Prakarana 3

Verse 42 (दोहा/सोरठा)

एकु छत्रु एकु मुकुटमनि सब बरननि पर जोउ। तुलसी रघुबर नाम के बरन बिराजत दोउ।।20।।

eku chatru eku mukuṭa-maṇi saba baranani para jou | tulasī raghubara nāma ke barana birājata dou ||20||

एक राजछत्र है, एक शिरोमणि, जो समस्त अक्षरों के ऊपर विराजमान है; तुलसी कहते हैं—रघुबर के नाम के वे दो अक्षर तेज सहित सिंहासन पर आरूढ़ हैं। ॥20॥

Verse 43 (चौपाई)

समुझत सरिस नाम अरु नामी। प्रीति परसपर प्रभु अनुगामी।। नाम रूप दुइ ईस उपाधी। अकथ अनादि सुसामुझि साधी।। को बड़ छोट कहत अपराधू। सुनि गुन भेद समुझिहहिं साधू।। देखिअहिं रूप नाम आधीना। रूप ग्यान नहिं नाम बिहीना।। रूप बिसेष नाम बिनु जानें। करतल गत न परहिं पहिचानें।। सुमिरिअ नाम रूप बिनु देखें। आवत हृदयँ सनेह बिसेषें।। नाम रूप गति अकथ कहानी। समुझत सुखद न परति बखानी।। अगुन सगुन बिच नाम सुसाखी। उभय प्रबोधक चतुर दुभाषी।।

samujhata sarisa nāma aru nāmī | prīti paraspara prabhu anugāmī || nāma rūpa dui īsa upādhī | akatha anādi su-sāmujhi sādhī || ko baṛa choṭa kahata aparādhū | suni guna bheda samujhihahiṃ sādhū || dekhiahia rūpa nāma ādhīnā | rūpa gyāna nahiṃ nāma bihīnā || rūpa biseṣa nāma binu jāneṃ | karatala-gata na parahiṃ pahicāneṃ || sumiri-a nāma rūpa binu dekheṃ | āvata hṛdayaṁ saneha biseṣeṃ || nāma rūpa gati akatha kahānī | samujhata sukhada na parati bakhānī || aguna saguna bica nāma su-sākhī | ubhaya prabodhaka catura dubhāṣī ||

When rightly understood, the Name and the Named are seen as equal; love moves between them, ever following the Lord. Name and Form are the Lord’s two modes for our apprehension; though He is beginningless and beyond speech, this truth is grasped by the wise. To call one greater and the other lesser is an offence; hearing the distinction of qualities, the saintly understand the matter. Form is perceived as dependent upon the Name; nor is true knowledge of Form possible without the Name. Without the Name one cannot recognize the distinctness of Form—like something lying in the palm, yet still not known. Let the Name be remembered even without seeing the Form: a special tenderness then arises in the heart. The course of Name and Form is an unspeakable tale; to understand it is bliss, yet it cannot be fully narrated. Between the formless and the manifest, the Name stands as a sure witness—an adept interpreter that awakens understanding of both.

Verse 44 (दोहा/सोरठा)

राम नाम मनिदीप धरु जीह देहरी द्वार। तुलसी भीतर बाहेरहुँ जौं चाहसि उजिआर।।21।।

rāma nāma manidīpa dharu jīha deharī dvāra | tulasī bhitara bāherahũ jaũ cāhasi ujiāra ||21||

जीभ के द्वार-देहरी पर राम-नाम का मणि-दीप धर दे; तुलसी कहते हैं—यदि प्रकाश चाहो, तो उसे भीतर भी और बाहर भी उज्ज्वल होने दो।

Verse 45 (चौपाई)

नाम जीहँ जपि जागहिं जोगी। बिरति बिरंचि प्रपंच बियोगी।। ब्रह्मसुखहि अनुभवहिं अनूपा। अकथ अनामय नाम न रूपा।। जाना चहहिं गूढ़ गति जेऊ। नाम जीहँ जपि जानहिं तेऊ।। साधक नाम जपहिं लय लाएँ। होहिं सिद्ध अनिमादिक पाएँ।। जपहिं नामु जन आरत भारी। मिटहिं कुसंकट होहिं सुखारी।। राम भगत जग चारि प्रकारा। सुकृती चारिउ अनघ उदारा।। चहू चतुर कहुँ नाम अधारा। ग्यानी प्रभुहि बिसेषि पिआरा।। चहुँ जुग चहुँ श्रुति ना प्रभाऊ। कलि बिसेषि नहिं आन उपाऊ।।

nāma jīhaṁ japi jāgahiṁ jogī | birati birañci prapañca biyogī || brahma-sukhahi anubhavahiṁ anūpā | akatha anāmay nāma na rūpā || jānā cahahiṁ gūṛha gati jeū | nāma jīhaṁ japi jānahiṁ teū || sādhaka nāma japahiṁ laya lāeṁ | hohiṁ siddha animādika pāeṁ || japahiṁ nāmu jana ārata bhārī | miṭahiṁ kusaṅkaṭa hohiṁ sukhārī || rāma bhagata jaga cāri prakārā | sukṛtī cāriu anagha udārā || cahū catura kahuṁ nāmu adhārā | gyānī prabhūhi biseṣi piārā || cahuṁ juga cahuṁ śruti nā prabhāū | kali biseṣi nahiṁ āna upāū ||

Yogins keep wakeful by repeating the Name upon the tongue—detached like Brahmā himself, severed from the world’s entanglement. They taste the matchless bliss of Brahman: unspeakable, stainless—where there is neither name nor form. Those who would know that hidden, profound course—by repeating the Name upon the tongue, they too come to know it. Aspirants repeat the Name, fixing the mind in absorption; they become perfected, attaining even the powers beginning with minuteness. The grievously afflicted repeat the Name; evil crises are dispelled and they become happy. In the world the devotees of Rāma are of four kinds—each of the four is meritorious, faultless, and noble. For all four discerning types the Name is the support; and the knower is, in a special way, dear to the Lord. In all four ages and in all four Vedas the Name’s glory is proclaimed; yet in Kali it is pre-eminent—there is no other means.

Verse 46 (दोहा/सोरठा)

सकल कामना हीन जे राम भगति रस लीन। नाम सुप्रेम पियूष हद तिन्हहुँ किए मन मीन।।22।।

sakala kāmanā hīna je rāma bhagati rasa līna | nāma su-prema piyūṣa hada tinhahuṁ kiye mana mīna ||22||

जो सब कामनाओं से रहित होकर राम-भक्ति के अमृत-रस में लीन हैं—नामामृत के परम प्रेम से उन्होंने अपने हृदय को मछली-सा कर लिया है, जो उस प्रवाह में सदा जीवित रहती है।

Verse 47 (चौपाई)

अगुन सगुन दुइ ब्रह्म सरूपा। अकथ अगाध अनादि अनूपा।। मोरें मत बड़ नामु दुहू तें। किए जेहिं जुग निज बस निज बूतें।। प्रोढ़ि सुजन जनि जानहिं जन की। कहउँ प्रतीति प्रीति रुचि मन की।। एकु दारुगत देखिअ एकू। पावक सम जुग ब्रह्म बिबेकू।। उभय अगम जुग सुगम नाम तें। कहेउँ नामु बड़ ब्रह्म राम तें।। ब्यापकु एकु ब्रह्म अबिनासी। सत चेतन धन आनँद रासी।। अस प्रभु हृदयँ अछत अबिकारी। सकल जीव जग दीन दुखारी।। नाम निरूपन नाम जतन तें। सोउ प्रगटत जिमि मोल रतन तें।।

aguna saguna dui brahma sarūpā | akatha agādha anādi anūpā || moreṁ mata baṛa nāmu duhū teṁ | kie jehiṁ juga nija basa nija būteṁ || proṛhi sujana jani jānahĩ jana kī | kahuṁ pratīti prīti ruci mana kī || eku dārugata dekhi-a ekū | pāvaka sama juga brahma bibekū || ubhay agama juga sugama nāma teṁ | kaheuँ nāmu baṛa brahma rāma teṁ || byāpaku eku brahma abināsī | sata cetana dhana ānaṁda rāsī || asa prabhu hṛdayaṁ achata abikārī | sakala jīva jaga dīna dukhārī || nāma nirūpana nāma jatana teṁ | sou pragaṭata jimi mola ratana teṁ ||

The attributeless and the attribute-bearing—these are two modes of the one Brahman: unspeakable, unfathomable, beginningless, beyond compare. Yet in my judgment the Name is greater than both; for by its own power it has brought both aspects within its sway. Let not the mature and virtuous suppose this to be mere common talk: I speak what my heart’s faith, love, and relish have verified. As one sees fire latent in wood, so with discerning insight one recognizes the one Brahman in the pair (of nirguṇa and saguṇa). Both are inaccessible, yet through the Name both become easy of approach; therefore I have declared the Name—‘Rāma’—to be greater even than Brahman. That one, all-pervading, imperishable Brahman is Being itself, Consciousness itself, a treasury, a heap of bliss. Such a Lord abides in the heart, changeless; yet all creatures and the whole world are poor and afflicted. By expounding the Name and by disciplined practice of the Name, He becomes manifest—just as a gem reveals its lustre when rubbed upon the touchstone.

Verse 48 (दोहा/सोरठा)

निरगुन तें एहि भाँति बड़ नाम प्रभाउ अपार। कहउँ नामु बड़ राम तें निज बिचार अनुसार।।23।।

niragun teṃ ehi bhā̃ti baṛa nāma prabhāu apāra | kahaũ nāmu baṛa rāma teṃ nija bicāra anusāra ||23||

इस प्रकार निर्गुण ब्रह्म की अपेक्षा भी नाम की महिमा अपार कही गई है। अपने विचार से मैं यह निश्चयपूर्वक कहता हूँ—प्रकट सगुण रूप राम से भी नाम बड़ा है।

Verse 49 (चौपाई)

राम भगत हित नर तनु धारी। सहि संकट किए साधु सुखारी।। नामु सप्रेम जपत अनयासा। भगत होहिं मुद मंगल बासा।। राम एक तापस तिय तारी। नाम कोटि खल कुमति सुधारी।। रिषि हित राम सुकेतुसुता की। सहित सेन सुत कीन्ह बिबाकी।। सहित दोष दुख दास दुरासा। दलइ नामु जिमि रबि निसि नासा।। भंजेउ राम आपु भव चापू। भव भय भंजन नाम प्रतापू।। दंडक बनु प्रभु कीन्ह सुहावन। जन मन अमित नाम किए पावन।।। निसिचर निकर दले रघुनंदन। नामु सकल कलि कलुष निकंदन।।

rāma bhagata hita nara tanu dhārī | sahi saṅkaṭa kiye sādhu sukhārī || nāmu sa-prema japata anāyāsā | bhagata hohiṃ muda maṅgala bāsā || rāma eka tāpasa tiya tārī | nāma koṭi khala kumati sudhārī || ṛṣi hita rāma suketu-sutā kī | sahita sena-suta kīnha bibākī || sahita doṣa dukha dāsa durāsā | dalai nāmu jimi rabi nisi nāsā || bhaṃjeu rāma āpu bhava cāpū | bhava-bhaya-bhañjana nāma pratāpū || daṇḍaka banu prabhu kīnha suhāvana | jana mana amita nāma kiye pāvana ||| nisi-cara nikara dale raghunaṃdana | nāmu sakala kali-kaluṣa nikaṃdana ||

For the welfare of His devotees, Rāma assumed a human form; enduring hardships, He made the saints glad. Whoever repeats the Name with love, without strain, the devotees come to dwell in joy and auspiciousness. Rāma redeemed even a single ascetic’s woman (Ahalyā); the Name has reformed countless wicked men of crooked mind. For the sages’ sake, Rāma—making the daughter of Suketu (Umā) and the son of Sena discerning—set forth true discrimination. Along with fault and sorrow and the servant’s evil hopes, the Name crushes them, as the sun destroys the night. Rāma Himself broke the bow of worldly becoming; the Name’s majesty shatters the fear of saṃsāra. The Lord made the Daṇḍaka forest fair; the boundless Name sanctified the hearts of the people. Raghunandana routed the hordes of night-rangers; the Name uproots the defilement of the Kali age.

Verse 50 (दोहा/सोरठा)

सबरी गीध सुसेवकनि सुगति दीन्हि रघुनाथ। नाम उधारे अमित खल बेद बिदित गुन गाथ।।24।।

sabarī gīdha su-sevakanī su-gati dīnhi raghunātha | nāma udhāre amita khala beda bidita guna gātha ||24||

रघुनाथ ने शबरी और जटायु—सच्चे सेवकों—को परम कल्याण की पदवी दी। और अपने नाम के प्रताप से असंख्य दुष्ट जीवों का उद्धार किया; वेद स्वयं उनके गुणों की कथा गाते हैं।

Verse 51 (चौपाई)

राम सुकंठ बिभीषन दोऊ। राखे सरन जान सबु कोऊ।। नाम गरीब अनेक नेवाजे। लोक बेद बर बिरिद बिराजे।। राम भालु कपि कटकु बटोरा। सेतु हेतु श्रमु कीन्ह न थोरा।। नामु लेत भवसिंधु सुखाहीं। करहु बिचारु सुजन मन माहीं।। राम सकुल रन रावनु मारा। सीय सहित निज पुर पगु धारा।। राजा रामु अवध रजधानी। गावत गुन सुर मुनि बर बानी।। सेवक सुमिरत नामु सप्रीती। बिनु श्रम प्रबल मोह दलु जीती।। फिरत सनेहँ मगन सुख अपनें। नाम प्रसाद सोच नहिं सपनें।।

rāma sukaṇṭha bibhīṣana doū | rākhē saraṇa jāni sabu koū || nāma garība anēka nēvājē | loka bēda bara birida birājē || rāma bhālu kapi kaṭaku baṭōrā | sētu hētu śramu kīnha na thōrā || nāmu lēta bhava-siṃdhu sukha āhīṃ | karahu bicāru sujana mana māhīṃ || rāma sakula rana rāvaṇu mārā | sīya sahita nija pura pagu dhārā || rājā rāmu avadha raja-dhānī | gāvata guna sura muni bara bānī || sēvaka sumirata nāmu sa-prītī | binu śrama prabala mōha dalu jītī || phirata sanēhaṁ magana sukha apanēṃ | nāma prasāda sōca nahiṃ sapanēṃ ||

Rama, and both Nilakantha (Śiva) and Vibhīṣaṇa besides—He kept them, knowing each to be under His refuge. The Name has uplifted countless poor and lowly souls; in folk-memory and in the Vedas its glorious pledge shines. Rama gathered bears and monkeys into an army, and for the bridge’s sake He did not begrudge even toil. Yet by but taking the Name, the ocean of becoming turns to ease—ponder this, O good men, within your hearts. Rama, in the dreadful war, slew Rāvaṇa, and with Sītā returned, setting His foot within His own city. King Rāma in Ayodhyā, the royal seat—His virtues are sung by gods and sages in exalted speech. The servant who lovingly remembers the Name, without strain, conquers the mighty host of delusion. He moves about, immersed in love and in his own inward happiness; by the Name’s grace, no care arises even in dream.

Verse 52 (दोहा/सोरठा)

ब्रह्म राम तें नामु बड़ बर दायक बर दानि। रामचरित सत कोटि महँ लिय महेस जियँ जानि।।25।।

brahma rāma teṁ nāmu baṛa bara dāyaka bara dāni | rāmacarita sata koṭi mahaṁ liya mahesa jiyaṁ jāni ||25||

नाम ब्रह्महूँ ते बड़ो, राम रूप तें अधिक महान। बरदायक अति उदार है, देत सकल वरदान॥ इह निश्चय हियँ धरि महेस, अनंत प्रसंगन माँहि। रघुबर चरित कथा गही, कहि लागे हरष समाहि॥

Verse 53 (चौपाई)

नाम प्रसाद संभु अबिनासी। साजु अमंगल मंगल रासी।। सुक सनकादि सिद्ध मुनि जोगी। नाम प्रसाद ब्रह्मसुख भोगी।। नारद जानेउ नाम प्रतापू। जग प्रिय हरि हरि हर प्रिय आपू।। नामु जपत प्रभु कीन्ह प्रसादू। भगत सिरोमनि भे प्रहलादू।। ध्रुवँ सगलानि जपेउ हरि नाऊँ। पायउ अचल अनूपम ठाऊँ।। सुमिरि पवनसुत पावन नामू। अपने बस करि राखे रामू।। अपतु अजामिलु गजु गनिकाऊ। भए मुकुत हरि नाम प्रभाऊ।। कहौं कहाँ लगि नाम बड़ाई। रामु न सकहिं नाम गुन गाई।।

nāma prasāda sambhu abināsī | sāju amangala mangala rāsī || suka sanakādi siddha muni jogī | nāma prasāda brahma-sukha bhogī || nārada jāneu nāma pratāpū | jaga priya hari-hari hari priya āpū || nāmu japata prabhu kīnha prasādū | bhagata siromani bhe prahalādū || dhruvaṁ sagalāni japeu hari nāū̃ | pāyu acala anūpama ṭhāū̃ || sumiri pavanasuta pāvana nāmū | apane basa kari rākhe rāmū || apatu ajāmilu gaju ganikāū | bhe mukuta hari nāma prabhāū || kahauṁ kahām̐ lagi nāma baṛāī | rāmu na sakahiṁ nāma guna gāī ||

By the grace of the Name, Śambhu (Shiva) is imperishable; the Name is a ready store that turns ill-omen into an amassed auspiciousness. By the grace of the Name, Śuka, Sanaka and the rest, the Siddhas, sages, and yogis partake of the bliss of Brahman. Nārada has known the Name’s majesty: the world is dear to “Hari, Hari,” and Hari Himself is dear to the world through that Name. Chanting the Name, the Lord bestowed His favor; thus Prahlāda became the crest-jewel of devotees. Dhruva, by repeating Hari’s Name, attained an unmoving, incomparable station. Remembering the purifying Name, the son of the Wind (Hanumān) held Rāma under his own sway. Even the fallen—Ajāmila, the elephant, and the courtesan—were freed, such is the power of Hari’s Name. How far can I tell the Name’s greatness? Even Rāma is not able to sing the full measure of the Name’s virtues.

Verse 54 (दोहा/सोरठा)

नामु राम को कलपतरु कलि कल्यान निवासु। जो सुमिरत भयो भाँग तें तुलसी तुलसीदासु।।26।।

nāmu rāma ko kalpataru kali kalyāna nivāsu | jo sumirata bhayo bhāṅga teṁ tulasī tulasīdāsu ||26||

राम नाम कल्पतरु सदा, कलियुग मंगल धाम। सुमिरत तें तुलसी भये, मैं जो था सन-घास समान॥

Verse 55 (चौपाई)

चहुँ जुग तीनि काल तिहुँ लोका। भए नाम जपि जीव बिसोका।। बेद पुरान संत मत एहू। सकल सुकृत फल राम सनेहू।। ध्यानु प्रथम जुग मखबिधि दूजें। द्वापर परितोषत प्रभु पूजें।। कलि केवल मल मूल मलीना। पाप पयोनिधि जन मन मीना।। नाम कामतरु काल कराला। सुमिरत समन सकल जग जाला।। राम नाम कलि अभिमत दाता। हित परलोक लोक पितु माता।। नहिं कलि करम न भगति बिबेकू। राम नाम अवलंबन एकू।। कालनेमि कलि कपट निधानू। नाम सुमति समरथ हनुमानू।।

cahũ juga tīni kāla tihũ lokā | bhae nāma japi jīva bisokā || beda purāna santa mata ehū | sakala sukṛta phala rāma sanehū || dhyānu prathama juga makha-bidhi dūjẽ | dvāpara paritoṣata prabhu pūjẽ || kali kevala mala mūla malīnā | pāpa payonidhi jana mana mīnā || nāma kāmataru kāla karālā | sumirata samana sakala jaga jālā || rāma nāma kali abhimata dātā | hita paraloka loka pitu mātā || nahiṁ kali karama na bhagati bibekū | rāma nāma avalambana ekū || kālanemi kali kapaṭa nidhānū | nāma sumati samaratha hanumānū ||

Through the four ages, across the three divisions of time, and in all the three worlds, beings become free of sorrow by repeating the Name. The Vedas, the Purāṇas, and the doctrine of the saints agree in this: the fruit of every righteous deed is love for Rāma. In the first age meditation is the path; in the second, sacrifice by rule; in Dvāpara the Lord is pleased by worship. But Kali is wholly defiled, the very root of impurity—a sea of sin, wherein the minds of men move like fish. The Name is a wish-fulfilling tree; it subdues dreadful Time: by remembering it, the whole net of the world is cut and quieted. Rāma’s Name in Kali grants the heart’s desire—beneficent in this world and the next, as father and mother to the soul. In Kali there is neither the strength for works, nor discerning devotion; the one support is Rāma’s Name. Kali is a treasury of deceit, a Kālanemi; but the Name is right counsel, and Hanumān is the mighty power that makes it effective.

Verse 56 (दोहा/सोरठा)

राम नाम नरकेसरी कनककसिपु कलिकाल। जापक जन प्रहलाद जिमि पालिहि दलि सुरसाल।।27।।

rāma nāma narakesarī kanakakasipu kalikāla | jāpaka jana prahalāda jimi pālihi dali surasāla ||27||

राम नाम नरसिंह सम, कलि-नरक के महि सिंह। ज्यों हिरन्यकसिपु दलि हरि, राखे प्रह्लाद सुसिंह॥ त्यों यह नाम भगतन की, करिहै सदा रखवारी। देव-द्रोही पाप-बल, करि चूर करै संहारी॥

Verse 57 (चौपाई)

भायँ कुभायँ अनख आलसहूँ। नाम जपत मंगल दिसि दसहूँ।। सुमिरि सो नाम राम गुन गाथा। करउँ नाइ रघुनाथहि माथा।। मोरि सुधारिहि सो सब भाँती। जासु कृपा नहिं कृपाँ अघाती।। राम सुस्वामि कुसेवकु मोसो। निज दिसि दैखि दयानिधि पोसो।। लोकहुँ बेद सुसाहिब रीतीं। बिनय सुनत पहिचानत प्रीती।। गनी गरीब ग्रामनर नागर। पंडित मूढ़ मलीन उजागर।। सुकबि कुकबि निज मति अनुहारी। नृपहि सराहत सब नर नारी।। साधु सुजान सुसील नृपाला। ईस अंस भव परम कृपाला।। सुनि सनमानहिं सबहि सुबानी। भनिति भगति नति गति पहिचानी।। यह प्राकृत महिपाल सुभाऊ। जान सिरोमनि कोसलराऊ।। रीझत राम सनेह निसोतें। को जग मंद मलिनमति मोतें।।

bhāyã kubhāyã anakh ālasahū̃ | nāma japat maṅgala disi dasahū̃ || sumiri so nāma rāma guna gāthā | karaũ nāi raghunāthahi māthā || mori sudhārihi so saba bhā̃tī | jāsu kṛpā nahĩ kṛpā̃ aghātī || rāma susvāmi kusevaku moso | nija disi daikhi dayānidhi poso || lokahū̃ beda susāhiba rītī̃ | binaya sunata pahicānata prītī || ganī garība grāmanara nāgara | paṇḍita mūṛha malīna ujāgara || sukabi kukabi nija mati anuhārī | nṛpahi sarāhata saba nara nārī || sādhu sujāna susīla nṛpālā | īsa aṁsa bhava parama kṛpālā || suni sanamānahĩ sabahi subānī | bhaniti bhagati nati gati pahicānī || yaha prākṛta mahipāla subhāū | jāna siromani kosalarāū || rījhata rāma saneha nisotẽ | ko jaga manda malinmati motẽ ||

In fear or in ill-temper, in anger or even in sloth—whoever repeats the Name finds auspiciousness spread through the ten directions. Remembering that Name, singing the virtues of Ram, I bow my head to Raghunath. He will set me right in every way—His grace is such that it never fails nor is it ever diminished. Ram is the perfect Master, and I—an unworthy servant; yet, looking toward His own side, the Treasure of compassion will foster and sustain me. In the ways of the world and in the rule of the Vedas, a good lord recognizes love when he hears humble entreaty. Rich and poor, villager and townsman, learned and dull, stained and bright— Good poet or bad, according to one’s own wit—men and women alike still praise their king. A holy, wise, and well-mannered ruler—an embodiment of the Lord’s portion—becomes supremely merciful. Hearing, he honors all with gracious speech; thus my devotion, my bowing, and my inner course are understood. Such is the natural disposition of a simple earth-protector—know the crest-jewel, the King of Kosala. Ram is surely pleased by love alone; who in the world is more dull and tainted in mind than I?

Verse 58 (दोहा/सोरठा)

सठ सेवक की प्रीति रुचि रखिहहिं राम कृपालु। उपल किए जलजान जेहिं सचिव सुमति कपि भालु।।28(क)।। हौहु कहावत सबु कहत राम सहत उपहास। साहिब सीतानाथ सो सेवक तुलसीदास।।28(ख)।।

saṭha sevaka kī prīti ruci rakhihahiṁ rāma kṛpālu | upala kiye jalajāna jehiṁ saciva sumati kapi bhālu ||28(ka)|| hauhu kahāvata sabu kahata rāma sahata upahāsa | sāhiba sītānātha so sevaka tulasīdāsa ||28(kha)||

करुणा-निधान रघुनाथ, मूढ़ सेवक पर नेह निभावैं। पाषानहूँ कमल करि देइ, सुबुद्धि सचिव, कपि-भालु सहावैं॥ जग हँसे, मैं होउँ कहावत, तौहूँ राम सहैं उपहासा। स्वामी मेरे सियावर राम, दास तुलसीदास॥

Verse 59 (चौपाई)

अति बड़ि मोरि ढिठाई खोरी। सुनि अघ नरकहुँ नाक सकोरी।। समुझि सहम मोहि अपडर अपनें। सो सुधि राम कीन्हि नहिं सपनें।। सुनि अवलोकि सुचित चख चाही। भगति मोरि मति स्वामि सराही।। कहत नसाइ होइ हियँ नीकी। रीझत राम जानि जन जी की।। रहति न प्रभु चित चूक किए की। करत सुरति सय बार हिए की।। जेहिं अघ बधेउ ब्याध जिमि बाली। फिरि सुकंठ सोइ कीन्ह कुचाली।। सोइ करतूति बिभीषन केरी। सपनेहुँ सो न राम हियँ हेरी।। ते भरतहि भेंटत सनमाने। राजसभाँ रघुबीर बखाने।।

ati baṛi mori ḍhiṭhāī khorī | suni agh narakahum̐ nāka sakorī || samujhi saham mohi apaḍara apanem̐ | so sudhi rāma kīnhi nahiṃ sapanem̐ || suni avaloki sucita cakha cāhī | bhagati mori mati svāmi sarāhī || kahata nasāi hoi hiyam̐ nīkī | rījhata rāma jāni jana jī kī || rahati na prabhu cita cūka kiē kī | karata surati saya bāra hiē kī || jehim̐ agh badheu byādha jimi bālī | phiri sukanṭha soi kīnha kucālī || soi karatūti bibhīṣana kerī | sapanem̐hu so na rāma hiyam̐ herī || te bharatahi bheṃṭata sanamāne | rājasabhām̐ raghubīra bakhāne ||

Great indeed is my stubborn fault; hearing of such sin, even hell would wrinkle its nose in disgust. Yet, knowing me to be fearlessly familiar as one of His own, Rama never even in dream kept that offence in mind. Hearing me out and looking with pure eyes, my Lord praised the devotion and intent within me. As I spoke, my heart grew wholesome; Rama is pleased when He knows the mind of His servant. The Lord does not keep in His thought the record of a fault once done; rather He recalls—again and again—the love within the heart. That very ‘sin’ by which, like a hunter, He struck down Bali—again the blue-throated Lord (Shiva) made it into a crooked charge. But that same ‘deed’ concerning Vibhishana, Rama never even in dream regarded within His heart as blame. Thus, when He met Bharata with honor, Raghuvira proclaimed this in the royal assembly.

Verse 60 (दोहा/सोरठा)

प्रभु तरु तर कपि डार पर ते किए आपु समान।। तुलसी कहूँ न राम से साहिब सीलनिधान।।29(क)।। राम निकाईं रावरी है सबही को नीक। जों यह साँची है सदा तौ नीको तुलसीक।।29(ख)।। एहि बिधि निज गुन दोष कहि सबहि बहुरि सिरु नाइ। बरनउँ रघुबर बिसद जसु सुनि कलि कलुष नसाइ।।29(ग)।।

prabhu taru-tara kapi ḍāra para te kiye āpu samāna || tulasī kahū̃ na rāma se sāhiba sīla-nidhāna || 29(ka) || rāma nikāī̃ rāvarī hai sabahī ko nīka | joṁ yaha sā̃cī hai sadā tau nīko tulasīka || 29(kha) || ehi bidhi nija guna doṣa kahi sabahi bahuri siru nāi | baranaũ raghubara bisada jasu suni kali kaluṣa nasāi || 29(ga) ||

बृच्छ-बृच्छ चढ़ि वानर-डारिन, प्रभु सबहिं निज सम करि दीन्हा। तुलसी कहै: रघुपति गुन-निधि, स्वामी राम बखान न कीन्हा॥ (29क) राम! तुम्हारो भलो सबै को, जग हितकारी दानी। यदि यह सत्य सदा रहै, तौ भलो तुलसी की बानी॥ (29ख) अपने गुन-अवगुन कहि सबके, पुनि-पुनि नत सिर नाई। रघुपति विमल जस गावत चलौं, सुनत मिटै कलि-मल छाई॥ (29ग)

Verse 61 (चौपाई)

जागबलिक जो कथा सुहाई। भरद्वाज मुनिबरहि सुनाई।। कहिहउँ सोइ संबाद बखानी। सुनहुँ सकल सज्जन सुखु मानी।। संभु कीन्ह यह चरित सुहावा। बहुरि कृपा करि उमहि सुनावा।। सोइ सिव कागभुसुंडिहि दीन्हा। राम भगत अधिकारी चीन्हा।। तेहि सन जागबलिक पुनि पावा। तिन्ह पुनि भरद्वाज प्रति गावा।। ते श्रोता बकता समसीला। सवँदरसी जानहिं हरिलीला।। जानहिं तीनि काल निज ग्याना। करतल गत आमलक समाना।। औरउ जे हरिभगत सुजाना। कहहिं सुनहिं समुझहिं बिधि नाना।।

jāgabalika jo kathā suhāī | bharadvāja munibarahi sunāī || kahihauṁ soi saṁbāda bakhānī | sunahuṁ sakala sajjana sukhu mānī || saṁbhu kīnha yaha carita suhāvā | bahuri kṛpā kari umahi sunāvā || soi siva kāga-bhusuṁḍihi dīnhā | rāma-bhagata adhikārī cīnhā || tenhi sana jāgabalika puni pāvā | tinh puni bharadvāja prati gāvā || te śrotā bakatā sama-sīlā | savaṁda-rasī jānahim hari-līlā || jānahim tīni kāla nija gyānā | karatala-gata āmalaka samānā || aurau je hari-bhagata sujānā | kahahim sunahim samujhahim bidhi nānā ||

That pleasing tale which Yājñavalkya related to the sage Bharadvāja— I shall recount that very dialogue in due order. Hear it, all noble souls, and take it as a joy. Śambhu first fashioned this fair account, and then, in compassion, told it again to Umā. That same Śiva bestowed it upon Kākabhūśuṇḍi, discerning him to be a worthy devotee of Rāma. From him Yājñavalkya received it anew, and he in turn sang it forth to Bharadvāja. Such hearer and such speaker were alike in temper—lovers of the nectar of discourse—knowers of Hari’s divine play. They know the three times by their own insight, as plainly as an āmalaka fruit set upon the palm. And other wise devotees of Hari too speak, hear, and understand it in manifold ways.