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Shiva explains: the ignorant do not see their own error and foolishly lay their delusion on the Lord, as the unthinking, seeing clouds in the sky, say the sun is covered. Delusion about Rama, Uma, is like darkness, smoke and dust appearing in the sky. The objects, the senses, their presiding devas and the jiva are each lit by the one before; Rama, the beginningless Lord of Avadha, is the supreme illuminer of all. The world is what is lit, and Rama is the light, master of Maya. By his reality inert Maya seems real, helped by delusion. Like silver seen in a shell or water in the sun's rays, it is false in all three times, yet no one can shake off the illusion.
निज भ्रम नहिँ समुझहिँ अज्ञानी । प्रभु पर मोह धरहिँ जड़ प्रानी ॥
जथा गगन घन पटल निहारी । झाँपेउ भानु कहहिँ कुबिचारी ॥
nija bhrama nahim̐ samujhahim̐ ajñānī | prabhu para moha dharahim̐ jar̤a prānī ||
jathā gagana ghana paṭala nihārī | jhām̐peu bhānu kahahim̐ kubicārī ||
चितव जो लोचन अङ्गुलि लाये । प्रगट जुगल ससि तेहि के भाये ॥
उमा राम-बिषइक अस मोहा । नभ तम-धूम-धूरि जिमि सोहा ॥
citava jo locana aṅguli lāye | pragaṭa jugala sasi tehi ke bhāye ||
umā rāma-biṣaika asa mohā | nabha tama-dhūma-dhūri jimi sohā ||
विषय करन सुर जीव समेता । सकल एक तेँ एक सचेता ॥
सब कर परम-प्रकासक जोई । राम अनादि अवधपति सोई ॥
viṣaya karana sura jīva sametā | sakala eka tem̐ eka sacetā ||
saba kara parama-prakāsaka joī | rāma anādi avadhapati soī ||
जगत प्रकास्य प्रकासक रामू । मायाधीस ज्ञान-गुन-धामू ॥
जासु सत्यता तेँ जड़ माया । भास सत्य इव मोह सहाया ॥
jagata prakāsya prakāsaka rāmū | māyādhīsa jñāna-guna-dhāmū ||
jāsu satyatā tem̐ jar̤a māyā | bhāsa satya iva moha sahāyā ||
रजत सीप महँ मास जिमि, जथा भानु-कर-वारि ।
जदपि मृषा तिहुँ काल सोइ, भ्रम न सकइ कोउ टारि ॥
rajata sīpa maham̐ māsa jimi, jathā bhānu-kara-vāri |
jadapi mṛṣā tihum̐ kāla soi, bhrama na sakai kou ṭāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
