Doha 10
सुनत राम अति कोमल बानी। बालि सीस परसेउ निज पानी॥ अचल करौं तनु राखहु प्राना। बालि कहा सुनु कृपानिधाना॥१॥
जन्म जन्म मुनि जतनु कराहीं। अंत राम कहि आवत नाहीं॥ जासु नाम बल संकर कासी। देत सबहि सम गति अबिनासी॥२॥
मम लोचन गोचर सोइ आवा। बहुरि कि प्रभु अस बनिहि बनावा॥३॥
Meaning
When Śrī Rāma heard the most tender words of Bāli, He stroked his head with His hand. “I make your body everlasting; you may keep up your life.” Said Bāli, “Listen, O Ocean of Mercy, (1) “Sages continue their efforts for God-Realization during successive births, but at the last moment they fail to utter the name ‘Rāma’. But He, on the strength of whose Name Lord Śaṅkara bestows immortality* on all alike, (2) * It is mentioned in the scriptures that Lord Śiva personally whispers the name ‘Rāma’ into the right ear of every creature dying at Kāśī and redeems its soul. “has appeared in a visible form before my very eyes! Shall I ever get such a golden opportunity again? (3)
सो नयन गोचर जासु गुन नित नेति कहि श्रुति गावहीं। जिति पवन मन गो निरस करि मुनि ध्यान कबहुँक पावहीं॥ मोहि जानि अति अभिमान बस प्रभु कहेउ राखु सरीरही। अस कवन सठ हठि काटि सुरतरु बारि करिहि बबूरही॥१॥
अब नाथ करि करुना बिलोकहु देहु जो बर मागऊँ। जेहिं जोनि जन्मौं कर्म बस तहँ राम पद अनुरागऊँ॥ यह तनय मम सम बिनय बल कल्यानप्रद प्रभु लीजिऐ। गहि बाँह सुर नर नाह आपन दास अंगद कीजिऐ॥२॥
Meaning
“He has appeared before my very eyes, whose glories the Vedas ever sing only in negative terms ‘not this’, ‘not this’, and whom sages are scarcely able to perceive in their meditation even after they have controlled their breath and mind and freed their senses from passion. Knowing me to be a victim of excessive pride the Lord said to me, ‘Preserve your life!’ But who would be such a fool as to insist on cutting down a celestial tree and using it as a fence to protect an acacia (बबूल) tree? (1) “Now, my lord, look upon me with compassion and grant me the boon that I seek: in whatever species of life it may be my fate to be born, I may continue to love Śrī Rāma’s (Your) feet. This son of mine, Aṅgada by name, is my equal in training and strength. O Bestower of Blessedness, kindly accept him, my master, and holding him by the arm, O Lord of gods and men, treat him as Your servant.” (2)
राम चरन दृढ़ प्रीति करि बालि कीन्ह तनु त्याग। सुमन माल जिमि कंठ ते गिरत न जानइ नाग॥१०॥
Meaning
Intensifying his devotion to Śrī Rāma’s feet Bāli dropped his body as easily even as an elephant little knows the falling of a wreath of flowers from its neck. (10)
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