In the ‘Aranyakand’ of ‘Ramcharitmanas’, Lakshman ji humbly asked five questions to Shri Ram. To pacify Lakshman ji’s curiosity, Shri Ram narrated “Ram Geeta”. In the sutratmka language, the Lord has represented Maya, Jnana, Vairagya, Jiva-Shiva and Bhakti. In “Ram Geeta” the Supreme Lord Shri Ram is seen in the form of Guru.
थोरेहि महँ सब कहउँ बुझाई। सुनहु तात मति मन चित लाई॥
मैं अरु मोर तोर तैं माया। जेहिं बस कीन्हे जीव निकाया॥1॥
गो गोचर जहँ लगि मन जाई। सो सब माया जानेहु भाई॥
तेहि कर भेद सुनहु तुम्ह सोऊ। बिद्या अपर अबिद्या दोऊ॥2॥
एक दुष्ट अतिसय दुखरूपा। जा बस जीव परा भवकूपा॥
एक रचइ जग गुन बस जाकें। प्रभु प्रेरित नहिं निज बल ताकें॥3॥
ग्यान मान जहँ एकउ नाहीं। देख ब्रह्म समान सब माहीं॥
कहिअ तात सो परम बिरागी। तृन सम सिद्धि तीनि गुन त्यागी॥4॥
Meaning: (Shri Ramji said-) Oh tat! Let me explain everything in a short time. Listen with your heart, mind and intellect! Me and mine, you and yours – this is Maya, which has subdued all living beings.॥1॥
Meaning: The objects of the senses and as far as the mind goes, oh brother! To know all of them maya. He also has one knowledge and the other avidya, listen to these two differences – ॥2॥
Meaning: One (Avidya) is wicked (defective) and is very sad, due to which the soul is lying in the well of the world, and the one (Vidya) who has qualities and who creates the world, is inspired by GOD. There is nothing in it’s own strength॥3॥
Meaning : Knowledge is that, where (in which) there is no value etc. Hey tat! He should be called the supreme dispassionate, who has renounced all the accomplishments and the three gunas like straw.॥4॥
(In which pride, conceit, violence, lack of forgiveness, crookedness, lack of service to the teacher, impurity, instability, lack of control of the mind, attachment to the senses, ego, birth-death, happiness-intellect in the little-disease world, woman Attachment and affection in son-home etc., attainment of favored and unfavourable Joy-sorrow, lack of devotion, lack of mind in solitude, love in the company of sensual human beings – these should not be eighteen and in eternal spirituality (soul) and the meaning of Tattva Gyan (knowable through Tattvajnan) continual vision of God Yes, that is called knowledge.
