Doha 36
मंत्र जाप मम दृढ़ बिस्वासा। पंचम भजन सो बेद प्रकासा॥ छठ दम सील बिरति बहु करमा। निरत निरंतर सज्जन धरमा॥१॥
सातवँ सम मोहि मय जग देखा। मोतें संत अधिक करि लेखा॥ आठवँ जथालाभ संतोषा। सपनेहुँ नहिं देखइ परदोषा॥२॥
नवम सरल सब सन छलहीना। मम भरोस हियँ हरष न दीना॥ नव महुँ एकउ जिन्ह कें होई। नारि पुरुष सचराचर कोई॥३॥
सोइ अतिसय प्रिय भामिनि मोरें। सकल प्रकार भगति दृढ़ तोरें॥ जोगि बृंद दुरलभ गति जोई। तो कहुँ आजु सुलभ भइ सोई॥४॥
मम दरसन फल परम अनूपा। जीव पाव निज सहज सरूपा॥ जनकसुता कइ सुधि भामिनी। जानहि कहु करिबरगामिनी॥५॥
पंपा सरहि जाहु रघुराई। तहँ होइहि सुग्रीव मिताई॥ सो सब कहिहि देव रघुबीरा। जानतहूँ पूछहु मतिधीरा॥६॥
बार बार प्रभु पद सिरु नाई। प्रेम सहित सब कथा सुनाई॥७॥
Meaning
“Repeating My ‘Rāma Nāma’ (Rāma formula, मंत्र) with unwavering faith constitutes the fifth form of adoration revealed in the Vedas. The sixth variety consists in the practice of self-control and virtue, desisting from manifold activities and ever pursuing the course of conduct prescribed for saints. (1) “The seventh type is he who sees the world full of Me, without distinction, and reckons the saints as even greater than Myself. He who remains contented with whatever he gets and never thinks of detecting others’ faults, cultivates the eighth type of Devotion. (2) “The ninth form of Devotion demands that one should be guileless and straight in one’s dealings with everyone, and should in his heart cherish implicit faith in Me without either exultation or depression. Whoever possesses even one of these nine forms of Devotion, be he man or woman or any other creature—sentient or insentient, (3) “is most dear to Me, O good lady. As for yourself, you are blessed with unflinching devotion of all these types. The state which is hardly attained by the Yogīs is within your easy reach today. (4) “The most invaluable fruit of seeing Me is that the embodied soul (Jīva) attains its own natural state. O noble lady, if you know anything about Jānakī, the fair dame of an elephant’s gait, tell Me about her.” (5) “Go to the Paṁpā lake, O Raghunātha; there You will make friends with Sugrīva. He will tell You everything, my Lord, O Raghuvīra; You are steady of resolve and know everything; nevertheless You have deigned to ask me!” (6) Bowing her head at the Lord’s feet again and again, she lovingly related the whole story (of what the sage Mataṅga had told her and how eagerly she had awaited His approach all the time). (7)
कहि कथा सकल बिलोकि हरि मुख हृदयँ पद पंकज धरे। तजि जोग पावक देह हरि पद लीन भइ जहँ नहिं फिरे॥ नर बिबिध कर्म अधर्म बहु मत सोकप्रद सब त्यागहू। बिस्वास करि कह दास तुलसी राम पद अनुरागहू॥
Meaning
After telling the whole story she gazed on the Lord’s countenance and with her heart full of devotion for His lotus feet, and consigning her body to the fire of Yoga, she entered Śrī Hari’s state wherefrom there is no return. Says Tulasīdāsa, “O men, abandon your varied activities, sins and diverse creeds, which all lead to sorrow, and with genuine faith, be devoted to the feet of Śrī Rāma.”
जाति हीन अघ जन्म महि मुक्त कीन्हि असि नारि। महामंद मन सुख चहसि ऐसे प्रभुहि बिसारि॥३६॥
Meaning
The Lord conferred final beatitude even on a woman who was not only an outcaste but the very breeding ground of sin; you seek happiness, my most foolish mind, forsaking such a Lord! (36)
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