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title: "Bal Kand Doha 13"
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# Bal Kand · Doha 13

Salutations to the immortal bards

**चौ०** 
> सब जानत प्रभु प्रभुता सोई। तदपि कहें बिनु रहा न कोई॥  
> तहाँ बेद अस कारन राखा। भजन प्रभाउ भाँति बहु भाषा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> एक अनीह अरूप अनामा। अज सच्चिदानंद पर धामा॥  
> ब्यापक बिस्वरूप भगवाना। तेहिं धरि देह चरित कृत नाना॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> सो केवल भगतन हित लागी। परम कृपाल प्रनत अनुरागी॥  
> जेहि जन पर ममता अति छोहू। जेहिं करुना करि कीन्ह न कोहू॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> गई बहोर गरीब नेवाजू। सरल सबल साहिब रघुराजू॥  
> बुध बरनहिं हरि जस अस जानी। करहिं पुनीत सुफल निज बानी॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> तेहिं बल मैं रघुपति गुन गाथा। कहिहउँ नाइ राम पद माथा॥  
> मुनिन्ह प्रथम हरि कीरति गाई। तेहिं मग चलत सुगम मोहि भाई॥५॥

Meaning: Though all know the Lord’s greatness as indescribable, yet none has refrained from describing it. The Vedas have justified it thus: they have variously sung the glory of remembering the Lord. (1)

God, who is one, desireless, formless, nameless and unborn, who is Truth, Consciousness and Bliss, who is supreme effulgence, all-pervading and all-formed—it is He who has performed many deeds assuming suitable forms. (2)

That He has done only for the good of His devotees, for He is supremely gracious and loving to the suppliant. He is excessively fond of His devotees and treats them as His own; He has never frowned at him to whom He has once shown His grace. (3)

The restorer of what has been lost, the befriender of the poor, Śrī Raghunātha is a tender-hearted and all powerful master. Knowing thus, the wise sing the glory of Śrī Hari and thereby hallow and bring supreme reward to their speech. (4)

It is on this strength (the supreme efficacy of remembering the Lord and the potency of His grace) that I shall sing the virtues of Śrī Raghunātha, bowing my head to the feet of Śrī Rāma. Sages have sung the glory of Śrī Hari in the past; it will be easy for me to follow that very path. (5)

**दो०** 
> अति अपार जे सरित बर जौं नृप सेतु कराहिं।  
> चढ़ि पिपीलिकउ परम लघु बिनु श्रम पारहि जाहिं॥१३॥

Meaning: If a king gets bridges constructed over big rivers, which may be too broad, even the tiniest ants cross them without exertion. (13)

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