Passage 1

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In plain words

Sweeter than sugar, more delicious than butter, far more delicious than the richest honey; said over and over with the lips, it seems the very nectar, sweet beyond measure; so, every day, remember it well, with your mind: the Name of Rāma.

Embodiments of Prema! The chief city of the land of Kosala was Ayodhyā. It was precisely because it was a city enemies could not enter that it was given that name. It was built by the emperor Manu. The river Sarayū, which sprang from Brahmā's Mānasa lake, flows near Ayodhyā. King Daśaratha ruled that sacred Ayodhyā. Though he had every comfort, the sorrow of having no son kept troubling him greatly. One day Sumantra, a man of good character and pure heart, gave Daśaratha a piece of advice. He told him to perform the Aśvamedha sacrifice for the welfare of the kingdom, and the Putrakāmeṣṭi sacrifice to be blessed with children. For this he asked him to send for Ṛṣyaśṛṅga. Romapāda, who ruled the kingdom of Aṅga, was a friend of Daśaratha. Once, when a severe drought struck the kingdom of Aṅga, Romapāda had brought Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to his kingdom. With Ṛṣyaśṛṅga's coming, the rains fell again in the kingdom of Aṅga.