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title: "Aranya Kand Doha 4"
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# Aranya Kand · Doha 4

Sītā’s meeting with Anasūyā (Atri’s wife) and the latter’s discourse on the duties of a devoted wife

**छं०** 
> नमामि भक्त वत्सलं। कृपालु शील कोमलं॥  
> भजामि ते पदांबुजं। अकामिनां स्वधामदं॥१॥

**छं०** 
> निकाम श्याम सुंदरं। भवाम्बुनाथ मंदरं॥  
> प्रफुल्ल कंज लोचनं। मदादि दोष मोचनं॥२॥

**छं०** 
> प्रलंब बाहु विक्रमं। प्रभोऽप्रमेय वैभवं॥  
> निषंग चाप सायकं। धरं त्रिलोक नायकं॥३॥

**छं०** 
> दिनेश वंश मंडनं। महेश चाप खंडनं॥  
> मुनींद्र संत रंजनं। सुरारि वृंद भंजनं॥४॥

**छं०** 
> मनोज वैरि वंदितं। अजादि देव सेवितं॥  
> विशुद्ध बोध विग्रहं। समस्त दूषणापहं॥५॥

**छं०** 
> नमामि इंदिरा पतिं। सुखाकरं सतां गतिं॥  
> भजे सशक्ति सानुजं। शची पति प्रियानुजं॥६॥

**छं०** 
> त्वदंघ्रि मूल ये नराः। भजंति हीन मत्सराः॥  
> पतंति नो भवार्णवे। वितर्क वीचि संकुले॥७॥

**छं०** 
> विविक्त वासिनः सदा। भजंति मुक्तये मुदा॥  
> निरस्य इंद्रियादिकं। प्रयांति ते गतिं स्वकं॥८॥

**छं०** 
> तमेकमद्भुतं प्रभुं। निरीहमीश्वरं विभुं॥  
> जगद्गुरुं च शाश्वतं। तुरीयमेव केवलं॥९॥

**छं०** 
> भजामि भाव वल्लभं। कुयोगिनां सुदुर्लभं॥  
> स्वभक्त कल्प पादपं। समं सुसेव्यमन्वहं॥१०॥

**छं०** 
> अनूप रूप भूपतिं। नतोऽहमुर्विजा पतिं॥  
> प्रसीद मे नमामि ते। पदाब्ज भक्ति देहि मे॥११॥

**छं०** 
> पठंति ये स्तवं इदं। नरादरेण ते पदं॥  
> व्रजंति नात्र संशयं। त्वदीय भक्ति संयुताः॥१२॥

Meaning: “I revere You, who are so fond of Your devotees, so compassionate and gentle of disposition. I adore Your lotus feet, which vouchsafe to Your selfless lovers Your own abode. (1)

“You are of an exquisitely beautiful swarthy form; You are Mount Mandara, as it were, to churn the ocean of mundane existence; You have eyes like the full-blown lotus and rid Your votaries of pride and other vices. (2)

“Immense is the might of Your long arms and incomprehensible Your glory. You carry on Your person a quiver, a bow and an arrow, O Lord of the three worlds! (3)

“The ornament of the solar race, You broke the bow of the great Lord Śiva. Delighting the greatest sages and saints, You crush the host of demons, the enemies of gods. (4)

“You are worthy of reverence to Lord Śiva, and are adored by Brahmā and other divinities. An embodiment of pure consciousness, You destroy all evils. (5)

“I bow to Lakṣmī’s lord, the fountain of joy and the salvation of saints. I adore You with Your spouse Sītā and younger brother Lakṣmaṇa; Yourself a beloved younger Brother* of Indra (Śacī’s lord). (6)

* The Lord is here identified with Bhagavān Vāmana (the divine Dwarf), who was born of Aditi (Kaśyapa’s wife) as a younger brother of Indra.

“Men who worship Your lotus feet and are free from jealousy, sink not into the ocean of metempsychosis, turbulent with the billows of wrangling. (7)

“They who, living in seclusion, constantly worship You with their senses and mind etc., fully subdued for the sake of attaining liberation, are able to realize their own Self. (8)

“I adore Him, the mysterious Lord, who is one (without a second), desireless, all-powerful and omnipresent, the teacher of the world, eternal, transcending the three Guṇas (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas) and Absolute (self-existent). (9)

“I adore Him who is fond of true love (devotion), who is most difficult of access to sensually-minded strivers but who is a wish-yielding tree to His devotees, nay, who is impartial and always so easy to worship. (10)

“I bow to Sītā’s lord, King Rāma of matchless beauty. I revere You; be gracious to me and grant me devotion to Your lotus feet. (11)

“Men who recite this hymn with reverence acquire devotion to Your lotus feet and undoubtedly attain Your abode at the same time.” (12)

**दो०** 
> बिनती करि मुनि नाइ सिरु कह कर जोरि बहोरि।  
> चरन सरोरुह नाथ जनि कबहुँ तजै मति मोरि॥४॥

Meaning: Having prayed thus, the sage bowed his head, and folding his hands in salutation spoke again: “My mind, O Lord, may never abandon Your lotus feet.” (4)

Previous: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-3  
Kand: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand  
Next: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-5b

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