तदपि असङ्का कीन्हिहु सोई । कहत सुनत सब कर हित होई ॥
जिन्ह हरि कथा सुनी नहिँ काना । श्रवन-रन्ध्र अहि-भवन समाना ॥
tadapi asaṅkā kīnhihu soī | kahata sunata saba kara hita hoī ||
jinha hari kathā sunī nahim̐ kānā | śravana-randhra ahi-bhavana samānā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 113: Hearing Hari katha gives life meaning
5 verses · 113 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Hearing Hari katha gives life meaning
Shiva says: still, you have raised that doubt so that all who tell and hear may benefit. Ears that have never heard Hari's katha are like snake holes. Eyes that have not seen saints are like the eyes on a peacock's feather. Those who have not brought devotion to Hari into their hearts are like corpses while alive. A heart that does not rejoice on hearing Hari's deeds is hard and cruel as a thunderbolt. Listen, Girija, to Rama's leela. The Rama katha is like the wish-granting cow, giving every joy to those who serve it; knowing that the assembly of saints is like the world of the devas, who would not listen?
नयनन्हि सन्त दरस नहिँ देखा । लोचन मोरपंख कर लेखा ॥
ते सिर कटु-तुंबरि समतूला । जे न नमत हरि-गुरु-पद-मूला ॥
nayananhi santa darasa nahim̐ dekhā | locana morapaṃkha kara lekhā ||
te sira kaṭu-tuṃbari samatūlā | je na namata hari-guru-pada-mūlā ||
जिन्ह हरिभगति हृदयँ नहिँ आनी । जीवत सव समान तेइ प्रानी ॥
जो नहिँ करइ राम-गुन-गाना । जीह सो दादुर-जीह समाना ॥
jinha haribhagati hṛdayam̐ nahim̐ ānī | jīvata sava samāna tei prānī ||
jo nahim̐ karai rāma-guna-gānā | jīha so dādura-jīha samānā ||
कुलिस-कठोर निठुर सोइ छाती । सुनि हरि-चरित न जो हरषाती ॥
गिरिजा सुनहु राम कै लीला । सुर-हित दनुज-बिमोहनसीला ॥
kulisa-kaṭhora niṭhura soi chātī | suni hari-carita na jo haraṣātī ||
girijā sunahu rāma kai līlā | sura-hita danuja-bimohanasīlā ||
रामकथा सुरधेनु सम, सेवत सब सुख-दानि ।
सतसमाज सुरलोक सब, को न सुनइ अस जानि ॥
rāmakathā suradhenu sama, sevata saba sukha-dāni |
satasamāja suraloka saba, ko na sunai asa jāni ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0