चरन कमल बंदौं हरि राई।
जाकी कृपा पंगु गिरि लंघै, आंधर कों सब कछु दरसाई॥
बहिरो सुनै, मूक पुनि बोलै, रंक चलै सिर छत्र धराई।
सूरदास स्वामी करुनामय, बार-बार बंदौं तेहि पाई॥
Charan kamal bandaun Hari rai,
jaki kripa pangu giri langhai, andhar kaun sab kachhu darsai.
Bahiro sunai, muk puni bolai, rank chalai sir chhatra dharai,
Surdas svami karunamay, bar-bar bandaun tehi pai.
Meaning
I bow to the lotus feet of Hari, the King, by whose grace the lame cross mountains and the blind see everything.
By his grace the deaf hear, the mute speak again and the pauper walks with a royal parasol over his head. Surdas says: my Master is full of compassion; again and again I bow at his feet.
About this bhajan
Many editions of the Sursagar open with this pada, so it works as Surdas’s mangalacharan. It is short, four lines, and each image is a reversal: the lame climbing, the blind seeing, the beggar under a king’s umbrella. Coming from a poet whom tradition remembers as blind, “andhar kaun sab kachhu darsai” is heard by devotees as personal testimony. Kirtan groups open with it before turning to the leela padas.
Sursagar, opening pada (Pratham Skandh); text as on Kavita Kosh