समुझत सरिस नाम अरु नामी । प्रीति परसपर प्रभु अनुगामी ॥
नाम रूप दुई ईस उपाधी । अकथ अनादि सुसामुझि साधी ॥
samujhata sarisa nāma aru nāmī | prīti parasapara prabhu anugāmī ||
nāma rūpa duī īsa upādhī | akatha anādi susāmujhi sādhī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 21: Name and form; the lamp at the threshold
5 verses · 21 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Name and form; the lamp at the threshold
Name and the one named seem alike, and their love is mutual, the master following the name. Name and form are two attributes of the Lord, beyond words and without beginning, understood only by a disciplined mind. To call one greater is a fault, yet saints will grasp the difference. Form depends on name: without the name, even a thing held in the palm is not recognised, while remembering the name without seeing the form brings the form into the heart with special love. Between the formless and the form, the name is the true witness, a clever interpreter who explains each to the other. The doha: if you want light both within and without, Tulsi, set the jewel lamp of Rama's name on the threshold of your tongue.
को बड़ छोट कहत अपराधू । सुनि गुन भेद समुझिहहिँ साधू ॥
देखिअहिं रूप नाम-आधीना । रूप-ज्ञान नहिँ नाम बिहीना ॥
ko bar̤a choṭa kahata aparādhū | suni guna bheda samujhihahim̐ sādhū ||
dekhiahiṃ rūpa nāma-ādhīnā | rūpa-jñāna nahim̐ nāma bihīnā ||
रूप बिसेष नाम बिनु जानें । करतल गत न परहिँ पहिचानें ॥
सुमिरिअ नाम रूप बिनु देखें । आवत हृदयँ सनेह बिसेखे ॥
rūpa biseṣa nāma binu jāneṃ | karatala gata na parahim̐ pahicāneṃ ||
sumiria nāma rūpa binu dekheṃ | āvata hṛdayam̐ saneha bisekhe ||
नाम-रूप-गुन अकथ कहानी । समुझत सुखद न परति बखानी ॥
अगुन सगुन बिच नाम सुसाखी । उभय प्रबोधक चतुर दुभाखी ॥
nāma-rūpa-guna akatha kahānī | samujhata sukhada na parati bakhānī ||
aguna saguna bica nāma susākhī | ubhaya prabodhaka catura dubhākhī ||
राम-नाममनि-दीप धरु, जीह देहरी-द्वार ।
तुलसी भीतर बाहेरहुँ, जौं चाहसि उजिआर ॥
rāma-nāmamani-dīpa dharu, jīha deharī-dvāra |
tulasī bhītara bāherahum̐, jauṃ cāhasi ujiāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0