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A Brahmin guest enters a home like fire itself. The hosts bring water to welcome him. O son of Vivasvan, bring the water of hospitality.

As my first boon, O Death, I ask that my father Gautama be at peace with a calm mind and no anger, and that he welcome me gladly when you send me back

Yama said: Through my grace, your father Auddalaki will be as before. He will sleep peacefully and be free from anger when he sees you returned from m

Whoever performs the Nachiketa fire rite three times, having joined with the three sources of wisdom and fulfilled the three duties, crosses over birt

One who has not turned away from evil conduct, who is not tranquil, who is not composed and settled in mind — such a person cannot reach the Self thro

The eternal among eternals, the conscious among the conscious — the one who, being one alone, fulfills the desires of the many. The wise who perceive

A wise person should withdraw speech into the mind, withdraw the mind into the knowing Self, withdraw the knowing Self into the great Self, and withdr

One who has not given up evil, who is not tranquil, who is not composed, who is not at peace — such a person cannot reach this Self through knowledge.

A wise person should withdraw speech into the mind, withdraw the mind into the knowing Self, withdraw the knowing Self into the great Self, and withdr

But the person who moves through sense objects with the senses free from attraction and repulsion, under self-control, attains peace of mind.

In that peace, all sorrow dissolves. For the person with a peaceful mind, wisdom quickly becomes firmly established.

For the person without steadiness there is no wisdom, and without wisdom there is no meditation. Without meditation there is no peace. Without peace,

Just as rivers flow into the ocean without disturbing its stillness, the person into whom all desires flow without causing disturbance attains peace.

The person who moves through the world having given up all desires, without longing, without a sense of mine, without pride, that person attains peace

If I did not act, these worlds would fall apart. I would cause chaos and bring harm to all these people.

One who has faith, who is devoted to it, and who has the senses under control gains knowledge. Having gained knowledge, they quickly reach lasting pea

One who is steady gives up the results of action and attains lasting peace. One who is not steady, driven by desire and attached to results, becomes b

One attains peace by knowing me as the one who receives sacrifice and austerity, the great lord of all worlds, and the friend of all beings.

For one who has conquered the self and is at peace, the supreme self is steady in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honor and dishonor.

with a calm mind, free from fear, firm in the vow of celibacy, controlling the mind and keeping it fixed on me, one should sit in yoga, intent on me a

Practicing yoga constantly in this way, the yogi of controlled mind reaches the peace that culminates in liberation and abides in me.

Supreme joy comes to this yogi whose mind has become fully calm, whose passion has subsided, who has become the absolute, and who is free from wrong.

That person quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunti, declare boldly that my devotee does not perish.

Those hosts of gods are entering into you. Some, struck with fear, stand with folded hands and praise you. The great sages and perfected ones praise y

O Vishnu, seeing you touching the sky, blazing with many colors, with open mouths and fiery wide eyes, my inner self trembles with fear. I find no ste

Do not be afraid and do not be bewildered by seeing this terrible form of mine. With your fear gone and your heart glad, see again this earlier form o

Knowledge is better than practice. Meditation is better than knowledge. Giving up the fruit of action is better than meditation. From renunciation, pe

Tranquility, self-restraint, austerity, purity, patience, uprightness, knowledge, practical wisdom, and faith in a higher reality: these are the natur

Free from ego, force, pride, desire, anger, and accumulation, without any sense of possessiveness, peaceful: such a person is fit to become Brahman.

Take refuge in him alone with your whole being, O Arjuna. Through his grace you will attain supreme peace and the eternal abode.

तत: thereafter, तौ the two brothers, रामवच:प्रचोदितौ encouraged by words of Rama, मार्गविधानसम्पदा according to 'Marga' mode of singing, अगायताम् chan

सन्धिविग्रहतत्त्वज्ञा: well aware of the real nature of peace or war, प्रकृत्या inherently, सम्पदा by affluent, अन्विता: possessed, मन्त्रसंवरणे in ke

सन्धिविग्रहतत्त्वज्ञा: well aware of the real nature of peace or war, प्रकृत्या inherently, सम्पदा by affluent, अन्विता: possessed, मन्त्रसंवरणे in ke

स: राजा the king, अन्त:पुरम् inner apartment, प्रविश्य having entered, कन्याम् daughter, शान्ताम् Shanta, अस्मै for him, यथाविधि in accordance with ru

उमया सह together with Uma, अहम् I, तेज: vital fluid, तेजस्येव in my energy (body), धारयिष्यामि I shall preserve, त्रिदशा: devatas, पृथिवी चैव earth al

महामुनि: great ascetic, विश्वामित्र: Visvamitra, रामस्य Rama's, वचनम् words, श्रुत्वा having listened, सलिलायुते provided with water, विविक्ते in a pe

महात्मन: O Magnanimous ones, विशालायाम् in the vast, पश्चिमायाम् western region, पुष्करेषु in the sacred spot known as Pushkara, सुखम् in peace, तप: a

राम O Rama, महातेजा: highly powerful, स: Visvamitra, कोपेन with anger, तपोपहरणे in deprivation of his ascetic merit, कृते having been made, अजितै: wit

पक्षिमुखात् from the mouth of these birds, च्युतम् released (foretells), दिव्यम् of celestial nature, उपस्थितम् befallen, घोरम् dreadful, भयम् fear, ए

तदा then, सर्षिसंघै: hosts of sages, सचारणै: with charanas, देवै: devatas, तत्र there, समागम्य having assembled, याचितौ beseeched, तौ those two, सुरोत

मयि I, चीराजिनधरे wearing tattered clothes (bark) and antelope skin, जटामण्डलधारिणि wearing a crown of matted hair, अरण्यम् to the forest, गते when I

सः उपाध्यायः that officiating priest, विधिना duly, अनामयम् sound health, शान्तिं हुत्वा having performed sacrificial offerings for peace, हुतहव्यावशेष

यशस्विनी illustrious lady, आनम्य bending him down, मूर्ध्नि on his forehead, आघ्राय having smelt, परिष्वज्य having embraced, अवदत् spoke, पुत्र O son,

पुत्र O son, अद्य today, इदानीम् now, रजनीम् this night, सर्वथा by all means, मा गच्छ do not go, एकाहदर्शनेनापि at least by seeing you for one day mor

देव O Lord , उत्कण्ठाम् मा कृथाः do not worry, वयम् we, प्रशान्तहरिणाकीर्णे in the peaceful forest full of deer, नानाशकुनिनादिते resounding with the c

रामम् to Rama, दशरथम् as Dasaratha, विद्धि know, जनकात्मजाम् Sita, माम् as me, विद्धि know, अटवीम् forest, अयोध्याम् as Ayodhya, विद्धि know, तात chil

ततः then after, इक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः Delight of (also son of) the Iksvakus (Rama), तं गुहम् to that Guha, समनुज्ञाय after permitting him to leave, अव्यग्रः

तदा then, नरदेवसङ्क्षये after the demise of the king, नगर्याम् in the city, नराश्च men, नार्यश्च women, सङ्घशः in groups, समेत्य assembled, भरतस्य Bha

शान्तिम् to provide mental peace, वादयन्ति played stringed instruments, तथा similarly, अपरे some, नाटकानि dramatic scenes, लासयन्त्यपि danced, अपरे so

ततः then, नरर्षभः best among men (Bharata), विनिश्श्वसन् heaving sighs, भृशदुर्मनाः with greatly distraught mind, प्रमूढसंज्ञः with bewildered senses,