5 verses · 58 of 130
That, Bhagwan Shiva tells Girija, is when he went to the bird. Now hear why Garuda, banner of the bird race, went to the crow. When Raghunath played at war, he let himself be bound by Indrajit; Shiva says the thought of that leela still makes him shy. Narada sent Garuda, who cut the bonds and left, but a fierce gloom rose in his heart. The all-pervading Brahman, stainless, lord of speech, beyond maya and delusion, the supreme Ishvara, was said to have taken avatar in the world, yet Garuda had seen no such power. Men are freed from the bonds of becoming by chanting his name, and this same Rama was tied up in a serpent noose by a petty rakshasa!
गिरिजा कहेउँ सो सब इतिहासा । मैं जेहि समय गयउँ खग पासा ॥
अब सो कथा सुनहु जेहि हेतू । गयउ काग पहिं खग-कुल केतू ॥
girijā kaheum̐ so saba itihāsā | maiṃ jehi samaya gayaum̐ khaga pāsā ||
aba so kathā sunahu jehi hetū | gayau kāga pahiṃ khaga-kula ketū ||
जब रघुनाथ कीन्ह रन क्रीड़ा । समुझत चरित होत मोहि ब्रीड़ा ॥
इन्द्रजीत कर आपु बँधायो । तब नारद मुनि गरुड़ पठायो ॥
jaba raghunātha kīnha rana krīr̤ā | samujhata carita hota mohi brīr̤ā ||
indrajīta kara āpu bam̐dhāyo | taba nārada muni garur̤a paṭhāyo ||
बन्धन काटि गयो उरगादा । उपजा हृदयँ प्रचंड बिषादा ॥
प्रभु बन्धन समुझत बहु भाँती । करत विचार उरग-आराती ॥
bandhana kāṭi gayo uragādā | upajā hṛdayam̐ pracaṃḍa biṣādā ||
prabhu bandhana samujhata bahu bhām̐tī | karata vicāra uraga-ārātī ||
व्यापक ब्रह्म बिरज बागीसा । माया मोह पार परमीसा ॥
सो अवतार सुनेउँ जग माहीं । देखेउँ सो प्रभाव कछु नाहीं ॥
vyāpaka brahma biraja bāgīsā | māyā moha pāra paramīsā ||
so avatāra suneum̐ jaga māhīṃ | dekheum̐ so prabhāva kachu nāhīṃ ||
भव बन्धन तें छूटहिँ, नर जपि जा कर नाम ।
खर्च निसाचर बाँधेउ, नागपास सोइ राम ॥
bhava bandhana teṃ chūṭahim̐, nara japi jā kara nāma |
kharca nisācara bām̐dheu, nāgapāsa soi rāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
