Doha 48
एक बार बसिष्ट मुनि आए। जहाँ राम सुखधाम सुहाए॥ अति आदर रघुनायक कीन्हा। पद पखारि पादोदक लीन्हा॥१॥
राम सुनहु मुनि कह कर जोरी। कृपासिंधु बिनती कछु मोरी॥ देखि देखि आचरन तुम्हारा। होत मोह मम हृदयँ अपारा॥२॥
महिमा अमिति बेद नहिं जाना। मैं केहि भाँति कहउँ भगवाना॥ उपरोहित्य कर्म अति मंदा। बेद पुरान सुमृति कर निंदा॥३॥
जब न लेउँ मैं तब बिधि मोही। कहा लाभ आगें सुत तोही॥ परमातमा ब्रह्म नर रूपा। होइहि रघुकुल भूषन भूपा॥४॥
Meaning
One day sage Vasiṣṭha called at the palace of the charming and all-blissful Śrī Rāma. Śrī Raghunātha received him with great reverence, washed his feet and sipped the nectar-like water into which they had been dipped. (1) “Listen, Rāma,” said the sage with folded hands, “I make my humble submission, O Ocean of mercy. Even as I watch Your doings, extreme bewilderment overtakes my mind. (2) “Your immeasurable greatness is beyond the knowledge of the Vedas; how can I describe it, O Almighty Lord? The vocation of a family priest is rather humble; the Vedas, Purāṇas and the Smṛti texts equally deprecate it. (3) “When I was rather unwilling to accept it, Brahmā (my father) said to me, ‘It will redound to your benefit in the long run, my son: Brahma Itself, the Supreme Spirit, will appear in human semblance as a king, the ornament of Raghu’s race.’ (4)
तब मैं हृदयँ बिचारा जोग जग्य ब्रत दान। जा कहुँ करिअ सो पैहउँ धर्म न एहि सम आन॥४८॥
Meaning
“Then I thought to myself, (through this very office) I shall attain Him who is the object of Yogic practices, performance of sacrifices, religious vows and charity. Thus there can be no better vocation than this. (48)
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