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samartha rAmadAsasvAmIkR^ita
|| jaya jaya raghuvIra samartha ||
nako shAstra abhyAsa vitpatti moThI |
jaDe garva tAThA abhImAna poTI.n ||
kasA koNatA neNave AjapA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 1||
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Fie on this great learning and study of scriptures,
Pride, impudence, and self-conceit are its offspring;
Ignorant of ' how ' and ' who ' chants the prayer ceaselessly,
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '.   || 1||
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nako ka.nTha shoShU.n bahU.n vedapAThI.n |
nako tU.n paDU.n sAdhanAche kapATI.n ||
ghaDe karma khoTe.n bahU to dagA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 2||
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Fie on this drying up of the throat to recite the Vedas,
Beware of getting locked up in penance;
Know the great danger that follows improper actions,
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '.   || 2||
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tulA hI tanU mAnavI prApta jhAlI |
bahUjanmapuNye.n phaLAlAgi.n AlI ||
tilA tU.n kasA go.nvisi viShayI.n re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 3||
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This human form you have acquired,
The fruition of many lives of meritorious acts;
Why do you involve it in the pursuit of sensory pleasures?
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 3||
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jarI hI tanU rakShisI puShTa kA.nhI.n |
tarI bhoga to roga ho{I}la dehI.n ||
vipattIpuDhe.n te na ye bolatA.n re |
hare rAma hA mantra sopA japA re || 4||
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Even if you protect and nourish this body,
Know for sure it will fall to disease through enjoyment of pleasures,
And to unspeakable calamities.
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 4||
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khuLe hastapAdAdi he bhagna hotI |
diThI ma.nda ho{U}niyA.n karNa jAtI ||
tanU kampa sarvA.ngi.n hotI kaLA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 5||
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The madly active limbs will shatter,
All senses,like hearing will fade and fail;
Tremors will afflict the whole body;
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 5||
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kaphe.n ka.nTha hA ruddha ho{I}la jevhA.n |
akasmAta to prANa jA{I}la te.nvhA.n ||
tulA koNa tethe.n sakhe soyare re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 6||
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When your throat will get blocked by secretions,
Unexpectedly will the life end;
What friends and kinsmen will you have then?
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 6||
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tujhe.n bALa tAruNya gele.n nighonI |
kaLenA kase loka jAtI maronI ||
karIsI mulAchI svahaste.n kriyA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 7||
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Your childhood and youth have now slipped by,
We know not how death whisks us away;
You may have to perform the obsequies of your own child;
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 7||
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durAshA nako re parastrIdhanAchI |
nako tU.n karU.n nIcha sevA janAchI ||
parAdhIna kaisA malA dIsasI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 8||
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Give up up the evil lust  for others' wives and wealth,
Serve not others in servility,
A slave you will be in others' eyes,
Why do you not chant this simple prayer " Hare Rama"  || 8||
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made.n DolasI bolasI sAdhuvR^i.ndA |
kase.n hIta tU.n neNasI buddhima.ndA ||
rikAmAchi tU.n gu.ntashI vA{u}gA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 9||
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Haughtily you behave and speak to holy persons,
Dim-witted, you know not your well-being,
Idle and wasteful will be your pursuits,
Why do you not chant this simple prayer " Hare Rama"  || 9||
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bahU vyApasa.ntApa to mULapApA |
gatAyuShya dravye.n na ye koTi bApA ||
kaLenA tulA koNatA to naphA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 10||
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Vice it is to engage in aimless furious activities,
Wasted life cannot be bought by any wealth,
You know not wherein your profit lies,
Why do you not chant this simple prayer " Hare Rama"  || 10||
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tujhe Apta dravyArthi nustechi hotI |
tanU he chitemAji kI.n boLavItI ||
ase.n jANunI hIta kA.nhI.n karA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 11||
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Your kinsmen are merely after (your) wealth,
Unceremoniously will they send your body on the funeral pyre,
Knowing all this, strive for your (spiritual) welfare.
Why do you not chant this simple prayer " Hare Rama"  || 11||
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kuTumbI.n striyA putra te dAsadAsI |
bahU poShisI sosunI duHkharAsI ||
tyajI.n bhAra kAbADa ojhe.n kitI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 12||
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Family you have with wife, children, and servants,
Suffering endless misery, you support them,
Will you not like to lighten this arduous burden,
Why do you not chant this simple prayer " Hare Rama"  || 12||
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bahU ichChisI kIrti sanmAna kA.nhI.n |
sukhAchA tulA a.ntarI.n lesha nAhI.n ||
phukAche.n mukhI.n nAma te.n kA na ye re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 13||
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Much fame and honor do you desire,
Happiness , though, dwells not in your heart,
For free can you chant (God's) name, and yet you do not,
Why do you not chant this simple prayer " Hare Rama"  || 13||
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ravIsUta te dUta vikrALa yetI |
tujhyA li.ngadehAsi oDhUni netI |
tulA kha.nDitI mu.nDiti da.nDitI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 14||
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Death's messengers, ferocious, will arrive,
And drag your subtle body,
Only to break, revile, and punish it !
Why do you not chant this simple prayer " Hare Rama"  || 14||
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nako vIShayI.n phArasA masta ho{U}.n |
nako mAnadambhAmadhe.n chitta govU.n ||
nako bhasma lAvU.n jaTAbhAra kA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 15||
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Let no pleasures intoxicate you,
Let not your mind cling to hypocritical honors,
Show off never the burden of matted hair, and ash-smeared body,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 15||
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nako phAra ma.ntrAgnichyA ma.ntradIkShA |
nako jAraNAmAraNAdI apekShA ||
kaLAyukta chAturyatA vIkaLA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 16||
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Long not for initiation, by the side of the sacred fire,
Long not for the powers of deathly and evil incantations,
Deceitful cleverness is no better than vomit,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 16
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nako yoga aShTA.nga to rodha prANA |
nako kR^ichChrachA.ndrAyaNI.n haTTa jANA ||
apabhra.nsha hA mArga kI.n vokhaTA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 17||
##
Bother not with the eight steps of yoga, or the control of breath,
Stick not stubbornly to rituals of fasting,
Corrupted practices will only lead you on the wrong path,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 17
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kadApI ghaDenA vrate.n yaj~nadAne.n |
nase dravyagA.nThI.n karAve.n jayAne.n |
ghaDe nA ghaDe yadyapI kA.n phukA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 18||
##
What will vows, sacrifices, and charity accomplish ?
Or by the hoarding of wealth ?
Nothing prevents what is bound to happen, for free can you pray,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 18
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nase satya kA.nhI.n dise do.n disA.nche.n |
tulA lUTitI choraTe loka sAche ||
striyA putra kAmA na yetI tulA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 19||
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Fleeting appearances reveal not truth,
Even honest-appearing folks may rob you,
Neither wife nor son may help you in time of need,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 19
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nako tU.n kadApI karU.n tIrthayAtrA |
tanUda.nDaNI.n kShINatA sarva gAtrA.n ||
karI grasta AyuShya tU.n koNasAre |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 20||
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Never mind going on pilgrimages,
Punishing the body thus, all your limbs will feel weak,
Afflictions only will you add to your life,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 20
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tulA yema pAshI.n karI baddha jevhA.n |
sakhA koNatA soDavI sA.nga tevhA.n ||
yamAlA kadApI dayA te na ye re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 21||
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When Death will bind you in his grip,
Tell me what friend will release you,
Death shows never any compassion, mindful be
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 21||
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tapasvI manasvI bhale pAra gele |
dujI sR^iShTi karte ase thora mele ||
chira.njIva kalpAyu gele kitI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 22||
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Gone are the greatest of ascetics,
Gone are even those who could create other universes,
Long-lived for aeons, gone are they, thus think and
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 22||
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bahU kAmadha.ndyA.nmadhe.n dhA.nva ghesI |
kitI nA.nvarUpA jagI.n mIravIsI ||
kashAlA tulA u.nTa ghoDe nagAre |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 23||
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Many and varied works you pursue,
How much you strut with your name and fame,
What need have you for camels, horses, and drums ?
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 23||
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mhaNe desha mAjhe bhumI gA.nva vADe |
shibIkAsanI.n baisasI u.ncha loDe.n ||
kasA u.ncha tU.n ma.nchakI.n loLasI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 24||
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Say you, my country, my land, my town, my palaces,
Seat yourself in a palanquin held aloft,
Roll and roll on a high fancy bed, instead
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 24||
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dashagrIva la.nkApurI.n masta jAlA |
akasmAta gelA purImAji ghAlA ||
chira.njIva de rAjya bIbhIShaNA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 25||
##
Inflated with pride was Ravana in Lanka,
Sudden was his departure,
VibhishaNa (a devotee of Rama), was handed the kingdom, so
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 25||
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adhomUkha viShThemadhe.n mAyapoTI.n |
pache pi.nDa hA sosunI duHkhakoTI ||
smarenA kashI lAja nAhI.n tulA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 26||
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In the mother's womb, with lowered head in foul surroundings,
Ripened this body after endless suffering,
Remember you not this, and feel no shame, why ?
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 26||
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ase bhogunI pa.nchachatvAri mAsI.n |
puDhe.n daivayoge.n sakhyA janmalAsI ||
kasA vIsare dhyAna sohaM puDhe.n re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 27||
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Suffering thus for nine months,
By chance you took birth,
Forgetting the meditation of ' I AM THAT TRUTH ',
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 27||
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kaLe vAyuchA sparsha hotA.nchi je.nvhA.n |
raDe bALa kohaM mhaNe jIva tevhA.n ||
puDhe.n kheLa nAnAparI kheLasI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 28||
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When the wind of breath enters the body,
Cries the infant ' WHO AM I ' ?
But forgets in the world of play ahead,
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 28||
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disa.ndIsa mAtA pitA ba.ndhu jANe |
parI roga nAnA karI tetha ThANe.n ||
jarI.n daivayoge.n puDhe.n vA.nchalA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 29||
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Day by day, recognition dawns of mother, father, brother,
But diseases galore make the body their home,
And perchance survive, therefore
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 29||
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karI lagna mu.njI pitAmAya tyAche.n |
karI shAhaNA mArunI rUpa sAche.n ||
kari poTadha.ndA bhalA chA.ngalA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 30||
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Father and mother have him undergo the vows of upanayana and marriage,
Teach him, not even foregoing the cane !, in honesty,
Earns a living, good and proper, but
Why not at least recite this simple chant of ' Hare Rama '|| 30||
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bahU pALile.n poShile.n mAyabApI.n |
nighe bhinna ni.ndUniyA.n pAparUpI ||
striyechemuLe.n shevaTI.n durgatI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 31||
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Nurtured and nourished by the parents,
Yet he turns out to be hateful and vicious,
Carnal lust drives him to disaster, if
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 31||
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shatAyU navhe pUrNa AyuShya kA.nhI.n |
ase.n hIta AhIta te.n Adya pA.nhI.n ||
ashAhImadhye.n bALatAruNya sAre.n |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 32||
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Living for a hundred years means not a fulfilled life,
Examine first the true meaning of life,
Without it, the whole childhood and youth slip by, so
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 32||
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karIshIla dharmAshramA asta jevhA.n |
bahU ghAtapAtI gharI.n hoya tevhA.n ||
bharI.n poTa poShI.n kuTumbA barA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 33||
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When you will let righteousness  fade like the sunset,
Your home will become a den of destruction,
Even if you can feed the whole family sumptuously, therefore
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 33||
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ravI{U}dayo{a}sta to.n poTadha.ndA |
stavI ArjavI to karI yerami.ndA ||
kaLenA puDhe.n kAya hoNAra te.n re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 34||
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From sunrise till sunset, you work to earn a living,
Flattering, supplicating, and obliging others,
You know not what is in store for you in the future, so
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 34||
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bahU DhIga mAge.n puDhe.n moharA.nche |
madonmatta ho{U}niyA tetha nAche ||
ase garva tyAlAgi.n narkAsi thAre |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 35||
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Heaps of wealth lie all around you,
Intoxicated, you dance there,
Know you not that hell awaits the arrogant,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 35||
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ala.nkAramAnI.n tanU sajjavIto |
manA darpaNI.n pAhUni ra.njavIto ||
kaLenA jaLe sarpaNI.n rUpa te.n re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 36||
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You decorate your body with ornaments,
Looking at yourself in the mirror, you take mental delight,
Know you not that this body will burn on the funeral pyre, so
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 36||
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bahU.n dravya gA.nThI.n punhA meLavIsI |
guru vipra ba.ndhu kase chALavIsI ||
durAshA kashAlA mashAlA puDhe.n re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 37||
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Despite with plentiful wealth, you long to earn more,
Even if it means insulting your teachers, brothers, and sages,
Why this inordinate desire leading you like a torch ?
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 37||
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jarI kShINadeho parI vR^IddhakALI.n |
karItI striyA sUta nAtU DhavALI ||
dhanA UchakI lAgatA.n gUchakI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 38||
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Old age weakens the body,
And your wife, children and grand-children
    surround you with affectionate chaos,
Bereft of wealth, you will be as good as excreta,
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 38||
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ravI je ghaDI hANito kALa jevhA.n |
shruti shabda he garjatI tAsa tevhA.n ||
mhaNe kShINa AyuShya gele.n tujhe.n re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 39||
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When Time drives Death to your door,
You will hear this roar of the Vedas for hours,
This weakened life of yours is ending, know
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 39||
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kasI janmunI mAya tvA.n vA.njha kelI |
kasI lAja va.nshA kuLA lAviyelI ||
bhumIbhAra dho.nDA pashu hA kharA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 40||
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How could you make your mother barren after you were born ?
How could you tarnish your family and lineage ?
A burden to the earth, as good as a stone, or a beast, by forgettig
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 40||
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kasA koNatA kALa ye{I}la kevhA.n |
dinAsArikhA kALa ne{I}la tevhA.n ||
tujhe.n vitta tAruNya lopela sAre.n |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 41||
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When and how death will strike you,
When death will carry you away,
Wealth and youth will fade away, no matter
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 41||
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tulA da.nDitI khu.nDiti kumbhapAkI.n |
tulA kha.nDunI agniku.nDA.nta TAkI ||
tulA oDhitI sA.nDase.n toDitI re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 42||
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Punished and battered in hell,
Landing in a pyre of fire,
Dragging and dismembering may be your lot after death, yet
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 42||
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asA u.ncha bhogUniyA.n kalpakoTI |
punhA janma ghe lakShachauryA.nshi koTI ||
mahAsa.nkaTI.n himpuTI jIva sAre |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 43||
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Enjoying the pleasures for aeons,
You will return to this life millions of times,
In times of great danger, all beings are sad, so
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 43||
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nako so.nga Cha.nde.n karU.n Dho.nga kA.nhI.n |
nako shiShyashAkhA maThI.n sUkha nAhI.n ||
maha.ntImuLe.n nAsha hoto tapA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 44||
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Let not  your passions drive you to pretense and hypocrisy,
Happiness dwells not in throngs of disciples, or in monasteries,
Destructive of askesis is this longing for the splendor of chieftaincy.
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 44||
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nako chA{u}TI vA{u}gI yA janA.nsI |
harIchi.ntanI.n dhyAsa lAvI.n manAsI ||
amolIka hA kALa jAto vR^ithA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 45||
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Indulge not in idle gossip,
Steep your mind in the remembrance of Hari.
Precious time is being wasted away, so
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 45||
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mahAghora hA thora sa.nsAra moThA |
kaLe sa.ntasa.nge.n samULI.ncha khoTA ||
kaLe bhukti muktI viraktIcha gA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 46||
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Fiendish is this great cycle of existence,
Know its inherent falsity, if only you will associate with the saintly,
You will realise then bondage of enjoyment, liberation, and renunciation.
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 46||
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tyajA duShTasa.ngA pahA re bhalyA.nsI |
karA hIta ye{U}.n nakA garbhavAsI.n ||
jase.n a.ntiche.n duHkha hote.n jivA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 47||
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Evil company, abjure; meet the sagacious;
Pursue your well-being, and avoid this vicious cycle of rebirths.
The end of life also is full of sorrow.
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 47||
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bahU bhogitA.n pUDhatI narka Ahe |
ase.n jANunI tyA sukhAmAji rAhe ||
prapa.nchI.n ugA mArisI kA.n gapA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 48||
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Excess in pleasures is sure to be followed by hell.
Knowing this, seek the true happiness.
Why spend time in this life speaking unworthy thoughts, instead
Only chant this simple prayer, Hare Rama || 48||
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kalI.n sAdhane.n yAviNe.n sarva ni.ndI.n |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra jo tyAsi va.ndI.n ||
hare rAma he mALikA sAdha kA re |
hare rAma hA ma.ntra sopA japA re || 49||
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Penance of all sorts can you give up in this age of Kali,
If only you can surrender yourself with this chant,
Acquire this rosary of chanting Hare Rama, so simple
Keep chanting Hare Rama, I plead with you || 49||
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\centerline{.. shrIiti rAmadAsakR^ita rAmama.ntrAche shloka sampUrNa ||}
\centerline{.. shrIjaya jaya raghuvIra samartha ||}
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