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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 71b"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 71b

**चौ०** 
> गुन कृत सन्यपात नहिं केही। कोउ न मान मद तजेउ निबेही॥  
> जोबन ज्वर केहि नहिं बलकावा। ममता केहि कर जस न नसावा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> मच्छर काहि कलंक न लावा। काहि न सोक समीर डोलावा॥  
> चिंता साँपिनि को नहिं खाया। को जग जाहि न ब्यापी माया॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कीट मनोरथ दारु सरीरा। जेहि न लाग घुन को अस धीरा॥  
> सुत बित लोक ईषना तीनी। केहि कै मति इन्ह कृत न मलीनी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> यह सब माया कर परिवारा। प्रबल अमिति को बरनै पारा॥  
> सिव चतुरानन जाहि डेराहीं। अपर जीव केहि लेखे माहीं॥४॥

Meaning: “Who is not thrown out of his mental equipoise by the combined action of the three Guṇas (modes of Prakṛti) as by the synchronous derangement of the three humours of the body (which generally proves fatal to the victim according to the principles of Āyurveda)? None has escaped the stings of pride and arrogance. Who does not get wildly excited under an attack of fever in the form of youth and whose good reputation is not marred by worldly attachment? (1)

“Who does not incur obloquy through envy and who is not shaken by the blast of grief? Who is not bitten by the serpent of anxiety? And is there anyone in this world who is not overcome by Māyā (the delusive potency of God)? (2)

“Again, is there anyone so resolute of mind, whose body is not being consumed by desire as wood is eaten away by woodworm? Whose mind has not been polluted by the threefold desire—the desire for progeny, the desire for wealth and the desire for fame? (3)

“All these constitute the retinue of Māyā, formidable and infinite in number, more than anyone can tell. Even Lord Śiva and the four-faced Brahmā (the Creator) are ever afraid of these; of what account, then, are other creatures? (4)

**दो०** 
> ब्यापि रहेउ संसार महुँ माया कटक प्रचंड।  
> सेनापति कामादि भट दंभ कपट पाषंड॥७१ (क)॥

**दो०** 
> सो दासी रघुबीर कै समुझें मिथ्या सोपि।  
> छूट न राम कृपा बिनु नाथ कहउँ पद रोपि॥७१ (ख)॥

Meaning: “Māyā’s formidable army is spread over the whole universe. Concupiscence etc., viz., Anger and Greed are its generals; Hypocrisy, Deceit and Heresy its warriors. (71 A)

“That Māyā, however, is Śrī Rāma’s own handmaid; though unreal when understood, there is no release from its grip except by Śrī Rāma’s grace: I declare this with my utmost conviction. (71 B)

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