Aranya Kaanda
124 - The glory of hearing the praises of Sri Rama and an exhortation to cultivate fellowship with saints and practise adoration
Chaupais
Description
They blush to hear themselves praised but feel much delighted to hear others' praises. Even-minded and placid, they never abandon the right course. Guileless by nature and loving, they are given over to prayer, austerity, control of the senses, selfdenial and religious observances and undertake sacred vows. They are devoted to the feet of their Guru, Lord Govinda (Visnu) and the Brahmanas. They are full of piety, forgiving, friendly to all, compassionate, cheerful under all circumstances and sincerely devoted to My feet. They are further characterized by dispassion, discretion, modesty, knowledge of the truth relating to God as well as by a correct knowledge of the Vedas and Puranas. They never take recourse to hypocrisy, pride or arrogance nor set their foot on the evil path even by mistake. They are ever engaged in singing or hearing My stories and are intent on doing good to others without any consideration. In short, O good sage, the qualities of the saints are so numerous that they cannot be exhausted even by Sarada ( the goddess of speech) nor by the Vedas."