Doha 310
भरत अत्रि अनुसासन पाई। जल भाजन सब दिए चलाई॥ सानुज आपु अत्रि मुनि साधू। सहित गए जहँ कूप अगाधू॥१॥
पावन पाथ पुन्यथल राखा। प्रमुदित प्रेम अत्रि अस भाषा॥ तात अनादि सिद्ध थल एहू। लोपेउ काल बिदित नहिं केहू॥२॥
तब सेवकन्ह सरस थलु देखा। कीन्ह सुजल हित कूप बिसेषा॥ बिधिबस भयउ बिस्व उपकारू। सुगम अगम अति धरम बिचारू॥३॥
भरतकूप अब कहिहहिं लोगा। अति पावन तीरथ जल जोगा॥ प्रेम सनेम निमज्जत प्रानी। होइहहिं बिमल करम मन बानी॥४॥
Meaning
On receiving Atri’s command, Bharata despatched (ahead of himself) all the vessels containing the holy water and himself repaired with his younger brother Satrughna and sage Atri and other hermits and holy men to the well, which abounded in water, (1) and deposited the holy water in that sacred place. Transported with joy, sage Atri lovingly spoke thus: “This place is truly sanctified since times immemorial; having been obscured by time, it was not known to anyone.” (2) The servants of Bharat found this spot as rich in subterranean springs of water, and dug a big well there with a view to deposit the sacred water from the holy places. By a decree of providence the whole world has been benefited by putting in this well the water from holy places and the idea of religious merit accruing from a bath in this well which was most incomprehensible (to the ordinary intellect) has become easily intelligible to all. (3) People will now call it by the name of ‘Bharatakūpa’ (a well sacred to the memory of Bharata). Its sanctity has been enhanced because water from all holy places has been mixed into it. People who take a bath in it with devotion observing due rites will become pure in thought, word and deed. (4)
कहत कूप महिमा सकल गए जहाँ रघुराउ। अत्रि सुनायउ रघुबरहि तीरथ पुन्य प्रभाउ॥३१०॥
Meaning
Telling one another the glory of the well all returned to the cottage of Śrī Rāma; sage Atri related to Śrī Raghunātha the purifying power of that holy place. (310)
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