Doha 54
नर सहस्र महँ सुनहु पुरारी। कोउ एक होइ धर्म ब्रतधारी॥ धर्मसील कोटिक महँ कोई। बिषय बिमुख बिराग रत होई॥१॥
कोटि बिरक्त मध्य श्रुति कहई। सम्यक ग्यान सकृत कोउ लहई॥ ग्यानवंत कोटिक महँ कोऊ। जीवनमुक्त सकृत जग सोऊ॥२॥
तिन्ह सहस्र महुँ सब सुख खानी। दुर्लभ ब्रह्म लीन बिग्यानी॥ धर्मसील बिरक्त अरु ग्यानी। जीवनमुक्त ब्रह्मपर प्रानी॥३॥
सब ते सो दुर्लभ सुरराया। राम भगति रत गत मद माया॥ सो हरिभगति काग किमि पाई। बिस्वनाथ मोहि कहहु बुझाई॥४॥
Meaning
“Listen, O Slayer of demon Tripura: among a thousand men there is scarce one who is steadfast in his vow of piety. Among ten million beings devoted to the pursuit of ‘Dharma’ there may be one who is averse to the pleasures of sense and takes delight in dispassion. (1) “Among millions of beings free from worldly attachment, so declare the Vedas, scarce one succeeds in acquiring perfect wisdom. Among millions of enlightened souls in this world there is hardly one who attains final beatitude. (2) “Among a thousand such souls he, who has not only realized his oneness with Brahma but merged his identity in the Absolute and has accordingly become a fountain of all joy, is rarely to be found. (3) “Of the religious, the unattached, the enlightened and the emancipated, as well as of those merged in the Absolute, O lord of divinities, O Mahādeva! he, who takes delight in devotion to Śrī Rāma and is free from vanity and wiles, is most difficult to find. Kindly explain to me at length, O Lord of the universe, how such devotion to Śrī Hari was attained by the crow. (4)
राम परायन ग्यान रत गुनागार मति धीर। नाथ कहहु केहि कारन पायउ काक सरीर॥५४॥
Meaning
“Also tell me, my lord, how did Kākabhuśuṇḍi obtain the form of a crow even though devoted to Śrī Rāma and steeped in wisdom, a repository of virtues and resolute of mind? (54)
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