ShriRamHrudayam(Ram stotra.19)

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Ramahridayam has great importance, as it was narrated by Sri Rama himself to Hanuman  regarding atma tattva in an easy and short manner.




श्रीराम-हृदयम्


ततो रामः स्वयं प्राह हनूमन्त मुपस्थितम् ।

शृणु तत्त्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि ह्यात्मनात्मपरात्मनाम् ॥


आकाशस्य यदा भेदः त्रिविधो दृश्यते महान् ।

जलाकाशे महाकाशः तदवच्छिन्न एव हि  ।

प्रतिबिम्बाख्य मपरं दृश्यते त्रिविधं नभ: ॥


बुद्ध्यवच्छिन्नचैतन्य्मेकं पूर्णमथापरम् ।

आभासस्त्वपरं बिम्बभूतमेवं त्रिधा चितिः ॥


साभासबुद्धेः कर्तृत्वं अविच्छिन्नेsविकारिणि ।

साक्षिण्यारोप्यते भ्रान्त्या जीवत्व्ं च तथाबुधैः ॥


आभासस्तु मृषा बुद्धिः, अविद्याकार्यमुच्यते ।

अविच्छिन्नं तु तद् ब्रह्म विच्छेदस्तु विकल्पत: ॥


अवच्छिन्नस्य पूर्णेन एकत्वं प्रतिपाद्यते ।

तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यैश्च साभासस्याहमस्तथा ॥


ऐक्यज्ञानं यदोत्पन्नं महावाक्येन चात्मनो: ।

तदाविद्या स्वकार्यैश्च नश्यत्येव न संशयः   ॥


एतद् विज्ञाय मद्भक्तो मद्भावायोपपद्यते ।

मद्भक्तिविमुखानां तु शास्त्रगर्हेषु मुह्यताम् ।

न ज्ञानं न च मोक्षः स्यात् तेषां जन्मशतै रपि ॥


इदं रहस्यं हृदयं ममात्मनो

मयैव साक्षात् कथितं तवानघ ।

मद्भक्तिहीनाय शठाय न त्वया

दातव्य मैन्द्रादपि राज्यतोsधिकम् ॥

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Sri Rama Hrudhayam
[The Heart of Lord Rama]
Translated by P. R. Ramachander

[This great philosophical prayer occurs in Adhyatma Ramayana. During discussion, Goddess Parvathi asks shiva, why Rama cries like an ordinary mortal when Sita is lost. If he is an ordinary man, why should we pray to him at all. Then Shiva narrates to her the innermost thoughts of Lord Rama which he told his friend devotee Hanuman. 

Sri Mahadeva uvacha:-
Lord Shiva said:-

Thatho Rama swayam praha hanmanthamupasthitham,
Srunu thatwam pravakshyami hyathmanathma parathmnam. 1

Then Rama himself addressing Hanuman who was near him told,
Hear about the truth about Athma, Anathma and Paramthma.

Akasasya yadha bhedhasthrividho drusyathe mahan,
Jalasaye mahakasasthadavachinna eva hi,
Prathi bibhokhyamaparam drusyadhe trividham nara. 2

The great ones see the sky in three different ways,
The great sky as reflected in great body of water,
Then as the limit that separates and also as shadow.

Budhi vichinna chaithanya mekam poornamadhaparam,
Aabhasathwaparam bimba bhoothamevam tridha chithi. 3

The first is the hidden power of the brain,
Then that power which is complete,
And then the splendour idolized within us,
Are the three types of Athma told by me.

SAbhasa budhe karthruthwa avichinnavikarini,
SAkshinyaropyathe branthya jeevathwascha thadha budhai. 4

Whatever the hidden brain does,
Due to ignorance is ascribed to illusion,
To the Paramathma* which is,
Without feelings and is only a witness,
Similarly some fools ascribe,
The activities of Jeevathma** to it.
* That soul which is everywhere and never dies
** The body of the being which vanishes with death

AAbhasasthu mrushaa budhi ravidhya karuamuchyathe,
Avichannanthu thad brahma vichedasthu vikalpitha, 5

Shadow is not real but ignorance,
And the feeling that it is true,
Which appears to us is due to ignorance,
Like the Brahmam is the undivided truth,
And the thought of it being divided is ignorance.

Avichinnasya poornena, ekathwam prathipadhyadhe,
Thwamasyadhi vakyaschasaabhasasyaahamasthadha. 6

Words like You are it, seeks to bring unity between,
The undivided entirety and shadowy concept of division.

Aikya jnanam yadothpannam, maha vakyena chathmano,
Thadha vidhya swakaryaischa nasytyeva na samsaya. 7

Due to the great saying when knowledge of unity of thought*,
Arises, with it is destroyed thought of self as well as pride,
*That Jeevathma and Paramathma are one.

Yethadvijnanaya mad bhaktho mad bhavayopa padhyathe,
Mad bhakthi vimukhanam hi sasthra gartheshu muhyatham,
Na jnanam na moksha syad thesham janma shatairapi. 8

When my devotee understands this great truth,
He becomes one with me but for those who do not have devotion,
And have fallen in the deep pits of science,
Even in one hundred births will not get salvation.

Idham rahasyam hrudayam mamathmano,
Mayaiva sakshad kaditham thavanagha,
Mad bhkthi heenaya sataya na thwaya,
Dhatavyai maindradhapi rajyothodhikam. 9

This secret of the heart of my soul,
Which has been told to you, Oh Hanuman,
Would give kingship better than that of Indra,
And should not be told to those who are,
Adamant and refuse too be my devotees.


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