Passage 1
आत्रेय उवाच— अथो रघुकुलोत्तंस ब्रूहि भक्तिं निजां पराम्। ययानुष्ठितया लोकस्त्वत्सम्बन्धमवाप्नुयात्॥१॥
Ātreya said: Now, crown of Raghu's line, teach me your own supreme devotion, by practicing which a person may enter into relationship with you.
Passage 2
श्रीराम उवाच— आत्रेय शृणु वक्ष्यामि मम भक्तिं मदात्मिकाम्। कर्मभिः शुद्धचित्तत्वादात्मज्ञो जायते नरः॥२॥
Śrī Rāma said: Listen, Ātreya, and I shall explain my devotion, whose very essence is myself. Through action the mind becomes pure, and from that purity a person comes to know the Self.
Passage 3
आत्मज्ञे स परो भावः समुदेति मदात्मकः। मन्निष्ठेऽभ्युदिते भावे नान्यत्प्राप्तव्यमिष्यते॥३॥
In one who knows the Self, that supreme state consisting of me arises. Once this feeling of steadfastness in me has dawned, nothing else remains to be attained.
Passage 4
सोत्कण्ठो जायते नित्यं मत्पुण्यचरितश्रुतौ। मन्नामस्मरणोद्भूतपरमानन्दनिर्भरः॥४॥
One becomes perpetually eager to hear my sacred deeds and is filled to overflowing with the supreme bliss born from remembering my name.
Passage 5
मदाधारपरो भूत्वा नान्यत्स्पृहयति क्वचित्। मृत्योर्मूर्ध्नि पदं दत्त्वा विहरेत समन्ततः॥५॥
Wholly intent upon me as one's foundation, one never longs for anything else. Setting one's foot upon the head of death, one moves freely everywhere.
Passage 6
ऐहिकामुष्मिके लोके विरक्तो मत्पदाश्रयः। नित्यं मम वने तिष्ठेत् प्रमोदवनसंज्ञिनि॥६॥
Dispassionate toward both this world and the next and sheltered at my feet, one should dwell eternally in my forest called Pramodavana.
Passage 7
ततो मां पश्यते तत्र निर्भरप्रेमसम्प्लुतः। खेलन्तं सहजानन्दासङ्गसङ्गतमङ्गलम्॥७॥
There, inundated with boundless love, the devotee beholds me at play—auspicious and accompanied by Sahajānandā and her companions.
Passage 8
विचित्रवंशीरवगायनोद्धुरं विचित्रवेषं मणिरत्नमण्डितम्। मृदुस्मितापूरितचन्द्रमण्डलप्रभामुखं मोदवतीविहारिणम्॥८॥
I am absorbed in music sung to the wondrous sound of the flute, dressed in marvelous attire and adorned with jewels; my face shines like the orb of the moon flooded by a gentle smile, as I sport with Modavatī.
Passage 9
विचित्ररत्नाद्रिदरीस्थधातुभिर्विचित्रितोरस्कमनन्यसुन्दरम्। मुक्तावतंसस्रग्विभूषितस्फुरत्तुङ्गोत्तमाङ्गं स्मर मां रामचन्द्रम्॥९॥
Remember me, Rāmacandra: my uniquely beautiful chest is ornamented with pigments from the caverns of the wondrous jeweled mountain, and my splendid lofty head is adorned with pearl earrings and garlands.
Passage 10
ततो मामीदृशं पश्यन् बद्धप्रेमा भवेन्मयि। प्रेमाणमाशु लभते मत्प्रसादादनन्यधीः॥१०॥
Seeing me in this form, the devotee becomes bound to me in love. Through my grace, with undivided understanding, one swiftly receives the full measure of love.
Passage 11
न हि मत्प्रेमणि प्राप्ते प्राप्यान्तरमस्ति च। ईदृशा रसिका भक्ता वैष्णवाः प्रेमभागिनः॥११॥
Once love for me has been attained, there is truly nothing further to attain. Rasika devotees of this kind are Vaiṣṇavas who share in divine love.
Passage 12
अति दुर्लभसम्बन्धाः कथं लभ्याः शुभं विना। तेषां चरणपाथोजनिषेवणकृतां सताम्॥१२॥
Relationship with them is exceedingly rare; how could it be gained without accumulated blessing? Yet it comes to the virtuous who devote themselves to serving their lotus feet.
Passage 13
सुलभो भगवत्प्रेमा क्षेमाकर उदग्रभाः। तेषां वाक्यागमेनैव शुद्धता मनसो भवेत्॥१३॥
Through them, exalted and radiant sources of blessedness, love of the Lord becomes readily attainable. Simply by receiving their words, purity arises in the mind.
Passage 14
तत्कृपालेशमात्रेण निस्तरेद्भवसागरम्। तदुच्छिष्टान्नभोज्येन सर्वज्ञत्वमवाप्नुयात्। तेषां स्वरूपं त्रिदशैरज्ञेयं विष्णुवेदिभिः॥१४॥
By only the slightest trace of their grace one crosses the ocean of becoming. By eating the remnants of their food one may attain all-knowing insight. Even the gods and those learned in Viṣṇu cannot comprehend their true nature.
Passage 15
ते दृश्यमाना अपि चक्षुषा मुने साक्षात्स्वयं मत्तनवः प्रकीर्तिताः। वशीकृतो यैरहमप्रमेयः परापरज्ञः परमप्रेमभाग्भिः॥१५॥
Although visible to the eye, sage, they are proclaimed to be directly my own embodied forms. By those who partake of supreme love, I—the immeasurable knower of higher and lower reality—am brought under the power of love.
Passage 16
ते मद्भक्ता मत्स्वरूपज्ञातारो मम केलिषु। दत्तप्रज्ञा दत्तगिरो दत्तश्रवस उद्दटाः॥१६॥
Those bold devotees of mine know my true nature and participate in my līlās. They have offered me their understanding, their speech, and their hearing.
Passage 17
सर्वेषु व्यवहारेषु मामेवाखिलरूपिणम्। नित्यं व्यवहरन्तस्ते ब्रह्मज्ञा इति कीर्तिताः॥१७॥
In every activity they continually engage with me alone as the one who assumes all forms. Such devotees are therefore renowned as knowers of Brahman.
Passage 18
नान्ये मनुष्या ब्रह्मज्ञा भवन्तीह कदाचन। मन्नामरूपलीलानामृते ज्ञानादनुत्तमात्॥१८॥ No other human beings ever become knowers of Brahman here apart from the unsurpassed knowledge of my names, forms, and līlās. **इति श्रीमदादिरामायणे ब्रह्मभुशुण्डसंवादे उत्तरखण्डे श्रीरामात्रेयसंवादे आत्रेयबोधितश्रीरामगीतायामेकादशोऽध्यायः॥११॥
** Thus ends Chapter Eleven of the Śrī Rāma Gītā taught in response to Ātreya, within the dialogue of Śrī Rāma and the sage of Atri's line in the Uttara-khaṇḍa of the glorious Ādi Rāmāyaṇa, in the dialogue of Brahmā and Bhuśuṇḍa.