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# Bal Kand · Doha 25

**चौ०** 
> राम सुकंठ बिभीषन दोऊ। राखे सरन जान सबु कोऊ॥  
> नाम गरीब अनेक नेवाजे। लोक बेद बर बिरिद बिराजे॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> राम भालु कपि कटकु बटोरा। सेतु हेतु श्रमु कीन्ह न थोरा॥  
> नामु लेत भवसिंधु सुखाहीं। करहु बिचारु सुजन मन माहीं॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> राम सकुल रन रावनु मारा। सीय सहित निज पुर पगु धारा॥  
> राजा रामु अवध रजधानी। गावत गुन सुर मुनि बर बानी॥३॥  
> सेवक सुमिरत नामु सप्रीती। बिनु श्रम प्रबल मोह दलु जीती॥  
> फिरत सनेहँ मगन सुख अपनें। नाम प्रसाद सोच नहिं सपनें॥४॥

Meaning: As is well-known to all, Śrī Rāma extended His protection to two devotees only, viz., Sugrīva and Vibhīṣaṇa; His Name, on the other hand, has showered Its grace on numerous humble souls. This superb glory of the Name shines forth in the world as well as in the Vedas. (1)

Śrī Rāma collected an army of bears and monkeys and took no little pains over the construction of a bridge (to connect the mainland with the island of Laṅkā). Through the repetition of His Name, however, the ocean of mundane existence itself gets dried up: let the wise bear this in mind. (2)

Śrī Rāma killed in battle Rāvaṇa with all his family and returned to His own city, Ayodhyā, with Sītā. He was then crowned king in the capital of Ayodhyā, while gods and sages sang His glories in melodious tones. (3)

His votaries are, however, able to conquer without exertion the formidable army of delusion by fondly remembering His Name and, absorbed in devotion, move about in joy which is peculiarly their own; by the grace of the Name they know not sorrow even in dream. (4)

**दो०** 
> ब्रह्म राम तें नामु बड़ बर दायक बर दानि।  
> रामचरित सत कोटि महँ लिय महेस जियँ जानि॥२५॥

Meaning: The Name is thus greater than Brahma and Śrī Rāma both and confers blessings even on the bestowers of boons. Knowing this in His heart, the great Lord Śiva chose this word ‘Rāma’ for Himself out of Śrī Rāma’s 100 crore episodes.* (25)

* The Rāmāyaṇa as originally composed by Brahmā himself and delivered to Lord Śiva through Nārada is believed to have contained as many as a 100 crore verses.

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