Doha 9
खल परिहास होइ हित मोरा । काक कहहिं कलकंठ कठोरा ॥ हंसहि बक दादुर चातकही । हँसहिं मलिन खल बिमल बतकही ॥ १ ॥
कबित रसिक न राम पद नेहू । तिन्ह कहँ सुखद हास रस एहू ॥ भाषा भनिति भोरि मति मोरी । हँसिबे जोग हँसें नहिं खोरी ॥ २ ॥
प्रभु पद प्रीति न सामुझि नीकी । तिन्हहि कथा सुनि लागिहि फीकी ॥ हरि हर पद रति मति न कुतरकी । तिन्ह कहुँ मधुर कथा रघुबर की ॥ ३ ॥
राम भगति भूषित जियँ जानी । सुनिहहिं सुजन सराहि सुबानी ॥ कबि न होउँ नहिं बचन प्रबीनू । सकल कला सब बिद्या हीनू ॥ ४ ॥
आखर अरथ अलंकृति नाना । छंद प्रबंध अनेक बिधाना ॥ भाव भेद रस भेद अपारा । कबित दोष गुन बिबिध प्रकारा ॥ ५ ॥
कबित बिबेक एक नहिं मोरें । सत्य कहउँ लिखि कागद कोरें ॥ ६ ॥
Meaning
The laughter of the evil-minded will benefit me; crows call the cuckoo hoarse. Herons ridicule the swan, frogs make fun of the Cātaka bird and malicious rogues deride refined speech. (1) To those who have no taste for poetry, nor devotion to the feet of Śrī Rāma, this undertaking of mine will serve as a subject for delightful mirth. My composition is couched in the popular dialect and my intellect is feeble; hence it is fit for ridicule, and those who laugh at it shall not incur any blame. (2) To those who cherish no love for the feet of the Lord and have no sound reason either, this story will sound insipid. To those, however, who possess devotion to the feet of Lord Viṣṇu and Śiva and whose mind is not perverse, the tale of Śrī Raghunātha will taste sweet. (3) Knowing it in their heart as adorned with devotion to Śrī Rāma, the virtuous will listen to it with charming words of praise. I am no poet, nor an adept in the art of speech and am a cipher in all arts and sciences. (4) There are elegant devices of letters, subtleties of meaning, various figures of speech, metrical compositions of different kinds, infinite varieties of emotions and sentiments and multifarious excellences and flaws of poetic composition. (5) Of these details of poesy, I possess critical knowledge of none; I vouch for it in writing on a blank sheet. (6)
भनिति मोरि सब गुन रहित बिस्व बिदित गुन एक । सो बिचारि सुनिहहिं सुमति जिन्ह कें बिमल बिबेक ॥ ९ ॥
Meaning
My composition is devoid of all charm; it has only one merit, which is known throughout the world. Recognizing this merit, men of sound reason, who are gifted with unbiased judgment, will surely listen to it. (9)
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