Doha 44
Dialogue between the sages— Yājñavalkya and Bharadvāja and the greatness of Prayāga
भरद्वाज मुनि बसहिं प्रयागा। तिन्हहि राम पद अति अनुरागा॥ तापस सम दम दया निधाना। परमारथ पथ परम सुजाना॥१॥
माघ मकरगत रबि जब होई। तीरथपतिहिं आव सब कोई॥ देव दनुज किंनर नर श्रेनीं। सादर मज्जहिं सकल त्रिबेनीं॥२॥
पूजहिं माधव पद जलजाता। परसि अखय बटु हरषहिं गाता॥ भरद्वाज आश्रम अति पावन। परम रम्य मुनिबर मन भावन॥३॥
तहाँ होइ मुनि रिषय समाजा। जाहिं जे मज्जन तीरथराजा॥ मज्जहिं प्रात समेत उछाहा। कहहिं परसपर हरि गुन गाहा॥४॥
Meaning
The sage Bharadvāja lives in Prayāga; he is extremely devoted to the feet of Śrī Rāma. A great ascetic and an embodiment of self-restraint, composure of mind and compassion, he is highly advanced on the spiritual path. (1) In the month of Māgha, (approximately mid–January to mid–February), when the sun enters the sign of Capricorn, every one visits the chief of holy places, Prayāga. Troops of gods and demons, Kinnaras (demigods) and men, all devoutly bathe in the triple stream of the Gaṅgā, Yamunā and Sarasvatī. (2) They worship the lotus feet of God Vindumādhava (the presiding deity of Prayāga); and the touch of the immortal banyan tree sends a thrill into their limbs. The hermitage of Bharadvāja is a most sacred spot, exceedingly charming and attractive even to great hermits; (3) and is the haunt of sages and seers, who go to bathe at that holiest of holy places. At daybreak they all perform their ablutions with religious fervour and then converse together on the virtues of Śrī Hari. (4)
ब्रह्म निरूपन धरम बिधि बरनहिं तत्त्व बिभाग। कहहिं भगति भगवंत कै संजुत ग्यान बिराग॥४४॥
Meaning
They discuss the nature of Brahma (the Supreme Eternal), the precepts of religion and the classification of fundamental entities and expatiate on Devotion to the Lord coupled with topics on spiritual enlightenment and dispassion. (44)
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