Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 131: The heart that wants nothing

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The heart that wants nothing

The muni completes his list. Those who drop others' faults and take their virtues, bear hardship for brahmanas and cows, and set the world's standard of right conduct, their minds are his house. The one who credits the good to the Lord and the fault to himself, trusts him wholly and loves his devotees, dwell in his heart with Vaidehi. The one who has left caste, wealth, dharma, honour, family and home, and holds the Lord alone to his heart, stay with him. The one to whom heaven, hell and liberation are equal, who sees the Lord everywhere with bow and arrows, and serves him in deed, word and mind, camp in his heart. The doha: whoever wants nothing and simply loves him, that mind is the Lord's own home.

131.1

अवगुन तजि सब के गुन गहहीँ । विप्र-धेनु-हित सङ्कट सहहीं ॥
नीति निपुन जिन्ह कइ जग लीका । घर तुम्हार तिन्ह कर मनु नीका ॥

avaguna taji saba ke guna gahahīm̐ | vipra-dhenu-hita saṅkaṭa sahahīṃ ||
nīti nipuna jinha kai jaga līkā | ghara tumhāra tinha kara manu nīkā ||

131.2

गुन तुम्हार समुझइ निज दोसा । जेहि सब भाँति तुम्हार भरोसा ॥
राम भगत प्रिय लागहिँ जेही । तेहि उर बसहु सहित बैदेही ॥

guna tumhāra samujhai nija dosā | jehi saba bhām̐ti tumhāra bharosā ||
rāma bhagata priya lāgahim̐ jehī | tehi ura basahu sahita baidehī ||

131.3

जाति पाँति धन धरम बड़ाई । प्रिय-परिवार सदन-सुखदाई ॥
सब तजि तुम्हहिँ रहइ उर लाई । तेहि के हृदयँ रहहु रघुराई ॥

jāti pām̐ti dhana dharama bar̤āī | priya-parivāra sadana-sukhadāī ||
saba taji tumhahim̐ rahai ura lāī | tehi ke hṛdayam̐ rahahu raghurāī ||

131.4

सरग नरक अपबरग समाना । जहँ तहँ देख धरें धनु बाना ॥
करम-बचन-मन राउर चेरा । राम करहु तेहि कें उर डेरा ॥

saraga naraka apabaraga samānā | jaham̐ taham̐ dekha dhareṃ dhanu bānā ||
karama-bacana-mana rāura cerā | rāma karahu tehi keṃ ura ḍerā ||

दो॰ 131Doha

जाहि न चाहिय कबहुँ कछु, तुम्ह सन सहज सनेह ।
बसहु निरन्तर तासु मन, से राउर निज-गेह ॥

jāhi na cāhiya kabahum̐ kachu, tumha sana sahaja saneha |
basahu nirantara tāsu mana, se rāura nija-geha ||

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