Doha 110d
Kākabhuśuṇḍi approaches the sage Lomaśa, who first pronounces a curse on him but later on showers his grace and bestows a boon on him
त्रिजग देव नर जोइ तनु धरऊँ। तहँ तहँ राम भजन अनुसरऊँ॥ एक सूल मोहि बिसर न काऊ। गुर कर कोमल सील सुभाऊ॥१॥
चरम देह द्विज कै मैं पाई। सुर दुर्लभ पुरान श्रुति गाई॥ खेलउँ तहूँ बालकन्ह मीला। करउँ सकल रघुनायक लीला॥ २॥
प्रौढ़ भएँ मोहि पिता पढ़ावा। समझउँ सुनउँ गुनउँ नहिं भावा॥ मन ते सकल बासना भागी । केवल राम चरन लय लागी॥३॥
कहु खगेस अस कवन अभागी । खरी सेव सुरधेनुहि त्यागी॥ प्रेम मगन मोहि कछु न सोहाई । हारेउ पिता पढ़ाइ पढ़ाई॥४॥
भए कालबस जब पितु माता । मैं बन गयउँ भजन जनत्राता॥ जहँ जहँ बिपिन मुनीस्वर पावउँ । आश्रम जाइ जाइ सिरु नावउँ॥५॥
बूझउँ तिन्हहि राम गुन गाहा । कहहिं सुनउँ हरषित खगनाहा॥ सुनत फिरउँ हरि गुन अनुबादा । अब्याहत गति संभु प्रसादा॥६॥
छूटी त्रिबिधि ईषना गाढ़ी । एक लालसा उर अति बाढ़ी॥ राम चरन बारिज जब देखौं। तब निज जन्म सफल करि लेखौं॥ ७ ॥
जेहि पूँछउँ सोइ मुनि अस कहई । ईस्वर सर्ब भूतमय अहई॥ निर्गुन मत नहिं मोहि सोहाई । सगुन ब्रह्म रति उर अधिकाई॥८॥
Meaning
“Whatever form I assumed, whether of an animal or a bird, god or man, I continued to adore Śrī Rāma in every form. Yet one thing lay heavy on my conscience: my Guru’s mild and amiable disposition I could never forget (i.e. I insulted such a tender hearted and compassionate Guru, that feeling of remorse tormented me all the time). (1) “The last body I got was that of a Brāhmaṇa, which the Vedas and Purāṇas declare as difficult even for the gods to attain. Even in that birth whenever I joined the other boys for play, I would enact all the pastimes of Śrī Raghunātha alone. (2) “As I grew up my father gave me lessons (in secular subjects). I tried to understand things, listened to the lessons and reflected on them; yet they failed to attract my mind. All worldly cravings left my mind; I was solely absorbed in the thought of Śrī Rāma’s feet. (3) “Tell me, O Garuḍa, is there anyone so wretched as to give up a cow of plenty and tend a she-ass? Overwhelmed with love I had no charm left for anything; my father got tired of coaching me. (4) “When both my father and mother expired, I withdrew to the forest in order to worship Śrī Rāma, the Protector of His servants. In the forest wherever I found hermitages of sages, I went there and bowed my head to the sages. (5) “I would ask them to recount Śrī Rāma’s virtues and listened with delight to what they told me. O Garurḍa! In this way I went about listening to the recital of Śrī Hari’s glories. By Śiva’s grace my movements were unhampered everywhere. (6) “The three types of ardent seeking (viz., those for progeny, wealth and fame) left me and one solitary longing grew intensely and deeply in my heart. ‘I shall deem the object of my birth accomplished only when I behold Śrī Rāma’s lotus-feet,’ I said to myself. (7) “Every sage I enquired of, observed ‘God represents the totality of created beings.’ But the view which holds God as impersonal did not find favour with me and the love I bore in my heart for the embodied Brahma grew more and more. (8)
गुर के बचन सुरति करि राम चरन मनु लाग। रघुपति जस गावत फिरउँ छन छन नव अनुराग॥११०(क)॥
मेरु सिखर बट छायाँ मुनि लोमस आसीन। देखि चरन सिरु नायउँ बचन कहेउँ अति दीन॥११०(ख)॥
सुनि मम बचन बिनीत मृदु मुनि कृपाल खगराज। मोहि सादर पूँछत भए द्विज आयहु केहि काज॥११०(ग)॥
तब मैं कहा कृपानिधि तुम्ह सर्बग्य सुजान। सगुन ब्रह्म अवराधन मोहि कहहु भगवान॥११०(घ)॥
Meaning
“Even as I recalled the words of my erstwhile preceptor, my mind conceived a fondness for Śrī Rāma’s feet and I went about singing the glories of Śrī Raghunātha with a love which ever became enriched every moment. (110 A) “On a peak of Mount Meru in the shade of a banyan tree sat the sage, Lomaśa. On seeing him I bowed at his feet and addressed him in the humblest strain. (110 B) “When the gracious sage heard my meek and gentle address, O king of the birds, he politely enquired: ‘For what purpose have you come, O Brāhmaṇa?’ (110 C) “Thereupon I replied, “O fountain of mercy, you are omniscient and sagacious. Tell me, blessed one, how to worship the embodied (Saguṇa-Sākāra) supreme Spirit. (110 D)
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