Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 129: Homes in the hearts of worshippers

5 verses · 129 of 326

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Homes in the hearts of worshippers

Valmiki goes on. Those who reverently breathe the fragrance offered to the Lord, eat only food first offered to him and wear his prasad as clothing and ornament; who bow with love to devas, guru and brahmanas; whose hands worship Shri Rama's feet daily and whose hearts trust nothing else; whose feet walk to his tirthas, in their minds dwell. Those who repeat his mantraraja daily, worship him with his whole family, perform tarpana and homa, feed brahmanas and give freely, and serve the guru as greater than the Lord himself; who, after all this, ask one fruit only, love for Shri Rama's feet, in the temple of their minds let Sita and Raghunandana both dwell.

129.1

प्रभु प्रसाद सुचि सुभग सुबासा । सादर जासु लहइ नित नासा ॥
तुम्हहिँ निबेदित भोजन करहीं । प्रभु-प्रसाद पट भूषन धरहीँ ॥

prabhu prasāda suci subhaga subāsā | sādara jāsu lahai nita nāsā ||
tumhahim̐ nibedita bhojana karahīṃ | prabhu-prasāda paṭa bhūṣana dharahīm̐ ||

129.2

सीस नवहिँ सुर-गुरु-द्विज देखी । प्रीति सहित करि बिनय बिसेखी ॥
कर नित करहिं राम-पद-पूजा । राम-भरोस हृदयँ नहिँ दूजा ॥

sīsa navahim̐ sura-guru-dvija dekhī | prīti sahita kari binaya bisekhī ||
kara nita karahiṃ rāma-pada-pūjā | rāma-bharosa hṛdayam̐ nahim̐ dūjā ||

129.3

चरन राम-तीरथ चलि जाहीं । राम बसहु तिन्ह के मन माहीं ॥
मन्त्रराज नित जपहिँ तुम्हारा । पूजहिँ तुम्हहिँ सहित परिवारा ॥

carana rāma-tīratha cali jāhīṃ | rāma basahu tinha ke mana māhīṃ ||
mantrarāja nita japahim̐ tumhārā | pūjahim̐ tumhahim̐ sahita parivārā ||

129.4

तरपन होम करहिँ बिधि नाना । बिप्र जेवाँइ देहिँ बहु दाना ॥
तुम्ह तेँ अधिक गुरुहि जियँ जानी । सकल भायँ सेवहिँ सनमानी ॥

tarapana homa karahim̐ bidhi nānā | bipra jevām̐i dehim̐ bahu dānā ||
tumha tem̐ adhika guruhi jiyam̐ jānī | sakala bhāyam̐ sevahim̐ sanamānī ||

दो॰ 129Doha

सब करि मागहिं एक फल, राम-चरन रति होउ ।
तिन्ह कें मन-मन्दिर बसहु, सिय-रघुनन्दन दोउ ॥

saba kari māgahiṃ eka phala, rāma-carana rati hou |
tinha keṃ mana-mandira basahu, siya-raghunandana dou ||

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