Doha 42b
सुनहु उदार सहज रघुनायक। सुंदर अगम सुगम बर दायक॥ देहु एक बर मागउँ स्वामी। जद्यपि जानत अंतरजामी॥१॥
जानहु मुनि तुम्ह मोर सुभाऊ। जन सन कबहुँ कि करउँ दुराऊ॥ कवन बस्तु असि प्रिय मोहि लागी। जो मुनिबर न सकहु तुम्ह मागी॥२॥
जन कहुँ कछु अदेय नहिं मोरें। अस बिस्वास तजहु जनि भोरें॥ तब नारद बोले हरषाई। अस बर मागउँ करउँ ढिठाई॥३॥
जद्यपि प्रभु के नाम अनेका। श्रुति कह अधिक एक तें एका॥ राम सकल नामन्ह तें अधिका। होउ नाथ अघ खग गन बधिका॥४॥
Meaning
“Listen, O Raghunātha! generous by nature as You are, You confer delightful boons that are unattainable as well as those that are attainable. Grant me, my Lord, only one boon that I ask of You, even though You already know it (even without my asking), indwelling as You do the hearts of all.” (1) “You know my disposition, dear sage: do I ever hide anything from my devotees? What object do I hold so dear, O chief of sages, that you may not ask of Me? (2) “There is nothing which I may withhold from my votary: never give up this belief even by mistake.” Then Nārada gladly said, “This is the boon I make bold to seek; (3) “Even though my lord has many names, each greater than the rest, as the Vedas declare, let the name ‘RĀMA’, my lord, surpass all other names in exterminating the whole brood of sins even as a fowler kills an entire flock of birds. (4)
राका रजनी भगति तव राम नाम सोइ सोम। अपर नाम उडगन बिमल बसहुँ भगत उर ब्योम॥४२ (क)॥
एवमस्तु मुनि सन कहेउ कृपासिंधु रघुनाथ। तब नारद मन हरष अति प्रभु पद नायउ माथ॥४२ (ख)॥
Meaning
“May the name RĀMA shine as the moon and the other names as so many stars in the cloudless sky of Your devotees’ hearts during the full-moon night of devotion to You.” (42A) The all-merciful Lord of Raghus replied to the sage, “So be it!” Thereupon Nārada felt much delighted at heart and bowed at the Lord’s feet. (42 B)
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