Countless Himalayas, Oceans, Saraswatis, and Sheshas Cannot Form Rama's Measure
Uttara Kanda, Chaupai 90
Doha 93 · Movement 1 of 3
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The praise descends through a hundred crore netherworlds and rises through countless sacred places. Rama is unfathomable as the deepest realms and purifying beyond innumerable tirthas. His Name alone destroys whole mountains of sin.
He is steady as crores of Himalayas and deep as a hundred crore oceans. Like innumerable wish-fulfilling cows he grants every worthy desire. The intelligence of countless Saraswatis and the creative mastery of a hundred crore Brahmas shine only as fragments before him.
He protects with the power of crores of Vishnus and dissolves with the force of countless Rudras. His abundance exceeds a hundred crore Kuberas, and maya's innumerable displays arise from him. He bears the worlds as countless Shesha serpents might bear them, yet no comparison touches his limit. The Lord of the universe remains boundless and without equal, while the images gather like offerings too small for the altar they approach.
Mountains, oceans, creators, preservers, destroyers, and world-bearing serpents gather in countless ranks, yet Rama still stands beyond comparison.
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प्रभु अगाध सत कोटि पताला। समन कोटि सत सरिस कराला।। तीरथ अमित कोटि सम पावन। नाम अखिल अघ पूग नसावन।। हिमगिरि कोटि अचल रघुबीरा। सिंधु कोटि सत सम गंभीरा।। कामधेनु सत कोटि समाना। सकल काम दायक भगवाना।। सारद कोटि अमित चतुराई। बिधि सत कोटि सृष्टि निपुनाई।। बिष्नु कोटि सम पालन कर्ता। रुद्र कोटि सत सम संहर्ता।। धनद कोटि सत सम धनवाना। माया कोटि प्रपंच निधाना।। भार धरन सत कोटि अहीसा। निरवधि निरुपम प्रभु जगदीसा।।
The Lord is unfathomable like a hundred crore Patalas, and terrible like a hundred crore deaths. He is pure like countless crore tirthas. His Name destroys all heaps of sin. Raghubira is immovable like crores of Himalayas, and profound like a hundred crore oceans. The Bhagavan is equal to a hundred crore Kamadhenu, the giver of all desires. He possesses the wisdom of countless crore Saraswatis, and the creative mastery of a hundred crore Brahmas. He is the protector like crores of Vishnus, and the destroyer like a hundred crore Rudras. He is wealthy like a hundred crore Kuberas, and the storehouse of countless cosmic illusions. He bears all burdens like a hundred crore Shesha-nagas. The Lord of the universe is limitless and beyond compare.