Doha 10
मुनि अगस्ति कर सिष्य सुजाना। नाम सुतीछन रति भगवाना॥ मन क्रम बचन राम पद सेवक। सपनेहु आन भरोस न देवक॥१॥
प्रभु आगवनु श्रवन सुनि पावा। करत मनोरथ आतुर धावा॥ हे बिधि दीनबंधु रघुराया। मो से सठ पर करिहहिं दाया॥२॥
सहित अनुज मोहि राम गोसाईं। मिलिहहिं निज सेवक की नाईं॥ मोरे जियँ भरोस दृढ़ नाहीं। भगति बिरति न ग्यान मन माहीं॥३॥
नहिं सतसंग जोग जप जागा। नहिं दृढ़ चरन कमल अनुरागा॥ एक बानि करुनानिधान की। सो प्रिय जाकें गति न आन की॥४॥
होइहैं सुफल आजु मम लोचन। देखि बदन पंकज भव मोचन॥ निर्भर प्रेम मगन मुनि ग्यानी। कहि न जाइ सो दसा भवानी॥५॥
दिसि अरु बिदिसि पंथ नहिं सूझा। को मैं चलेउँ कहाँ नहिं बूझा॥ कबहुँक फिरि पाछें पुनि जाई। कबहुँक नृत्य करइ गुन गाई॥६॥
अबिरल प्रेम भगति मुनि पाई। प्रभु देखैं तरु ओट लुकाई॥ अतिसय प्रीति देखि रघुबीरा। प्रगटे हृदयँ हरन भव भीरा॥७॥
मुनि मग माझ अचल होइ बैसा। पुलक सरीर पनस फल जैसा॥ तब रघुनाथ निकट चलि आए। देखि दसा निज जन मन भाए॥८॥
मुनिहि राम बहु भाँति जगावा। जाग न ध्यान जनित सुख पावा॥ भूप रूप तब राम दुरावा। हृदयँ चतुर्भुज रूप देखावा॥९॥
मुनि अकुलाइ उठा तब कैसें। बिकल हीन मनि फनि बर जैसें॥ आगें देखि राम तन स्यामा। सीता अनुज सहित सुख धामा॥१०॥
परेउ लकुट इव चरनन्हि लागी। प्रेम मगन मुनिबर बड़भागी॥ भुज बिसाल गहि लिए उठाई। परम प्रीति राखे उर लाई॥११॥
मुनिहि मिलत अस सोह कृपाला। कनक तरुहि जनु भेंट तमाला॥ राम बदनु बिलोक मुनि ठाढ़ा। मानहुँ चित्र माझ लिखि काढ़ा॥१२॥
Meaning
Sage Agastya had a learned disciple, Sutīkṣṇa by name, who was a great lover of the Lord. He was devoted to Śrī Rāma’s feet in thought, word and deed and had no inclination towards any other deity even in a dream. (1) As soon as he heard of the Lord’s arrival, he rushed out hurriedly, indulging in his own fancy: “Will Śrī Raghunātha, the befriender of the meek, O good heavens! ever show His grace to a wretch like me? (2) “Will Lord Śrī Rāma and His younger brother condescend to meet me as their own servant? I have no unswerving faith in my heart nor is my mind illumined by the light of devotion, dispassion or wisdom. (3) “I have no association with saints and practise neither Yoga (concentration of mind) nor Japa (muttering of prayers), nor the ritual. Nor do I claim any steadfast devotion to the Lord’s lotus feet. I bank on one characteristic of the all-merciful Lord: He holds the devotee dear who depends exclusively on Him. (4) “This inspires me with the hope that my eyes will be rewarded today by the sight of the Lord’s lotus face, that delivers one from the bondage of worldly existence.” The wise sage was drowned in a flood of love; his condition, O Pārvatī, cannot be described in words. (5) He had no idea of the four quarters, much less of the intermediate points of the compass; nor could he make out the track. He did not know who he was or whither bound to; He would now turn back and then resume his journey in the same direction, and now he would dance and sing songs of praise. (6) The sage had been gifted with devotion of the nature of intense love and the Lord watched him from behind a tree. When Śrī Raghunātha, who dispels the fear of transmigration, saw the sage’s deep love, He revealed Himself in his heart. (7) (On perceiving the Lord in his heart) the sage sat motionless in the middle of the road, his body bristling like a jack-fruit with its hair standing on end. Śrī Raghunātha thereupon drew near and was delighted at heart to see the state of His devotee. (8) Śrī Rāma tried many ways to rouse the sage, but he would not wake, lost as he was in the ecstasy of his vision. Śrī Rāma then withdrew His kingly form and manifested His four-armed guise in the sage’s heart. (9) The sage thereupon started up in great agony, growing as restless as a great serpent that has lost the gem on its hood. But seeing before him the blissful Śrī Rāma in His swarthy form with Sītā and His younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa, (10) the great and blessed sage was overwhelmed with affection and dropped like a log at His feet. Taking him in His long arms the Lord lifted him and with utmost affection pressed him to His bosom. (11) While embracing the sage the gracious Lord shone forth like a Tamāla tree meeting a tree of gold. The sage gazed on Śrī Rāma’s face standing motionless like a figure drawn in a picture. (12)
तब मुनि हृदयँ धीर धरि गहि पद बारहिं बार। निज आश्रम प्रभु आनि करि पूजा बिबिध प्रकार॥१०॥
Meaning
Summoning courage in his heart and clasping His feet again and again, the sage then conducted the Lord to his hermitage and offered Him homage in many ways. (10)
Ramayan appFree. No ads. Works offline.InstallFrom the Gita Press, Gorakhpur edition. Buy the book