Doha 115b
Delineation of Jñāna and Devotion; a description of the Lamp of wisdom and the surpassing glory of Devotion
जे असि भगति जानि परिहरहीं। केवल ग्यान हेतु श्रम करहीं॥ ते जड़ कामधेनु गृहँ त्यागी। खोजत आकु फिरहिं पय लागी॥१॥
सुनु खगेस हरि भगति बिहाई। जे सुख चाहहिं आन उपाई॥ ते सठ महासिंधु बिनु तरनी। पैरि पार चाहहिं जड़ करनी॥२॥
सुनि भसुंडि के बचन भवानी। बोलेउ गरुड़ हरषि मृदु बानी॥ तव प्रसाद प्रभु मम उर माहीं। संसय सोक मोह भ्रम नाहीं॥३॥
सुनेउँ पुनीत राम गुन ग्रामा। तुम्हरी कृपाँ लहेउँ बिश्रामा॥ एक बात प्रभु पूँछउँ तोही। कहहु बुझाइ कृपानिधि मोही॥४॥
कहहिं संत मुनि बेद पुराना। नहिं कछु दुर्लभ ग्यान समाना॥ सोइ मुनि तुम्ह सन कहेउ गोसाईं। नहिं आदरेहु भगति की नाईं॥५॥
ग्यानहि भगतिहि अंतर केता। सकल कहहु प्रभु कृपा निकेता॥ सुनि उरगारि बचन सुख माना। सादर बोलेउ काग सुजाना॥६॥
भगतिहि ग्यानहि नहिं कछु भेदा। उभय हरहिं भव संभव खेदा॥ नाथ मुनीस कहहिं कछु अंतर। सावधान सोउ सुनु बिहंगबर॥७॥
ग्यान बिराग जोग बिग्याना। ए सब पुरुष सुनहु हरिजाना॥ पुरुष प्रताप प्रबल सब भाँती। अबला अबल सहज जड़ जाती॥८॥
Meaning
“They, who knowingly cast aside such Devotion and take pains to acquire mere knowledge, are fools who would leave alone the cow of plenty at their own house and knock about in search of the Āka plant (the milk-weed) to get milk out of it. (1) “Listen, O lord of the winged creatures, the fools who ignore Bhakti and seek happiness by any other means, stupidly seek to swim across the ocean without the help of a vessel”. (2) Garuḍa, O Bhavānī, (continues Lord Śaṅkara,) rejoiced to hear Bhuśuṇḍi’s words and submitted in gentle accents: “By your grace, my lord, doubt, sorrow, error and delusion have all disappeared from my mind. (3) “I have also listened to the glories of Śrī Rāma and attained peace of mind by your blessing. My lord, I ask you one question more: pray, explain it to me clearly, O ocean of compassion. (4) “The saints and sages as well as the Vedas and Purāṇas declare that there is nothing so difficult of attainment as wisdom. Although sage Lomaśa instructed you in the same, my lord, you did not show the same amount of regard for Yoga of knowledge as for ‘Devotion’.(5) “Explain to me, my gracious lord, all the difference between knowledge and Devotion.” The sagacious Kākabhuśuṇḍi was gratified to hear the question of Garuḍa and graciously replied: (6) “There is no difference whatsoever between way of knowledge and Devotion: both are equally efficacious in relieving the torments of birth and death. Great sages nonetheless point out some difference between the two, my lord: listen to the same with rapt attention, O chief of the birds! (7) “Wisdom, dispassion, Yoga (union with God) and Realization—mark me—are all masculine in conception, O mount of Śrī Hari ! The might of man is formidable indeed; while a woman is naturally weak and dull by her very birth; (8)
पुरुष त्यागि सक नारिहि जो बिरक्त मति धीर। न तु कामी बिषयाबस बिमुख जो पद रघुबीर॥११५(क)॥
सोउ मुनि ग्याननिधान मृगनयनी बिधु मुख निरखि। बिबस होइ हरिजान नारि बिष्नु माया प्रगट॥११५(ख)॥
Meaning
“But that man alone who is unattached and resolute of mind can forswear woman, and not the sensual, voluptuary, who is hostile towards the feet of Śrī Raghuvīra. (115 A) “But even an enlightened sage, O Garuḍa, succumbs to the charms of a pretty woman at the very sight of her moon-like face. It is God Viṣṇu’s own Māyā (deluding potency) that manifests itself in the form of a woman! (115 B)
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