देखि चरित अति नर अनुसारी । भयउ हृदयँ मम संसय भारी ॥
सोइ भ्रम अब हित करि मैं माना । कीन्ह अनुग्रह कृपानिधाना ॥
dekhi carita ati nara anusārī | bhayau hṛdayam̐ mama saṃsaya bhārī ||
soi bhrama aba hita kari maiṃ mānā | kīnha anugraha kṛpānidhānā ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 69: Garuda calls his delusion a blessing
6 verses · 69 of 130
What happens in this chapter
Garuda calls his delusion a blessing
Garuda goes on to Bhushundi. Seeing deeds so like a man's, a heavy doubt rose in me. Now I count that error a grace. Only one scorched by fierce sun knows the joy of a tree's shade. Had I not been so deluded, dear one, how would I have met you, or heard this Hari katha? The Vedas and munis agree: pure saints are met only by one on whom Rama looks with grace. By Rama's grace I saw you, and by your grace all doubt left. The crow is overjoyed by Garuda's humble, loving words. Bhagwan Shiva adds for Uma that when the good find a listener who is wise, pure and loves the katha, they open even the deepest secrets.
जो अति आतप व्याकुल होई । तरु छाया सुख जानइ खाई ॥
जौँ नहिं होत मोह अति मोही । मिलतेउँ तात कवन विधि तोही ॥
jo ati ātapa vyākula hoī | taru chāyā sukha jānai khāī ||
jaum̐ nahiṃ hota moha ati mohī | milateum̐ tāta kavana vidhi tohī ||
सुनतेउँ किमि हरि कथा सुहाई । अति बिचित्र बहु बिधि तुम्ह गाई ॥
निगमागम पुरान मत एहा । कहहिँ सिद्ध मुनि नहिँ सन्देहा ॥
sunateum̐ kimi hari kathā suhāī | ati bicitra bahu bidhi tumha gāī ||
nigamāgama purāna mata ehā | kahahim̐ siddha muni nahim̐ sandehā ||
सन्त बिसुद्ध मिलहिँ परि तेही । चितवहिँ राम कृपा करि जेही ॥
राम कृपाँ तव दरसन भयऊ । तव प्रसाद सब संसय गयऊ ॥
santa bisuddha milahim̐ pari tehī | citavahim̐ rāma kṛpā kari jehī ||
rāma kṛpām̐ tava darasana bhayaū | tava prasāda saba saṃsaya gayaū ||
सुनि बिहँगपति मानी, सहित बिनय अनुराग ।
पुलक गात लोचन सजल, मन हरषेउ अति काग ॥
suni biham̐gapati mānī, sahita binaya anurāga |
pulaka gāta locana sajala, mana haraṣeu ati kāga ||
स्रोता सुमति सुसील सुचि, कथा रसिक हरि दास ।
पाइ उमा अति गोप्यमपि, सज्जन करहिं प्रकास ॥
srotā sumati susīla suci, kathā rasika hari dāsa |
pāi umā ati gopyamapi, sajjana karahiṃ prakāsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0