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Sita, Rama, Guha and Lakshmana step onto the Ganga's sand, and the boatman prostrates. The Lord feels awkward at giving him nothing. Sita, who knows her beloved's heart, gladly takes off her jewelled ring, and Rama says: take your fare. The boatman clasps his feet. Lord, what have I not received today? The fire of my faults, sorrows and poverty is put out. After long labour the Creator has paid me in full. I want nothing more; whatever you give on your way back I will take on my head as prasad. The Lord, Lakshmana and Sita press him, but he takes nothing, and Rama sends him off with the boon of pure bhakti.
उतरि ठाढ़ भये सुरसरि-रेता । सीय रोम गुह लखन समेता ॥
केवट उतरि दंडवत कीन्हा । प्रभुहि सकुच एहि नहिँ कछु दीन्हा ॥
utari ṭhār̤ha bhaye surasari-retā | sīya roma guha lakhana sametā ||
kevaṭa utari daṃḍavata kīnhā | prabhuhi sakuca ehi nahim̐ kachu dīnhā ||
पिय हिय की सिय जाननिहारी । मनि-मुदरी मन-मुदित उतारी ॥
कहेउ कृपालु-लेहि उतराई । केवट चरन गहे अकुलाई ॥
piya hiya kī siya jānanihārī | mani-mudarī mana-mudita utārī ||
kaheu kṛpālu-lehi utarāī | kevaṭa carana gahe akulāī ||
नाथ आजु में काह न पावा । मिटे दोष-दुख-दारिद-दावा ॥
बहुत काल में कीन्हि मजूरी । आजु दीन्ह बिधि बनि भलि भूरी ॥
nātha āju meṃ kāha na pāvā | miṭe doṣa-dukha-dārida-dāvā ||
bahuta kāla meṃ kīnhi majūrī | āju dīnha bidhi bani bhali bhūrī ||
अब कछु नाथ न चाहिय मोरें । दीन दयाल अनुग्रह तोरें ॥
फिरती बार मोहि जो देवा । सो प्रसाद मैं सिर धरि लेबा ॥
aba kachu nātha na cāhiya moreṃ | dīna dayāla anugraha toreṃ ||
phiratī bāra mohi jo devā | so prasāda maiṃ sira dhari lebā ||
बहुत कीन्ह प्रभु लखन सियँ, नहिँ कछु केवट लेइ ।
बिदा कीन्ह करुनायतन, भगति बिमल बर देइ ॥
bahuta kīnha prabhu lakhana siyam̐, nahim̐ kachu kevaṭa lei |
bidā kīnha karunāyatana, bhagati bimala bara dei ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
