The text of the Aratrika hymns, the four vesper songs sung worldwide in the centres of the Ramakrishna Order. The Ramanam includes a complete version of the "Varnanam" as well as the four traditional songs. Text in Sanskrit with transliteration, English translation, and guide to pronunciation.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and everything shall be added unto you. This is the one great duty, this is renunciation. Live for an ideal, and leave no place in the mind for anything else. Let us put forth all our energies to acquire that which never fails--our spiritual perfection. If we have true yearning for realization, we must struggle, and through struggle growth will come. We shall make mistakes, but they may be angels unawares.
-Swami Vivekananda