भरद्वाज मुनि बसहिँ प्रयागा । तिन्हहिँ राम-पद अति अनुरागा ॥
तापस सम-दम-दया निधाना । परमारथ-पथ परम सुजाना ॥
bharadvāja muni basahim̐ prayāgā | tinhahim̐ rāma-pada ati anurāgā ||
tāpasa sama-dama-dayā nidhānā | paramāratha-patha parama sujānā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 44: Bharadvaja's ashram at Prayag in Magh
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Bharadvaja's ashram at Prayag in Magh
The sage Bharadvaja lives at Prayag and loves Rama's feet dearly, an ascetic full of calm, restraint and kindness. In Magh, when the sun enters Makara, everyone comes to Prayag, king of tirthas. Gods, danavas, kinnaras and men bathe at the Triveni, worship Madhava's feet and touch the undying banyan. Bharadvaja's ashram, holy and lovely, is where the visiting sages gather. They bathe at dawn and tell one another Hari's virtues. The doha: they discuss Brahman, the rules of dharma and the tattvas, and speak of devotion to Bhagwan joined with knowledge and dispassion.
माघ मकर-गत-रबि जब होई । तीरथपतिहिं आव सब कोई ॥
देव दनुज किंनर-नर-स्रेनी । सादर मज्जहिँ सकल त्रिबेनीं ॥
māgha makara-gata-rabi jaba hoī | tīrathapatihiṃ āva saba koī ||
deva danuja kiṃnara-nara-srenī | sādara majjahim̐ sakala tribenīṃ ||
पूजहिँ माधव-पद-जलजाता । परसि अखय बटु हरषहिँ गाता ॥
भरद्वाज-आश्रम अति पावन । परम-रम्य मुनिबर मन भावन ॥
pūjahim̐ mādhava-pada-jalajātā | parasi akhaya baṭu haraṣahim̐ gātā ||
bharadvāja-āśrama ati pāvana | parama-ramya munibara mana bhāvana ||
तहाँ होइ मुनि-रिषय-समाजा । जाहिँ जे मज्जन तीरथराजा ॥
मज्जहिं प्रात समेत उछाहा । कहहिं परसपर हरि-गुन-गाहा ॥
tahām̐ hoi muni-riṣaya-samājā | jāhim̐ je majjana tīratharājā ||
majjahiṃ prāta sameta uchāhā | kahahiṃ parasapara hari-guna-gāhā ||
ब्रह्म निरूपन धर्म-बिधि, बरनहिं तत्व-विभाग ।
कहहिं भगति भगवन्त कै, संजुत-ज्ञान-विराग ॥
brahma nirūpana dharma-bidhi, baranahiṃ tatva-vibhāga |
kahahiṃ bhagati bhagavanta kai, saṃjuta-jñāna-virāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0