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In fear the Ocean clasps the Lord's feet: forgive my faults. Sky, wind, fire, water and earth are dull by nature; your maya brought them forth for creation, and each is happy within the limits you set. You did well to teach me, yet my bounds too are yours. Then the Ocean says: the drum, the rustic, the shudra, the beast and the woman are all fit for tadana, a word meaning beating or chastisement. By your glory I would dry up and the army cross, but that would not be to my credit. The Lord's command cannot be set aside; do what pleases you. Rama smiles: then tell me how the army may cross.
सभय सिन्धु गहि पद प्रभु केरे । छमहु नाथ सब अवगुन मेरे ॥
गगन समीर अनल जल धरनी । इन्ह कइ नाथ सहज जड़ करनी ॥
sabhaya sindhu gahi pada prabhu kere | chamahu nātha saba avaguna mere ||
gagana samīra anala jala dharanī | inha kai nātha sahaja jar̤a karanī ||
तव प्रेरित मायाँ उपजाये । सृष्टि हेतु सब ग्रंथनि गाये ॥
प्रभु आयसु जेहि कहँ जसि अहई । सो तेहि भाँति रहे सुख लहई ॥
tava prerita māyām̐ upajāye | sṛṣṭi hetu saba graṃthani gāye ||
prabhu āyasu jehi kaham̐ jasi ahaī | so tehi bhām̐ti rahe sukha lahaī ||
प्रभु भल कीन्ही मोहि सिख दीन्ही । मरजादा पुनि तुम्हरी कीन्ही ॥
ढोल गवाँर सूद्र पसु नारी । सकल ताड़ना के अधिकारी ॥
prabhu bhala kīnhī mohi sikha dīnhī | marajādā puni tumharī kīnhī ||
ḍhola gavām̐ra sūdra pasu nārī | sakala tār̤anā ke adhikārī ||
प्रभु प्रताप मैँ जाब सुखाई । उतरिहि कटक न मोरि बड़ाई ॥
प्रभु आज्ञा अपेल स्रुति गाई । करउ सो बेगि जो तुम्हहिँ सोहाई ॥
prabhu pratāpa maim̐ jāba sukhāī | utarihi kaṭaka na mori bar̤āī ||
prabhu ājñā apela sruti gāī | karau so begi jo tumhahim̐ sohāī ||
सुनत बिनीत बचन अति, कह कृपाल मुसुकाइ ।
जेहि बिधि उतरै कपि कटक, तात सो कहहु उपाइ ॥
sunata binīta bacana ati, kaha kṛpāla musukāi |
jehi bidhi utarai kapi kaṭaka, tāta so kahahu upāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
