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title: "Bal Kand Doha 117"
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# Bal Kand · Doha 117

**चौ०** 
> निज भ्रम नहिं समुझहिं अग्यानी। प्रभु पर मोह धरहिं जड़ प्रानी॥  
> जथा गगन घन पटल निहारी। झाँपेउ भानु कहहिं कुबिचारी॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> चितव जो लोचन अंगुलि लाएँ। प्रगट जुगल ससि तेहि के भाएँ॥  
> उमा राम बिषइक अस मोहा। नभ तम धूम धूरि जिमि सोहा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> बिषय करन सुर जीव समेता। सकल एक तें एक सचेता॥  
> सब कर परम प्रकासक जोई। राम अनादि अवधपति सोई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> जगत प्रकास्य प्रकासक रामू। मायाधीस ग्यान गुन धामू॥  
> जासु सत्यता तें जड़ माया। भास सत्य इव मोह सहाया॥४॥

Meaning: “Fools do not perceive their own error; on the other hand, those stupid creatures attribute infatuation to the Lord, just as on seeing the sky covered with clouds, men of unsound judgment declare that the sun has been covered by the clouds. (1)

“To him who sees with a finger stuck into his eyes the moon appears as doubled. Pārvatī, infatuation is attributed to Śrī Rāma in the same way as darkness, smoke or dust are ascribed to the sky. (2)

“The objects of the senses, the senses and their presiding deities as well as the Jīva (embodied soul)—all these derive their illumination from the Jīva in the descending order. (That is to say, the objects are illumined by the senses, the senses are illumined by their presiding deities and the deities presiding over the senses are illumined by the conscious Self). The supreme illuminator of them all is the eternal Brahma, Śrī Rāma, King of Ayodhyā. (3)

“The world of matter is the object of illumination, while Śrī Rāma is its illuminator. He is the lord of Māyā and the abode of wisdom and virtues. It is due to His abiding reality that even unconscious Matter appears as real through ignorance. (4)

**दो०** 
> रजत सीप महुँ भास जिमि जथा भानु कर बारि।  
> जदपि मृषा तिहुँ काल सोइ भ्रम न सकइ कोउ टारि॥११७॥

Meaning: “Just as a sea-shell is mistaken for silver and a mirage for water, even though the appearance is false at all times (in the past, present and future), yet nobody can dispel this delusion. (117)

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