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If you want happiness here and in the next world, Shri Rama tells the citizens, hold fast to my words. Bhakti in me is the easy, joyful road the Vedas and Puranas sing. Jnana is hard to reach and full of obstacles, its disciplines severe, and one who wins it by toil is still not dear to me without devotion. Bhakti stands on its own and holds every joy, yet no one gains it without satsang, and saints are met only through great merit. The one merit above all is honouring the Brahmanas' feet in thought, deed and word. Then, hands joined, Rama shares a secret: without bhajan of Shankara no one gains devotion to him.
जौं परलोक इहाँ सुख चहहू । सुनि मम बचन ह्रृदयँ दृढ़ गहहू ॥
सुलभ सुखद मारग यह भाई । भगति मोरि पुरान श्रुति गाई ॥
jauṃ paraloka ihām̐ sukha cahahū | suni mama bacana hrṛdayam̐ dṛr̤ha gahahū ||
sulabha sukhada māraga yaha bhāī | bhagati mori purāna śruti gāī ||
ग्यान अगम प्रत्यूह अनेका । साधन कठिन न बन कह टेका ॥
करत कष्ट बहु पावइ कोऊ । भगति हीन मोहि प्रिय नहिँ सोऊ ॥
gyāna agama pratyūha anekā | sādhana kaṭhina na bana kaha ṭekā ||
karata kaṣṭa bahu pāvai koū | bhagati hīna mohi priya nahim̐ soū ||
भगति सुतन्त्र सकल सुख खानी । बिनु सतसङ्ग न पावहिँ प्रानी ॥
पुन्य पुञ्ज बिनु मिलहिँ न सन्ता । सतसङ्गति संसृति कर अन्ता ॥
bhagati sutantra sakala sukha khānī | binu satasaṅga na pāvahim̐ prānī ||
punya puñja binu milahim̐ na santā | satasaṅgati saṃsṛti kara antā ||
पुन्य एक जग महँ नहिँ दूजा । मन क्रम बचन बिप्र पद पूजा ॥
सानुकूल तेहि पर मुनि देवा । जो तजि कपट करइ द्विज सेवा ॥
punya eka jaga maham̐ nahim̐ dūjā | mana krama bacana bipra pada pūjā ||
sānukūla tehi para muni devā | jo taji kapaṭa karai dvija sevā ||
औरउ एक गुपुत-मत, सबहि कहउँ कर जोरि ।
सङ्कर भजन बिना नर, भगति न पावइ मोरि ॥
aurau eka guputa-mata, sabahi kahaum̐ kara jori |
saṅkara bhajana binā nara, bhagati na pāvai mori ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
