Doha 299
राउरि रीति सुबानि बड़ाई। जगत बिदित निगमागम गाई॥ कूर कुटिल खल कुमति कलंकी। नीच निसील निरीस निसंकी॥१॥
तेउ सुनि सरन सामुहें आए। सकृत प्रनामु किहें अपनाए॥ देखि दोष कबहुँ न उर आने। सुनि गुन साधु समाज बखाने॥२॥
को साहिब सेवकहि नेवाजी। आपु समाज साज सब साजी॥ निज करतूति न समुझिअ सपनें। सेवक सकुच सोचु उर अपनें॥३॥
सो गोसाइँ नहिं दूसर कोपी। भुजा उठाइ कहउँ पन रोपी॥ पसु नाचत सुक पाठ प्रबीना। गुन गति नट पाठक आधीना॥४॥
Meaning
“Your ways, your noble disposition and your greatness are known throughout the world and have been glorified in the Vedas and other sacred books. Even the cruel, the perverse, the vile, the evil-minded and the censured, nay, the low-minded, the impudent, the godless and the unscrupulous, (1) “are known to have been accepted by you as your own as soon as you heard that they had sought you for shelter and if they merely bowed to you only once. You have never taken their faults to heart even if you saw them with your own eyes; while you have proclaimed their virtues in the assembly of holy men if you just heard of them. (2) “Where is the master, so kind to his servant, who would provide him with all his necessaries himself and, far from reckoning even in a dream what he has done for his servant, would feel troubled at heart over any embarrassment caused to him? (3) “A lord such as you is no other: with uplifted arms I declare this on oath. A beast would dance and a parrot may attain proficiency in repeating what it is taught; but the proficiency of the bird and the rhythmic movements of the beast depend on the teacher and the dancing-master. (4)
यों सुधारि सनमानि जन किए साधु सिरमोर। को कृपाल बिनु पालिहै बिरिदावलि बरजोर॥२९९॥
Meaning
“Thus by reforming the failings of your servants and treating them with honour you have made them the crest-jewels of holy men. Is there anyone save the All-merciful (yourself) who will rigidly maintain his high renown as a kind and generous master? (299)
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