अब लौं नसानी, अब न नसैहौं।
रामकृपा भव-निसा सिरानी, जागे फिरि न डसैहौं॥
पायो नाम चारु चिंतामनि, उर कर तें न खसैहौं।
स्याम रूप सुचि रुचिर कसौटी, चित कंचनहिं कसैहौं॥
परबस जानि हँस्यो इन इंद्रिन, निज बस ह्वै न हँसैहौं।
मन मधुपहिं प्रन करि तुलसी, रघुपति पदकमल बसैहौं॥
Ab laun nasani, ab na nasaihaun,
Ramkripa bhav-nisa sirani, jage phiri na dasaihaun.
Payo nam charu chintamani, ur kar ten na khasaihaun,
Syam roop suchi ruchir kasauti, chit kanchanahin kasaihaun.
Parbas jani hansyo in indrin, nij bas hvai na hansaihaun,
man madhupahin pran kari Tulsi, Raghupati padkamal basaihaun.
Meaning
Until now my life has been wasted; from now on I will not waste it. By Rama’s grace the night of worldly life is over; now that I am awake, I will not spread the bed of sleep again.
I have found the Name, a lovely wish-fulfilling jewel; I will not let it slip from the hand of my heart. On the pure, beautiful touchstone of Shyama’s form I will test the gold of my mind.
These senses laughed at me, knowing I was in their power; now that I am my own master, I will not be mocked again. Tulsi has made the mind, that bee, take a vow: I will settle it in the lotus feet of Raghupati.
About this bhajan
Vinaya Patrika pada 105 is a vow made on waking. Its first line, “ab laun nasani, ab na nasaihaun”, has become a Hindi proverb for turning a new leaf, used by people who have never opened the book. Each image is from daily life in Tulsidas’s Kashi: the night ending, the goldsmith’s touchstone, a bee settling on a lotus. Satsang groups sing it on Ekadashi and at the start of a vrat.
Vinaya Patrika, pada 105 (Gita Press); checked against Kavita Kosh