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Without Hari's bhajan, Bhushundi says, the sorrows of jivas do not end. Avidya never grips Hari's servant; what moves him by the Lord's will is vidya, so the servant is not destroyed. That is the difference bhakti makes. Seeing the crow stunned by error, Rama laughed, and what followed no one understood. On hands and knees the dark child with rosy hands and feet crawled to catch him. Bhushundi fled, and Rama stretched out his arm. However far he flew into the sky, he saw Hari's arm right beside him. Even at Brahmaloka the arm was two fingers away. He pierced the seven coverings of the universe, as far as he could go, saw the Lord's arm even there, and was overcome.
ऐसेहिं हरि बिनु भजन खगेसा । मिटइ न जीवन्ह केर कलेसा ॥
हरि सेवकहि न ब्याप अबिद्या । प्रभु प्रेरित ब्यापइ तेहि बिद्या ॥
aisehiṃ hari binu bhajana khagesā | miṭai na jīvanha kera kalesā ||
hari sevakahi na byāpa abidyā | prabhu prerita byāpai tehi bidyā ||
ताते नास न होइ दास कर । भेद भगति बिहङ्ग बिहंगबर ॥
भ्रम से चकित राम मोहि देखा । बिहँसे सो सुनु चरित बिसेखा ॥
tāte nāsa na hoi dāsa kara | bheda bhagati bihaṅga bihaṃgabara ||
bhrama se cakita rāma mohi dekhā | biham̐se so sunu carita bisekhā ||
तेहि कौतुक कर मरम न काहूँ । जाना अनुज न मातु पिताहूँ ॥
जानु पानि धाये मोहि धरना । स्यामल गात अरुन कर चरना ॥
tehi kautuka kara marama na kāhūm̐ | jānā anuja na mātu pitāhūm̐ ||
jānu pāni dhāye mohi dharanā | syāmala gāta aruna kara caranā ||
तब मैं भागि चलेउँ उरगामी । राम गहन कहँ भुजा पसारी ॥
जिमि जिमि दूरि उड़ाउँ अकासा । तहँ भुज हरि देखउँ निज पासा ॥
taba maiṃ bhāgi caleum̐ uragāmī | rāma gahana kaham̐ bhujā pasārī ||
jimi jimi dūri ur̤āum̐ akāsā | taham̐ bhuja hari dekhaum̐ nija pāsā ||
ब्रह्मलोक लगि गयउँ मैं, चितयउँ पार उड़ात ।
जुग अङ्गुल कर बीच सब, राम भुजहि मोहि तात ॥
brahmaloka lagi gayaum̐ maiṃ, citayaum̐ pāra ur̤āta |
juga aṅgula kara bīca saba, rāma bhujahi mohi tāta ||
सप्ताबरन भेद करि, जहाँ लगें गति मोरि ।
गयउँ तहाँ प्रभु भुज निरखि, ब्याकुल भयउँ बहोरि ॥
saptābarana bheda kari, jahām̐ lageṃ gati mori |
gayaum̐ tahām̐ prabhu bhuja nirakhi, byākula bhayaum̐ bahori ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
