Doha 14
घन घमंड नभ गरजत घोरा। प्रिया हीन डरपत मन मोरा॥ दामिनि दमक रह न घन माहीं। खल कै प्रीति जथा थिर नाहीं॥१॥
बरषहिं जलद भूमि निअराएँ। जथा नवहिं बुध बिद्या पाएँ॥ बूँद अघात सहहिं गिरि कैसें। खल के बचन संत सह जैसें॥२॥
छुद्र नदीं भरि चलीं तोराई। जस थोरेहुँ धन खल इतराई॥ भूमि परत भा ढाबर पानी। जनु जीवहि माया लपटानी॥३॥
समिटि समिटि जल भरहिं तलावा। जिमि सदगुन सज्जन पहिं आवा॥ सरिता जल जलनिधि महुँ जाई। होइ अचल जिमि जिव हरि पाई॥४॥
Meaning
“The clouds are fast gathering in the sky and making a thunderous sound. Bereft as I am of my darling, Sītā, my heart trembles to see all this. The lightning flashes fitfully amidst the clouds, like the friendship of the wicked, which never endures. (1) “The pouring clouds cleave close to the ground even as the wise on gaining knowledge become more and more humble. The mountains endure the buffeting of showers even as a saint would put up with the foul speech of the vulgar. (2) “The swelling streamlets rush with great speed just as the wicked would feel puffed up even with a small fortune. The water becomes turbid the moment it descends on earth, even as the Jīva (an embodied soul) is enveloped in Māyā as soon as born. (3) “The water coming from various directions gathers into a pool even as commendable virtues find their way into the heart of a noble person. The water of the stream becomes still once it pours into the ocean, just as the Jīva finds eternal rest on attaining union with God, Śrī Hari. (4)
हरित भूमि तृन संकुल समुझि परहिं नहिं पंथ। जिमि पाखंड बाद तें गुप्त होहिं सदग्रंथ॥१४॥
Meaning
“The green earth is so choked with grass that the tracks cannot be distinguished, just as holy books are obscured by heretic doctrines. (14)
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