ग्यान पन्थ कृपान कै धारा । परत खगेस होइ नहिँ बारा ॥
जो निर्विघ्न पन्थ निर्बहई । सो कैवल्य परम पद लहई ॥
gyāna pantha kṛpāna kai dhārā | parata khagesa hoi nahim̐ bārā ||
jo nirvighna pantha nirbahaī | so kaivalya parama pada lahaī ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 119: Jnana is a sword's edge; bhakti brings mukti
7 verses · 119 of 130
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Jnana is a sword's edge; bhakti brings mukti
Kakbhushundi concludes the comparison for Garuda. The path of jnana is a sword's edge; one slip and the fall is swift. Whoever walks it unhindered reaches kaivalya, which saints and Vedas call very rare. Yet that liberation comes uninvited, even by force, to one who worships Rama. As water cannot stay without ground, the joy of moksha cannot stay apart from Hari-bhakti. So wise devotees ignore mukti and are drawn to bhakti, which destroys ignorance without extra effort, as digestion's fire digests the food one eats. Without the bond of servant and served, no one crosses. Blessed are those who worship Raghunayaka, who can make the conscious inert and the inert conscious.
अति दुर्लभ कैवल्य परम पद । सन्त पुरान निगम आगम बद ॥
राम भजत सोइ मुकुति गोसाई । अनइच्छित आवइ बरिआई ॥
ati durlabha kaivalya parama pada | santa purāna nigama āgama bada ||
rāma bhajata soi mukuti gosāī | anaicchita āvai bariāī ||
जिमि थल बिनु जल रहि न सकाई । कोटि भाँति कोउ करइ उपाई ॥
तथा मोच्छ सुख सुनु खगराई । रहि न सकइ हरि भगति बिहाई ॥
jimi thala binu jala rahi na sakāī | koṭi bhām̐ti kou karai upāī ||
tathā moccha sukha sunu khagarāī | rahi na sakai hari bhagati bihāī ||
अस बिचारि हरि भगत सयाने । मुक्ति निरादर भगति लुभाने ॥
भगति करत बिनु जतन प्रयासा । संसृति मूल अबिद्या नासा ॥
asa bicāri hari bhagata sayāne | mukti nirādara bhagati lubhāne ||
bhagati karata binu jatana prayāsā | saṃsṛti mūla abidyā nāsā ||
भोजन करिय तृपिति हित लागी । जिमि सो असन पचवै जठरागी ॥
असि हरिभगति सुगम सुखदाई । को अस मूढ़ न जाहि सोहाई ॥
bhojana kariya tṛpiti hita lāgī | jimi so asana pacavai jaṭharāgī ||
asi haribhagati sugama sukhadāī | ko asa mūr̤ha na jāhi sohāī ||
सेवक सेव्य भाव बिनु, भव न तरिअ उरगारि ।
भजहु राम-पद पङ्कज, अस सिद्धान्त बिचारि ॥
sevaka sevya bhāva binu, bhava na taria uragāri |
bhajahu rāma-pada paṅkaja, asa siddhānta bicāri ||
जो चेतन कहँ जड़ करइ, जड़हि करइ चैतन्य ।
अस समर्थ रघुनायकहिं, भजहिँ जीव ते धन्य ॥
jo cetana kaham̐ jar̤a karai, jar̤ahi karai caitanya |
asa samartha raghunāyakahiṃ, bhajahim̐ jīva te dhanya ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0