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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 116b"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 116b

**चौ०** 
> इहाँ न पच्छपात कछु राखउँ। बेद पुरान संत मत भाषउँ॥  
> मोह न नारि नारि कें रूपा। पन्नगारि यह रीति अनूपा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> माया भगति सुनहु तुम्ह दोऊ। नारि बर्ग जानइ सब कोऊ॥  
> पुनि रघुबीरहि भगति पिआरी। माया खलु नर्तकी बिचारी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> भगतिहि सानुकूल रघुराया। ताते तेहि डरपति अति माया॥  
> राम भगति निरुपम निरुपाधी। बसइ जासु उर सदा अबाधी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> तेहि बिलोकि माया सकुचाई। करि न सकइ कछु निज प्रभुताई॥  
> अस बिचारि जे मुनि बिग्यानी। जाचहिं भगति सकल सुख खानी॥४॥

Meaning: “Here I do not speak in a partisan spirit, but merely state the view of the Vedas and Purāṇas as well as of the saints. A woman is never enamoured of another woman’s beauty: this, O Garuḍa, is a unique principle. (1)

“Māyā and Bhakti (Devotion), mark me, both belong to the feminine group, as everyone knows. Again, Bhakti is beloved of Śrī Raghuvīra; while poor Māyā is a mere dancing girl.(2)

“Śrī Raghunātha is well-disposed towards Bhakti (Devotion), of whom Māyā is terribly afraid. Nay, Māyā cowers at the very sight of the man in whose heart ever abides unobstructed the peerless and guileless spirit of Devotion: (3)

“it (Māyā) cannot wield her sway over him. Knowing this, sages, who have realized the Truth, solicit Bhakti (Devotion), which is the fountain of all blessings. (4)

**दो०** 
> यह रहस्य रघुनाथ कर बेगि न जानइ कोइ।  
> जो जानइ रघुपति कृपाँ सपनेहुँ मोह न होइ॥११६(क)॥

**दो०** 
> औरउ ग्यान भगति कर भेद सुनहु सुप्रबीन।  
> जो सुनि होइ राम पद प्रीति सदा अबिछीन॥११६(ख)॥

Meaning: “No one can speedily know this secret of Śrī Raghunātha; but whoever comes to know it by the grace of Śrī Raghunātha Himself can never fall a prey to infatuation even in a dream. (116 A)

“Further hear, O most sagacious Garuḍa, the distinction between ‘knowledge’ and ‘Devotion’, by hearing which one develops perpetual and uninterrupted love for Śrī Rāma’s feet. (116 B)

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