Doha 164
नाम तुम्हार प्रताप दिनेसा। सत्यकेतु तव पिता नरेसा॥ गुर प्रसाद सब जानिअ राजा। कहिअ न आपन जानि अकाजा॥१॥
देखि तात तव सहज सुधाई। प्रीति प्रतीति नीति निपुनाई॥ उपजि परी ममता मन मोरें। कहउँ कथा निज पूछे तोरें॥२॥
अब प्रसन्न मैं संसय नाहीं। मागु जो भूप भाव मन माहीं॥ सुनि सुबचन भूपति हरषाना। गहि पद बिनय कीन्हि बिधि नाना॥३॥
कृपासिंधु मुनि दरसन तोरें। चारि पदारथ करतल मोरें॥ प्रभुहि तथापि प्रसन्न बिलोकी। मागि अगम बर होउँ असोकी॥४॥
Meaning
“Your name is Pratāpabhānu; king Satyaketu was your father. O king, by the grace of my preceptor I know everything; but foreseeing my own harm, I do not tell anyone. (1) “When I saw your natural straightforwardness, affection, faith and political wisdom, I conceived a spontaneous affection for you; and that is why I told you my own story on your asking. (2) “I am now pleased; doubt not and ask what you will, O king.” Hearing these agreeable words, the king rejoiced and, clasping the hermit’s feet, supplicated to him in many ways. (3) “O gracious sage, by your very sight I have within my grasp all the four ends of human existence (viz., religious merit, wealth, enjoyment and final beatitude). Yet, as I see my lord so gracious, I would ask a boon which is impossible to attain otherwise, and thereby overcome sorrow. (4)
जरा मरन दुख रहित तनु समर जितै जनि कोउ। एकछत्र रिपुहीन महि राज कलप सत होउ॥१६४॥
Meaning
“Let my body be free from old age, death and suffering; let no one vanquish me in battle and let me enjoy undisputed sovereignty over the globe for a hundred Kalpas (repetitions of creation) and let me have no enemies.” (164)
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