सकलं रज्जौ यथाऽहेर्भ्रमः । यत्पादप्लव एक एव हि भवाम्भोधेस्तितीर्षावताम् । वन्देऽहं तमशेषकारणपरं रामाख्यमीशं हरिम् ॥६॥

yanmāyāvaśavartti viśvamakhilaṃ brahmādidevāsurāḥ | yatsattvādamṛṣaiva bhāti sakalaṃ rajjau yathā'herbhramaḥ | yatpādaplava eka eva hi bhavāmbhodhestitīrṣāvatām | vande'haṃ tamaśeṣakāraṇaparaṃ rāmākhyamīśaṃ harim ||6||

Close meaning

I revere Hari, the sovereign named Rāma, supreme cause of all: the entire universe, including gods beginning with Brahmā and the demons, moves under his māyā; by his reality everything unreal appears real, like the illusion of a snake in a rope; and his foot alone is the boat for those who wish to cross the ocean of becoming.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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यन्मायावशवर्त्तिyanmāyāvaśavartti

moves under whose māyā

विश्वमखिलंviśvamakhilaṃ

the entire universe

ब्रह्मादिदेवासुराःbrahmādidevāsurāḥ

gods beginning with Brahmā and the demons

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यत्सत्त्वादमृषैवyatsattvādamṛṣaiva

by whose reality, though itself unreal

भातिbhāti

appears

सकलंsakalaṃ

everything

रज्जौrajjau

in a rope

यथाऽहेर्भ्रमःyathā'herbhramaḥ

like the illusion of a snake

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यत्पादप्लवyatpādaplava

whose foot as a boat

एकeka

alone

एवeva

indeed

हिhi

surely

भवाम्भोधेस्तितीर्षावताम्bhavāmbhodhestitīrṣāvatām

for those wishing to cross the ocean of becoming

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वन्देऽहंvande'haṃ

I revere

तमशेषकारणपरंtamaśeṣakāraṇaparaṃ

that supreme cause of all

रामाख्यमीशंrāmākhyamīśaṃ

the sovereign named Rāma

हरिम्harim

Hari

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 7Bālakāṇḍa

नानापुराणनिगमागमसम्मतं यद्रामायणे निगदितं क्वचिदन्यतोऽपि । स्वान्तःसुखाय तुलसी रघुनाथगाथाभाषानिबन्धमतिमञ्जुलमातनोति ॥७॥

nānāpurāṇanigamāgamasammataṃ yadrāmāyaṇe nigaditaṃ kvacidanyato'pi | svāntaḥsukhāya tulasī raghunāthagāthābhāṣānibandhamatimañjulamātanoti ||7||

Close meaning

For the delight of his own heart, Tulasī unfolds this exceedingly lovely composition in the vernacular on the story of Raghunātha, drawing on what is approved by many Purāṇas, Vedas and Āgamas, what is told in the Rāmāyaṇa, and occasionally what comes from elsewhere.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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नानापुराणनिगमागमसम्मतंnānāpurāṇanigamāgamasammataṃ

approved by many Purāṇas, Vedas and Āgamas

यद्रामायणेyadrāmāyaṇe

what in the Rāmāyaṇa

निगदितंnigaditaṃ

is told

क्वचिदन्यतोऽपिkvacidanyato'pi

and occasionally from elsewhere

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स्वान्तःसुखायsvāntaḥsukhāya

for the delight of his own heart

तुलसीtulasī

Tulasī

रघुनाथगाथाभाषानिबन्धमतिमञ्जुलमातनोतिraghunāthagāthābhāṣānibandhamatimañjulamātanoti

unfolds an exceedingly lovely vernacular composition on Raghunātha's story

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 1Bālakāṇḍa

जेहि सुमिरत सिधि होइ, गन-नायक करि-बर-बदन । करउ अनुग्रह सोइ, बुद्धि-रासि सुभ-गुन-सदन ॥

jehi sumirata sidhi hoi, gana-nāyaka kari-bara-badana | karau anugraha soi, buddhi-rāsi subha-guna-sadana ||

Close meaning

May that leader of the hosts, whose face is that of the noblest elephant and by remembering whom accomplishment comes, show me grace—that treasury of wisdom and dwelling-place of auspicious virtues.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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जेहिjehi

whom

सुमिरतsumirata

on remembering

सिधिsidhi

accomplishment

होइhoi

comes to be

गनgana

of the hosts

नायकnāyaka

leader

करिkari

elephant

बरbara

noblest

बदनbadana

faced

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करउkarau

may he show

अनुग्रहanugraha

grace

सोइsoi

that very one

बुद्धिbuddhi

of wisdom

रासिrāsi

treasury

सुभsubha

auspicious

गुनguna

virtues

सदनsadana

dwelling-place

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 2Bālakāṇḍa

मूक होइ बाचाल, पङ्गु चढ़इ गिरिवर गहन । जासु कृपा सो दयाल, द्रवउ सकल-कलिमल-दहन ॥

mūka hoi bācāla, paṅgu caḍha़i girivara gahana | jāsu kṛpā so dayāla, dravau sakala-kalimala-dahana ||

Close meaning

By whose grace the mute becomes eloquent and the lame climbs an inaccessible mountain—may that compassionate one, the burner of every impurity of the Kali age, melt with mercy.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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मूकmūka

the mute

होइhoi

becomes

बाचालbācāla

eloquent

पङ्गुpaṅgu

the lame

चढ़इcaḍha़i

climbs

गिरिवरgirivara

a mighty mountain

गहनgahana

inaccessible

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जासुjāsu

by whose

कृपाkṛpā

grace

सोso

that one

दयालdayāla

compassionate

द्रवउdravau

may he melt with mercy

सकलsakala

every

कलिमलkalimala

impurity of the Kali age

दहनdahana

burner

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 3Bālakāṇḍa

नील-सरोरुह-स्याम, तरुन-अरुन-बारिज नयन । करउ सो मम उर धाम, सदा छीर-सागर-सयन ॥

nīla-saroruha-syāma, taruna-aruna-bārija nayana | karau so mama ura dhāma, sadā chīra-sāgara-sayana ||

Close meaning

May he who is dark as a blue lotus, whose eyes are like young red lotuses, and who forever reclines upon the Ocean of Milk, make my heart his dwelling.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

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नीलnīla

blue

सरोरुहsaroruha

lotus

स्यामsyāma

dark-hued

तरुनtaruna

young

अरुनaruna

red

बारिजbārija

lotus

नयनnayana

eyed

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करउkarau

may he make

सोso

that one

ममmama

my

उरura

heart

धामdhāma

dwelling

सदाsadā

forever

छीरchīra

milk

सागरsāgara

ocean

सयनsayana

reclining

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 4Bālakāṇḍa

कुन्द-इन्दु-सम देह, उमा-रमन करुना-अयन । जाहि दीन पर नेह, करउ कृपा मर्दन-मयन ॥

kunda-indu-sama deha, umā-ramana karunā-ayana | jāhi dīna para neha, karau kṛpā mardana-mayana ||

Close meaning

May Umā's beloved—whose body is like jasmine and the moon, who is the abode of compassion and loves the lowly—show grace, he who crushed the god of love.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

Source reference: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.342236/page/n54/mode/1up · scan page 55

Independent close English word study · editorial review status

This close rendering and contextual word study are independently prepared working annotations. They are not marked as human-reviewed.

Pinned open source text with the declared scan-verified final Sanskrit correction, plus the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press opening invocations; IITK Manas Supersite used only as a comparison witness · Belvedere Press 1925 facsimile, scan page 54

These contextual glosses and close renderings were prepared specifically for this edition. They are working editorial translations awaiting independent Awadhi and Sanskrit review, not quotations from IITK or a modern published translation. Original close English rendering of the pinned Awadhi reading; editorial work awaiting independent review.

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कुन्दkunda

jasmine

इन्दुindu

moon

समsama

like

देहdeha

bodied

उमाumā

Umā's

रमनramana

beloved

करुनाkarunā

of compassion

अयनayana

abode

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जाहिjāhi

who

दीनdīna

the lowly

परpara

toward

नेहneha

has love

करउkarau

may he show

कृपाkṛpā

grace

मर्दनmardana

crusher

मयनmayana

of the god of love

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 5Bālakāṇḍa

बन्दउँ गुरु-पद-कञ्ज, कृपा-सिन्धु नर-रूप-हरि । महामोह-तम-पुञ्ज, जासु बचन-रवि-कर-निकर ॥

bandau~ guru-pada-kañja, kṛpā-sindhu nara-rūpa-hari | mahāmoha-tama-puñja, jāsu bacana-ravi-kara-nikara ||

Close meaning

I bow to the guru's lotus feet—to the ocean of grace, Hari in human form—whose words are a mass of sunbeams that dispels the dense darkness of great delusion.

Opening invocation transcribed diplomatically from the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press edition. Edition-specific readings are preserved rather than silently harmonized. The close English rendering and token glosses are an independently prepared editorial layer whose review status is disclosed separately.

Source reference: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.342236/page/n54/mode/1up · scan page 55

Independent close English word study · editorial review status

This close rendering and contextual word study are independently prepared working annotations. They are not marked as human-reviewed.

Pinned open source text with the declared scan-verified final Sanskrit correction, plus the public-domain 1925 Belvedere Press opening invocations; IITK Manas Supersite used only as a comparison witness · Belvedere Press 1925 facsimile, scan page 54

These contextual glosses and close renderings were prepared specifically for this edition. They are working editorial translations awaiting independent Awadhi and Sanskrit review, not quotations from IITK or a modern published translation. Original close English rendering of the pinned Awadhi reading; editorial work awaiting independent review.

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Word & compound study

Source line 01

बन्दउँbandau~

I bow to

गुरुguru

the guru's

पदpada

feet

कञ्जkañja

lotus

कृपाkṛpā

of grace

सिन्धुsindhu

ocean

नरnara

human

रूपrūpa

in the form of

हरिhari

Hari

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महामोहmahāmoha

great delusion

तमtama

darkness

पुञ्जpuñja

dense mass

जासुjāsu

whose

बचनbacana

words

रविravi

sun

करkara

rays

निकरnikara

host

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Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 1: varṇānāmarthasaṃghānāṃ rasānāṃ chandasāmapi | maṅgalānāṃ ca karttārau vande vāṇīvināyakau ||1||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 2: bhavānīśaṅkarau vande śraddhāviśvāsarūpiṇau | yābhyāṃ vinā na paśyanti siddhāḥ svāntaḥsthamīśvaram ||2||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 3: vande bodhamayaṃ nityaṃ guruṃ śaṅkararūpiṇam | yamāśrito hi vakro'pi candraḥ sarvatra vandyate ||3||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 4: sītārāmaguṇagrāmapuṇyāraṇyavihāriṇau | vande viśuddhavijñānau kavīśvarakapīśvarau ||4||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 5: udbhavasthitisaṃhārakāriṇīṃ kleśahāriṇīm | sarvaśreyaskarīṃ sītāṃ nato'haṃ rāmavallabhām ||5||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 7: nānāpurāṇanigamāgamasammataṃ yadrāmāyaṇe nigaditaṃ kvacidanyato'pi | svāntaḥsukhāya tulasī raghunāthagāthābhāṣānibandhamatimañjulamātanoti ||7||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 1: jehi sumirata sidhi hoi, gana-nāyaka kari-bara-badana | karau anugraha soi, buddhi-rāsi subha-guna-sadana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 2: mūka hoi bācāla, paṅgu caḍha़i girivara gahana | jāsu kṛpā so dayāla, dravau sakala-kalimala-dahana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 3: nīla-saroruha-syāma, taruna-aruna-bārija nayana | karau so mama ura dhāma, sadā chīra-sāgara-sayana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 4: kunda-indu-sama deha, umā-ramana karunā-ayana | jāhi dīna para neha, karau kṛpā mardana-mayana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 5: bandau~ guru-pada-kañja, kṛpā-sindhu nara-rūpa-hari | mahāmoha-tama-puñja, jāsu bacana-ravi-kara-nikara ||

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Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 1: varṇānāmarthasaṃghānāṃ rasānāṃ chandasāmapi | maṅgalānāṃ ca karttārau vande vāṇīvināyakau ||1||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 2: bhavānīśaṅkarau vande śraddhāviśvāsarūpiṇau | yābhyāṃ vinā na paśyanti siddhāḥ svāntaḥsthamīśvaram ||2||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 3: vande bodhamayaṃ nityaṃ guruṃ śaṅkararūpiṇam | yamāśrito hi vakro'pi candraḥ sarvatra vandyate ||3||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 4: sītārāmaguṇagrāmapuṇyāraṇyavihāriṇau | vande viśuddhavijñānau kavīśvarakapīśvarau ||4||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 5: udbhavasthitisaṃhārakāriṇīṃ kleśahāriṇīm | sarvaśreyaskarīṃ sītāṃ nato'haṃ rāmavallabhām ||5||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening Sanskrit śloka 7: nānāpurāṇanigamāgamasammataṃ yadrāmāyaṇe nigaditaṃ kvacidanyato'pi | svāntaḥsukhāya tulasī raghunāthagāthābhāṣānibandhamatimañjulamātanoti ||7||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 1: jehi sumirata sidhi hoi, gana-nāyaka kari-bara-badana | karau anugraha soi, buddhi-rāsi subha-guna-sadana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 2: mūka hoi bācāla, paṅgu caḍha़i girivara gahana | jāsu kṛpā so dayāla, dravau sakala-kalimala-dahana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 3: nīla-saroruha-syāma, taruna-aruna-bārija nayana | karau so mama ura dhāma, sadā chīra-sāgara-sayana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 4: kunda-indu-sama deha, umā-ramana karunā-ayana | jāhi dīna para neha, karau kṛpā mardana-mayana ||

Bālakāṇḍa · opening soraṭhā 5: bandau~ guru-pada-kañja, kṛpā-sindhu nara-rūpa-hari | mahāmoha-tama-puñja, jāsu bacana-ravi-kara-nikara ||

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