Doha 37
करउँ कृपानिधि एक ढिठाई। मैं सेवक तुम्ह जन सुखदाई॥ संतन्ह कै महिमा रघुराई। बहु बिधि बेद पुरानन्ह गाई॥१॥
श्रीमुख तुम्ह पुनि कीन्हि बड़ाई। तिन्ह पर प्रभुहि प्रीति अधिकाई॥ सुना चहउँ प्रभु तिन्ह कर लच्छन। कृपासिंधु गुन ग्यान बिचच्छन॥२॥
संत असंत भेद बिलगाई। प्रनतपाल मोहि कहहु बुझाई॥ संतन्ह के लच्छन सुनु भ्राता। अगनित श्रुति पुरान बिख्याता॥३॥
संत असंतन्हि कै असि करनी। जिमि कुठार चंदन आचरनी॥ काटइ परसु मलय सुनु भाई। निज गुन देइ सुगंध बसाई॥४॥
Meaning
“Yet, O repository of compassion, I make bold to make one submission, I being Your servant and You the solace of Your devotees! The glory of the saints, O Śrī Raghunātha, has been sung in various ways by the Vedas and Purāṇas. (1) “You too have exalted them by Your own graceful mouth and my lord bears great affection for them. I would like to hear, my lord, their distinctive marks, O Ocean of compassion, deeply accomplished as You are in Your excellences and wisdom! (2) “O protector of the suppliant, tell me clearly and severally the distinguishing traits of the good and the wicked.” “Hear, brother, the characteristics of saints, which, as told in the Vedas and Purāṇas, are innumerable. (3) “The conduct of saints and the wicked is analogous to that of sandal wood and the axe. Mark, brother, the axe cuts down a sandal-tree, while the latter in its turn perfumes the axe by imparting its virtue of fragrance to it. (4)
ताते सुर सीसन्ह चढ़त जग बल्लभ श्रीखंड। अनल दाहि पीटत घनहिं परसु बदन यह दंड॥३७॥
Meaning
“For this reason sandal-wood (in the form of paste) finds its way to the head of gods (their images) and is loved by the world so much; while the axe has its steel blade heated in the fire and beaten with a hammer as ‘punishment’. (37)
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