Bala Kanda

Chapter 118: The Lord beyond senses is Dasharatha's son

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The Lord beyond senses is Dasharatha's son

Shiva says: so the world rests on Hari, and though unreal it still gives pain, as when someone's head is cut off in a dream, the pain does not go until he wakes. He by whose grace such illusion ends, Girija, is gracious Raghurai. No one has found his beginning or end; the Vedas sing of him by inference. He walks without feet, hears without ears, does countless works without hands, enjoys every taste without a mouth. His deeds are beyond the world in every way, and his greatness cannot be told. He whom the Vedas and the wise sing so, on whom sages meditate, is the son of Dasharatha, the Bhagavan, Lord of Kosala, who acts for his devotees' good.

118.1

एहि बिधि जग हरि आश्रित रहई । जदपि असत्य देत दुख अहई ॥
जौँ सपनें सिर काटै कोई । बिनु जागें न दूरि दुख होई ॥

ehi bidhi jaga hari āśrita rahaī | jadapi asatya deta dukha ahaī ||
jaum̐ sapaneṃ sira kāṭai koī | binu jāgeṃ na dūri dukha hoī ||

118.2

जासु कृपाँ अस भ्रम मिटि जाई । गिरिजा सोइ कृपालु रघुराई ॥
आदि अन्त कोउ जासु न पावा । मति अनुमानि निगम अस गावा ॥

jāsu kṛpām̐ asa bhrama miṭi jāī | girijā soi kṛpālu raghurāī ||
ādi anta kou jāsu na pāvā | mati anumāni nigama asa gāvā ||

118.3

बिनु पद चलइ सुनइ बिनु काना । कर बिनु करम करइ विधि नाना ॥
आनन रहित सकल-रस-भोगी । बिनु बानी बकता बड़ जोगी ॥

binu pada calai sunai binu kānā | kara binu karama karai vidhi nānā ||
ānana rahita sakala-rasa-bhogī | binu bānī bakatā bar̤a jogī ||

118.4

तन बिनु परस नयन बिनु देखा । ग्रहइ घ्रान बिनु बास असेखा ॥
असि सब भाँति अलौकिक करनी । महिमा जासु जाइ नहिँ बरनी ॥

tana binu parasa nayana binu dekhā | grahai ghrāna binu bāsa asekhā ||
asi saba bhām̐ti alaukika karanī | mahimā jāsu jāi nahim̐ baranī ||

दो॰ 118Doha

जेहि इमि गावहिँ बेद बुध, जाहि धरहिँ मुनि ध्यान ।
सोइ दसरथ-सुत भगत-हित, कोसलपति-भगवान ॥

jehi imi gāvahim̐ beda budha, jāhi dharahim̐ muni dhyāna |
soi dasaratha-suta bhagata-hita, kosalapati-bhagavāna ||

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