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रामो विरामो विरजो मार्गो नेयो नयोऽनयः।
वीरःशक्तिमतां श्रेष्टो धर्मो धर्मविदुत्तमः॥

രാമോ വിരാമോ വിരജോ മാര്‍ഗോ നേയോ നയോ അനയഃ
വീരഃ ശക്തിമതാം സ്രേഷ്ടോ ധര്‍മോ ധര്മവിദുത്തമഃ

ராமோ விராமோ விரஜோ மார்கோ நேயோ நயோ அநய
வீர சக்தி மதாம் சிறேஷ்டோ தர்மோ தர்மவிதுத்தம

ರಾಮೋ ವಿರಾಮೋ ವಿರಜೋ ಮಾರ್ಗೋ ನೆಯೋ ನಯೋ ಅನಯಃ
ವೀರಃ ಶಕ್ತಿಮತಾಂ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಟೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಧರ್ಮವಿದುತ್ತಮಃ

రామో విరామో విరజో మార్గో నేయో నయోఅనయః
వీరః శక్తిమతాం శ్రేష్టో ధర్మో ధర్మవిదుత్తమః

raamo viraamo virajo maargo neyo nayo-anayah
veerah saktimataam-sreshthah dharmo dharmaviduttamah
394. Raamah – “That which revels in every form or that in which all Yogins in their meditation revel. In Padmapurana, it is clearly defined, “in Him, who is Eternal Bliss, Pure Consciousness, and Endless, the Yogins revel.” Therefore, by the term ‘Raamah’, the Supreme Self is indicated. The term can also mean “One who has a compelling charm about Himself. He who is the most Handsome.”
395. Vi-raamah – “He in whom the creatures rest; The Abode of perfect rest”, having reached which, there is no return into the realms of experiences. That state is called Viraamah. Some commentators recognise in this term a meaning as, “He (Isvara) in whom the world of plurality merges during the deluge.”
396. Virajah – “Passionless.” “One who is not associated with the agitations (Rajas) of the mind.” The mind gets agitated when it identifies with the sense-objects of the world outside. The Atman, the Self, in its Pure Nature, has no such identifications, and, therefore, He is recognised as ‘passionless.’
397. Maargah – “The path.” There is no other way to know Him. For complete liberation, there is no way other than realising the Self, Sree Narayana.
398. Neyah – “The Guide”, the “Conductor.” He who guides and ultimately takes the seeker to the Reality is Lord Narayana, the Saguna Brahman. Through surrender to Narayana, the devotee develops the integration within and when fully integrated, he becomes the meditator and through meditation, the Highest is achieved. Therefore, Vishnu is indicated here as the “Conductor.” The term can also mean “One who is fit to be conducted to the Highest.” The individual-ego .is that which tries to realise its own real nature, the self. The very individuality (Jiva) who is fit to be led towards the gateway to the Higher Consciousness is the One that has removed its false attachments and is held in animated joy, in meditation. In essence, such a jiva is nothing other than the Supreme, and, therefore, the Supreme is thus called as the Jiva.
399. Nayah – “One who leads.” When such a true devotee slowly and steadily gains his detachments from the outer world he moves himself more and more into the Higher and Subtler states of Consciousness. The one who leads such a seeker is again the grace of the same Self-Atmabala.
400. A-nayah - If the ego is led by the Lord (as Naya) to the Highest, then when once the Supreme State is reached, It has none to lead or guide It. The Lord guides all, but there is none to guide Him. This is because He is All- pervading and, therefore, He needs no guide to lead Him to Himself, as He is everywhere at all times.
401. Veerah – “The Valiant.” One who, by His prowess; creates the fear in the minds of the Rakshasas.
402. Saktimataam-sreshthah – “The best among those who have power.” All powers that are available, have been classified under three types: the power-of -Knowledge (Jnaana-Sakti), the power-of-Desire (Icchaa-Sakti) and the power-of-Action (Kriyaa-Sakti). All these powers are expression of the Self in the intellect, in the sub-conscious mind and in the physical body, respectively. Naturally the Self is the best among all other kinds of powers inasmuch as, all powers are expressions of this Great Self.
403. Dharmah - This term is used in Hinduism in thousands of different shades that, to the early student, the meaning of this term is lost in confusion. Dharma of a thing is that because of which the thing is, without which the thing is not.” This term, Dharma, has, therefore, been translated as “the Law of Being” - the Dharma of the Sun is light; the Dharma of the Fire is heat, the Dharma of Sugar is sweetness. What then is the Dharma of the individual? The essential Dharma of the individual can only be the self, because, without which is the individual cannot exist, and the individual’s expressions, physical mental and intellectual, are all expressions of the self through the equipment in Him. Thus “Dharma” means the only self in all individuals. This is essential Dharma in anything is that which supports the things and, therefore, the self which is essence everywhere, is considered as the very one which supports everything.
404. Dharma-vid-uttamah – “One who is the highest among men of realisation.” All those who know the Reality are knower among all knowers of the self.