Jai Janakinatha Jai Shri Raghunatha
जय जानकीनाथा, जय श्रीरघुनाथा
An aarti that asks for one thing only — to be kept near.
Dedicated toLord Ramaजय 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.
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Shri Ramachandra Kripalu Bhajman ↗Aarti Kijai Shri Raghuvar Ji Ki ↗Aisi Aarti Rama Raghuvira Ki ↗What does Jai Janakinatha Jai Shri Raghunatha mean?
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.