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राम

Awakening, teacher, and knowledge

Title, salutations, and opening invocation

Complete interleaved root and commentary · printed page 1 of 46

Original · DevanagariSource page 1

❉ आत्मसम्बन्ध दर्पणम् ❉ ❉ अनन्त श्रीजानकीवल्लभोविजयतेतराम् ❉ अनन्त श्री चारुशीलायै नमः। श्रीमते हनुमते नमः। श्रीमते रामानन्दाचार्याय नमः। श्रीमते अग्रदेवाचार्याय नमः। श्रीमते दीनबन्धवे नमः। श्रीमते करुणासिन्धवे नमः। श्रीमत्यै रसिकवल्ल्यै नमः। श्रीमद्गुरुश्रीचरणकमलेभ्यो नमः। वन्दे श्रीचारुशीलायाः पादयुग्मस्य रेणुकाम्। कृपया प्राप्यते यस्या वैदेह्याः पादसेवनम्॥ श्रीमती श्रीचारुशीलाजी के दोनों चरणकमलों की रेणुका को मैं नमस्कार करता हूँ क्योंकि जिस श्रीरेणुकाजी की कृपा से श्रीविदेहराजनन्दया श्रीकिशोरीजी के चरणकमलों की सेवा प्राप्त होती है।

Fresh English translation

Ātma-sambandha-darpaṇa — The Mirror of the Soul’s Relationship. May the infinite Lord, Śrī Jānakī’s beloved Rāma, be victorious. Salutations to Śrī Cāruśīlā; to Hanumān; to Rāmānandācārya; to Agradevācārya; to Dīnabandhu; to Karuṇāsindhu; to Rasikavallī; and to the lotus feet of the revered guru. I bow to the dust of Śrī Cāruśīlā’s two feet. By her grace, service at the feet of Vaidehī becomes attainable. I bow to the dust of Śrī Cāruśīlā’s two lotus feet, because by the grace of that sacred foot-dust one obtains service at the lotus feet of Śrī Kiśorījī, daughter of the king of Videha.