Advices to the mind by Saint Samart Ramadasar to Shivaji - Manache shlokas

Courtesy:Sri.S.L.Abhyankar

 Maratha King छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज (1630-1680) was disciple of संत रामदास, who composed many advisory verses. One such composition is मनाचे श्लोक. Like this मनः शिक्षा education of the mind, मनाचे श्लोक are also advices to the mind. There are 205 stanzas, in भुजंगप्रयात meter (every stanza has 4 lines of 12 letters each, the letters in 1-2-2, 1-2-2, 1-2-2, 1-2-2 rhythm)

Maybe, you would like to read through their English translation at 

<http://manache-shloka.blogspot.com/2011/05/original-marathi-text-is-available-at.html>