Doha 47
Dialogue between Śrī Rāma and the sage Vasiṣṭha; Śrī Rāma’s excursion to a mango grove in the company of His brothers
सुनत सुधासम बचन राम के। गहे सबनि पद कृपाधाम के॥ जननि जनक गुर बंधु हमारे। कृपा निधान प्रान ते प्यारे॥१॥
तनु धनु धाम राम हितकारी। सब बिधि तुम्ह प्रनतारति हारी॥ असि सिख तुम्ह बिनु देइ न कोऊ। मातु पिता स्वारथ रत ओऊ॥२॥
हेतु रहित जग जुग उपकारी। तुम्ह तुम्हार सेवक असुरारी॥ स्वारथ मीत सकल जग माहीं। सपनेहुँ प्रभु परमारथ नाहीं॥३॥
सब के बचन प्रेम रस साने। सुनि रघुनाथ हृदयँ हरषाने॥ निज निज गृह गए आयसु पाई। बरनत प्रभु बतकही सुहाई॥४॥
Meaning
On hearing Śrī Rāma’s nectar-like words all clasped the feet of the All-merciful. “Fountain of mercy! You are our father and mother, preceptor and kinsman; You are dearer to us than our own life. (1) “Rāma, You are our body, wealth and habitat and You are beneficent to us in everyway, relieving, as You do, the agony of the suppliant. None other than You could give such instruction; for even father and mother all look to their own interests. (2) “O Destroyer of demons! Yourself and Your servants are the only two selfless benefactors (gratuitously kind) in this world. Everyone else in this world has his own interest to serve; no one thinks of others’ spiritual interests even in a dream, O Lord”. (3) Śrī Raghunātha was delighted at heart to hear the words of all, steeped as they were in the nectar of love. On receiving the Lord’s permission they returned to their own abodes, recounting on the way the Lord’s ennobling discourse. (4)
उमा अवधबासी नर नारि कृतारथ रूप। ब्रह्म सच्चिदानंद घन रघुनायक जहँ भूप॥४७॥
Meaning
“Umā, (continues Lord Śiva,) the people of Ayodhyā, both men and women, are the very picture of blessedness: for, Śrī Raghunātha, who is none other than Brahma, the embodiment of truth, intelligence and bliss, rules there as king.” (47)
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