Doha 129
राम कथा गिरिजा मैं बरनी। कलि मल समनि मनोमल हरनी॥ संसृति रोग सजीवन मूरी। राम कथा गावहिं श्रुति सूरी॥१॥
एहि महँ रुचिर सप्त सोपाना। रघुपति भगति केर पंथाना॥ अति हरि कृपा जाहि पर होई। पाउँ देइ एहिं मारग सोई॥२॥
मन कामना सिद्धि नर पावा। जे यह कथा कपट तजि गावा॥ कहहिं सुनहिं अनुमोदन करहीं। ते गोपद इव भवनिधि तरहीं॥३॥
सुनि सब कथा हृदय अति भाई। गिरिजा बोली गिरा सुहाई॥ नाथ कृपाँ मम गत संदेहा। राम चरन उपजेउ नव नेहा॥४॥
Meaning
I have narrated, Girijā, the story of Śrī Rāma, which wipes out the sins of the Kali age and removes the impurities of the mind. The narrative of Śrī Rāma, as is declared by the Vedas and the seers, is a life-giving herb to cure the malady of birth and death. (1) It has seven beautiful stairs, which are so many paths, as it were, leading to the goal of ‘Devotion to Śrī Raghunātha’. He alone who enjoys the utmost grace of Śrī Hari can set his foot on this path (the path of Devotion). (2) Men who sing this story in a guileless spirit attain the object of their heart’s desire. Nay, they who repeat or listen to it or even acclaim its recitation cross the ocean of mundane existence as they would the impress of a cow’s hoof. (3) Pārvatī was highly delighted at heart to hear the whole narrative and spoke in pleasing tones: “By the grace of my lord (Yourself) my doubts have all been resolved and my devotion to Śrī Rāma’s feet has been renewed afresh. (4)
मैं कृतकृत्य भइउँ अब तव प्रसाद बिस्वेस। उपजी राम भगति दृढ़ बीते सकल कलेस॥१२९॥
Meaning
“By your blessing, O Lord of the universe, I have now attained the fulfilment of my life. Unswerving devotion to Śrī Rāma has surged in my heart and all my afflictions have ended.” (129)
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