Wednesday, May 8, 2013

What do we Learn from Ramayana


पात्यो गेये मधुरं प्रमाणैस्त्रिभिरन्वितं
जातभिहि सप्तभिर्युक्तं तंत्रीलयसमन्वितं   
इक्ष्वाकुणामिदं तेषां राज्ञां वंषॆ महात्मनां
महादुत्पन्नमाख्यानं रामायणमिति श्रुतं
तदिदं वर्तैश्यामि सर्व निखिलमदितहः
धर्मकामार्थसहितं श्रोतव्यमनुसूयय


paatyO gEyE ca madhuram pramaaNaistribhiranwitam
jaatabhiH saptabhiryuktam taMtreelayasamanwitam
ikShwaakuNaamidam tEShaaM raaj~jaam vaMShE mahaatmanaam
mahaadutpannamaakhyaanam raamaayaNamiti shrutam
tadidam vartaishyaami sarva nikhilamaditaha
dharmakaamaarthasahitam shrOtavyamanusooyaya

Shloka meaning:
 

influenced by the song which is pleasant and imbibes a proof of three aspects
have grown with delight that is created by that which has embodied the seven strings
out of ikshwaaku clan this is about a king known to be a mighty soul in the dynasty
if one has to assert something very clearly, listen to this great one called Raamayana
it will teach the sense of entire livelihood from the beginning
hence with righteousness and wish listen to it without jealousy

These are the compilation of shlokas from the first few sargas (chapters) of Valmiki marharshi's Ramayana. This summarizes that if anyone has to learn anything about life, they need to study Ramayana, if anyone wants to understand what are the three aspects of life, study Ramayana, if anyone wants to understand the song that can be sung using the seven string instrument, study Ramayana, if anyone wants to understand what is righteousness and what and when to make right wishes, study Ramayana but without jealousy.