सुनि रघुपति के बचन सुहाये । मुनि तन पुलक नयन भरि आये ॥
कहहु कवन प्रभु कै असि रीती । सेवक पर ममता अरु प्रीती ॥
suni raghupati ke bacana suhāye | muni tana pulaka nayana bhari āye ||
kahahu kavana prabhu kai asi rītī | sevaka para mamatā aru prītī ||
Aranya Kanda
Chapter 45: Narada asks the marks of a saint
6 verses · 45 of 46
What happens in this chapter
Narada asks the marks of a saint
Hearing Raghupati's words, Narada's body thrills and his eyes fill. Tell me, which other master has such ways, such care and love for his servant? Then he asks with reverence: Rama, master of realisation tell me the marks of the saints. Rama answers: hear the virtues of the saints by which I remain under their sway. They have conquered the six passions, are sinless and free of desire, owning nothing, pure, wanting nothing, truthful, learned, yogis, giving honour to others, free of pride and expert on the path of bhakti. They are stores of virtue, beyond the world's sorrow and free of doubt, and apart from my lotus feet they hold neither body nor home dear.
जे न भजहिँ अस प्रभु भ्रम त्यागी । ज्ञान-रङ्क नर मन्द अभागी ॥
पुनि सादर बोले मुनि नारद । सुनहु राम बिज्ञान बिसारद ॥
je na bhajahim̐ asa prabhu bhrama tyāgī | jñāna-raṅka nara manda abhāgī ||
puni sādara bole muni nārada | sunahu rāma bijñāna bisārada ||
सन्तन्ह के लच्छन रघुबीरा । कहहु नाथ भव भञ्जन भीरा ॥
सुनु मुनि सन्तन्ह के गुन कहऊँ । जिन्ह ते मैं उन्ह कें बस रहऊँ ॥
santanha ke lacchana raghubīrā | kahahu nātha bhava bhañjana bhīrā ||
sunu muni santanha ke guna kahaūm̐ | jinha te maiṃ unha keṃ basa rahaūm̐ ||
षट-बिकार-जित अनघ अकामा । अचल अकिञ्चन सुचि सुख-धामा ॥
अमित-बाघ अनीह मित-भोगी । सत्यसार कबि कोबिद जोगी ॥
ṣaṭa-bikāra-jita anagha akāmā | acala akiñcana suci sukha-dhāmā ||
amita-bāgha anīha mita-bhogī | satyasāra kabi kobida jogī ||
सावधान मानद मद-हीना । धीर भगति-पथ परम-प्रबीना ॥
sāvadhāna mānada mada-hīnā | dhīra bhagati-patha parama-prabīnā ||
गुनागार संसार-दुख,-रहित बिगत सन्देह ।
तजि मम चरन-सरोज प्रिय, जिन्ह कह देह न गेह ॥
gunāgāra saṃsāra-dukha,-rahita bigata sandeha |
taji mama carana-saroja priya, jinha kaha deha na geha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0