नर सहस्त्र महँ सुनहु पुरारी । कोउ एक होइ धर्म ब्रतधारी ॥
धर्मसील कोटिक महँ कोई । विषय बिमुख बिराग रत होई ॥
nara sahastra maham̐ sunahu purārī | kou eka hoi dharma bratadhārī ||
dharmasīla koṭika maham̐ koī | viṣaya bimukha birāga rata hoī ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 54: Rarer than all, a devotee of Rama
5 verses · 54 of 130
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Rarer than all, a devotee of Rama
Uma sets out her question to Bhagwan Shiva as a ladder of rarity. Among a thousand men, perhaps one keeps the vows of dharma. Among a crore of the righteous, one turns from the senses. Among a crore of renunciants, the Shruti says, one gains right knowledge, and among a crore of knowers one is freed while living. Rarer still is the one merged in Brahman. Rarer than all of these is one absorbed in devotion to Rama, free of pride and maya. How did a crow gain such Hari-bhakti? Explain it to me, Vishvanath. And why did one so given to Rama, so wise and steady, come to have a crow's body at all?
कोटि बिरक्त मध्य श्रुति कहई । सम्यक ग्यान सकृत कोउ लहई ॥
ज्ञानवन्त कोटिक महँ कोऊ । जीवनमुक्त सकृत जग सोऊ ॥
koṭi birakta madhya śruti kahaī | samyaka gyāna sakṛta kou lahaī ||
jñānavanta koṭika maham̐ koū | jīvanamukta sakṛta jaga soū ||
तिन्ह सहस्र महँ सब सुख खानी । दुर्लभ ब्रह्म-लीन विज्ञानी ॥
धर्मसील बिरक्त अरु ज्ञानी । जीवनमुक्त ब्रह्मपर प्रानी ॥
tinha sahasra maham̐ saba sukha khānī | durlabha brahma-līna vijñānī ||
dharmasīla birakta aru jñānī | jīvanamukta brahmapara prānī ||
सब तें सो दुर्लभ सुरराया । राम भगति रत गत मद माया ॥
सो हरिभगति काग किमि पाई । बिस्वनाथ मोहि कहहु बुझाई ॥
saba teṃ so durlabha surarāyā | rāma bhagati rata gata mada māyā ||
so haribhagati kāga kimi pāī | bisvanātha mohi kahahu bujhāī ||
राम परायन ग्यान रत, गुनागार मति धीर ।
नाथ कहहु केहि कारन, पायउ काक सरीर ॥
rāma parāyana gyāna rata, gunāgāra mati dhīra |
nātha kahahu kehi kārana, pāyau kāka sarīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0