Uttara Kanda

Chapter 125: Garuda's gratitude and return to Vaikuntha

7 verses · 125 of 130

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Garuda's gratitude and return to Vaikuntha

Garuda tells Kakbhushundi that his words, steeped in Raghubir's bhakti, have fulfilled him; new love for Rama's feet has risen and maya's trouble is gone. You were my ship on the sea of delusion, he says; I can never repay you. Saints, like trees, rivers and the earth, act only for others. Poets call a saint's heart butter, but miss the point: butter melts at its own heat, the saint at another's pain. Know me always as your servant. Bowing at his feet, Garuda flies to Vaikuntha with Raghubir in his heart. Shiva tells Girija that no gain equals the company of saints, and it comes only by Hari's grace.

125.1

मैं कृतकृत्य भयउँ तव बानी । सुनि रघुबीर भगति रस सानी ॥
राम चरन नूतन रति भई । माया जनित बिपति सब गई ॥

maiṃ kṛtakṛtya bhayaum̐ tava bānī | suni raghubīra bhagati rasa sānī ||
rāma carana nūtana rati bhaī | māyā janita bipati saba gaī ||

125.2

मोह जलधि बोहित तुम्ह भये । मो कहँ नाथ बिबिध सुख दये ॥
सो पहिँ होइ न प्रति उपकारा । बन्दउँ तव पद बारहिँ बारा ॥

moha jaladhi bohita tumha bhaye | mo kaham̐ nātha bibidha sukha daye ||
so pahim̐ hoi na prati upakārā | bandaum̐ tava pada bārahim̐ bārā ||

125.3

पूरन काम राम अनुरागी । तुम्ह सम तात न कोउ बड़भागी ॥
सन्त बिटप सरिता गिरि धरनी । पर हित हेतु सबन्ह के करनी ॥

pūrana kāma rāma anurāgī | tumha sama tāta na kou bar̤abhāgī ||
santa biṭapa saritā giri dharanī | para hita hetu sabanha ke karanī ||

125.4

सन्त हृदय नवनीत समाना । कहा कबिन्ह पै कहइ न जाना ॥
निज परिताप द्रवइ नवनीता । पर दुख द्रवहिँ सन्त सुपुनीता ॥

santa hṛdaya navanīta samānā | kahā kabinha pai kahai na jānā ||
nija paritāpa dravai navanītā | para dukha dravahim̐ santa supunītā ||

125.5

जीवन जनम सुफल मम भयऊ । तव प्रसाद संसय सब गयऊ ॥
जानेहु सदा मोहि निज किङ्कर । पुनि पुनि उमा कहइ बिहङ्ग बर ॥

jīvana janama suphala mama bhayaū | tava prasāda saṃsaya saba gayaū ||
jānehu sadā mohi nija kiṅkara | puni puni umā kahai bihaṅga bara ||

दो॰ 125 (क)Doha

तासु चरन सिर नाइ करि, प्रेम सहित मतिधीर ।
गयउ गरुड़ बैकुंठ तब, हृदयँ राखि रघुबीर ॥

tāsu carana sira nāi kari, prema sahita matidhīra |
gayau garur̤a baikuṃṭha taba, hṛdayam̐ rākhi raghubīra ||

दो॰ 125 (ख)Doha

गिरिजा सन्त समागम, सम न लाभ कछु आन ।
बिनु हरि कृपा न होइ सो, गावहिँ बेद पुरान ॥

girijā santa samāgama, sama na lābha kachu āna |
binu hari kṛpā na hoi so, gāvahim̐ beda purāna ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0