तेहि दिन भयउ बिटप तर बासू । लखन सखाँ सब कीन्ह सुपासू ॥
प्रात प्रातकृत करि रघुराई । तीरथराज दीख प्रभु जाई ॥
tehi dina bhayau biṭapa tara bāsū | lakhana sakhām̐ saba kīnha supāsū ||
prāta prātakṛta kari raghurāī | tīratharāja dīkha prabhu jāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 105: Prayag pictured as the king of tirthas
5 verses · 105 of 326
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Prayag pictured as the king of tirthas
After a night under a tree, the Lord goes to see Prayag, the king of tirthas. Tulsidas pictures it as a king. Truth is his minister, faith his beloved queen, and Madhava his kind friend. His treasury is full of the four goals of life, and his land is holy and lovely. His fortress is deep and impregnable, never reached by enemies even in dreams. All the other tirthas are his brave army, steady in crushing the hosts of sin. The confluence is his splendid throne, the undying banyan his royal umbrella, and the waves of the Yamuna and Ganga his whisks, whose sight ends sorrow and poverty. The Vedas and Puranas sing his praise like bards.
सचिव सत्य श्रध्दा प्रिय नारी । माधव सरिस मीत हितकारी ॥
चारि पदारथ भरा भँडारु । पुन्य प्रदेस देस अति चारु ॥
saciva satya śradhdā priya nārī | mādhava sarisa mīta hitakārī ||
cāri padāratha bharā bham̐ḍāru | punya pradesa desa ati cāru ||
छेत्र अगम गढ़ गाढ़ सुहावा । सपनेहुँ नहिं प्रतिपच्छिन्ह पावा ॥
सेन सकल तीरथ बर बीरा । कलुष अनीक दलन रनधीरा ॥
chetra agama gar̤ha gār̤ha suhāvā | sapanehum̐ nahiṃ pratipacchinha pāvā ||
sena sakala tīratha bara bīrā | kaluṣa anīka dalana ranadhīrā ||
सङ्गम सिंहासनु सुठि सोहा । छत्र अखयबटु मुनि मन मोहा ॥
चवँर जमुन अरु गङ्ग तरङ्गा । देखि होहिं दुख दारिद भङ्गा ॥
saṅgama siṃhāsanu suṭhi sohā | chatra akhayabaṭu muni mana mohā ||
cavam̐ra jamuna aru gaṅga taraṅgā | dekhi hohiṃ dukha dārida bhaṅgā ||
सेवहिँ सुकृती साधु सुचि, पावहिं सब मनकाम ।
बन्दी बेद पुरान गन, कहहिं बिमल गुन ग्राम ॥
sevahim̐ sukṛtī sādhu suci, pāvahiṃ saba manakāma |
bandī beda purāna gana, kahahiṃ bimala guna grāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0