Doha 162
तातें गुपुत रहउँ जग माहीं। हरि तजि किमपि प्रयोजन नाहीं॥ प्रभु जानत सब बिनहिं जनाएँ। कहहु कवनि सिधि लोक रिझाएँ॥१॥
तुम्ह सुचि सुमति परम प्रिय मोरें। प्रीति प्रतीति मोहि पर तोरें॥ अब जौं तात दुरावउँ तोही। दारुन दोष घटइ अति मोही॥२॥
जिमि जिमि तापसु कथइ उदासा। तिमि तिमि नृपहि उपज बिस्वासा॥ देखा स्वबस कर्म मन बानी। तब बोला तापस बगध्यानी॥३॥
नाम हमार एकतनु भाई। सुनि नृप बोलेउ पुनि सिरु नाई॥ कहहु नाम कर अरथ बखानी। मोहि सेवक अति आपन जानी॥४॥
Meaning
“That is why I live in this world away from the public gaze. I have little to do with anything other than Śrī Hari. The Lord knows everything without being told; tell me, then, what is to be gained by humouring the world. (1) “You are sincere and intelligent and are, therefore, supremely dear to me; and I too have earned your affection and confidence. Now, my dear, if I were to keep anything from you, I shall incur the most severe blame.” (2) The more the hermit talked of his indifference to the world the more trustful grew the king. When the false anchorite saw the king totally surrendered to him in thought, word and deed, he said, (3) “My name, brother, is Ekatanu.” Hearing this, the king bowed his head and asked further, “Kindly explain to me the meaning of this appellation recognizing me as your faithful servant.” (4)
आदिसृष्टि उपजी जबहिं तब उतपति भै मोरि। नाम एकतनु हेतु तेहि देह न धरी बहोरि॥१६२॥
Meaning
“My birth took place at the first dawn of creation. Since then I have never taken another body; that is why I am called ‘Ekatanu’.” (162)
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