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Brahman has two forms, without qualities and with them, both fathomless and beyond words. In Tulsidas's view the name is greater than both, having brought both under its control by its own strength. He asks the learned not to call this boldness; he speaks his own faith. Knowing the two forms is like knowing fire hidden in wood and fire in flame. Both are hard to reach, and both become easy through the name. The one imperishable Brahman, being, awareness and bliss, lives unchanged in every heart, yet all beings are poor and suffering. Only through the name, explained and practised, does he become manifest, as a jewel's worth appears only when it is assessed.
अगुन सगुन दुइ ब्रह्म सरूपा । अकथ अगाध अनादि अनूपा ॥
मोरें मत बड़ नाम दुहूँ तेँ । किए जेहिं जुग निज बस निज बूतें ॥
aguna saguna dui brahma sarūpā | akatha agādha anādi anūpā ||
moreṃ mata bar̤a nāma duhūm̐ tem̐ | kie jehiṃ juga nija basa nija būteṃ ||
प्रोढ़ि सुजन जनि जानहिं जन की । कहउँ प्रतीति प्रीति रुचि मन की ॥
एक दारु गत देखिय एकू । पावक सम जुग ब्रह्म बिबेकू ॥
pror̤hi sujana jani jānahiṃ jana kī | kahaum̐ pratīti prīti ruci mana kī ||
eka dāru gata dekhiya ekū | pāvaka sama juga brahma bibekū ||
उभय अगम जुग सुगम नाम तेँ । कहेउँ नाम बड़ ब्रह्म राम तें ॥
व्यापक एक ब्रह्म अबिनासी । सत चेतन धन आनँद रासी ॥
ubhaya agama juga sugama nāma tem̐ | kaheum̐ nāma bar̤a brahma rāma teṃ ||
vyāpaka eka brahma abināsī | sata cetana dhana ānam̐da rāsī ||
अस प्रभु हृदयँ अछत अबिकारी । सकल जीव जग दीन दुखारी ॥
नाम निरूपन नाम जतन तें । सोउ प्रगटत जिमि मोल रतन तें ॥
asa prabhu hṛdayam̐ achata abikārī | sakala jīva jaga dīna dukhārī ||
nāma nirūpana nāma jatana teṃ | sou pragaṭata jimi mola ratana teṃ ||
निरगुन तेँ एहि भाँति बड़, नाम प्रभाउ अपार ।
कहउँ नाम बड़ राम तें, निज बिचार अनुसार ॥
niraguna tem̐ ehi bhām̐ti bar̤a, nāma prabhāu apāra |
kahaum̐ nāma bar̤a rāma teṃ, nija bicāra anusāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
