Doha 28b
भायँ कुभायँ अनख आलसहूँ। नाम जपत मंगल दिसि दसहूँ॥ सुमिरि सो नाम राम गुन गाथा। करउँ नाइ रघुनाथहि माथा॥१॥
मोरि सुधारिहि सो सब भाँती। जासु कृपा नहिं कृपाँ अघाती॥ राम सुस्वामि कुसेवकु मोसो। निज दिसि देखि दयानिधि पोसो॥२॥
लोकहुँ बेद सुसाहिब रीती। बिनय सुनत पहिचानत प्रीती॥ गनी गरीब ग्राम नर नागर। पंडित मूढ़ मलीन उजागर॥३॥
सुकबि कुकबि निज मति अनुहारी। नृपहि सराहत सब नर नारी॥ साधु सुजान सुसील नृपाला। ईस अंस भव परम कृपाला॥४॥
सुनि सनमानहिं सबहि सुबानी। भनिति भगति नति गति पहिचानी॥ यह प्राकृत महिपाल सुभाऊ। जान सिरोमनि कोसलराऊ॥५॥
रीझत राम सनेह निसोतें। को जग मंद मलिनमति मोतें॥६॥
Meaning
The Name repeated either with good or evil intention, in an angry mood or even while yawning, bestows blessedness in all the ten directions. Remembering that Name and bowing my head to Śrī Raghunātha, I proceed to recount the virtues of Śrī Rāma. (1) He whose grace is never tired of showing its goodwill to others will mend my errors in everyway. Rāma a noble Lord, and myself a poor servant! Yet, true to His own disposition, that repository of compassion has fostered me. (2) In the world as well as in the Vedas we observe the following characteristic in a good master, viz., that he comes to recognize one’s devotion to him as soon as he hears one’s prayer. Rich or poor, rustic or urbane, learned or illiterate, of good repute or bad, (3) a good poet or a bad one, all men and women extol the king according to their own understanding. And the pious, sensible, amiable and supremely compassionate ruler, who takes his descent from a ray of God, (4) greets all with sweet words hearing their compliments and appraising their composition, devotion, supplication and conduct. Such is the way of earthly monarchs, to say nothing of the Lord of Kosala, Śrī Rāma, who is the crest-jewel of wise men. (5) Śrī Rāma gets pleased with pure love; but who is duller and more impure of mind in this world than I? (6)
सठ सेवक की प्रीति रुचि रखिहहिं राम कृपालु। उपल किए जलजान जेहिं सचिव सुमति कपि भालु॥२८ (क)॥
हौंहु कहावत सबु कहत राम सहत उपहास। साहिब सीतानाथ सो सेवक तुलसीदास॥२८ (ख)॥
Meaning
The benevolent Śrī Rāma will nonetheless endorse the devotion and pleasure of this wicked servant (i.e. myself), Śrī Rāma, who made barks out of rocks and wise counsellors out of monkeys and bears. (28-A) Everybody calls me a servant of the Lord and I myself claim (without any hesitation or shame) to be one; and Śrī Rāma puts up with the scoffing remark that a master like Sītā’s Lord has a servant like Tulasīdāsa. (28-B)
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