Doha 14
जब ते राम कीन्ह तहँ बासा। सुखी भए मुनि बीती त्रासा॥ गिरि बन नदीं ताल छबि छाए। दिन दिन प्रति अति होहिं सुहाए॥१॥
खग मृग बृंद अनंदित रहहीं। मधुप मधुर गुंजत छबि लहहीं॥ सो बन बरनि न सक अहिराजा। जहाँ प्रगट रघुबीर बिराजा॥२॥
एक बार प्रभु सुख आसीना। लछिमन बचन कहे छलहीना॥ सुर नर मुनि सचराचर साईं। मैं पूछउँ निज प्रभु की नाईं॥ ३॥
मोहि समुझाइ कहहु सोइ देवा। सब तजि करौं चरन रज सेवा॥ कहहु ग्यान बिराग अरु माया। कहहु सो भगति करहु जेहिं दाया॥४॥
Meaning
From the time Śrī Rāma took up His abode there, the sages lived happily and were rid of all fear. The hills, woods, streams and lakes were suffused with beauty and grew more and more lovely day by day. (1) The birds and deer were full of joy, and the bees with their sweet humming looked very charming. Not even Śeṣa (the king of serpents) would be able to describe the forest which was adorned by Śrī Rāma in His manifest form. (2) Once upon a time, as the Lord was sitting at ease, Lakṣmaṇa addressed Him in guileless words: “O Lord of gods, human beings, sages and all animate and inanimate creation! I enquire of You as of my own master: (3) “Instruct me, my lord, how I may be able to adore the dust of Your feet (चरणरज) to the exclusion of everything else. Discourse to me on spiritual wisdom and dispassion as well as on Māyā (Illusion); and also speak to me about Bhakti (devotion), which makes You shower Your grace. (4)
ईस्वर जीव भेद प्रभु सकल कहौ समुझाइ। जातें होइ चरन रति सोक मोह भ्रम जाइ॥१४॥
Meaning
“Also explain to me all the difference between God and the Jīvātamā (individual soul), so that I may have devotion to Your feet and my sorrow, infatuation and delusion may disappear.” (14)
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