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title: "Uttar Kand Doha 96b"
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# Uttar Kand · Doha 96b

**चौ०** 
> स्वारथ साँच जीव कहुँ एहा। मन क्रम बचन राम पद नेहा॥  
> सोइ पावन सोइ सुभग सरीरा। जो तनु पाइ भजिअ रघुबीरा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> राम बिमुख लहि बिधि सम देही। कबि कोबिद न प्रसंसहिं तेही॥  
> राम भगति एहिं तन उर जामी। ताते मोहि परम प्रिय स्वामी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> तजउँ न तन निज इच्छा मरना। तन बिनु बेद भजन नहिं बरना॥  
> प्रथम मोहँ मोहि बहुत बिगोवा। राम बिमुख सुख कबहुँ न सोवा॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> नाना जनम कर्म पुनि नाना। किए जोग जप तप मख दाना॥  
> कवन जोनि जनमेउँ जहँ नाहीं। मैं खगेस भ्रमि भ्रमि जग माहीं॥४॥

**चौ०** 
> देखेउँ करि सब करम गोसाईं। सुखी न भयउँ अबहिं की नाईं॥  
> सुधि मोहि नाथ जन्म बहु केरी। सिव प्रसाद मति मोहँ न घेरी॥५॥

Meaning: “The real self-interest of every living creature lies in cultivating devotion to Śrī Rāma’s feet in thought, word and deed. That body alone is sacred and that alone blessed, in which one is able to worship Śrī Raghuvīra. (1)

“The wise and the learned never admire him who is hostile to Śrī Rāma, even though he may acquire a body as exalted as that of Brahmā (the Creator) himself. Devotion to Śrī Rāma took root in my heart in this very body; hence I hold it supremely dear, O king of birds! (2)

“Although my death depends on my own will, I do not give up this body, because— as the Vedas declare—adoration of the Lord is not possible without a corporeal body. At first infatuation gave me much trouble; so long as I remained averse to Śrī Rāma I never had a restful sleep. (3)

“Through a number of births I practised Yoga (concentration of mind), Japa (muttering of prayers), austere penance and charity and performed sacrifices and other acts of various kinds. Which species is there in this world, O lord of the winged creatures, in which I have at sometime or the other not been born during my round of births? (4)

“I have had experience of all kinds of pursuits, my lord; but I was never so happy as I am now. I recollect my many previous existences, my lord, in which by Śiva’s grace my understanding was not clouded by infatuation. (5)

**दो०** 
> प्रथम जन्म के चरित अब कहउँ सुनहु बिहगेस।  
> सुनि प्रभु पद रति उपजइ जातें मिटहिं कलेस॥ ९६ (क) ॥

**दो०** 
> पूरुब कल्प एक प्रभु जुग कलिजुग मल मूल।  
> नर अरु नारि अधर्म रत सकल निगम प्रतिकूल॥ ९६ (ख) ॥

Meaning: “Listen, O lord of the feathered kingdom: I now proceed to narrate the story of my very first birth (within my memory), which is sure to generate in the heart of the listener love for the Lord’s feet, which obliterates all afflictions. (96 A)

“In a former Kalpa (round of creation), my lord, the world was passing through a Kaliyuga, the hotbed of sin, in which men and women were all steeped in unrighteousness and acted contrary to the Vedas. (96 B)

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