जब तैं राम कीन्ह तहँ बासा । सुखी भये मुनि बीती नासा ॥
गिरि बन नदीं ताल छबि छाए । दिन दिन प्रति अति हौहिं सुहाये ॥
jaba taiṃ rāma kīnha taham̐ bāsā | sukhī bhaye muni bītī nāsā ||
giri bana nadīṃ tāla chabi chāe | dina dina prati ati hauhiṃ suhāye ||
Aranya Kanda
Chapter 14: Lakshmana asks about knowledge, Maya and bhakti
5 verses · 14 of 46
What happens in this chapter
Lakshmana asks about knowledge, Maya and bhakti
From the day Rama settles at Panchavati the munis live happy and free of fear. Hills, woods, rivers and lakes grow lovelier day by day; birds and deer are glad and bees hum. Even Shesha could not describe that forest where Raghubir dwells. One day, as the Lord sits at ease, Lakshmana speaks without guile: Lord of all that moves and stays, I ask you as my own master. Explain it so I understand, and I will leave everything to serve the dust of your feet. Tell me of jnana, vairagya and Maya, and of that bhakti by which you show mercy. Explain the difference between Ishvara and jiva, so that love for your feet arises and grief and delusion go.
खग-मृग-वृन्द अनन्दित रहहीं । मधुप मधुर गंजत छबि लहहीं ॥
सो बन बरनि न सक अहिराजा । जहाँ प्रगट रघुबीर बिराजा ॥
khaga-mṛga-vṛnda anandita rahahīṃ | madhupa madhura gaṃjata chabi lahahīṃ ||
so bana barani na saka ahirājā | jahām̐ pragaṭa raghubīra birājā ||
एक बार प्रभु सुख-आसीना । लछिमन बचन कहे छलहीना ॥
सुर नर मुनि सचराचर साँई । मैं पूछउँ निज प्रभु की नाई ॥
eka bāra prabhu sukha-āsīnā | lachimana bacana kahe chalahīnā ||
sura nara muni sacarācara sām̐ī | maiṃ pūchaum̐ nija prabhu kī nāī ||
मोहि समुझाइ कहहु सोइ देवा । सब तजि करउँ चरन-रज सेवा ॥
कहहु ज्ञान बिराग अरु माया । कहहु सो भगति करहु जेहिं दाया ॥
mohi samujhāi kahahu soi devā | saba taji karaum̐ carana-raja sevā ||
kahahu jñāna birāga aru māyā | kahahu so bhagati karahu jehiṃ dāyā ||
ईस्वर जीव भेद प्रभु, सकल कहहु समुझाइ ।
जातें होइ चरन रति, सोक मोह भ्रम जाइ ॥
īsvara jīva bheda prabhu, sakala kahahu samujhāi |
jāteṃ hoi carana rati, soka moha bhrama jāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0