Doha 9
तब नरनाहँ बसिष्ठु बोलाए। रामधाम सिख देन पठाए॥ गुर आगमनु सुनत रघुनाथा। द्वार आइ पद नायउ माथा॥१॥
सादर अरघ देइ घर आने। सोरह भाँति पूजि सनमाने॥ गहे चरन सिय सहित बहोरी। बोले रामु कमल कर जोरी॥२॥
सेवक सदन स्वामि आगमनू। मंगल मूल अमंगल दमनू॥ तदपि उचित जनु बोलि सप्रीती। पठइअ काज नाथ असि नीती॥३॥
प्रभुता तजि प्रभु कीन्ह सनेहू। भयउ पुनीत आजु यहु गेहू॥ आयसु होइ सो करौं गोसाईं। सेवकु लहइ स्वामि सेवकाईं॥४॥
Meaning
The king then called Vasiṣṭha and sent him to Śrī Rāma’s palace for tendering opportune advice. The moment Śrī Raghunātha heard of the Guru’s arrival, He came to the door and bowed His head at his feet. (1) Reverently offering him water to wash his hands with, He ushered in the sage and honoured him by worshipping him in the sixteen prescribed modes.* Śrī Rāma, alongwith Sītā, then clasped guru Vasiṣṭha’s feet and spoke with His lotus hands folded in prayer: (2) * The sixteen modes of worship prescribed in Tantric works consist in offering the following :—(1) Āsana (seat), (2) Pādya (water for washing the feet), (3) Arghya (water for washing the hands), (4) Ācamanīya (water to drink), (5) Snānīya (water for ablution), (6) Gandha (sandal-paste), (7) Vastra (raiment), (8) Puṣpa (flowers), (9) Dhūpa (burning incense), (10) Dīpa (light), (11) Naivedya (food), (12) Ācamanīya (water for rinsing the mouth), (13) Tāmbūla (betel-leaves), (14) Dakṣiṇā (a gift in coins), (15) Pradakṣiṇa (circumambulation), and (16) Nirājana (waving lights). “A master’s visit to his servant’s house is the source of all blessings and a panacea for all evils; yet it would have been more fitting, my lord, for the master to have lovingly sent for this servant (Myself) and charged him with a duty, for such is the right course. (3) “Since, however, my lord has laid aside his supremacy and showed his affection to me (by calling on me), my house has been hallowed today. I am ready to do what I am told, holy sir; for a servant is benefited only by serving his master.” (4)
सुनि सनेह साने बचन मुनि रघुबरहि प्रसंस। राम कस न तुम्ह कहहु अस हंस बंस अवतंस॥९॥
Meaning
On hearing these words, steeped in affection as they were, the sage applauded Śrī Raghunātha and said, “It is but meet, O Rāma, that you should say so, the ornament of the solar race that you are.” (9)
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