Bala Kanda

Chapter 211: Ahalya freed by the touch of His feet

5 verses · 211 of 361

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Ahalya freed by the touch of His feet

At the touch of the holy feet, Ahalya, a heap of tapas, rises in her true form. She stands before Rama with joined palms, too full of love to speak, and falls at His feet weeping. Then she praises Him: I am an impure woman and You purify the world; I have come for refuge. The muni's curse was a kindness, for through it I have seen Hari. I ask no boon but that my mind may drink, like a bee, the pollen of the feet from which the Ganga flows. Bowing again and again, she goes joyfully to her husband's loka. Tulsidas tells his own mind to worship such a Lord.

211.छं॰ 1Chhand

परसत पद-पावन, सोक नसावन, प्रगट भई तप,-पुज्ज सही ।
देखत रघुनायक, जन-सुख-दायक, सनमुख होइ कर,-जोरि रही ॥
अति प्रेम अधीरा, पुलक-सरीरा, मुख नहिँ आवइ, बचन कही ।
अतिसय बड़भागी, चरनन्हि लागी, जुगल नयन जल,-धार बही ॥

parasata pada-pāvana, soka nasāvana, pragaṭa bhaī tapa,-pujja sahī |
dekhata raghunāyaka, jana-sukha-dāyaka, sanamukha hoi kara,-jori rahī ||
ati prema adhīrā, pulaka-sarīrā, mukha nahim̐ āvai, bacana kahī |
atisaya bar̤abhāgī, carananhi lāgī, jugala nayana jala,-dhāra bahī ||

211.छं॰ 2Chhand

धीरज मन कीन्हा, प्रभु कहँ चीन्हा, रघुपति कृपाँ भगति पाई ।
अति निर्मल बानीं, अस्तुति ठानी, ज्ञान-गम्य जय, रघुराई ॥
मैं नारि अपावन, प्रभु जग-पावन, रावन-रिपु जन,-सुखदाई ।
राजीव-बिलोचन, भव-भय-मोचन, पाहि पाहि सरनहिँ आई ॥

dhīraja mana kīnhā, prabhu kaham̐ cīnhā, raghupati kṛpām̐ bhagati pāī |
ati nirmala bānīṃ, astuti ṭhānī, jñāna-gamya jaya, raghurāī ||
maiṃ nāri apāvana, prabhu jaga-pāvana, rāvana-ripu jana,-sukhadāī |
rājīva-bilocana, bhava-bhaya-mocana, pāhi pāhi saranahim̐ āī ||

211.छं॰ 3Chhand

मुनि साप जो दीन्हा, अति भल कीन्हा, परम अनुग्रह, मैँ माना ।
देखेउँ भरि लोचन, हरि भव-मोचन, इहइ लाभ सङ्कर जाना ॥
बिनती प्रभु मोरी, मैं मति भोरी, नाथ न मागउँ बर आना ।
पद-कमल-परागा, रस अनुरागा, मम मन मधुप करइ पाना ॥

muni sāpa jo dīnhā, ati bhala kīnhā, parama anugraha, maim̐ mānā |
dekheum̐ bhari locana, hari bhava-mocana, ihai lābha saṅkara jānā ||
binatī prabhu morī, maiṃ mati bhorī, nātha na māgaum̐ bara ānā |
pada-kamala-parāgā, rasa anurāgā, mama mana madhupa karai pānā ||

211.छं॰ 4Chhand

जेहिं पद सुरसरिता, परम पुनीता, प्रगट भई सिव,-सीस धरी ।
सोई पद-पङ्कज, जेहि पूजत अज, मम सिर धरेउ कृपाल हरी ॥
एहि भाँति सिधारी, गौतम नारी, बार बार हरि, चरन परी ।
जो अति मन भावा, सो बर पावा, गह पतिलोक अनन्द भरी ॥

jehiṃ pada surasaritā, parama punītā, pragaṭa bhaī siva,-sīsa dharī |
soī pada-paṅkaja, jehi pūjata aja, mama sira dhareu kṛpāla harī ||
ehi bhām̐ti sidhārī, gautama nārī, bāra bāra hari, carana parī |
jo ati mana bhāvā, so bara pāvā, gaha patiloka ananda bharī ||

दो॰ 211Doha

अस प्रभु दीनबन्धु हरि, कारन रहित दयाल ।
तुलसिदास सठ ताहि भजु, छाड़ि कपट जंजाल ॥

asa prabhu dīnabandhu hari, kārana rahita dayāla |
tulasidāsa saṭha tāhi bhaju, chār̤i kapaṭa jaṃjāla ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0