तेहिं मम पद-सादर सिरु नावा । पुनि आपन सन्देह सुनावा ॥
सुनि ता करि बिनती मृदु बानी । परेम सहित में कहेउँ भवानी ॥
tehiṃ mama pada-sādara siru nāvā | puni āpana sandeha sunāvā ||
suni tā kari binatī mṛdu bānī | parema sahita meṃ kaheum̐ bhavānī ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 61: Shiva tells Garuda: no katha without satsang
5 verses · 61 of 130
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Shiva tells Garuda: no katha without satsang
Garuda bows his head at Bhagwan Shiva's feet and tells his doubt. Hearing the soft-spoken plea, Shiva answers with affection, as he now recounts to Bhavani. You met me on the road, Garuda; how could I make you understand here? Doubt breaks only when one keeps satsang for a long time and hears there the lovely katha of Hari, whose subject from first to last is Bhagwan Rama. I will send you where Hari's katha is told daily; go and listen, and all your doubt will vanish, and great love for Rama's feet will grow. Shiva's doha sets out the chain: without satsang no Hari katha, without it delusion does not flee, and until delusion goes there is no firm love for Rama's feet.
मिलेहु गरुड़ मारग महँ मोही । कवन भाँति समुझावौं तोही ॥
तबहिं होइ सब संसय भङ्गा । जब बहु काल करिय सतसंगा ॥
milehu garur̤a māraga maham̐ mohī | kavana bhām̐ti samujhāvauṃ tohī ||
tabahiṃ hoi saba saṃsaya bhaṅgā | jaba bahu kāla kariya satasaṃgā ||
सुनिय तहाँ हरि कथा सुहाई । नाना भाँति मुनिन्ह जो गाई ॥
जेहि महँ आदि मध्य अवसाना । प्रभु प्रतिपाद्य राम भगवाना ॥
suniya tahām̐ hari kathā suhāī | nānā bhām̐ti muninha jo gāī ||
jehi maham̐ ādi madhya avasānā | prabhu pratipādya rāma bhagavānā ||
नित हरिकथा होति जहँ भाई । पठवउँ तहाँ सुनहु तुम्ह जाई ॥
जाइहि सुनत सकल सन्देहा । राम चरन होइहि अति नेहा ॥
nita harikathā hoti jaham̐ bhāī | paṭhavaum̐ tahām̐ sunahu tumha jāī ||
jāihi sunata sakala sandehā | rāma carana hoihi ati nehā ||
बिनु सतसङ्ग न हरि कथा, तेहि बिनु मोह न भाग ।
मोह गये बिनु राम-पद, होइ न दृढ़ अनुराग ॥
binu satasaṅga na hari kathā, tehi binu moha na bhāga |
moha gaye binu rāma-pada, hoi na dṛr̤ha anurāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0