This is a devotional song from Sri Tulsi das's "Ram charitha Manasa" based on Raag Bhairavi. Vocal - Vishwesh & Ashwini ; Guitar - John Oommen, Tabla - Shekhar, Keyboard - Vishwesh, Mridangam - Lakshman, Harmonium - Prabhakar Parikh
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"Ram charan" is the song extracted from Sri Tulasidas's "Ramcharitha manasa".
Sri Tulasidas was born at the close of the 15th century and lived upto the beginning of the 17th century.
It was a bad period for the Hindus. They had lost their freedom and had to struggle hard to maintain their unity. All their scriptures were in Sanskrit; so many people found them difficult to understand. As the Hindus had no freedom, it was difficult for them even to attempt to expound the ideas of their religion.
It was at this time that Sri Ramananda, Sri Tulasi das, Kabir das opened the doors of 'Bhakti' (devotion) and spread the cult of Rama Bhakti by preaching that Rama is the protector of all people. Saint Kabirdas extolled the greatness of 'Rama - the formless God' saying that Ram and Rahim were not different. Thus he tried to bring about unity among the Hindus and the Muslims.
The scholars of Tulasidas's times thought that epics ought to be composed only in Sanskrit. Tulasidas knew that scholars would object that his epic was in Hindi, the language of the common man.
On the whole, Tulasidas's 'Ramacharitamanasa' preaches the traditional values of truth and righteousness, but presents them in greater splendour in a new context. When people had lost courage and were groping in darkness, Tulasidas's 'Ramacharita manasa' appeared as a guiding light of culture; it showed them the divine figure of Sri Rama in the bright light of Bhakti.
Lyrics
Raam charaN sukhadaaI ..
bhaj man raam charaN sukhadaaI ..
jin charanan se nikasi surasari shankar jaTaa samaayii
jaTaa shankarii naam pa.D(r)yo hai tribhuvan taaran aayii
jehi charaN kii charaN paadukaa bharath rahyo lava laaI .
soi charaN thevaT dhoi liine taba hari naav chaDhaaI ..
naaI se naa naaI leta dhobii se na dhobii leta .
deke majuuriyaa ye jaati ko naa bigaa.Diye .
Prabhu aaye more ghaat to paar meine uthaar dine..
jaba aaungaa mai.n tore ghaaT to paar mohe utaario ..
