जासु ज्ञान रवि भव-निसि नासा । बचन किरन मुनि कमल बिकासा ॥
तेहि कि मोह ममता निअराई । यह सिय-राम सनेह बड़ाई ॥
jāsu jñāna ravi bhava-nisi nāsā | bacana kirana muni kamala bikāsā ||
tehi ki moha mamatā niarāī | yaha siya-rāma saneha bar̤āī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 277: Knowledge without love of Rama is rudderless
5 verses · 277 of 326
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Knowledge without love of Rama is rudderless
Can delusion come near Janaka, whose knowledge is a sun that ends the night of worldliness? This grief only shows how great his love for Sita and Rama is. The Vedas name three kinds of beings, the worldly, the seekers and the perfected, and among them the one whose heart is moist with love for Rama is honoured most in the company of saints. Knowledge without love of Rama does not shine, like a ship without a helmsman. Vasishtha counsels Janaka at length, and all bathe at Ramghat. That whole day passes without even water; even the animals and birds fasted, so who can speak of Rama's own people? Next morning both kings bathe and sit under the banyan, sad at heart and worn in body.
विषयी साधक सिद्ध सयाने । त्रिविधि जीव जग बेद बखाने ॥
राम-सनेह-सरस मन जासू । साधु सभाँ बड़ आदर तासू ॥
viṣayī sādhaka siddha sayāne | trividhi jīva jaga beda bakhāne ||
rāma-saneha-sarasa mana jāsū | sādhu sabhām̐ bar̤a ādara tāsū ||
सोह न राम-पेम बिनु ज्ञानू । करनधार बिनु जिमि जलजानू ॥
मुनि बहु बिधि बिदेह समुझाये । रामघाट सब लोग नहायें ॥
soha na rāma-pema binu jñānū | karanadhāra binu jimi jalajānū ||
muni bahu bidhi bideha samujhāye | rāmaghāṭa saba loga nahāyeṃ ||
सकल सोक-सङ्कुल नर नारी । सो बासर बीतेउ बिनु बारी ॥
पसु-खग-मृगन्ह न कीन्ह अहारू । प्रिय परिजन कर कवन बिचारू ॥
sakala soka-saṅkula nara nārī | so bāsara bīteu binu bārī ||
pasu-khaga-mṛganha na kīnha ahārū | priya parijana kara kavana bicārū ||
दोउ समाज निमिराज रघु-राज नहाने प्रात ।
बैठे सब बट बिटप तर, मन मलीन कृस गात ॥
dou samāja nimirāja raghu-rāja nahāne prāta |
baiṭhe saba baṭa biṭapa tara, mana malīna kṛsa gāta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0