एक धार बसिष्ट मुनि आये । जहाँ राम सुखधाम सुहाये ॥
अति आदर रघुनायक कीन्हा । पद पखारि पादोदक लीन्हा ॥
eka dhāra basiṣṭa muni āye | jahām̐ rāma sukhadhāma suhāye ||
ati ādara raghunāyaka kīnhā | pada pakhāri pādodaka līnhā ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 48: Vasishtha's confession before Shri Rama
5 verses · 48 of 130
What happens in this chapter
Vasishtha's confession before Shri Rama
One day the sage Vasishtha comes to Shri Rama, who receives him with great honour, washes his feet and takes the water of those feet. Hands joined, the muni makes a request. Watching your conduct, he says, a vast bewilderment rises in me, for your greatness is past measure and even the Vedas do not know it. He recalls refusing the post of family priest, a calling the Vedas, Puranas and Smritis rank low. Brahma told him: you will gain by it, my son, for Brahman himself will be born as the jewel king of the Raghu line. So Vasishtha weighed it. The One for whom all yoga, yajna and vows are done would be his, and no dharma equals that.
राम सुनहु मुनि कह कर जोरी । कृपासिन्धु बिनती कछु मोरी ॥
देखि देखि आचरन तुम्हारा । होत मोह मम हृदयँ अपारा ॥
rāma sunahu muni kaha kara jorī | kṛpāsindhu binatī kachu morī ||
dekhi dekhi ācarana tumhārā | hota moha mama hṛdayam̐ apārā ||
महिमा अमित बेद नहिं जाना । मैं केहि भाँति कहउँ भगवाना ॥
उपरोहित्य-कर्म अति मन्दा । बेद पुरान सुमृति कर निन्दा ॥
mahimā amita beda nahiṃ jānā | maiṃ kehi bhām̐ti kahaum̐ bhagavānā ||
uparohitya-karma ati mandā | beda purāna sumṛti kara nindā ||
जब न लेउँ मैं तब विधि मोही । कहा लाभ आगें सुत तोही ॥
परमातमा ब्रह्म नर रूपा । होइहि रघुकुल-भूषन भूपा ॥
jaba na leum̐ maiṃ taba vidhi mohī | kahā lābha āgeṃ suta tohī ||
paramātamā brahma nara rūpā | hoihi raghukula-bhūṣana bhūpā ||
तब मैं हृदयँ, विचारा, जोग जज्ञ ब्रत दान ।
जा कहुँ करिअ सो पैहउँ, धर्म न एहि सम आन ॥
taba maiṃ hṛdayam̐, vicārā, joga jajña brata dāna |
jā kahum̐ karia so paihaum̐, dharma na ehi sama āna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0