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Shabari stands with joined palms. How can I praise you? she says. I am of low birth and very dull of mind; women are lowest of the low, and among them I am the most foolish. Raghupati answers: listen, good woman, I recognise only one kinship, that of bhakti. Caste, lineage, family dharma, rank, wealth, strength, kin, virtue and cleverness, a man without bhakti shines in them like a cloud without water. Now I tell you the nine forms of devotion; listen carefully and keep them in your heart. The first is the company of saints. The second is love for the tellings of my katha. The third is service of the guru's lotus feet without pride. The fourth is singing my virtues without deceit.
पानि जोरि आगें भइ ठाढ़ी । प्रभुहि बिलोकि प्रीति अति बाढ़ी ॥
केहि बिधि अस्तुति करउँ तुम्हारी । अधम जाति मैं जड़मति भारी ॥
pāni jori āgeṃ bhai ṭhār̤hī | prabhuhi biloki prīti ati bār̤hī ||
kehi bidhi astuti karaum̐ tumhārī | adhama jāti maiṃ jar̤amati bhārī ||
अधम तें अधम अधम अति नारी । तिन्ह महँ मैं मतिमन्द अघारी ॥
कह रघुपति सुनु भामिनि बाता । मानउँ एक भगति कर नाता ॥
adhama teṃ adhama adhama ati nārī | tinha maham̐ maiṃ matimanda aghārī ||
kaha raghupati sunu bhāmini bātā | mānaum̐ eka bhagati kara nātā ||
जाति पाँति कुल धर्म बड़ाई । धन बल परिजन गुन चतुराई ॥
भगति हीन नर सोहइ कैसा । बिनु जल बारिद देखिय जैसा ॥
jāti pām̐ti kula dharma bar̤āī | dhana bala parijana guna caturāī ||
bhagati hīna nara sohai kaisā | binu jala bārida dekhiya jaisā ||
नवधा भगति कहउँ तोहि पाहीँ । सावधान सुनु धरु मन माहीं ॥
प्रथम भगति सन्तन्ह कर सङ्गा । दूसरि रति मम कथा प्रसङ्गा ॥
navadhā bhagati kahaum̐ tohi pāhīm̐ | sāvadhāna sunu dharu mana māhīṃ ||
prathama bhagati santanha kara saṅgā | dūsari rati mama kathā prasaṅgā ||
गुरु-पद-पङ्कज सेवा, तीसरि भगति अमान ।
चौथि भगति सम-गुन-गन, करइ कपट तजि गान ॥
guru-pada-paṅkaja sevā, tīsari bhagati amāna |
cauthi bhagati sama-guna-gana, karai kapaṭa taji gāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
