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जासु ग्यानु रबि भव निसि नासा। बचन किरन मुनि कमल बिकासा॥ तेहि कि मोह ममता निअराई। यह सिय राम सनेह बड़ाई॥१॥
बिषई साधक सिद्ध सयाने। त्रिबिध जीव जग बेद बखाने॥ राम सनेह सरस मन जासू। साधु सभाँ बड़ आदर तासू॥२॥
सोह न राम पेम बिनु ग्यानू। करनधार बिनु जिमि जलजानू॥ मुनि बहुबिधि बिदेहु समुझाए। रामघाट सब लोग नहाए॥३॥
सकल सोक संकुल नर नारी। सो बासरु बीतेउ बिनु बारी॥ पसु खग मृगन्ह न कीन्ह अहारू। प्रिय परिजन कर कौन बिचारू॥४॥
Meaning
Can the darkness of infatuation and attachment ever approach him (King Janaka), the sun of whose wisdom drives away the night of metempsychosis and the rays of whose speech delight the lotus-like sages? That he too was plunged in grief shows the triumph of the affection he bore for his daughter, Sītā, and Her lord, Śrī Rāma. (1) According to the Vedas there are three types of embodied soul (human beings) in the world—the sensual, the seeker and the wise that have attained perfection (in the form of God-Realization). Of all these he alone is highly honoured in an assembly of holy men, whose heart is imbued with the ambrosia of love for Śrī Rāma. (2) Wisdom without love for Śrī Rāma does not look glorious like a vessel without the helmsman. Sage Vasiṣṭha tried to soothe King Videha (Janaka) in many ways; and now all the people bathed at the bank, Rāmaghāṭa, associated with the name of Śrī Rāma (who generally bathed and said His prayers there). (3) All the men and women were so overwhelmed with grief that the day passed without anyone taking a drop of water. Even the cattle, birds and deer remained without food, to say nothing of Śrī Rāma’s near and dear ones. (4)
दोउ समाज निमिराजु रघुराजु नहाने प्रात। बैठे सब बट बिटप तर मन मलीन कृस गात॥२७७॥
Meaning
At daybreak both King Janaka (the lord of Nimis) and Śrī Rāma (the Lord of Raghus) bathed with all their retinue and sat under the banyan tree, sad at heart and emaciated in body. (277)
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