Prakarana 8
समापन-सोपान: लीला-दर्शन से सिद्धान्त-दर्शन तक। यहाँ साधक ‘चरित’ के रस में रमा हुआ रहते हुए ‘माया-भ्रम’ की जड़ पहचानता है और निष्कर्ष पर पहुँचता है कि मुक्ति का द्वार केवल राम-कृपा/भजन है। यह चरण ‘लोक-व्यवहार’ बनाम ‘परमार्थ’ के द्वैत को साधकर, भक्त को निर्गुण-सगुण की एकता में स्थिर करता है—अर्थात् लीला को मिथ्या नहीं, उपास्य-सत्य का करुणा-रूप मानकर सीढ़ी की अंतिम पायदान पर चढ़ाता है।
This passage comes in that decisive emotional section of the Uttar Kāṇḍa where the kathā turns from līlā-rasa toward tattva-nirūpaṇa. The principal rasa is Śānta, yet within it moves a confluence of Adbhuta (the Lord’s aiśvarya), Vātsalya (child-līlā), and Karuṇā (the jīva’s condition under māyā). On the basis of Garuḍa’s questions, Kākabhusuṇḍi first counts the universality of moha—jñānīs, tapasvīs, heroes, poets, even the wise are hemmed in by māyā’s fortress—then sets forth the decisive doctrine: this māyā is a dancer born of the Lord’s playful brow, while the Lord Himself remains अखण्ड Saccidānanda. Next, through a chain of similes for “faulty seeing” (a yellowed moon, the sun risen in the west, the delusion of a boat), it becomes clear that moha is the jīva’s defect of vision, not Hari’s. Finally, even Bhusuṇḍi’s “bewilderment” before child-Rāma’s līlā is shown to be Lord-inspired—for the protection of His servant—and the conclusion is that even the longing for nirvāṇa is fruitless without Rāma-bhajana. Thus the Uttar Kāṇḍa here becomes a “closing step,” establishing bhakti as the crown-jewel of jñāna.
Verses
Chaupai 70.1-4
बोलेउ काकभसुंड बहोरी।नभग नाथ पर प्रीति न थोरी।।
सब बिधि नाथ पूज्य तुम्ह मेरे।कृपापात्र रघुनायक केरे।।
तुम्हहि न संसय मोह न माया।मो पर नाथ कीन्ह तुम्ह दाया।।
पठइ मोह मिस खगपति तोही।रघुपति दीन्हि बड़ाई मोही।।
तुम्ह निज मोह कही खग साईं।सो नहिं कछु आचरज गोसाईं।।
नारद भव बिरंचि सनकादी।जे मुनिनायक आतमबादी।।
मोह न अंध कीन्ह केहि केही।को जग काम नचाव न जेही।।
तृस्नाँ केहि न कीन्ह बौराहा।केहि कर हृदय क्रोध नहिं दाहा।।
boleu kākabhasuṇḍa bahorī |nabhaga nātha para prīti na thorī ||
saba bidhi nātha pūjya tumha mere |kṛpā-pātra raghunāyaka kere ||
tumhahi na saṃsaya moha na māyā |mo para nātha kīnha tumha dāyā ||
paṭhai moha misa khagapati tohī |raghupati dīnhi baṛāī mohī ||
tumha nija moha kahī khaga-sāīṃ |so nahiṃ kachu ācaraja gosāīṃ ||
nārada bhava birañci sanakādī |je muni-nāyaka ātamabādī ||
moha na aṃdha kīnha kehi kehī |ko jaga kāma nacāva na jehī ||
tṛsnā̃ kehi na kīnha baurāhā |kehi kara hṛdaya krodha nahiṃ dāhā ||
Then Kakbhushundi spoke: "O lord of the sky-ranging birds, my love for you is no small thing. In every way, my lord, you are worthy of my reverence, for you are a recipient of the grace of the Lord of the Raghus. You have no doubt, no delusion, no illusion; it was out of kindness to me, my lord, that you did this. Sending you, O king of birds, under the pretext of delusion, the Lord of the Raghus has conferred honor upon me. As for the delusion of your own that you have described, O master of birds, it is nothing to wonder at, my lord. Narada, Shiva, Brahma, Sanaka and his brothers, and all the foremost sages who speak of the Self: whom has delusion not blinded, one and all? Who in the world is there whom desire does not make dance? Whom has craving not driven mad? Whose heart has anger not burned?
Doha 70(क)-(ख)
ग्यानी तापस सूर कबि कोबिद गुन आगार।केहि कै लौभ बिडंबना कीन्हि न एहिं संसार।।70(क)।।
श्री मद बक्र न कीन्ह केहि प्रभुता बधिर न काहि।मृगलोचनि के नैन सर को अस लाग न जाहि।।70(ख)।।
gyānī tāpasa sūra kabi kobida guna āgāra |kehi kai laubha biḍambanā kīnhi na ehiṃ saṃsāra ||70(ka)||
śrī mada bakra na kīnha kehi prabhutā badhira na kāhi |mṛgalocani ke naina sara ko asa lāga na jāhi ||70(kha)||
Among the wise, the ascetics, the heroes, the poets and the learned, those who are storehouses of virtue, whom in this world has greed not made a laughingstock? Whom has the pride of wealth not made crooked, and whom has power not made deaf? Who is there that the arrows of the doe-eyed woman's glances have not pierced?
Chaupai 71.1-4
गुन कृत सन्यपात नहिं केही।कोउ न मान मद तजेउ निबेही।।
जोबन ज्वर केहि नहिं बलकावा।ममता केहि कर जस न नसावा।।
मच्छर काहि कलंक न लावा।काहि न सोक समीर डोलावा।।
चिंता साँपिनि को नहिं खाया।को जग जाहि न ब्यापी माया।।
कीट मनोरथ दारु सरीरा।जेहि न लाग घुन को अस धीरा।।
सुत बित लोक ईषना तीनी।केहि के मति इन्ह कृत न मलीनी।।
यह सब माया कर परिवारा।प्रबल अमिति को बरनै पारा।।
सिव चतुरानन जाहि डेराहीं।अपर जीव केहि लेखे माहीं।।
guna kṛta sannyapāta nahiṃ kehī |kou na māna mada tajeu nibehī ||
jobana jvara kehi nahiṃ balakāvā |mamatā kehi kara jasa na nasāvā ||
macchara kāhi kalaṅka na lāvā |kāhi na soka samīra ḍolāvā ||
ciṃtā sā̃pini ko nahiṃ khāyā |ko jaga jāhi na byāpī māyā ||
kīṭa manoratha dāru sarīrā |jehi na lāga ghuna ko asa dhīrā ||
suta bita loka īṣanā tīnī |kehi ke mati inha kṛta na malīnī ||
yaha saba māyā kara parivārā |prabala amiti ko baranai pārā ||
siva caturānana jāhi ḍerāhīṃ |apara jīva kehi lekhe māhīṃ ||
Whom has the delirium born of the three gunas not seized? Who is there that has fully cast off pride, honor and arrogance to the end? Whom has the fever of youth not made delirious? Whose fame has not been destroyed by the sense of 'mine'? Whom has envy not stained with disgrace? Whom has the wind of sorrow not set shaking? Whom has the serpent of anxiety not devoured? Who is there in the world over whom Maya has not spread? Desire is the worm and the body is the timber: who is so steadfast that the weevil has not got into him? The three longings, for sons, for wealth and for worldly renown: whose mind have they not defiled? All this is the family of Maya. She is mighty and immeasurable; who can describe her to the end? Even Shiva and the four-faced Brahma fear her; in what reckoning, then, are other creatures?
Doha 71(क)-(ख)
ब्यापि रहेउ संसार महुँ माया कटक प्रचंड।सेनापति कामादि भट दंभ कपट पाषंड।।71(क)।।
सो दासी रघुबीर कै समुझें मिथ्या सोपि।छूट न राम कृपा बिनु नाथ कहउँ पद रोपि।।71(ख)।।
byāpi raheu saṃsāra mahũ māyā kaṭaka pracaṇḍa |senāpati kāmādi bhaṭ daṃbha kapaṭa pāṣaṇḍa ||71(ka)||
so dāsī raghubīra kai samujheṃ mithyā sopi |chūṭa na rāma kṛpā binu nātha kahaũ pada ropi ||71(kha)||
Maya's fierce army has spread over the whole world; its commanders are Desire and the other passions, and its warriors are pride, deceit and heresy. She is the handmaid of Rama, the hero of the Raghus, and though she is understood to be unreal, she cannot be escaped without Rama's grace. This, my Lord, I declare, planting my foot firmly.
Chaupai 72.1-4
जो माया सब जगहि नचावा।जासु चरित लखि काहुँ न पावा।।
सोइ प्रभु भ्रू बिलास खगराजा।नाच नटी इव सहित समाजा।।
सोइ सच्चिदानंद घन रामा।अज बिग्यान रूपो बल धामा।।
ब्यापक ब्याप्य अखंड अनंता।अखिल अमोघसक्ति भगवंता।।
अगुन अदभ्र गिरा गोतीता।सबदरसी अनवद्य अजीता।।
निर्मम निराकार निरमोहा।नित्य निरंजन सुख संदोहा।।
प्रकृति पार प्रभु सब उर बासी।ब्रह्म निरीह बिरज अबिनासी।।
इहाँ मोह कर कारन नाहीं।रबि सन्मुख तम कबहुँ कि जाहीं।।
jo māyā saba jagahi nacāvā |jāsu carita lakhi kāhũ na pāvā ||
soi prabhu bhrū bilāsa khaga-rājā |nāca naṭī iva sahita samājā ||
soi saccidānanda ghana rāmā |aja bigyāna rūpo bala dhāmā ||
byāpaka byāpya akhaṇḍa anaṃtā |akhila amogha-sakti bhagavaṃtā ||
aguna adabhra girā gotītā |sabadarasī anavadya ajītā ||
nirmama nirākāra niramohā |nitya nirañjana sukha saṃdohā ||
prakṛti pāra prabhu saba ura bāsī |brahma nirīha biraja abināsī ||
ihā̃ moha kara kārana nāhīṃ |rabi sanmukha tama kabahũ ki jāhīṃ ||
That Maya who makes the whole world dance, whose workings no one has ever been able to fathom, dances like an actress with all her troupe, O king of birds, at the play of the Lord's eyebrows. That same Rama is pure being, consciousness and bliss in dense mass, unborn, the embodiment of wisdom, the abode of strength. He is the pervader and the pervaded, undivided and endless, the whole, the Blessed Lord whose power never fails. He is without material qualities, great and not small, beyond the reach of speech and the senses, all-seeing, faultless, unconquered. He is free from possessiveness, formless, free from delusion, eternal, stainless, a mass of bliss. The Lord is beyond Nature and dwells in the heart of all; he is Brahma, without desire or effort, without passion, imperishable. In him there is no cause for delusion. Can darkness ever go before the sun?
Doha 72(क)-(ख)
भगत हेतु भगवान प्रभु राम धरेउ तनु भूप।किए चरित पावन परम प्राकृत नर अनुरूप।।72(क)।।
जथा अनेक बेष धरि नृत्य करइ नट कोइ।सोइ सोइ भाव देखावइ आपुन होइ न सोइ।।72(ख)।।
bhagata hetu bhagavāna prabhu rāma dhareu tanu bhūpa |kiye carita pāvana parama prākṛta nara anurūpa ||72(ka)||
jathā aneka beṣa dhari nṛtya karai naṭa koi |soi soi bhāva dekhāvai āpuna hoi na soi ||72(kha)||
For the sake of his devotees, the Lord God Rama took a body as a king, and performed supremely sanctifying deeds in keeping with the ways of ordinary men. As an actor puts on many costumes and dances, showing each character's mood in turn, yet does not himself become any of them, so it is with the Lord.
Chaupai 73.1-5
असि रघुपति लीला उरगारी।दनुज बिमोहनि जन सुखकारी।।
जे मति मलिन बिषयबस कामी।प्रभु मोह धरहिं इमि स्वामी।।
नयन दोष जा कहँ जब होई।पीत बरन ससि कहुँ कह सोई।।
जब जेहि दिसि भ्रम होइ खगेसा।सो कह पच्छिम उयउ दिनेसा।।
नौकारूढ़ चलत जग देखा।अचल मोह बस आपुहि लेखा।।
बालक भ्रमहिं न भ्रमहिं गृहादीं।कहहिं परस्पर मिथ्याबादी।।
हरि बिषइक अस मोह बिहंगा।सपनेहुँ नहिं अग्यान प्रसंगा।।
मायाबस मतिमंद अभागी।हृदयँ जमनिका बहुबिधि लागी।।
ते सठ हठ बस संसय करहीं।निज अग्यान राम पर धरहीं।।
asi raghupati līlā uragārī |danuja bimohani jana sukhakārī ||
je mati malina biṣaya-basa kāmī |prabhu moha dharahim imi svāmī ||
nayana doṣa jā kahaṁ jaba hoī |pīta barana sasi kahuṁ kaha soī ||
jaba jehi disi bhrama hoi khagesā |so kaha pacchima uyau dinesā ||
naukārūṛha calata jaga dekhā |acala moha basa āpuhī lekhā ||
bālaka bhramahim na bhramahim gṛha-ādīṁ |kahahim paraspara mithyābādīṁ ||
hari biṣaika asa moha bihaṅgā |sapanehuṁ nahiṁ ajñāna prasaṅgā ||
māyābasa matimanda abhāgī |hṛdayaṁ jamanikā bahubidhi lāgī ||
te saṭha haṭha basa saṁsaya karahīṁ |nija ajñāna rāma para dharahīṁ ||
Such, O enemy of serpents, is the sport of the Lord of the Raghus, which bewilders the demons and brings joy to his devotees. Those whose minds are impure, who are enslaved by the senses and given to lust, ascribe delusion to the Lord in just this way, O friend. When someone has a defect in his eyes, he declares that the moon is yellow. When anyone is mistaken about the quarter of the sky, O lord of birds, he says that the sun has risen in the west. One who sits in a boat sees the world moving, while in his delusion he counts himself as standing still. Children whirl around, but the houses and the rest do not whirl; yet they tell each other falsehoods. Such is the delusion concerning Hari, O bird; not even in a dream is there any trace of ignorance in him. Those who are dull of mind and unfortunate, subject to Maya, have a thick curtain drawn over their hearts in many ways. Those fools, in their obstinacy, raise doubts and lay their own ignorance upon Rama.
Doha 73(क)-(ख)
काम क्रोध मद लोभ रत गृहासक्त दुखरूप।ते किमि जानहिं रघुपतिहि मूढ़ परे तम कूप।।73(क)।।
निर्गुन रूप सुलभ अति सगुन जान नहिं कोइ।सुगम अगम नाना चरित सुनि मुनि मन भ्रम होइ।।73(ख)।।
kāma krodha mada lobha rata gṛhāsakta dukharūpa |te kimi jānahim raghupatihi mūṛha pare tama kūpa ||73(ka)||
nirguna rūpa sulabha ati saguna jāna nahiṁ koi |sugama agama nānā carita suni muni mana bhrama hoi ||73(kha)||
Those who are given to lust, anger, pride and greed, who are attached to household life and are themselves forms of suffering, fools fallen into the well of darkness, how can they ever know the Lord of the Raghus? The formless aspect of the Lord is very easy to grasp, yet no one can truly understand his aspect with form. Hearing of his many deeds, some easy to fathom and some beyond fathoming, even the minds of sages are bewildered.
Chaupai 74.1-4
सुनु खगेस रघुपति प्रभुताई।कहउँ जथामति कथा सुहाई।।
जेहि बिधि मोह भयउ प्रभु मोही।सोउ सब कथा सुनावउँ तोही।।
राम कृपा भाजन तुम्ह ताता।हरि गुन प्रीति मोहि सुखदाता।।
ताते नहिं कछु तुम्हहिं दुरावउँ।परम रहस्य मनोहर गावउँ।।
सुनहु राम कर सहज सुभाऊ।जन अभिमान न राखहिं काऊ।।
संसृत मूल सूलप्रद नाना।सकल सोक दायक अभिमाना।।
ताते करहिं कृपानिधि दूरी।सेवक पर ममता अति भूरी।।
जिमि सिसु तन ब्रन होइ गोसाई।मातु चिराव कठिन की नाईं।।
sunu khagesa raghupati prabhutāī |kahaũ jathāmati kathā suhāī ||
jehi bidhi moha bhayau prabhu mohī |sou saba kathā sunāvaũ tohī ||
rāma kṛpā bhājana tumha tātā |hari guna prīti mohi sukhadātā ||
tāte nahiṁ kachu tumhahiṁ durāvaũ |parama rahasya manohara gāvaũ ||
sunahu rāma kara sahaja subhāū |jana abhimāna na rākhahiṁ kāū ||
saṁsṛta mūla sūlaprada nānā |sakala soka dāyaka abhimānā ||
tāte karahiṁ kṛpānidhi dūrī |sevaka para mamatā ati bhūrī ||
jimi sisu tana brana hoi gosāī |mātu cirāva kaṭhina kī nāīṁ ||
Listen, Lord of the birds: I will tell, as far as my understanding allows, the delightful story of the majesty of Rama, the Lord of the Raghus. I will also tell you the whole story of how delusion came upon me, O Lord. You, dear friend, are a vessel of Rama's grace, and your love for the virtues of Hari gives me joy. Therefore I will hide nothing from you, and I sing to you of this supreme and enchanting mystery. Listen: it is Rama's natural disposition that he never allows his servants to keep pride. Pride is the root of worldly existence, the source of many pains, and the giver of every sorrow. Therefore the Treasury of Mercy removes it, for he bears an exceedingly great affection for his servant. It is as when a boil forms on a child's body, O lord, and the mother lances it, seeming hard-hearted.
Doha 74(क)-(ख)
जदपि प्रथम दुख पावइ रोवइ बाल अधीर।ब्याधि नास हित जननी गनति न सो सिसु पीर।।74(क)।।
तिमि रघुपति निज दासकर हरहिं मान हित लागि।तुलसिदास ऐसे प्रभुहि कस न भजहु भ्रम त्यागि।।74(ख)।।
jadapi prathama dukha pāvai rovai bāla adhīra |byādhi nāsa hita jananī ganati na so sisu pīra ||74(ka)||
timi raghupati nija dāsakara harahiṁ māna hita lāgi |tulasidāsa aise prabhuhi kasa na bhajahu bhrama tyāgi ||74(kha)||
Though at first the child suffers and weeps, helpless, the mother pays no heed to that pain of her baby, for she wants only to cure the disease. In the same way the Lord of the Raghus removes the pride of his own servant, for the servant's good. Tulsidas asks: why do you not worship such a Lord, casting off all delusion?
Chaupai 75.1-4
राम कृपा आपनि जड़ताई।कहउँ खगेस सुनहु मन लाई।।
जब जब राम मनुज तनु धरहीं।भक्त हेतु लीला बहु करहीं।।
तब तब अवधपुरी मैं ज़ाऊँ।बालचरित बिलोकि हरषाऊँ।।
जन्म महोत्सव देखउँ जाई।बरष पाँच तहँ रहउँ लोभाई।।
इष्टदेव मम बालक रामा।सोभा बपुष कोटि सत कामा।।
निज प्रभु बदन निहारि निहारी।लोचन सुफल करउँ उरगारी।।
लघु बायस बपु धरि हरि संगा।देखउँ बालचरित बहुरंगा।।
rāma kṛpā āpani jaṛatāī |kahuṁ khageśa sunahu mana lāī ||
jaba jaba rāma manuja tanu dharahīṁ |bhakta hetu līlā bahu karahīṁ ||
taba taba avadhapurī maiṁ jāūṁ |bālacarita biloki haraṣāūṁ ||
janma mahotsava dekhauṁ jāī |baraṣa pāṁca tahaṁ rahauṁ lobhāī ||
iṣṭadeva mama bālaka rāmā |sobhā bapuṣ koṭi sata kāmā ||
nija prabhu badana nihāri-nihārī |locana suphala karauṁ uragārī ||
laghu bāyasa bapu dhari hari saṅgā |dekhauṁ bālacarita bahuraṅgā ||
I will tell you, Lord of birds, of Rama's grace and of my own dullness; listen with your mind attentive. Whenever Rama takes a human body and performs many sports for the sake of his devotees, then I go to the city of Ayodhya, and I rejoice to see his childhood deeds. I go and see the festival of his birth, and I stay there five years, held fast by delight. The child Rama is my chosen deity, his body bearing the beauty of a hundred crores of Kamadevas. Gazing again and again on the face of my own Lord, O enemy of serpents, I make my eyes fruitful. Taking the form of a small crow, I stay with Hari and watch his many-colored childhood sports.
Doha 75(क)-(ख)
लरिकाईं जहँ जहँ फिरहिं तहँ तहँ संग उड़ाउँ।जूठनि परइ अजिर महँ सो उठाइ करि खाउँ।।75(क)।।
एक बार अतिसय सब चरित किए रघुबीर।सुमिरत प्रभु लीला सोइ पुलकित भयउ सरीर।।75(ख)।।
larikāīṁ jahaṁ jahaṁ phirahīṁ tahaṁ tahaṁ saṅga uṛāūṁ |jūṭhani parai ajira maṁha so uṭhāi kari khāūṁ ||75(ka)||
eka bāra atisaya saba carita kiye raghubīra |sumirata prabhu līlā soi pulakita bhayau sarīra ||75(kha)||
Wherever he wandered in his childhood, there I flew along with him, and whatever scraps of food fell in the courtyard, I picked them up and ate. Once the Hero of the Raghus performed all his deeds in an extraordinary way; as I remember that very sport of the Lord, my body thrilled with rapture.
Chaupai 76.1-4
कहइ भसुंड सुनहु खगनायक।रामचरित सेवक सुखदायक।।
नृपमंदिर सुंदर सब भाँती।खचित कनक मनि नाना जाती।।
बरनि न जाइ रुचिर अँगनाई।जहँ खेलहिं नित चारिउ भाई।।
बालबिनोद करत रघुराई।बिचरत अजिर जननि सुखदाई।।
मरकत मृदुल कलेवर स्यामा।अंग अंग प्रति छबि बहु कामा।।
नव राजीव अरुन मृदु चरना।पदज रुचिर नख ससि दुति हरना।।
ललित अंक कुलिसादिक चारी।नूपुर चारू मधुर रवकारी।।
चारु पुरट मनि रचित बनाई।कटि किंकिन कल मुखर सुहाई।।
kahai bhasuṇḍa sunahu khaganāyaka |rāmacarita sevaka sukhadāyaka ||
nṛpamandira sundara saba bhāṁtī |khacita kanaka mani nānā jātī ||
barani na jāi rucira aṅganāī |jahaṁ khelahiṁ nita cāriu bhāī ||
bālabinoda karata raghurāī |bicarata ajira janani sukhadāī ||
marakata mṛdula kalevara syāmā |aṅga aṅga prati chabi bahu kāmā ||
nava rājīva aruna mṛdu caranā |padaja rucira nakha sasi duti haranā ||
lalita aṅka kulisādika cārī |nūpura cāru madhura ravakārī ||
cāru puraṭa mani racita banāī |kaṭi kiṅkina kala mukhara suhāī ||
Bhushundi said: "Listen, O king of birds: the deeds of Rama give delight to his servants." The king's palace was beautiful in every way, inlaid with gold and jewels of many kinds. The lovely courtyard, where the four brothers played every day, cannot be described. The Lord of the Raghus, delighting his mother, played his childish games and wandered about the courtyard. His tender body was dark like an emerald, and in every limb there was the beauty of many Loves. His soft feet were red like fresh lotuses, and the lovely nails of his toes stole the radiance of the moon. His feet bore beautiful marks, the thunderbolt and the other three, and graceful anklets that made a sweet sound. At his waist was a lovely girdle of bells, made of gold and set with jewels, which jingled sweetly and charmed the eye.
Doha 76
रेखा त्रय सुन्दर उदर नाभी रुचिर गँभीर।उर आयत भ्राजत बिबिध बाल बिभूषन चीर।।76।।
rekhā traya sundara udara nābhī rucira gaṁbhīra |ura āyata bhrājata bibidha bāla bibhūṣana cīra ||76||
His belly was beautiful with its three folds, and his navel was lovely and deep. On his broad chest shone many kinds of ornaments for a child, and garments.
Chaupai 77.1-5
अरुन पानि नख करज मनोहर।बाहु बिसाल बिभूषन सुंदर।।
कंध बाल केहरि दर ग्रीवा।चारु चिबुक आनन छबि सींवा।।
कलबल बचन अधर अरुनारे।दुइ दुइ दसन बिसद बर बारे।।
ललित कपोल मनोहर नासा।सकल सुखद ससि कर सम हासा।।
नील कंज लोचन भव मोचन।भ्राजत भाल तिलक गोरोचन।।
बिकट भृकुटि सम श्रवन सुहाए।कुंचित कच मेचक छबि छाए।।
पीत झीनि झगुली तन सोही।किलकनि चितवनि भावति मोही।।
रूप रासि नृप अजिर बिहारी।नाचहिं निज प्रतिबिंब निहारी।।
मोहि सन करहीं बिबिध बिधि क्रीड़ा।बरनत मोहि होति अति ब्रीड़ा।।
किलकत मोहि धरन जब धावहिं।चलउँ भागि तब पूप देखावहिं।।
aruna pāni nakha karaja manohara |bāhu bisāla bibhūṣana sundara ||
kaṅdha bāla kehari-dara grīvā |cāru cibuka ānana chabi sīṁvā ||
kalabala bacana adhara arunāre |dui dui dasana bisada bara bāre ||
lalita kapola manohara nāsā |sakala sukhada sasi kara sama hāsā ||
nīla kañja locana bhava mocana |bhrājata bhāla tilaka gorocana ||
bikaṭa bhṛkuṭi sama śravan suhāe |kuñcita kaca mecaka chabi chāe ||
pīta jhīni jhagulī tana sohī |kilakani citavani bhāvati mohī ||
rūpa rāsi nṛpa ajira bihārī |nācahiṁ nija pratibiṁba nihārī ||
mohi sana karahīṁ bibidha bidhi krīḍā |baranata mohi hoti ati brīḍā ||
kilakata mohi dharana jaba dhāvahīṁ |calauṁ bhāgi taba pūpa dekhāvahīṁ ||
His palms were red, and his nails and fingers were lovely; his arms were long and strong, adorned with beautiful ornaments. His shoulders were like those of a young lion, his neck was marked like a conch shell, his chin was graceful, and his face was the very limit of beauty. His speech was a sweet babble, his lips were red, and in his mouth were two small pure white teeth above and two below. His cheeks were charming and his nose lovely; his laughter, giving joy to all, was like the rays of the moon. His eyes were like blue lotuses, and they set the world free from the bonds of existence; on his forehead shone a mark of gorochana. His eyebrows were arched, his ears were shapely and well matched, and his curling dark hair spread a lovely radiance. A thin yellow little coat shone on his body, and his gleeful crowing and his glances were dear to me. That treasure of beauty played in the king's courtyard, and he would dance on seeing his own reflection. He played with me in many kinds of games, which I am deeply ashamed to describe. When he ran crowing to catch me, I would flee, and then he would show me a sweet cake.
Doha 77(क)-(ख)
आवत निकट हँसहिं प्रभु भाजत रुदन कराहिं।जाउँ समीप गहन पद फिरि फिरि चितइ पराहिं।।77(क)।।
प्राकृत सिसु इव लीला देखि भयउ मोहि मोह।कवन चरित्र करत प्रभु चिदानंद संदोह।।77(ख)।।
āvata nikaṭa haṁsahiṁ prabhu bhājata rudana karāhiṁ |jāuṁ samīpa gahana pada phiri-phiri citai parāhiṁ ||77(ka)||
prākṛta sisu iva līlā dekhi bhayau mohi moha |kavana caritra karata prabhu cidānanda saṁdoha ||77(kha)||
When I came near, the Lord would laugh; when I fled, he would cry out in distress. When I went close to seize his feet, he would run away, again and again turning to look at me. Seeing his play, like that of an ordinary child, I was seized by bewilderment: what kind of doings are these for the Lord, who is the very mass of pure consciousness and bliss?
Chaupai 78.1-4
एतना मन आनत खगराया।रघुपति प्रेरित ब्यापी माया।।
सो माया न दुखद मोहि काहीं।आन जीव इव संसृत नाहीं।।
नाथ इहाँ कछु कारन आना।सुनहु सो सावधान हरिजाना।।
ग्यान अखंड एक सीताबर।माया बस्य जीव सचराचर।।
जौं सब कें रह ग्यान एकरस।ईस्वर जीवहि भेद कहहु कस।।
माया बस्य जीव अभिमानी।ईस बस्य माया गुनखानी।।
परबस जीव स्वबस भगवंता।जीव अनेक एक श्रीकंता।।
मुधा भेद जद्यपि कृत माया।बिनु हरि जाइ न कोटि उपाया।।
etanā mana ānata khagarāyā |raghupati prērīta byāpī māyā ||
so māyā na dukhada mohi kāhīṁ |āna jīva iva saṁsṛta nāhīṁ ||
nātha ihāṁ kachu kārana ānā |sunahu so sāvadhāna harijānā ||
gyāna akhaṇḍa eka sītābara |māyā basya jīva sacarācara ||
jauṁ saba keṁ raha gyāna eka-rasa |īswara jīvahi bhēda kahahu kasa ||
māyā basya jīva abhimānī |īsa basya māyā guṇakhānī ||
parabasa jīva svabasa bhagavaṁtā |jīva anēka eka śrīkaṁtā ||
mudhā bhēda jadyapi kṛta māyā |binu hari jāi na kōṭi upāyā ||
O king of birds, as I was thinking this in my mind, Maya, sent forth by the Lord of the Raghus, spread over me. But that Maya brought me no suffering, nor was I caught in the cycle of worldly existence as other creatures are. Master, there was another reason here. Listen to it attentively, O rider of Hari. Unbroken knowledge belongs to the Lord of Sita alone; every creature, moving and unmoving, is subject to Maya. If all had the same unvarying knowledge, tell me, how then would God differ from the creature? The creature, full of self-conceit, is subject to Maya; Maya, the mine of the qualities, is subject to God. The creature is dependent on another, while the Lord is self-dependent; creatures are many, but the Lord of Lakshmi is one. Though the distinction made by Maya is false, it cannot be removed without Hari, though one try ten million means.
Doha 78(क)-(ख)
रामचंद्र के भजन बिनु जो चह पद निर्बान।ग्यानवंत अपि सो नर पसु बिनु पूँछ बिषान।।78(क)।।
राकापति षोड़स उअहिं तारागन समुदाइ।सकल गिरिन्ह दव लाइअ बिनु रबि राति न जाइ।।78(ख)।।
rāmacandra ke bhajana binu jo caha pada nirbāna |gyānavanta api so nara pasu binu pūṁcha biṣāna ||78(ka)||
rākāpati ṣōṛasa uahiṁ tārāgana samudāi |sakala girinha dava lāia binu rabi rāti na jāi ||78(kha)||
Without worship of Ramachandra, the man who longs for the state of final liberation, though he be learned, is like a beast without tail or horns. Though the lord of the full-moon night rose in all his sixteen phases with the whole host of stars, and fire were set to all the mountains, the night would not depart without the sun.
Chaupai 79.1-4
ऐसेहिं हरि बिनु भजन खगेसा।मिटइ न जीवन्ह केर कलेसा।।
हरि सेवकहि न ब्याप अबिद्या।प्रभु प्रेरित ब्यापइ तेहि बिद्या।।
ताते नास न होइ दास कर।भेद भगति भाढ़इ बिहंगबर।।
भ्रम ते चकित राम मोहि देखा।बिहँसे सो सुनु चरित बिसेषा।।
तेहि कौतुक कर मरमु न काहूँ।जाना अनुज न मातु पिताहूँ।।
जानु पानि धाए मोहि धरना।स्यामल गात अरुन कर चरना।।
तब मैं भागि चलेउँ उरगामी।राम गहन कहँ भुजा पसारी।।
जिमि जिमि दूरि उड़ाउँ अकासा।तहँ भुज हरि देखउँ निज पासा।।
aiseehiṁ hari binu bhajana khagēsā |miṭai na jīvanha kera kalēsā ||
hari sēvakahi na byāpa abidyā |prabhu prērīta byāpai tehi bidyā ||
tātē nāsa na hōi dāsa kara |bhēda bhagati bhāṛhai bihaṁgabara ||
bhrama tē cakita rāma mohi dēkhā |bihaṁsē so sunu carita bisēṣā ||
tehi kautuka kara maramu na kāhūṁ |jānā anuj na mātu pitāhūṁ ||
jānu pāni dhāē mohi dharanā |syāmala gāta aruna kara caranā ||
taba maiṁ bhāgi calēuṁ uragāmī |rāma gahana kahaṁ bhujā pasārī ||
jimi-jimi dūri uṛāuṁ akāsā |tahiṁ bhuj hari dēkhauṁ nija pāsā ||
In just the same way, O lord of birds, without devotion to Hari the sufferings of living beings do not come to an end. Ignorance does not overpower a servant of Hari; the knowledge that works upon him is sent by the Lord. Therefore, O best of birds, there is no destruction for the Lord's servant; for the distinction between master and servant, and devotion, keep growing. Rama saw me bewildered and bewitched by delusion, and he laughed. Now hear that special deed. No one knew the secret of that sport, neither his brothers nor his mother and father. He ran on his knees and hands to catch me, his body dark in hue, his hands and feet rosy red. Then I fled, O Garuda, and Rama stretched out his arm to seize me. The farther I flew away into the sky, the more I saw Hari's arm right beside me.
Doha 79(क)-(ख)
ब्रह्मलोक लगि गयउँ मैं चितयउँ पाछ उड़ात।जुग अंगुल कर बीच सब राम भुजहि मोहि तात।।79(क)।।
सप्ताबरन भेद करि जहाँ लगें गति मोरि।गयउँ तहाँ प्रभु भुज निरखि ब्याकुल भयउँ बहोरि।।79(ख)।।
brahmaloka lagi gayauṁ maiṁ citayauṁ pācha uṛāta |juga aṅgula kara bīca saba rāma bhujahi mohi tāta ||79(ka)||
saptābaraṇa bhēda kari jahāṁ lagēṁ gati mōri |gayauṁ tahāṁ prabhu bhuja nirakhi byākula bhayauṁ bahōri ||79(kha)||
I flew as far as Brahma's realm, and when I looked back as I flew, dear friend, only the space of two fingers lay between me and Rama's arm. Piercing through the seven coverings of the universe, I went as far as my power of flight could carry me; but when I reached that place and saw the Lord's arm there, I was overcome with distress once more.
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