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Abhanga 1099

English: Kausalyā = Rāma-rūpa.

When Kausalyā made Rāma-rūpa — and you have to recognize this register
When Ayōdhyā-people all became Rāma — and you accept this image
When kapis became Rāma-rūpa remembering Jānakī — and you allow this image

The verse

रामरूप केली । रामें कौसल्या माउली ॥१॥ राम होय त्यासी । संदेह नाहीं हा भरवसा ॥ध्रु.॥ अयोध्येचे लोक । राम जाले सकळीक ॥२॥ स्मरतां जानकी । रामरूप जाले कपि ॥३॥ रावणेसी लंका । राम आपण जाला देखा ॥४॥ ऐसा नित्य राम ध्याय । तुका वंदी त्याचे पाय ॥५॥

Literal translation

English: Kausalyā = Rāma-rūpa. Becomes Rāma — bharavasā. Ayōdhyā = Rāma. Smaratām Jānakī — kapis = Rāma-rūpa. With Rāvaṇa, Lankā = Rāma. Tuka says: nitya dhyāyavandana.

मराठी: Rāmें Kausalyā माउली Rāma-रूप केली. राम तो होय त्यासि — संदेह नाहीं, हा भरवसा. Ayōdhyāचे लोक — सकळीक राम जाले. Jānakī स्मरतां — कपि Rāma-रूप जाले. Rāvaṇaेशीं — Lankā आपण Rāma जाला देखा. ऐसा नित्य Rāma ध्याय — Tuka त्याचे पाय वंदी.

Word-by-word gloss
Marathi Meaning
रामरूप केली रामें कौसल्या माउली "Kausalyā = Rāma-rūpa"
राम होय त्यासी "becomes Rāma"
संदेह नाहीं हा भरवसा "bharavasā"
अयोध्येचे लोक राम जाले सकळीक "Ayōdhyā = Rāma"
स्मरतां जानकी रामरूप जाले कपि "kapis = Rāma-rūpa"
रावणेसी लंका राम आपण जाला देखा "Lankā = Rāma"
ऐसा नित्य राम ध्याय "nitya dhyāya"
तुका वंदी त्याचे पाय "vandana"

What it means

Rāmacaritra abhanga 10. Rāma transforms-everything-into-Rāma-rūpa. Six claims:

  1. Kausalyā-Rāma-रूप. Mother-made-Rāma-rūpa-claim.

  2. होय-राम — भरवसा. Becomes-Rāma-claim.

  3. Ayōdhyā-राम-सकळीक. Ayōdhyā-all-Rāma-claim.

  4. Jānakī-स्मरण — कपि-Rāma-रूप. Kapis-became-Rāma-claim.

  5. Rāvaṇ-Lankā-Rāma. Lankā-became-Rāma-claim. (Even Rāvaṇa, by fixating on Rāma in opposition, was made into Lankā-as-Rāma.)

  6. Tuka: नित्य-ध्याय — पाय-वंदी. Vandana-claim.

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For someone today

This abhang names the Rāma-makes-everyone-Rāma-rūpa register (R-c 10):

For today: Kausalyā Rāma-rūpa; Rāma hōya, bharavasā; Ayōdhyā Rāma sakaḷika; Jānakī smaraṇa, kapi Rāma-rūpa; Rāvaṇa-Lankā Rāma āpaṇa; nitya dhyāya, Tuka vandi pāya.

This is Rāmacaritra abhanga 10.

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