Doha 74b
सुनु खगेस रघुपति प्रभुताई। कहउँ जथामति कथा सुहाई॥ जेहि बिधि मोह भयउ प्रभु मोही। सोउ सब कथा सुनावउँ तोही॥१॥
राम कृपा भाजन तुम्ह ताता। हरि गुन प्रीति मोहि सुखदाता॥ ताते नहिं कछु तुम्हहिं दुरावउँ। परम रहस्य मनोहर गावउँ॥२॥
सुनहु राम कर सहज सुभाऊ। जन अभिमान न राखहिं काऊ॥ संसृत मूल सूलप्रद नाना। सकल सोक दायक अभिमाना॥३॥
ताते करहिं कृपानिधि दूरी। सेवक पर ममता अति भूरी॥ जिमि सिसु तन ब्रन होइ गोसाईं। मातु चिराव कठिन की नाईं॥४॥
Meaning
“Hear, O lord of the feathered kingdom, Garuḍa, of the greatness of Śrī Raghunātha. I recite to you according to the best of my ability a delightful story in this connection. I shall also narrate to you the whole story as to how I fell a prey to delusion, my lord. (1) “You, esteemed Garuḍa, are a favourite of Śrī Rāma and fond of hearing Śrī Hari’s glories and are thus a source of delight to me. I am, therefore, keeping back nothing from you and will chant to you profound and deep secret legends. (2) “Hear of Śrī Rāma’s innate disposition: He never tolerates pride in His devotee. For pride is the root of metempsychosis and the cause of all kinds of pain and all forms of grief. (3) “Hence the All-merciful gets rid of it in His extreme fondness for His servants/followers, even as when a boil appears on the body of a child, my lord, the mother gets it operated like one having a heart of stone. (4)
जदपि प्रथम दुख पावइ रोवइ बाल अधीर। ब्याधि नास हित जननी गनति न सो सिसु पीर॥७४ (क)॥
तिमि रघुपति निज दास कर हरहिं मान हित लागि। तुलसिदास ऐसे प्रभुहि कस न भजहु भ्रम त्यागि॥७४ (ख)॥
Meaning
“Although at first (while the boil is being cut open) the child experiences pain and cries piteously, yet the mother heeds not the child’s agony in her anxiety to see the child cured. (74 A) “Even so, in the interest of the devotee himself, Śrī Raghunātha takes away his pride.” Forswearing all doubt, Tulasīdāsa, why should you not adore such a lord as this? (74 B)
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