चहुँ जुग तीनि काल तिहुँ लोका । भये नाम जपि जीव विसोका ॥
बेद-पुरान-सन्त मत एहू । सकल सुकृत फल राम सनेहू ॥
cahum̐ juga tīni kāla tihum̐ lokā | bhaye nāma japi jīva visokā ||
beda-purāna-santa mata ehū | sakala sukṛta phala rāma sanehū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 27: In Kali, the name is the only support
5 verses · 27 of 361
What happens in this chapter
In Kali, the name is the only support
In every yuga, every time and every world, beings have become free of grief by chanting the name. Vedas, Puranas and saints agree that the fruit of all merit is love for Rama. In the first age meditation was the means, in the second sacrifice, in Dvapara worship. Kali is filth at the root, and minds are fish in an ocean of sin. Here the name is the wishing tree that cuts every worldly tangle, father and mother for this world and the next. In Kali there is no karma, devotion or discernment to lean on; the name is the one support. Kali is Kalanemi, the name is Hanuman. The name is Narasimha, Kali is Hiranyakashipu, and the chanters are Prahlada.
ध्यान प्रथम जुग मख विधि दूजें । द्वापर परितोषत प्रभु पूजें ॥
कलि केवल मल मूल मलीना । पाप पयोनिधि जन मन मीना ॥
dhyāna prathama juga makha vidhi dūjeṃ | dvāpara paritoṣata prabhu pūjeṃ ||
kali kevala mala mūla malīnā | pāpa payonidhi jana mana mīnā ||
नाम कामतरु काल कराला । सुमिरत समन सकल जग जाला ॥
राम नाम कलि अभिमत दाता । हित परलोक लोक पितु माता ॥
nāma kāmataru kāla karālā | sumirata samana sakala jaga jālā ||
rāma nāma kali abhimata dātā | hita paraloka loka pitu mātā ||
नहिं कलि करम न भगति बिबेकू । राम नाम अवलम्बन एकू ॥
कालनेमि कलि कपट निधानू । नाम सुमति समरथ हनुमानू ॥
nahiṃ kali karama na bhagati bibekū | rāma nāma avalambana ekū ||
kālanemi kali kapaṭa nidhānū | nāma sumati samaratha hanumānū ||
राम नाम नरकेसरी, कनककसिपु कलिकाल ।
जापक जन प्रहलाद जिमि, पालिहि दलि सुर साल ॥
rāma nāma narakesarī, kanakakasipu kalikāla |
jāpaka jana prahalāda jimi, pālihi dali sura sāla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0