कृपासिन्धु बोले मुसुकाई । सोइ कर जेहि तब नाव न जाई ॥
बेगि आनु जल पाय पखारू । होत बिलम्ब उतारहि पारू ॥
kṛpāsindhu bole musukāī | soi kara jehi taba nāva na jāī ||
begi ānu jala pāya pakhārū | hota bilamba utārahi pārū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 101: The boatman washes the Lord's lotus feet
5 verses · 101 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The boatman washes the Lord's lotus feet
The ocean of mercy smiles: do whatever keeps your boat safe. Bring water, wash my feet and take us across, for it is getting late. Tulsidas marvels that he whose name, remembered once, carries people over the ocean of becoming, and who made the world smaller than three strides, now entreats a boatman. Seeing the toenails from which she flows, the Ganga rejoices, though his words bewilder her. With Rama's leave the boatman brings water in a wooden basin and, overflowing with love, washes the lotus feet. The devas shower flowers and envy his merit. He and his family drink that water, carrying their ancestors across, then joyfully ferry the Lord over.
जासु नाम सुमिरत एक बारा । उतरहिं नर भव-सिन्धु अपारा ॥
सोइ कृपाल केवटहि निहोरा । जेहिं जग किय तिहुँ पगहु ते थोरा ॥
jāsu nāma sumirata eka bārā | utarahiṃ nara bhava-sindhu apārā ||
soi kṛpāla kevaṭahi nihorā | jehiṃ jaga kiya tihum̐ pagahu te thorā ||
पद-नख निरखि देवसरि हरषी । सुनि प्रभु बचन माहि मति करषी ॥
केवट राम-रजायसु पावा । पानि कठवता भरि लेइ आवा ॥
pada-nakha nirakhi devasari haraṣī | suni prabhu bacana māhi mati karaṣī ||
kevaṭa rāma-rajāyasu pāvā | pāni kaṭhavatā bhari lei āvā ||
अति आनन्द उमगि अनुरागा । चरन-सरोज पखारन लागा ॥
बरषि सुमन सुर सकल सिहाहीं । एहि सम पुन्य-पुञ्ज कोउ नाहीं ॥
ati ānanda umagi anurāgā | carana-saroja pakhārana lāgā ||
baraṣi sumana sura sakala sihāhīṃ | ehi sama punya-puñja kou nāhīṃ ||
पद पखारि जल पान करि, आपु सहित परिवार ।
पितर पार करि प्रभुहि पुनि, मुदित गयउ लेइ पार ॥
pada pakhāri jala pāna kari, āpu sahita parivāra |
pitara pāra kari prabhuhi puni, mudita gayau lei pāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0