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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 48"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 48

**चौ०** 
> एक बार बसिष्ट मुनि आए। जहाँ राम सुखधाम सुहाए॥  
> अति आदर रघुनायक कीन्हा। पद पखारि पादोदक लीन्हा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> राम सुनहु मुनि कह कर जोरी। कृपासिंधु बिनती कछु मोरी॥  
> देखि देखि आचरन तुम्हारा। होत मोह मम हृदयँ अपारा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> महिमा अमिति बेद नहिं जाना। मैं केहि भाँति कहउँ भगवाना॥  
> उपरोहित्य कर्म अति मंदा। बेद पुरान सुमृति कर निंदा॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> 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)

**दो०** 
> 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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