जय जानकीनाथा, जय श्रीरघुनाथा
Jai Janakinatha Jai Shri Raghunatha
An aarti that asks for one thing only — to be kept near.
समर्पितभगवान रामजय जानकीनाथा,जय श्रीरघुनाथा।दोउ कर जोरें बिनवौं,प्रभु! सुनिये बाता ॥
तुम रघुनाथ हमारेप्रान, पिता माता।तुम ही सज्जन-सङ्गी,भक्ति मुक्ति दाता ॥
लख चौरासी काटो,मेटो यम त्रासा।निसिदिन प्रभु मोहि रखियेअपने ही पासा ॥
राम भरत लछिमनसँग शत्रुहन भैया।जगमग ज्योति विराजै,शोभा अति लहिया ॥
हनुमत नाद बजावत,नेवर झमकाता।स्वर्णथाल कर आरतीकौशल्या माता ॥
सुभग मुकुट सिर, धनु सरकर सोभा भारी।मनीराम दर्शन करिपल-पल बलिहारी ॥
Drik Panchang — Shri Janakinatha Aarti
Traditional public-domain Hindi devotional composition; BhajanDhara transcription and meanings prepared independently
Unlike the other texts in this set, no second independent edition of this aarti could be located, so it rests on a single witness. The composition is plainly old and the closing signature names Maniram, but a printed anthology should be consulted before treating the wording as settled. No modern source translation is reproduced.
जय जानकीनाथा, जय श्रीरघुनाथा का अर्थ
Most aartis of this kind ask for release from the cycle of births, and this one does too — but then it says what it actually wants, and the two are not the same thing. 'Keep me near yourself, night and day.' The rest is a scene: the four brothers standing together, Hanuman sounding the note, Kaushalya herself holding the tray. The poet's name, Maniram, closes it, and the last thing he reports is not a boon received but the act of looking.