Ayodhya Kaanda
80 - Dialogue between Sri Rama and the sage Valmiki
Chaupais
Description
"Those who have no lust, anger, arrogance, pride or infatuation, are without greed, excitement, attraction or aversion and who are free from fraud, hypocrisy and deceit-it is in their heart that You should abide, O Chief of Raghus. Again, those who are beloved of all and friendly to all, to whom joy and sorrow, applause and abuse are alike and who scrupulously utter truthful and polite words, nay, who are resigned to You whether awake or asleep and who have no support other than Yourself-it is in their mind, O Rama, that You should dwell. Again, those who look upon another's wife as their own mother and to whom another's wealth is the deadliest of all poisons, who rejoice to see others' prosperity and are particularly grieved to see another's distress, and to whom, O Rama, You are dear as their own life- their minds are Your blessed abodes."