Doha 128
मति अनुरूप कथा मैं भाषी। जद्यपि प्रथम गुप्त करि राखी॥ तव मन प्रीति देखि अधिकाई। तब मैं रघुपति कथा सुनाई॥१॥
यह न कहिअ सठही हठसीलहि। जो मन लाइ न सुन हरि लीलहि॥ कहिअ न लोभिहि क्रोधिहि कामिहि। जो न भजइ सचराचर स्वामिहि॥२॥
द्विज द्रोहिहि न सुनाइअ कबहूँ। सुरपति सरिस होइ नृप जबहूँ॥ राम कथा के तेइ अधिकारी। जिन्ह कें सत संगति अति प्यारी॥३॥
गुर पद प्रीति नीति रत जेई। द्विज सेवक अधिकारी तेई॥ ता कहँ यह बिसेष सुखदाई। जाहि प्रानप्रिय श्रीरघुराई॥४॥
Meaning
I have told you this narrative according to my own comprehension, although at first I had kept it to Myself. I saw excessive fondness for the same in your heart and then I narrated to you the story of Śrī Raghunātha. (1) This narrative, however, should not be related to a perverse knave, who does not listen attentively to the glories of Śrī Hari; nor should it be recited to a greedy, irascible or lustful man who worships not Śrī Rāma, the Lord of all animate and inanimate creation. (2) It should never be related to a Brāhmaṇa-hater, be he a monarch as great as Indra (the lord of the celestials). They alone are qualified to hear Śrī Rāma’s narrative who are extremely fond of communion with holy men. (3) They alone are fit to hear it who are devoted to the feet of their preceptor, and are lovers of propriety and votaries of the Brāhmaṇas. The story affords special delight to them who hold the graceful Śrī Raghunātha dear as life. (4)
राम चरन रति जो चह अथवा पद निर्बान। भाव सहित सो यह कथा करउ श्रवन पुट पान॥१२८॥
Meaning
He who seeks devotion to the feet of Śrī Rāma or to enjoy the state of eternal bliss should fondly drink in this nectar-like story with the cups of his ears. (128)
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