Rama Gita From Aranya
Kandam of Malayalam Adhyathma
Ramayanam.
By
THunjathu Ramayanan Ezhuthachan
Translated in to English by
P.R.Ramachander
Rama Gita is the conversation between Rama and Lakshmana, in which Rama teaches several aspects of Philosophy,One such
conversatyion occurs in Aranya kanda
Of Adhyathma Ramayana as translated by
Thunjathu ezhuthachan in to Malayalam and Thulasi das
in to Hindi. Both of them call
this as Rama Gita but
majority of scholars call the
sixty two sloka conversation between Rama and Lakshmana in the
Uthara Kandam as Rama Geetha.
Please read the Rama gita
as translated by THinjathu Ezhthachan, which has been translated by me in to English
Teaching to Lakshmana
Lakshman oru dinam yekanthe
Rama devan,
Trukkazhal koopi
vinaanwithanai chonnan
One day Lakshmana alone with God
Rama,
Saluting his feet told with
great humility.
“Mukthi margathhe yarul
cheyyanam,
Bhakthanam adiyanodu ajnanam
neengum vannam,
Jnana vijnana bhakthi
vairagya chihnamellam,
Manasanandam varumaru arul
cheytheedenam,
Aarum
ninthiruvadiyozhinjillivayellam,
Nerode yupadesicheeduvaan bhoomandale.”
Sri Raman athu kettu
Lakshmanan thannodu appol,
Aarudanandamarul cheythithu vazhipole .
“Please tell me about
the way to salvation,
In such a way that the
ignorance of this devotee goes away,
Please tell me about the
signs of divine wisdom , scientific knowledge ,
Devotion and detachment so that my
mind would be happy,
For in this earth there is
no one except you,
Who can tell me with authority
about this.”
Hearing this Sri Rama
with a rising sensation of joy,
Told
Lakshmana in a proper manner.
“Kettalum yengilathu guhyamam
upadesam,
Kettolam thernnu koodum vikalpa
bramamellam,
Mumbinaal maya
swaroopathejnan cholleduvan,
Ambodu pinne jnana sadanam chollamallo.
Vijnana sahithamaam jnanvum cholvan
pinne,
Vijnayam mathma sawaroopatheyum cholaamedo
,
Jneyamayulla pramathmanam ariyumbol,
Maya sambanda bhayamokke
neengedumallo .”
Please hear this teaching
which is a great secret,
As you hear your
confusion about changes will vanish,
First I will tell you about
the form of illusion,
And later I would tell you
about consequences of divine wisdom,
And later I will tell you about
wisdom with scientific thought,
And I will also tell you how to
understand the form of the soul,
And when you understand the
concept of the divine soul,
The fear about illusion
would go away from you.
“Athmavallatheyulla dehadhi
vasthukkalil,
Atmavennulla bodham yadonnu
jagathraye,
Mayayakunnathu nirnayam athinale ,
Kaya sambandam aakum samsaram
bhavikkunnu,
Undallo pinne vikshepavarangal
yennu,
Randu roopam mayaykennariyuga,
soumithre nee,
Yennathil munnethallo lokathe
kalpikunnathu,
Yennariga athi sthoola sookshma
bedangalodum,
Lingadhibrahmanthamaam avidhya
roopamathum,
Sangadhi doshangale
sambhavi pikkunnathum.”
The belief in all the
three worlds that ,
The parts of the
body which are not the soul,
Are the soul is most
definitely because of illusion,
And because of this the life
becomes related to the body,
And further there is the concept
of “wrong understanding” and “the hiding screen”,
Which are the two forms of
illusion, you understand this Lakshmana,
And the first among these makes the
world appear as true,
Along with the very many
gross and micro differences,
And it is spread
as the form of negative wisdom ,
Which is spread from
the body to the Brahmam,
And is the reason for the problems
such as great desire.
Jnana roopiniyakum vidhyayathu,
Ananda prapthi hetha Bhootha
yennarinjalum,
Maya kalpitham paramathmani
viswamedo,
Maya kondallo viswam undennu thonnikkunnu,
Rajju gandathingale
pannaga budhi pole ,
Nischayam vicharikkil yetum onnillayallo
,
Manavanmaaral kana pettathum
kelkkayathum,
Manasathingal smarikka pedunnathumellam,
Swapna sannibham vicharikkil
allathu onnallo,
Vibhramam kalanjaalum vikalpamudakenda.
The learning which
has the form of divine wisdom,
Which is the second one , is the
cause for getting joy,
And the world is being
imagined as a part of the divine soul.
It is the illusion that
makes world appear to be true,
Similar to one seeing a serpent in
a piece of rope,
But if we properly think nothing
of these is there.
All that which are seen or
heard and ,
Imagined which is in the
mind by man ,
Are like a dream, if
you properly think about it ,
Throw away this disturbance and do not
have wrong understanding.
Janma samsara vruksha
moolamayathu deham,
Thanmoolam puthra kalathradhi
sambandamellam,
Dehamayathupancha Bhootha
sanchaya mayam,
Deha sambandam maya vaibhavam
vicharichaal,
Indriya dasakavum ahankaravum
budhi,
Manassum chitha moola prakrukruthi
yennithellam,
Orthu kandalum orumichu irikkunnathallo.
Kshethramayathudeham yennum undallo
namam.
Yenivathingal ninnuveronnu jeevanathum,
Nirnayam paramathma, nischalam
niramayan,
Jeevathma swaroopathe yarinjukolvanulla,
Sadhanangale kettu kolga soumithre
nee.
The root of the tree of birth and
domestic life is the body.
And due to that arises the relation
between son and the wife,
And that body is only a collection of
the five elements,
And if we think about the relation
with the body is the greatness of illusion,
And if we think correctly , the ten
organs (five mental and five physical),
The pride , the intelligence
,mind, brain and the basic traits,
Together is being
termed as the body.
This body has another name ,
“ field”(temple?),
And the one which is from all this
is the soul,
And definitely the divine soul is
stable and one without properties,
And Oh Lakshmana, please hear from
me about that ,
Which helps us to
understand the form of the soul.
Jeevathmavennum
paramathmavennathum orkill,
Kevalam paryaya sabdhangal
yennarinjalum,
Bedam yethumeyilla random onnathre
noonam.
Bedam undennu parayunnathu
ajnanmaarallo.
Manavum dambam himsavakrathwam ,
kamam, krodham,
Manase vedinju santhushtanai
sada ka;am,
Anyoksha upadhikalum sahichu sama
budhyaa ,
Manyu bhavam akale kalanju
anudinam,
Bhakthi kai kondu guru sevayum
cheythunija,
Chitha sudhiyum deha shudhiyum
cheythu kondu,
Nithyavum sal karmangalkku ilakkam
varuthathe ,
Sathyathe samasrayichu ,
Ananda swaroopanai,
Manasa vachana dehangale yadaikki,
Than manase vishaya soukhyangale
chithiyathe ,
Janana jara marangale chithichu
ullil,
Anahangarathwena sama bhavanayodum,
SArva athmavakum yengal uracha
manassodum,
Sarvadaa Rama ramethyam itha
japathodum,
Puthra dararthishu nisnehathwavum
cheythu,
SAkthiyum onningalum
koodathe nirantharam,
Ishanishta prapthikku thulya bhavathodu,
Santhushtanai viviktha shudha sthale
vasikkenam.
If we think about the soul of the being
and the divine soul,
Please understand that
they are only alternate words,
They do not have any
difference and both are same,
And those who tell that there is
difference are ignorant people,
Forsaking egoism, pride , causing sorrow
to others ,
Wrong thoughts, passion and anger
completely from the mind,
Living with contentment always ,
tolerating jibes from other sources,
With tolerance , throw away
the comparison with others ,
Daily having devotion to god .,
serving one’s guru,
Doing real cleanliness of our mind
and body,
Without discontinuing hospitality to
others,
Depending only on truth, becoming
personification of joy,
Controlling the mind ,
the body and the words,
Never thinking in the mind
body pleasures,
Thinking about birth death and old
age ,
Without pride in the mind, with equal
treatment of others,
With a mind firmly
placed in me , who is the universal soul,
With always engaged in
chanting the name of Rama, Rama
With no
particular attachment to son and the wife,
Without particular attachment to
anything,
With always having same emotions
to get things which we like or dislike,
And with contentment we should
live in a lonely , clean place.
Prakrutha janangalumai
vasikkarathu ottum,
Yekanthe pramathma Jnana
thalparanai,
Vedantha vakhyarthangal avalokanam
cheythu,
Vaideeka karmangalum athmani
samarpichal,
Jnanavum akatharil
urachu chamanjidum,
Manase vikalpangal yethume yundakola.
We should never
live with vulgar people,
We have to live alone with
interest in getting divine wisdom,
And read and understand the
meaning of words of philosophy,
And dedicate all
priestly rituals to the soul,
Then divine wisdom will get firm
in our mind ,
And there would not be any confusion in
the mind.
Athma vakunnathu yenthennundokel athum
yengil,
Athmavalaalo deha , prana budhya
ahankaram,
Manasadhikal onnum ivathin ninnu
mele,
Manamillatha paramathmavu thane
vere,
Nilpithu chidathmavu shudham
avyaktham budham,
Thal padathmaa jnan iha thwal
padarthavum aayi,
Jnanam kondenne vazhipole
kandarinjidaam,
Jnanam akunnathu yenne kattunna
vasthu thanne.
Now here about
what is the soul,
It is not me, nor my body, nor my soul ,
Nor my wisdom , nor my pride, nor
my mind,
And is something about all these,
And is very different from the
measure less divine soul,
I who am pure , not comprehensible and
who knows all
Am standing here is the
divine soul ,
And your soul using
your assets can understand ,
Me by use of divine wisdom
by trials for,
Wisdom is certainly the thing that
shows me.
Jnanam undakunnathu Vijnanam kondu
thanne,
Jnanithennu arivinnu
sdanamakayale,
Sarvathra paripoornan athmavu
chidanandam,
SArva sathwanthar gathan
aparichedhyanallo.
Divine wisdom comes through scientific
enquiry,
And so it leads you to
the conclusion,
That I am that , which is the
complete soul,
One with divine joy , one who is within
all beings ,
And one who
cannot be understood as this or that.
Yekan advayan paran
avyayan jaganmayan,
Yogesan ajan akhiladaran
niradharan,
Nithya Sathya Jnana aadhi
lakshanan , brahmathmakan,
Budhyupadhikalil verittavan
mayamayan,
Jnanam kondupagamyanyoginaam
yekathmanam,
Jnanam acharya sasthrougha upadesa ikhya
jnanam,
Aathmanorevam jeeva parayor moola
vidhyaa,
Aathmani karya karanangalum koodi
chernnu ,
Layicheedumbol ullor avathayallo
mukthi,
Layathodasu verittiruppathu athmavonne.
One who is alone , one who does not have
two ,
One who is divine , one who does
not change , one who is everywhere ,
The God of Yoga , one who was not born ,
One who carries
everything, One who does not carry anything,
One who can be recognized by
perennial true wisdom,
One who is the soul of Brahmam , one who
is separate ,
From the instruments
like intelligence ,
One who is pervaded by illusion ,
One who can be understood by
divine knowledge,
One who can be understood by yogis who
have merged their soul,
When the knowledge churned
out from wisdom of Gurus and Sasthras ,
Which tells about the unity
of the soul and the divine soul reaches you,
Then the basic primeval knowledge
that is within you merges ,
With the action and cause and
becomes one with the Divine soul,
And this state of merging is known
as salvation,
And that which stands out of this
merger is the soul only.
Jnana vijnana vairagyathodu sahithamaam,
Anandamayitulla kaivalya swaroopam
Ithulla vanname paravaanum
itharivanum,
Ullam nallunarvorilla aarum jagathingal,
Madbhakthi illathavarkku yethrayum
durlabham kel,
Madbhakthi kondu thanne kaivalyam
varum thanum,
Nethram mundennakilum
kanmathinnundu pani ,
Rathriyil thande padam
deepamundennakile ,
Nerulla
vazhiyarinjeetaavitha vanname ,
Sri Rama bhakthiyundakile kanai
varu.
The form of salvation which is a
divine joy,
Exists along with divine
wisdom , scientific enquiry and detachment,
It can be only told as such
because there are ,
None in the world who can
understand or tell about it.
Please hear , salvation is
very difficult to attain by those who do not have devotion to me,
And definitely salvation will come
through devotion to me,
When it is dark at night , even if
you have eyes,
You will not be able to see and
need a light for it,
And like this , people
cannot know the straight path to salvation,
And can see it only if
they have devotion to Rama.
Bhakthannu nannai prakasikkum atmavu
noonam,
Bhathikku kanaum yenthennu kettalum nee,
Mad bhakthamaraodulla nithya
sangama mathum,
Mad bhakthanmare kanivode
devikkunnathum,
Yekadasyadhi vruthanushtanangalum
punar-
Akulamenniye sadichu kolkayum
Adha,
Mal kadha pada sravanangal
cheykayum mudhaa,
Mal guna namangale keerthichu
kollugayum,
SAntham ithamengil varthikkum
janangalkku oru antharam,
Varathu oru bhakthiyum undai
varum.
Bhakthi vardhichal pinnemathonnum
varenda,
Athillathauthamothamanmarai
ullavar allo,
Bhkthi yukthannuvijnana Jnana
vairagyangal ,
Sadhya sambhavicheedum mennal mukthiyum
varum.
Mukthi margam thavaka prasnanu
sara vassal,
Ukthamayathu ninakennale darikke
nee ,
Vakthvyamalla noonan yethrayum
guhyam mama,
Bhakthanmarkkozhinju
upadesichidaruthallo ,
Bhakthan yennakil avan
chodicheelennakilum,
Vakthavyam avanodu viswasam
varikayaal,
Bhakthi viswasa shuddha yukthanaam
marthyannithu,
Nithyamai padam cheygil ajnanam akannu
pom ,
Bhakthi samyukthanmaaram
yogeendramaarkku noonam,
Hastha samsthithayallo
mukthiyennarinjalum.
Always the soul of a devotee
shines well,
And please hear from me the reason
for devotion,
The daily interaction with
my devotees,
And serving my devotes
with tender emotion,
And observing
penances like Ekadasi,
Which are to be again and
again observed without sorrow,
And Worship or salutation
or meditation or service,
Or Giving good food to
those Brahmins who worship the fire,
Or reading and or hearing
my stories,
Or praising me by telling my good names,
And those people who do all these
things,
Will have incomparable
devotion towards me.
If devotion increases there is no
need for any other thing,
For they are best among
the good people .
To those having devotion, though , they
would go through,
Divine wisdom scientific
temper and detachment,
They would also attain
salvation,
The way to salvation in answer to
your question,
You would get it through me ,
understand this.
What I told should not be told
to others and is also a secret,
And it should not be told to any one
except my devotees.
Though a devotee does not ask
this,
It has been told because of my
faith in him,
To that man who reads this daily
with devotion, faith and interest,
The lack of wisdom will completely go
away from him,
And to the king of Yogis who are
blessed with devotion,
Salvation will definitely be
within their reach.
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