॥ Lakshmanagita from Ramacharitamanas Tamil Lyrics ॥
॥ ஶ்ரீலக்ஷ்மணகீ³தா ராமசரிதமானஸஸே ॥
தோ³ஹா
ஸிய ஸுமந்த்ர ப்⁴ராதா ஸஹித கந்த³ மூல ப²ல கா²இ ।
ஸயன கீன்ஹ ரகு⁴ப³ம்ʼஸமனி பாய பலோடத பா⁴இ । 89 ।
Having partaken of the bulbs, roots and fruits along with Sita, Sumantra and His brother (Lakshmana), the Jewel of Raghu’s race lay down to sleep, while His brother kneaded His feet. (89)
சௌபாஈ
உடே² லக²னு ப்ரபு⁴ ஸோவத ஜானீ । கஹி ஸசிவஹி ஸோவன ம்ருʼது³ பா³னீ ।
கசு²க தூ³ரி ஸஜி பா³ன ஸராஸன । ஜாக³ன லகே³ பை³டி² பீ³ராஸன । 1 ।
கு³ஹம்ˮ போ³லாஇ பாஹரூ ப்ரதீதீ । டா²வம்ˮ டா²வம்ˮ ராகே² அதி ப்ரீதீ ।
ஆபு லக²ன பஹிம்ʼ பை³டே²உ ஜாஈ । கடி பா⁴தீ² ஸர சாப சஃடா³ஈ । 2 ।
ஸோவத ப்ரபு⁴ஹி நிஹாரி நிஷாதூ³ । ப⁴யஉ ப்ரேம ப³ஸ ஹ்ருʼத³யம்ˮ பி³ஷாதூ³ ।
தனு புலகித ஜலு லோசன ப³ஹஈ । ப³சன ஸப்ரேம லக²ன ஸன கஹஈ । 3 ।
பூ⁴பதி ப⁴வன ஸுபா⁴யம்ˮ ஸுஹாவா । ஸுரபதி ஸத³னு ந படதர பாவா ।
மனிமய ரசித சாரு சௌபா³ரே । ஜனு ரதிபதி நிஜ ஹாத² ஸம்ʼவாரே । 4 ।
When Lakshmana perceived that his lord had fallen asleep, he rose and asked the minister in soft accents to retire. As for himself he got ready his bow and arrows and sitting at some distance in the posture of a hero he kept watch. Guha called his trusted watchmen and stationed them at different points with great love; while he himself went and took his seat beside Lakshmana with a quiver fastened to his waist and an arrow fitted to his bow. When the NiShada chief saw his lord lying (on a bed of grass and leaves) he felt great sorrow in his heart due to excess of love; the hair on his body bristled, tears flowed from his eyes and he addressed the following affectionate words to Lakshmana: `The king’s palace is naturally charming; even Indra’s residence can hardly stand comparison with it. Its beautiful antics are built of precious gems and are so lovely as though the god of love has constructed them with his own hands.’ (1-4)
தோ³ஹா
ஸுசி ஸுபி³சித்ர ஸுபோ⁴க³மய ஸுமன ஸுக³ந்த⁴ ஸுபா³ஸ ।
பலம்ˮக³ க³ மஞ்ஜு மனிதீ³ப ஜஹம்ˮ ஸப³ பி³தி⁴ ஸகல ஸுபாஸ ॥ 90 ॥
`Free from impurities, exceedingly marvelous of design, abounding in exquisite luxuries and scented with the fragrance of flowers, they are furnished with lovely beds and lighted with gems and are full of amenities of every description.’ (90)
சௌபாஈ
பி³பி³த⁴ ப³ஸன உபதா⁴ன துராஈம்ʼ । சீ²ர பே²ன ம்ருʼது³ பி³ஸத³ ஸுஹாஈம்ʼ ।
தஹம்ˮ ஸிய ராமு ஸயன நிஸி கரஹீம்ʼ । நிஜ ச²பி³ ரதி மனோஜ மது³ ஹரஹீம்ʼ । 1 ।
தே ஸிய ராமு ஸாத²ரீம்ʼ ஸோஏ । ஶ்ரமித ப³ஸன பி³னு ஜாஹிம்ʼ ந ஜோஏ ।
மாது பிதா பரிஜன புரபா³ஸீ । ஸகா² ஸுஸீல தா³ஸ அரு தா³ஸீ । 2 ।
ஜோக³வஹிம்ʼ ஜின்ஹஹி ப்ரான கீ நாஈம்ʼ । மஹி ஸோவத தேஇ ராம கோ³ஸாஈம்ʼ ।
பிதா ஜனக ஜக³ பி³தி³த ப்ரபா⁴ஊ । ஸஸுர ஸுரேஸ ஸகா² ரகு⁴ராஊ । 3 ।
ராமசந்து³ பதி ஸோ பை³தே³ஹீ । ஸோவத மஹி பி³தி⁴ பா³ம ந கேஹீ ।
ஸிய ரகு⁴பீ³ர கி கானன ஜோகூ³ । கரம ப்ரதா⁴ன ஸத்ய கஹ லோகூ³ । 4 ।
Again they are equipped with coverlets and sheets, pillows and cushions of various kinds-all soft, white and charming as the froth of milk. It is in such attics that Sita and Rama used to sleep at night and humbled by their beauty the pride of Rati and her consort, the god of love. Those very Sita and Rama are now lying on a pallet, exhausted and uncovered, a sight one cannot bear to see. The same Lord Rama whom his father and mother, his own family and the people of the city, his good-natured companions, men- servants and maid-servants, all cherished as their own life, sleeps on the ground! Nay, Sita, whose father Janaka is famed throughout the world, whose father-in-law is King Dasharatha, the chief of Raghu’s and an ally of Indra (the lord of immortals) and whose spouse is Ramacandra, is lying on the ground! An adverse fate spares none. Do Sita and the Hero of Raghu’s race deserve to be exiled to the woods? They rightly say: `Fate is supreme.’ (1-4)
தோ³ஹா
கைகயனந்தி³னி மந்த³மதி கடி²ன குடிலபனு கீன்ஹ ।
ஜேஹிம்ʼ ரகு⁴நந்த³ன ஜானகிஹி ஸுக² அவஸர து³கு² தீ³ன்ஹ । 91 ।
`The foolish daughter of Kekaya has wrought cruel mischief in that she has brought trouble on Sita and the Delighter of Raghu’s race at a time of enjoyment.’ (91)
சௌபாஈ
ப⁴இ தி³னகர குல பி³டப குடா²ரீ । குமதி கீன்ஹ ஸப³ பி³ஸ்வ து³கா²ரீ ।
ப⁴யஉ பி³ஷாது³ நிஷாத³ஹி பா⁴ரீ । ராம ஸீய மஹி ஸயன நிஹாரீ । 1 ।
போ³லே லக²ன மது⁴ர ம்ருʼது³ பா³னீ । க்³யான பி³ராக³ ப⁴க³தி ரஸ ஸானீ ।
காஹு ந கோஉ ஸுக² து³க² கர தா³தா । நிஜ க்ருʼத கரம போ⁴க³ ஸபு³ ப்⁴ராதா । 2 ।
ஜோக³ பி³யோக³ போ⁴க³ ப⁴ல மந்தா³ । ஹித அனஹித மத்⁴யம ப்⁴ரம ப²ந்தா³ ।
ஜனமு மரனு ஜஹம்ˮ லகி³ ஜக³ ஜாலூ । ஸம்பதி பி³பதி கரமு அரு காலூ । 3 ।
த⁴ரனி தா⁴மு த⁴னு புர பரிவாரூ । ஸரகு³ நரகு ஜஹம்ʼ லகி³ ப்³யவஹாரூ ।
தே³கி²அ ஸுனிஅ கு³னிஅ மன மாஹீ । மோஹ மூல பரமாரது² நாஹீ । 4 ।
`The wicked woman has played the axe in felling the tree of the solar race and plunged the whole universe in woe.’ The Nishada chief was sore distressed to see Rama and Sita sleeping on the ground. Lakshmana spoke to him sweet and gentle words imbued with the nectar of wisdom, dispassion and devotion: ‘No one is a source of delight or pain to another; everyone reaps the fruit of one’s own actions, brother. Union and separation, pleasurable and painful experiences, friends, foes and neutrals-snares of delusion are these. Even so birth and death, prosperity and adversity, destiny and time and all the illusion of the world; lands, houses, wealth, town and family, heaven and hell, and all the phenomena of the world; nay, whatever is seen, heard or thought of with the mind has its root in ignorance: nothing exists in reality.’ (1-4)
தோ³ஹா
ஸபனேம்ʼ ஹோஇ பி⁴கா²ரி ந்ருʼபு ரங்கு நாகபதி ஹோஇ ।
ஜாகே³ம்ʼ லாபு⁴ ந ஹானி கசு² திமி ப்ரபஞ்ச ஜியம்ˮ ஜோஇ । 92 ।
`Suppose in a dream a king becomes a pauper and a pauper becomes the lord of paradise; on waking, the one does not gain nor does the other lose anything. So must you look upon this world.’ (92)
சௌபாஈ
அஸ பி³சாரி நஹிம்ʼ கீஜிஅ ரோஸூ । காஹுஹி பா³தி³ ந தே³இஅ தோ³ஸூ ।
மோஹ நிஸாம்ˮ ஸபு³ ஸோவனிஹாரா । தே³கி²அ ஸபன அனேக ப்ரகாரா । 1 ।
ஏஹிம்ʼ ஜக³ ஜாமினி ஜாக³ஹிம்ʼ ஜோகீ³ । பரமாரதீ² ப்ரபஞ்ச பி³யோகீ³ ।
ஜானிஅ தப³ஹிம்ʼ ஜீவ ஜக³ ஜாகா³ । ஜப³ ஸப³ பி³ஷய பி³லாஸ பி³ராகா³ । 2 ।
ஹோஇ பி³பே³கு மோஹ ப்⁴ரம பா⁴கா³ । தப³ ரகு⁴நாத² சரன அனுராகா³ ।
ஸகா² பரம பரமாரது² ஏஹூ । மன க்ரம ப³சன ராம பத³ நேஹூ । 3 ।
ராம ப்³ரஹ்ம பரமாரத² ரூபா । அபி³க³த அலக² அநாதி³ அனூபா ।
ஸகல பி³கார ரஹித க³தபே⁴தா³ । கஹி நித நேதி நிரூபஹிம்ʼ பே³தா³ । 4 ।
`Reasoning thus be not angry nor blame anyone in vain. Everyone is slumbering in the night of delusion, and while asleep one sees dreams of various kinds. In this night of mundane existence, it is Yogis (mystics) alone who keep awake-Yogis who are in quest of the highest truth and remain aloof from the world. A soul should be deemed as having awoken from the night of the world only when he develops and aversion for the enjoyments of the world of sense. It is only when the right understanding comes that the error of delusion disappears and then alone one develops a love for the feet of Rama (the Lord of Raghu’s). O friend, the highest spiritual goal is this: to be devoted to the feet of Rama in thought, word and deed. Rama is no other than Brahma (God), the supreme Reality, unknown, imperceptible, beginningless, incomparable, free from all change and beyond all diversity. The Vedas ever speak of Him in negative terms (not this).’ (1-4)
தோ³ஹா
ப⁴க³த பூ⁴மி பூ⁴ஸுர ஸுரபி⁴ ஸுர ஹித லாகி³ க்ருʼபால ।
கரத சரித த⁴ரி மனுஜ தனு ஸுனத மிடஹிம்ʼ ஜக³ ஜால । 93 ।
`For the sake of His devotees, Earth, the Brahmanas, cows and gods, the gracious Lord takes the form of a man and performs actions by hearing of which the snares of the world are broken asunder.’ (93)
சௌபாஈ
ஸகா² ஸமுஜி² அஸ பரிஹரி மோஹூ । ஸிய ரகு⁴பீ³ர சரன ரத ஹோஹூ ।
கஹத ராம கு³ன பா⁴ பி⁴னுஸாரா । ஜாகே³ ஜக³ மங்க³ல ஸுக²தா³ரா । 1 ।
`Realizing this, O friend, shed all infatuation and be devoted to the feet of Sita and the Hero of Raghu’s race.’
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