Uttara Kanda

Chapter 35: The sages ask for pure bhakti

6 verses · 35 of 130

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The sages ask for pure bhakti

The sages go on: Raghupati, give us your holy bhakti, which ends the three sufferings. You are the wish-cow and wish-tree to those who bow; grant this boon. You are Agastya who drinks the ocean of the world, easily reached by your servants. Tear away the sorrows born of the mind and spread evenness of heart. You remove hope, fear and envy, and spread humility and dispassion. Give us bhakti, the boat across the river of rebirth. You are the swan in the lake of the munis' minds, your feet worshipped by Brahma and Shankar, Tulsidas's Lord. After praising and bowing again and again, the Sanakadi receive their boon and go to Brahma's abode.

35.1

देहु भगति रघुपति अति पावनि । त्रिबिध ताप भव-दाप नसावनि ॥
प्रनत काम सुरधेनु कलपतरु । होइ प्रसन्न दीजै मनु यह बरु ॥

dehu bhagati raghupati ati pāvani | tribidha tāpa bhava-dāpa nasāvani ||
pranata kāma suradhenu kalapataru | hoi prasanna dījai manu yaha baru ||

35.2

भव बारिधि कुम्भज रघुनायक । सेवक सुलभ सकल सुख दायक ॥
मन सम्भव दारुन दुख दारय । दीनबन्धु समता विस्तारय ॥

bhava bāridhi kumbhaja raghunāyaka | sevaka sulabha sakala sukha dāyaka ||
mana sambhava dāruna dukha dāraya | dīnabandhu samatā vistāraya ||

35.3

आस त्रास इरिषादि निवारक । बिनय बिबेक बिरति बिस्तारक ॥
भूप-मौलि मन मंडन धरनी । देहि भगति संसृति-सरि तरनी ॥

āsa trāsa iriṣādi nivāraka | binaya bibeka birati bistāraka ||
bhūpa-mauli mana maṃḍana dharanī | dehi bhagati saṃsṛti-sari taranī ||

35.4

मुनि मन मानस हंस निरन्तर । चरन-कमल बन्दित अज सङ्कर ॥
रघुकुल केतु सेतु श्रुति रच्छक । काल करम सुभाव गुन भच्छक ॥

muni mana mānasa haṃsa nirantara | carana-kamala bandita aja saṅkara ||
raghukula ketu setu śruti racchaka | kāla karama subhāva guna bhacchaka ||

35.5

तारन तरन हरन सब दूषन । तुलसिदास प्रभु त्रिभुवन भूषन ॥

tārana tarana harana saba dūṣana | tulasidāsa prabhu tribhuvana bhūṣana ||

दो॰ 35Doha

हो-बार बार अस्तुति करि, प्रेम सहित सिर नाइ ।
ब्रह्म-भवन सनकादि मे, अति अभीष्ट बर पाई ॥

ho-bāra bāra astuti kari, prema sahita sira nāi |
brahma-bhavana sanakādi me, ati abhīṣṭa bara pāī ||

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