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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 106b"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 106b

Insult offered by him to his preceptor in a previous birth and the curse pronounced on him by Lord Śiva · A hymn of eight verses addressed to Lord Śiva

**चौ०** 
> एक बार गुर लीन्ह बोलाई। मोहि नीति बहु भाँति सिखाई॥  
> सिव सेवा कर फल सुत सोई। अबिरल भगति राम पद होई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> रामहि भजहिं तात सिव धाता। नर पावँर कै केतिक बाता॥  
> जासु चरन अज सिव अनुरागी। तासु द्रोहँ सुख चहसि अभागी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> हर कहुँ हरि सेवक गुर कहेऊ। सुनि खगनाथ हृदय मम दहेऊ॥  
> अधम जाति मैं बिद्या पाएँ। भयउँ जथा अहि दूध पिआएँ॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> मानी कुटिल कुभाग्य कुजाती। गुर कर द्रोह करउँ दिनु राती॥  
> अति दयाल गुर स्वल्प न क्रोधा। पुनि पुनि मोहि सिखाव सुबोधा॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> जेहि ते नीच बड़ाई पावा। सो प्रथमहिं हति ताहि नसावा॥  
> धूम अनल संभव सुनु भाई। तेहि बुझाव घन पदवी पाई॥५॥

**चौ०** 
> रज मग परी निरादर रहई। सब कर पद प्रहार नित सहई॥  
> मरुत उड़ाव प्रथम तेहि भरई। पुनि नृप नयन किरीटन्हि परई॥६॥

**चौ०** 
> सुनु खगपति अस समुझि प्रसंगा। बुध नहिं करहिं अधम कर संगा॥  
> कबि कोबिद गावहिं असि नीती। खल सन कलह न भल नहिं प्रीती॥७॥

**चौ०** 
> उदासीन नित रहिअ गोसाईं। खल परिहरिअ स्वान की नाईं॥  
> मैं खल हृदयँ कपट कुटिलाई। गुर हित कहइ न मोहि सोहाई॥८॥

Meaning: “One day my preceptor called me and taught me wisdom in all possible ways; ‘The sole reward, my son, of worshipping Lord Śiva is uninterrupted devotion to Śrī Rāma’s feet.(1)

“ ‘Śiva Himself as well as Brahmā (the Creator), dear son, adore Śrī Rāma; of what account, then, is a vile human being! Can a wretched soul hope to attain happiness by harbouring ill-will to Him whose feet are adored by Brahmā and Śiva Himself?’ (2)

“When I heard my Guru speak of Lord Śiva as a votary of Śrī Hari, my heart, O lord of the feathered kingdom, was afire. Vile of descent, as I was, the little learning that I had acquired turned my head even as a serpent becomes all the more poisonous when fed on milk. (3)

“Proud, perverse, wretched and low-born, I harboured ill-will towards my Guru day and night. My Guru, however, was too tender hearted to have the least rancour in him; on the other hand, he gave me good advice time and again. (4)

“The first thing a vile fellow does is to kill and destroy the very man who has been instrumental in exalting him. Listen brother, smoke, which is produced by fire, extinguishes the latter when it attains to the majesty of a cloud. (5)

“The dust lying on the road is held in contempt and is ever trodden under foot by all the wayfarers. But when carried aloft by the wind, it first envelopes the air itself and then descends on the eyes or diadems of kings. (6)

“Listen, O Garuḍa, lord of the winged creatures, realizing this state of things, the wise shun the company of vile men. Seers and learned men have declared this maxim: it is good neither to quarrel with a wretch nor to make friends with him. (7)

“One should always remain aloof from him, my master; a wicked fellow should be avoided even as a dog. Vicious as I was, with a heart full of falsehood and perversity, the Guru’s admonition did not appeal to me, even though it was so wholesome. (8)

**दो०** 
> एक बार हर मंदिर जपत रहेउँ सिव नाम।  
> गुर आयउ अभिमान तें उठि नहिं कीन्ह प्रनाम॥१०६ (क)॥

**दो०** 
> सो दयाल नहिं कहेउ कछु उर न रोष लवलेस।  
> अति अघ गुर अपमानता सहि नहिं सके महेस॥१०६ (ख)॥

Meaning: “One day I was repeating Śiva’s Name in a temple sacred to Lord Hara, when my Guru came in; but in my conceit I did not get up to make obeisance to him. (106 A)

“My Guru was too magnanimous to say anything; neither did he feel the least resentment in his heart. But the grievous sin of showing disrespect to the Guru was something the great Lord Śiva could not bear. (106 B)

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