Doha 109d
एहि कर होइ परम कल्याना। सोइ करहु अब कृपानिधाना॥ बिप्रगिरा सुनि परहित सानी। एवमस्तु इति भइ नभबानी॥१॥
जदपि कीन्ह एहिं दारुन पापा। मैं पुनि दीन्हि कोप करि सापा॥ तदपि तुम्हारि साधुता देखी। करिहउँ एहि पर कृपा बिसेषी॥२॥
छमासील जे पर उपकारी। ते द्विज मोहि प्रिय जथा खरारी॥ मोर श्राप द्विज ब्यर्थ न जाइहि। जन्म सहस अवस्य यह पाइहि॥३॥
जनमत मरत दुसह दुख होई। एहि स्वल्पउ नहिं ब्यापिहि सोई॥ कवनेउँ जन्म मिटिहि नहिं ग्याना। सुनहि सूद्र मम बचन प्रवाना॥४॥
रघुपति पुरीं जन्म तव भयऊ। पुनि तैं मम सेवाँ मन दयऊ॥ पुरी प्रभाव अनुग्रह मोरें। राम भगति उपजिहि उर तोरें॥५॥
सुनु मम बचन सत्य अब भाई। हरितोषन ब्रत द्विज सेवकाई॥ अब जनि करहि बिप्र अपमाना। जानेसु संत अनंत समाना॥६॥
इंद्र कुलिस मम सूल बिसाला। कालदंड हरि चक्र कराला॥ जो इन्ह कर मारा नहिं मरई। बिप्रद्रोह पावक सो जरई॥७॥
अस बिबेक राखेहु मन माहीं। तुम्ह कहँ जग दुर्लभ कछु नाहीं॥ औरउ एक आसिषा मोरी। अप्रतिहत गति होइहि तोरी॥ ८॥
Meaning
“Now do that which may bring him supreme blessedness, O fountain of mercy!” On hearing the Brāhmaṇa’s prayer, steeped as it was in benevolent sentiments for others’ good, the ethereal voice was heard once again saying: ‘So be it! (1) ‘Although he has committed a grievous sin and I in My wrath have pronounced a curse on him, yet, realizing your nobility, I shall do him a special favour. (2) ‘O holy Brāhmaṇa, they who are of a forgiving disposition and beneficent are as dear to Me as Śrī Rāma (the Slayer of the demon Khara) Himself. Nonetheless, O Brāhmaṇa, My curse shall not go in vain: this fellow shall surely pass through a thousand births. (3) ‘But the terrible agony involved in each successive birth and death shall not affect him in the least. (Turning to me, the voice continued:) Hear, O Śūdra, my true and definite word: in none of your births shall your awareness (of previous existences) leave you. (4) ‘(In the first place) You were born in the capital of Śrī Raghunātha, and there you set your heart on My worship. Due to the beneficial influence of the holy city and by My grace, devotion to Śrī Rāma shall sprout in your heart. (5) ‘Now, dear fellow, hear My solemn declaration: a vow to serve the Brāhmaṇas is the surest means of propitiating Śrī Hari. Do not insult the Brāhmaṇas any more and reckon a saint to be at par with the infinite Lord Himself. (6) ‘Even he who does not succumb to the stroke of Indra’s thunderbolt, My own mighty trident, the rod of Death and the terrible discus of Śrī Hari, is consumed by the fire of hostility towards the Brāhmaṇas. (7) ‘Treasure up this dispassionate wisdom in your heart, and there will be nothing in this world which may be too difficult for you to attain. I bestow one more blessing on you: you shall have unobstructed access everywhere.’ (8)
सुनि सिव बचन हरषि गुर एवमस्तु इति भाषि। मोहि प्रबोधि गयउ गृह संभु चरन उर राखि॥१०९ (क)॥
प्रेरित काल बिंधि गिरि जाइ भयउँ मैं ब्याल। पुनि प्रयास बिनु सो तनु तजेउँ गएँ कछु काल॥१०९ (ख)॥
जोइ तनु धरउँ तजउँ पुनि अनायास हरिजान। जिमि नूतन पट पहिरइ नर परिहरइ पुरान॥१०९ (ग)॥
सिवँ राखी श्रुति नीति अरु मैं नहिं पावा क्लेस। एहि बिधि धरेउँ बिबिधि तनु ग्यान न गयउ खगेस॥१०९ (घ)॥
Meaning
“The Guru rejoiced to hear the word of Lord Śiva (as conveyed through the ethereal voice) and cried ‘Amen!’ And after admonishing me he returned home, with the image of Lord Śiva’s feet immersed in his heart. (109 A) “Driven by my fate I went to the Vindhya mountains and was (on giving up the ghost) reborn as a serpent and again, when sometime had elapsed, I easily dropped that form. (109 B) “Whatever form I assumed, O mount of Śrī Hari, I dropped again with utmost ease, even as a man would cast off worn-out clothes and put on new ones. (109 C) “Lord Śiva vindicated the Vedic law, while I was spared the agony (involved in the rounds of birth and death). In this way, O lord of the winged creatures, I assumed various forms; but my awareness of my past births never left me. (109 D)
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