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Shiva teaches: there is no difference between the Lord with qualities and the Lord without; sages, Puranas, the wise and the Vedas sing so. The formless, unborn One becomes saguna out of love for his devotees. How can the qualityless have qualities? Just as water, ice and hail are not different. How can delusion touch one whose very name is a sun to the darkness of error? Rama is the sun of existence, consciousness and bliss; there is not a trace of the night of delusion in him. Joy and grief, knowledge and ignorance, ego and pride belong to the jiva. Rama is Brahman, pervading the world, supreme bliss, highest Lord, the ancient one. Saying that this jewel of the Raghu line is his own master, Shiva bows his head.
सगुनहिँ अगुनहिँ नहिँ कछु भेदा । गावहिँ मुनि पुरान बुध वेदा ॥
अगुन अरूप अलख अज जोई । भगत-प्रेम-बस सगुन सो होई ॥
sagunahim̐ agunahim̐ nahim̐ kachu bhedā | gāvahim̐ muni purāna budha vedā ||
aguna arūpa alakha aja joī | bhagata-prema-basa saguna so hoī ||
जो गुन रहित सगुन सोइ कैसें । जल-हिम-उपल बिलग नहिँ जैसें ॥
जासु नाम भ्रम-तिमिर-पतङ्गा । तेहि किमि कहिय बिमोह प्रसङ्गा ॥
jo guna rahita saguna soi kaiseṃ | jala-hima-upala bilaga nahim̐ jaiseṃ ||
jāsu nāma bhrama-timira-pataṅgā | tehi kimi kahiya bimoha prasaṅgā ||
राम सच्चिदानन्द दिनेसा । नहिँ तहँ मोह-निसा-लवलेसा ॥
सहज प्रकास-रूप भगवाना । नहिँ तहँ पुनि बिज्ञान बिहाना ॥
rāma saccidānanda dinesā | nahim̐ taham̐ moha-nisā-lavalesā ||
sahaja prakāsa-rūpa bhagavānā | nahim̐ taham̐ puni bijñāna bihānā ||
हरष बिषाद ज्ञान अज्ञाना । जीव-धरम अहमिति अभिमाना ॥
राम ब्रह्म ब्यापक जग जाना । परमानन्द परेस पुराना ॥
haraṣa biṣāda jñāna ajñānā | jīva-dharama ahamiti abhimānā ||
rāma brahma byāpaka jaga jānā | paramānanda paresa purānā ||
पुरुष-प्रसिद्ध प्रकास-निधि, प्रगट परावर-नाथ ।
रघुकुल-मनि मम स्वामि सोइ, कहि सिवँ नायउ माथ ॥
puruṣa-prasiddha prakāsa-nidhi, pragaṭa parāvara-nātha |
raghukula-mani mama svāmi soi, kahi sivam̐ nāyau mātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
