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# Uttar Kand · Doha 55

**चौ०** 
> यह प्रभु चरित पवित्र सुहावा। कहहु कृपाल काग कहँ पावा॥  
> तुम्ह केहि भाँति सुना मदनारी। कहहु मोहि अति कौतुक भारी॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> गरुड़ महाग्यानी गुन रासी। हरि सेवक अति निकट निवासी॥  
> तेहिं केहि हेतु काग सन जाई। सुनी कथा मुनि निकर बिहाई॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कहहु कवन बिधि भा संबादा। दोउ हरिभगत काग उरगादा॥  
> गौरि गिरा सुनि सरल सुहाई। बोले सिव सादर सुख पाई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> धन्य सती पावन मति तोरी। रघुपति चरन प्रीति नहिं थोरी॥  
> सुनहु परम पुनीत इतिहासा। जो सुनि सकल लोक भ्रम नासा॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> उपजइ राम चरन बिस्वासा। भव निधि तर नर बिनहिं प्रयासा॥५॥

Meaning: “Further tell me, O merciful lord, wherefrom did the crow get this sacred and delightful epic? And also let me know how did You hear it, O Destroyer of Cupid, for all this fills me with much inquisitiveness. (1)

“Garuḍa, again, is highly enlightened and an embodiment of virtues; moreover, he is a servant of Śrī Hari (being His own mount) and lives very close to Him. Leaving a host of sages, wherefore did he approach a crow to hear Śrī Rāma’s story from him? (2)

“Further let me know how the dialogue proceeded between Kākabhuśuṇḍi and Garuḍa, both of whom are devotees of Śrī Hari.” Lord Śiva rejoiced to hear the sincere and welcome query of Pāravatī and replied in a benign tone. (3)

“You are blessed indeed, O virtuous lady; your idea is holy, and you possess not a little love for the feet of Śrī Raghunātha. Therefore, listen to the most sacred story, which on hearing puts an end to the delusion of the whole universe, (4)

“begets faith in Śrī Rāma’s feet and enables a man to cross the ocean of worldly existence without any difficulty. (5)

**दो०** 
> ऐसिअ प्रस्न बिहंगपति कीन्हि काग सन जाइ।  
> सो सब सादर कहिहउँ सुनहु उमा मन लाइ॥५५॥

Meaning: “Garuḍa, the king of the birds, too, went and put almost similar questions to Kākabhuśuṇḍi. I will reverently narrate to you all that: listen, Umā, with an attentive mind. (55)

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