11-26-2007, 11:48 PM
In the Bhaktamaal (see post 4 for background), there is an interesting mention of Sri Ram Setu as follows: (in context of biography of Bhakti Acharya Sri Ramanand)
tin ke rAmAnand pragaT visvamangal jinu bapu dharyo
Sri rAmAnuj paddyati pratAp avani amR^t hai anusaryo ||
anantAnand kabIr sukhA padmAvati narahari
pIpA bhAvAnand raidAs dhanA sen sursur kI gharahari ||
auro sisya prasisya ek te ek ujAgar
visvamangal AdhAr sarvAnand dasadhA Agar ||
bahut kAl bapu dhAri kai pranat janan kau pAr diyo
Sri rAmAnand raghunAth jyon dutiya <b>setu jaga taran kiyo</b> ||
a fluid translation:
in his (Sri Raghavanand's) house appeared Ramanand, taking body for the benefit of the world,
And followed the graceful path shown by Sri Ramanuj, the very nectar on this earth.
Anantanand, Kabir, Sukha, Padmavati, and Naraharidas
Pipadas, Bhavanand, Ravidas, Dhanna, and Sen etc,
(All these) and many more were his disciples and further their disciples, one brighter than the other.
For the sake of good to the world, he spread devotion in all the ten directions,
and lived for a long time delivering countless humans (from entangling worldliness)
Indeed! Sri Ramanand constructed a second Setu (of devotion), just Like Lord Ram before him, for people to cross (this ocean of) the world.
tin ke rAmAnand pragaT visvamangal jinu bapu dharyo
Sri rAmAnuj paddyati pratAp avani amR^t hai anusaryo ||
anantAnand kabIr sukhA padmAvati narahari
pIpA bhAvAnand raidAs dhanA sen sursur kI gharahari ||
auro sisya prasisya ek te ek ujAgar
visvamangal AdhAr sarvAnand dasadhA Agar ||
bahut kAl bapu dhAri kai pranat janan kau pAr diyo
Sri rAmAnand raghunAth jyon dutiya <b>setu jaga taran kiyo</b> ||
a fluid translation:
in his (Sri Raghavanand's) house appeared Ramanand, taking body for the benefit of the world,
And followed the graceful path shown by Sri Ramanuj, the very nectar on this earth.
Anantanand, Kabir, Sukha, Padmavati, and Naraharidas
Pipadas, Bhavanand, Ravidas, Dhanna, and Sen etc,
(All these) and many more were his disciples and further their disciples, one brighter than the other.
For the sake of good to the world, he spread devotion in all the ten directions,
and lived for a long time delivering countless humans (from entangling worldliness)
Indeed! Sri Ramanand constructed a second Setu (of devotion), just Like Lord Ram before him, for people to cross (this ocean of) the world.