जागबलिक जो कथा सुहाई । भरद्वाज मुनिबरहि सुनाई ॥
कहिहउँ सोइ सम्बाद बखानी । सुनहु सकल सज्जन सुख मानी ॥
jāgabalika jo kathā suhāī | bharadvāja munibarahi sunāī ||
kahihaum̐ soi sambāda bakhānī | sunahu sakala sajjana sukha mānī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 30: How the katha came down to Tulsidas
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How the katha came down to Tulsidas
Tulsidas names the frame of his poem: the dialogue in which Yajnavalkya told this katha to the sage Bharadvaja. Shambhu first composed these deeds and told them to Uma. Shiva gave them to Kakabhushundi, seeing him fit for Rama-bhakti; from him Yajnavalkya received them and sang them to Bharadvaja. These hearers and tellers see all equally, know Hari's leelas, and hold the three times like an amla in the palm. In the dohas Tulsidas says he heard the katha from his own guru at Sukarakhet, but as a child he could not grasp it. The teller was a store of wisdom and the katha deep; how could a dull soul gripped by Kali understand?
सम्भु कीन्ह यह चरित सुहावा । बहुरि कृपा करि उमहि सुनावा ॥
सोइ सिव कागभुसुंडिहि दीन्हा । रामभगति अधिकारी चीन्हा ॥
sambhu kīnha yaha carita suhāvā | bahuri kṛpā kari umahi sunāvā ||
soi siva kāgabhusuṃḍihi dīnhā | rāmabhagati adhikārī cīnhā ||
तेहि सन जागबलिक पुनि पावा । तिन्ह पुनि भरद्वाज प्रति गावा ॥
ते श्रोता बकता सम सीला । सवँदरसी जानहिँ हरिलीला ॥
tehi sana jāgabalika puni pāvā | tinha puni bharadvāja prati gāvā ||
te śrotā bakatā sama sīlā | savam̐darasī jānahim̐ harilīlā ||
जानहिँ तीनि काल निज-ज्ञाना । करतल गत आमलक समाना ॥
औरउ जे हरिभगत सुजाना । कहहिँ सुनहिँ समुझहिँ विधि नाना ॥
jānahim̐ tīni kāla nija-jñānā | karatala gata āmalaka samānā ||
aurau je haribhagata sujānā | kahahim̐ sunahim̐ samujhahim̐ vidhi nānā ||
मैं पुनि निज गुर सन सुनी, कथा सो सूकरखेत ।
समुझी नहिँ तसि बालपन, तब अति रहेउँ अचेत ॥
maiṃ puni nija gura sana sunī, kathā so sūkarakheta |
samujhī nahim̐ tasi bālapana, taba ati raheum̐ aceta ||
सीता बकता ज्ञान-निधि, कथा राम के गूढ़ ।
किमि समुझौं में जीव जड़, कलि मल ग्रसित-बिमूढ़ ॥
sītā bakatā jñāna-nidhi, kathā rāma ke gūr̤ha |
kimi samujhauṃ meṃ jīva jar̤a, kali mala grasita-bimūr̤ha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0