Passage 1

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In plain words

Sweeter than sugar; than the cream of curds more delicious; than the richest honey, far more delicious; as the mouth says it over and over, it grows most sweet, and seems nectar itself; so you, this lovely one, with the mind remember: the Name of Rāma.

Embodiments of Prema! The Rāmāyaṇa teaches a sacred path and sacred deeds. It is not merely the story of one person; it concerns everyone. Each and every person belongs to the Rāmāyaṇa!

The divine plays are wondrous

Daśaratha shared out equally among his three wives the pāyasa that the Yajñapuruṣa had granted him. Kausalyā and Kaikeyī received that pāyasa with great joy, with Bhakti and śraddhā, and went to their shrine rooms. Since Kausalyā was the chief queen, she was happy that the right to the kingdom would fall to none but the son born to her. On the strength of the promise Daśaratha had given before their marriage, Kaikeyī thought that her son alone would ascend the throne of Ayodhyā.