॥ श्री रामदूत हनुमन् भव सन्निधं मे ।।
बायकथा
लागलं च समाविद्धं प्लवमानस्य शोभते ।
अम्बरे वायुपुत्रस्य शाकध्वज इवोच्छ्रितः ॥
मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठं ।
वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यं श्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥
“Where the mind is without fear
and the head is held high;
“Where knowledge is free;
“Where the world has not been
broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic walls;
“Where words come out from the
depth of truth;
“Where tireless striving stretches
its arms towards perfection;
“Where the clear stream of rea.
son has not lost its way into the dreary
desert sand of lust and greed;
"Where the mind is led forward
into ever widening thought and action:-
"Into that heaven of freedom, my
Lord, let Aryavarta awake once again.
॥ यतो धर्म स्ततो जयः ॥
कूजन्त रामरामेति मधुरं मधुराक्षरम् ।
आरुह्य कविताशाखां वन्दे वाल्मीकिकोकिलम् ॥
A bow to Sage Valmiki of the Sweet tupe
of the Indian Cuckoo who sitting on a branch of the
tree of Poetry makes the world resound with the
Sweet-words "Rama, Rama".
Oh ! behold the most perfect work of the Poet,
which is like the immense Universe, the creation of
the Harmonizing Potency (TIT ATAT) of the Limitless
Omnipotent Self-Effulgent Lord, where prominently
appear the three qualities बोधन, मोहन and शोधन
( i. e. teaching excellent mürality, creating
infatuating charm of poetry, and causing purification
of the soul by investigation & research into the realms
of the physical and spiritual world).
It is clear that a close blending of these three
qualities in due proportion cannot be seen except in
the work of the Omniscient. A work rises in estimation
in proportion to the extent of the existence of these
godly virtues therein. On a comparison of this (Adi-
Kavya) Ancient Epic Poem in Sanskrit literature,
namely the Ramayana of Valmiki, with the other
works of the world, the first two merits, namely
morality and charm come out prominently. In testi-,
money hereof, it is enough to say that even after the
lapse of thousands of years, that work gives to the
whole world unparallelled instruction in morality &
charm. Everybody knows in what high esteem it
is held by Indian Aryans. The testimony of the
English Professor Monier Williams and Monsieur M.
Chezie, the well-known grammarian of the Royal
College of France shows that even in Europe it is
considered to be very valuable.
Prof. Monier Williams says:-
“There is not in the whole range of Sanskrit
literature, a more charming poem than the Ramayana.
The classical purity, clearness and simplicity of its
style, the exquisite touches of true poetic feeling with
which it abounds, its graphic descriptions of heroic
incidents and nature's grandest scenes, the deep
acquaintance it displays with the conflicting workings
and most refined emotions of the human heart, all
entitle it to rank among the most beautiful compo-
sitions that have appeared at any period or
country.
in any
The character of Rama is nobly portrayed. .......
As for Bharata and Lakshmana, they are models of
fraternal duty; Kaushalya of maternal tenderness;
Dasharatha of paternal love; Sita engages affections
and our interest-Indeed Hindu wives are generally
perfect patterns of conjugal fidelity; nor can it be
doubted that in this delightful portrait of the
Pativrata or devoted wife we have true representations
of the purity and simplicity of Hindu domestic,
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