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So they bathe through Magh and return to their ashrams, year after year. Once, when the month's bathing was over and the sages had left, Bharadvaja held back the wise Yajnavalkya by clasping his feet. He washed his feet, seated him on a pure seat, worshipped and praised him, and spoke gently. Lord, I have one great doubt, and all the truth of the Vedas is in your hand. I feel fear and shame to say it, yet if I stay silent, great harm will come. The doha gives his reason: saints, Veda, Purana and sages all teach that clear discernment does not arise in one who hides anything from the guru.
एहि प्रकार भरि माघ नहाहीँ । पुनि सब निज निज आस्रम जाहीँ ॥
प्रति सम्बत अति होइ अनन्दा । मकर मज्जि गवनहिँ मुनिबृन्दा ॥
ehi prakāra bhari māgha nahāhīm̐ | puni saba nija nija āsrama jāhīm̐ ||
prati sambata ati hoi anandā | makara majji gavanahim̐ munibṛndā ||
एक बार भरि मकर नहाये । सब मुनीस आस्रमन्ह सिधाये ॥
जगबालिक मुनि परम बिबेकी । भरद्वाज राखे पद टेकी ॥
eka bāra bhari makara nahāye | saba munīsa āsramanha sidhāye ||
jagabālika muni parama bibekī | bharadvāja rākhe pada ṭekī ||
सादर चरन-सरोज पखारे । अति पुनीत आसन बैठारे ॥
करि पूजा मुनि-सुजस बखानी । बोले अति पुनीत मृदु-बानी ॥
sādara carana-saroja pakhāre | ati punīta āsana baiṭhāre ||
kari pūjā muni-sujasa bakhānī | bole ati punīta mṛdu-bānī ||
नाथ एक संसय बड़ मोरें । करगत बेदतत्व सब तोरें ॥
कहत सो मोहि लागत भय लाजा । जौँ न कहउँ बड़ होइ अकाजा ॥
nātha eka saṃsaya bar̤a moreṃ | karagata bedatatva saba toreṃ ||
kahata so mohi lāgata bhaya lājā | jaum̐ na kahaum̐ bar̤a hoi akājā ||
सन्त कहहिँ अस नीति प्रभु, स्रुति-पुरान-मुनि गाव ।
होइ न बिमल बिबेक उर, गुरु सन किये दुराव ॥
santa kahahim̐ asa nīti prabhu, sruti-purāna-muni gāva |
hoi na bimala bibeka ura, guru sana kiye durāva ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
