Doha 102
उतरि ठाढ़ भए सुरसरि रेता। सीय रामु गुह लखन समेता॥ केवट उतरि दंडवत कीन्हा। प्रभुहि सकुच एहि नहिं कछु दीन्हा॥१॥
पिय हिय की सिय जाननिहारी। मनि मुदरी मन मुदित उतारी॥ कहेउ कृपाल लेहि उतराई। केवट चरन गहे अकुलाई॥२॥
नाथ आजु मैं काह न पावा। मिटे दोष दुख दारिद दावा॥ बहुत काल मैं कीन्हि मजूरी। आजु दीन्ह बिधि बनि भलि भूरी॥३॥
अब कछु नाथ न चाहिअ मोरें। दीनदयाल अनुग्रह तोरें॥ फिरती बार मोहि जो देबा। सो प्रसादु मैं सिर धरि लेबा॥४॥
Meaning
Getting down from the boat Sītā and Śrī Rāma stood on the sands of the Gaṅgā along with Guha and Lakṣmaṇa. The ferryman too got down and fell prostrate before the Lord, who felt uneasy at the thought that He had given nothing to the ferryman. (1) Sītā, who could read the mind of Her beloved lord, however, took off Her jewelled ring with a cheerful heart. The gracious Lord said, “Take your toll.” But the ferryman clasped His feet with deep anguish; (2) “What have I not already received, my lord? The fire of my sins, sorrows and indigence has been quenched today. I worked for my livelihood for a long time; it is only today that God has given me a generous and handsome return. (3) “By your grace, my compassionate Lord, I want nothing else now. While returning, whatever you bestow on me, I shall accept that benevolent boon with all reverence.”(4)
बहुत कीन्ह प्रभु लखन सियँ नहिं कछु केवटु लेइ। बिदा कीन्ह करुनायतन भगति बिमल बरु देइ॥१०२॥
Meaning
The Lord as well as Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā did their utmost, but the ferryman would not accept anything. The All-merciful Śrī Rāma then bid adieu to him after bestowing on him the boon of pure devotion. (102)
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