Doha 45
जौं परलोक इहाँ सुख चहहू। सुनि मम बचन हृदयँ दृढ़ गहहू॥ सुलभ सुखद मारग यह भाई। भगति मोरि पुरान श्रुति गाई॥१॥
ग्यान अगम प्रत्यूह अनेका। साधन कठिन न मन कहुँ टेका॥ करत कष्ट बहु पावइ कोऊ। भक्ति हीन मोहि प्रिय नहिं सोऊ॥२॥
भक्ति सुतंत्र सकल सुख खानी। बिनु सतसंग न पावहिं प्रानी॥ पुन्य पुंज बिनु मिलहिं न संता। सतसंगति संसृति कर अंता॥३॥
पुन्य एक जग महुँ नहिं दूजा। मन क्रम बचन बिप्र पद पूजा॥ सानुकूल तेहि पर मुनि देवा। जो तजि कपटु करइ द्विज सेवा॥४॥
Meaning
“If you seek happiness here as well as hereafter, listen to My words and imbibe them deeply in your heart. Devotion to My feet is an easy and pleasant road, brethren, extolled in the Purāṇas and Vedas. (1) “Gnosis (the path of knowledge) is difficult to attain and beset with numerous obstacles. The path is rugged and there is no solid ground for the mind to rest on. Scarcely one attains it after a hard struggle; yet, lacking in Devotion, the man fails to win My love. (2) “Devotion is independent and is a mine of all blessings; men, however, cannot attain it except through the fellowship of saints. Saints for their part are inaccessible without abundance of merits; communion with the Lord’s devotees in any case brings to an end the cycle of births and deaths. (3) “There is only one meritorious act in this world and no other—to adore the feet of the Brāhmaṇas by thought, word and deed. The sages and gods are propitious to him who guilelessly serves the twice-born (the Brāhmaṇas). (4)
औरउ एक गुपुत मत सबहि कहउँ कर जोरि। संकर भजन बिना नर भगति न पावइ मोरि॥४५॥
Meaning
“With folded hands I lay before you all another secret doctrine: without adoring Śaṅkara, man cannot attain devotion to Me. (45)
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