Passage 1
अलाभे मत्स्वरूपस्य मद्वियोगभवा रुजः। विनेया मत्प्रतिकृतिः समाराधनतत्परैः॥१॥
“When my own form cannot be directly attained, the pains born from separation from me should be removed by those intent upon devotedly worshiping an image of me.
Passage 2
काञ्चनी रूप्यजा ताम्री शैली दारुमयी तथा। मदीया प्रतिमा कार्या यथारुचितविग्रहा॥२॥
“My image may be made of gold, silver, copper, stone, or wood, its form fashioned according to the worshiper’s devotional taste.
Passage 3
साङ्गोपाङ्गां सायुधां च परिवारगणैर्युताम्। नित्यं परिचरेद्भक्त्या प्रान्तरारभ्य साधकः॥३॥
“It should possess all its major and minor limbs, bear its weapons, and be accompanied by the whole divine household. Beginning at early dawn, the practitioner should serve it daily with devotion:
Passage 4
पाद्यार्घ्याचमनैर्भूयो मधुपर्कैर्मनोहरैः। स्नानैर्विलेपनैर्गन्धैर्धूपैर्दीपैर्विभूषणैः॥४॥
“with water for the feet, arghya, water for sipping, delightful madhuparka, baths, anointing pastes, fragrances, incense, lamps, and ornaments;
Passage 5
वस्त्रालङ्करणैः पुष्पैर्गीतवादित्रतोरणैः। पानीयभोजनैर्भूरि संविधाभिः प्रमार्जनैः॥५॥
“with garments, adornments, flowers, song, instruments, festal arches, drinks, meals, abundant arrangements, and careful cleansing;
Passage 6
नानोपायनसन्दोहैर्यथाभिलषितैरपि। आरार्त्तिकैः पुष्पवर्षैः स्तौत्रैश्चापि परिक्रमैः॥६॥
“with many kinds of desired gifts, ārati, showers of flowers, hymns of praise, and circumambulations;
Passage 7
नमनैर्नवनैर्दास्यकरणैर्गृहधावनैः। आत्मार्पणैर्नामगणैर्गृणनैः प्रीणनैरपि॥७॥
“with bowing, ever-new acts of service, cleaning the house, offering oneself, reciting the many names, singing, and giving delight.
Passage 8
नानाभावपरीरम्भैर्नाना चोत्सवकल्पनैः। अवन्ध्यं तद्दिनं कुर्यात्कीर्तनश्रवणादिभिः॥८॥
“Through the embraces of many devotional moods, the planning of many festivals, chanting, hearing, and the other practices, one should make that day spiritually fruitful.
Passage 9
शृणुयात्सततं सख्यो रामायणमनन्यधीः। वेदवत्तद्विजानीयाद्यत्रास्ति चरितं मम॥९॥
“Friends, with an undivided mind one should constantly hear the Rāmāyaṇa. Wherever my deeds are present, one should regard that work like the Veda.
Passage 10
वाल्मीकं चैव वासिष्ठं शैवं पाराशरं तथा। भौशुण्डं पञ्चमं षष्ठं काप्यं रामायणं स्मृतम्॥१०॥
“The Vālmīki, Vāsiṣṭha, Śaiva, and Pārāśara Rāmāyaṇas are remembered, the Bhauśuṇḍa as the fifth, and the Kāpya Rāmāyaṇa as the sixth.
Passage 11
अन्येष्वपि पुराणेषु यत्रापि चरितं मम। तं तं भागमपेक्षेत विशेषेण मदाश्रयः॥११॥
“One who takes refuge in me should also specially seek out each passage in the other Purāṇas wherever my deeds appear.
Passage 12
रां रामाय नम इति मम मन्त्रं षडक्षरम्। अशेषकामनापात्रं गृह्णीयात्सद्गुरोर्मुखात्॥१२॥
“One should receive from the mouth of a true guru my six-syllable mantra, ‘Rāṃ Rāmāya namaḥ,’ the vessel that fulfills every holy aspiration.
Passage 13
वैदिकैस्तान्त्रिकैर्वापि प्रकारैः परिसाधयेत्। ततस्तु चित्तसंशुद्ध्या जातः प्रेमविघूर्णितः॥१३॥
“One should perfect that mantra through Vedic or Tantric methods. Then, when the mind has become purified, one is born anew, overwhelmed by love,
Passage 14
भजेन्मदविशेषेण मन्मूर्तिं प्रागुदाहृताम्। सच्चिदानन्दरूपां तां भावयेत विचक्षणः॥१४॥
“and should worship the image of me described above as non-different from me. The discerning practitioner should contemplate it as the form of being, consciousness, and bliss.
Passage 15
जानक्या प्रियया युक्तं रात्रौ सञ्जातजागरम्। ईषन्मदविघूर्णाक्षं प्रभाते मां प्रबोधयेत्॥१५॥
“At dawn one should awaken me, united with my beloved Jānakī after remaining awake through the night, my eyes gently rolling with love’s intoxication.
Passage 16
मङ्गलारात्रिकं कुर्यात्सिंहासनगते मयि। ततो माङ्गल्यकैर्भावैः शिक्ये हिन्दोलयेत्तराम्॥१६॥
“When I am seated upon the throne, one should perform the auspicious ārati. Then, with feelings of sacred good fortune, one should swing me lovingly in a hanging cradle.
Passage 17
तत्र मां भोजयेद्दिव्यं नवनीतं सितोपलैः। ततोऽवतार्य सौगन्ध्यतैलेन परिलेपयेत्॥१७॥
“There one should feed me divine fresh butter with sugar candy. Then one should lower me from the swing and anoint me with fragrant oil.
Passage 18
उद्वर्तयेत्प्रेमभावात्स्नापयेत्तदनन्तरम्। प्रोञ्च्छ्य शृङ्गारयेद्भक्त्या नखादाशिखमद्भुतम्॥१८॥
“Moved by love, one should massage me with cleansing paste and then bathe me. After drying me, one should devotedly adorn me wondrously from toenails to the crown of my head.
Passage 19
नूपुरौ पादयोः कुर्यान्मध्ये च क्षुद्रघण्टिकाम्। अङ्गदौ बाहुयुगले नसि मुक्ताफलं न्यसेत्॥१९॥
“One should place anklets upon my feet, a girdle of tiny bells around my waist, armlets upon my two arms, and a pearl upon my nose.
Passage 20
पश्चाद्भागे न्यसेद्वेणीं ताटङ्कौ श्रवणद्वये। पुम्भूषणैः स्त्रीभूषाभिः प्रियं शृङ्गारयेच्च माम्॥२०॥
“One should arrange a braid behind me and earrings upon both ears, adorning me, the beloved, with ornaments of men and ornaments of women alike.
Passage 21
ततो मां भोजयित्वा तु कुर्यादारात्रिकं सुधीः। ततो गोपिजनैश्चापि भोज्यमानं विभावयेत्॥२१॥
“After feeding me, the wise practitioner should perform ārati and then contemplate me being fed by the cowherd women as well.
Passage 22
ततो गोचारणार्थाय युक्तं गोपालबालकैः। तात्कालिकरसाविष्टं वने यान्तं विभावयेत्॥२२॥
“Then one should contemplate me setting out for the forest to herd the cows, accompanied by the cowherd boys and absorbed in the rasa appropriate to that moment.
Passage 23
तत्र शाद्वलसन्दोहस्थलीमुक्तसुगोधनम्। प्रमोदवनकुञ्जान्तर्भुञ्जानं मां विभावयेत्॥२३॥
“There one should contemplate the beautiful herd released upon expanses thick with tender grass, and contemplate me taking my meal within a bower of Pramoda Forest.
Passage 24
ततः क्वापि महाकुञ्जे प्रियया केलिसंयुतम्। अत्यर्थं सुखविश्रान्तं शयानं मां विभावयेत्॥२४॥
“Then one should contemplate me in some great bower, joined with my beloved in love-play, lying down in profound happiness and repose.
Passage 25
ततः प्रहरमात्रावशेषे तु दिवसेश्वरे। गौडमालवरागेण गायन्तं कलितोत्सवम्॥२५॥
“When only one watch of the day remains, one should contemplate me singing in the Gauḍa-Mālava rāga and creating a festival of delight,
Passage 26
नयन्तं दिनशेषं तु धेनुसन्दोहरक्षणैः। पीताम्बरं समान्दोल्याह्वयन्तं दूरगाश्च गाः॥२६॥
“passing the remainder of the day protecting the multitude of cows, waving my yellow garment, and calling back the cows that have wandered far away.
Passage 27
सुखितस्य गवेन्द्रस्य गृहाभिमुखतः स्थितम्। धेनुयूथं पुरस्कृत्य वर्त्तमानं सुहृद्गणैः॥२७॥
“One should contemplate me turning toward the home of joyful Gavendra, the herd of cows going before me and my company of friends surrounding me.
Passage 28
तत्रैव भोजयेद्भक्त्या यथासम्पन्नभोजनैः। गवेन्द्रव्रजगोष्ठस्य सन्निधौ सदनोत्सुकम्॥२८॥
“There one should devotedly offer me whatever excellent foods are available, contemplating me near Gavendra’s cowherd settlement and eager to reach home.
Passage 29
गोष्ठे विशन्तं गोपीनां समूहैः परिवेष्टितम्। कलितारात्रिकं भूयो रामचन्द्रं च मां स्मरेत्॥२९॥
“One should remember me, Rāmacandra, entering the cowherd settlement, surrounded by groups of gopīs who again perform ārati.
Passage 30
आगतं सदने स्वस्य माङ्गल्याकलितोत्सवम्। लाल्यमानं चुम्ब्यमानं सन्ध्यायां मां विभावयेत्॥३०॥
“At dusk one should contemplate me arriving at my home, where Māṅgalyā creates a festival, fondles me, and kisses me.
Passage 31
तेषु तेष्वथ गोष्ठेषु गोदोहनमिषेण माम्। मिलन्तं भवतीभिश्च हसन्तं मां विभावयेत्॥३१॥
“Then, throughout the various cow pens, one should contemplate me meeting you and laughing with you under the pretext of milking the cows.
Passage 32
गोदोहस्यावसाने तु माङ्गल्यासदने स्थितम्। कुर्वाणं भोजनं दिव्यं सुखितेन सह स्मरेत्॥३२॥
“At the end of the milking, one should remember me seated in Māṅgalyā’s home and taking a divine meal together with Sukhita.
Passage 33
भोजनान्ते च माङ्गल्याकलितारात्रिकोत्सवम्। शयानं शयने गोष्ठे रामया सह मां स्मरेत्॥३३॥
“After the meal one should remember the ārati festival arranged by Māṅgalyā, and remember me lying upon the bed in the cowherd settlement together with Ramā.
Passage 34
एवं प्रभातमारभ्य रात्रिपर्यन्तमादरात्। तैस्तैर्भावैर्भावयानो भजेन्मां राजरूपिणम्॥३४॥
“In this way, from dawn until night, one should worship me in my royal form, reverently contemplating me through each of these corresponding moods.
Passage 35
गोपा गोप्यश्च नो विज्ञाः स्वभावेनाज्ञबुद्धयः। तेष्वेवाहं सदा तुष्टो न प्राज्ञेषु कथञ्चन॥३५॥
“The cowherd men and women are not learned; by nature their understanding is simple and unknowing. Yet I am always pleased with them alone and never with the merely intellectual.
Passage 36
अज्ञाः स्नेहरसाक्रान्ता मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः। वेदवादविधेर्मुक्ता मामेवैकं विजानते॥३६॥
“Unlearned but wholly overcome by the rasa of affection, they have given up their very lives for my sake. Free from the prescriptions of Vedic discourse, they know me alone.
Passage 37
एवं प्रमोदवने स्वां लीलां प्रकटयन्सदा। विहरामि वने वासं करोमि प्रकटः स्वयम्॥३७॥
“Thus I eternally reveal my own play in Pramoda Forest. I roam there and, manifest in person, make the forest my dwelling.
Passage 38
प्रमोदमण्डलं दिव्यं तथा साकेतमण्डलम्। मण्डले मत्प्रियतमे मणिमद्धरणीतले॥३८॥
“The divine realm of Pramoda and the realm of Sāketa stand upon jeweled ground within the realm dearest to me.
Passage 39
नित्या वै परमा लीला मयैव प्रकटीकृता। तथामुक्तमविश्रान्तं भावयेन्मामनन्यधीः॥३९॥
“This supreme eternal play has been manifested by me alone. With an undivided mind one should contemplate me as thus free and ceaselessly present.
Passage 40
रात्रौ च गोपिकावृन्दरासकेलिरसावृतम्। क्रीडमानं च नृत्यन्तं गायन्तं चैव मां स्मरेत्॥४०॥
“At night one should remember me enveloped in the rasa of rāsa play with the circle of gopīs, playing, dancing, and singing.
Passage 41
एवं प्रभजतो नित्यं भावसन्दोहभावितः। वृश्चाम्यहं विरहजां परमार्त्तिमुदारधीः॥४१॥
“For one who worships me eternally in this manner, filled with abundant devotional moods, I, the magnanimous Lord, cut away the supreme anguish born from separation.
Passage 42
स्वस्वरूपस्य साक्षात्त्वमचिरेणैव दुर्लभम्। ददामि तस्मै भक्ताय नित्यलीलाप्रवेशिने॥४२॥
“Without delay I grant that devotee the otherwise rare direct realization of my own true form and entrance into the eternal play.” --- Thus ends the forty-seventh chapter, “The Secret of the Rāma-gītā,” in the dialogue of Brahmā and Bhuśuṇḍa in the Śrīmad Ādi Rāmāyaṇa. Textual notes The chapter begins on source leaf 339, occupies leaves 339–342, and ends with passage 42 and its complete colophon on physical PDF page 343. All forty-two passage numbers are sequential in the edition. Passage 10 preserves the printed list of six Rāmāyaṇas, including the difficult sixth title काप्यं, without silently replacing it with a better-known work. Passage 13 corrects the transcription aid’s malformed encoding to the scan’s चित्तसंशुद्ध्या. Passage 16 follows the scan’s माङ्गल्यकैः, not the aid’s माङ्कल्यकैः. Passage 34 corrects the aid’s nonsensical भार्वैः to the scan’s भावैः. Passage 39 preserves the compressed printed तथामुक्तमविश्रान्तं; the English conveys its secure instruction to contemplate Rāma as free and ceaselessly present without claiming certainty about the compound’s exact division.