रामकथा सुन्दर कर तारी । संसय-बिहग उड़ावनिहारी ॥
रामकथा कलि-बिटप कुठारी । सादर सुनु गिरिराज-कुमारी ॥
rāmakathā sundara kara tārī | saṃsaya-bihaga ur̤āvanihārī ||
rāmakathā kali-biṭapa kuṭhārī | sādara sunu girirāja-kumārī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 114: Shiva rebukes the 'other Rama' doubt
5 verses · 114 of 361
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Shiva rebukes the 'other Rama' doubt
Shiva says: the Rama katha is a lovely hand clap that scares off the birds of doubt; it is an axe for the tree of Kali. Listen with reverence, daughter of the mountain king. As Rama is endless, so are his katha and virtues. Still, seeing your great love, I will tell it as I heard it and as my mind allows. Your question, Uma, is natural and lovely. But one thing did not please me, though you said it under delusion: that the Rama whom the Shruti sings and sages hold in meditation is someone else. Only low men gripped by the ghost of delusion say and hear such things, hypocrites turned from Hari's feet who do not know true from false.
राम नाम गुन चरित सुहाये । जनम करम अगनित श्रुति गाये ॥
जथा अनन्त राम भगवाना । तथा कथा कीरति गुन नाना ॥
rāma nāma guna carita suhāye | janama karama aganita śruti gāye ||
jathā ananta rāma bhagavānā | tathā kathā kīrati guna nānā ||
तदपि जथा-सुत जसि मति मोरी । कहिहउँ देखि प्रीति अति तोरी ॥
उमा प्रस्न तब सहज सुहाई । सुखद सन्त सम्मत माहि भाई ॥
tadapi jathā-suta jasi mati morī | kahihaum̐ dekhi prīti ati torī ||
umā prasna taba sahaja suhāī | sukhada santa sammata māhi bhāī ||
एक बात नहिँ मोहि सोहानी । जदपि मोह-बस कहेहु भवानी ॥
तुम जो कहा राम कोउ आना । जेहि श्रुति गाव धरहिँ मुनि ध्याना ॥
eka bāta nahim̐ mohi sohānī | jadapi moha-basa kahehu bhavānī ||
tuma jo kahā rāma kou ānā | jehi śruti gāva dharahim̐ muni dhyānā ||
कहहिँ सुनहिँ अस अधम नर, ग्रसे जे मोह पिसाच ।
पाखंडी हरि-पद-बिमुख, जानहिँ झूठ न साच ॥
kahahim̐ sunahim̐ asa adhama nara, grase je moha pisāca |
pākhaṃḍī hari-pada-bimukha, jānahim̐ jhūṭha na sāca ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0