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Kakbhushundi tells Garuda that he stayed a while in Ayodhya watching the child Rama at play, received the boon of bhakti, bowed and flew home to his ashram. Since the day Raghunayaka made him His own, maya has never caught him again. Now he gives his own experience. Without Hari's bhajan, suffering does not go. Without Rama's grace no one knows Rama's greatness; without knowing there is no faith, without faith no love, and without love bhakti will not hold, as oil will not stay on water. Is there knowledge without a guru, or detachment without knowledge, or rest without contentment? A boat will not move without water, however one strains.
मैं पुनि अवध रहेउँ कछु काला । देखेउँ बाल-बिनोद रसाला ॥
राम प्रसाद भगति बर पायउँ । प्रभु पद बन्दि निजाश्रम आयउँ ॥
maiṃ puni avadha raheum̐ kachu kālā | dekheum̐ bāla-binoda rasālā ||
rāma prasāda bhagati bara pāyaum̐ | prabhu pada bandi nijāśrama āyaum̐ ||
तब ते मोहि न ब्यापी माया । जब ते रघुनायक अपनाया ॥
यह सब गुप्त चरित मैं गावा । हरि मायाँ जिमि मोहि नचावा ॥
taba te mohi na byāpī māyā | jaba te raghunāyaka apanāyā ||
yaha saba gupta carita maiṃ gāvā | hari māyām̐ jimi mohi nacāvā ||
निज अनुभव अब कहउँ खगेसा । बिनु हरि भजन न जाहिँ कलेसा ॥
राम कृपा बिनु सुनु खगराई । जानि न जाइ राम प्रभुताई ॥
nija anubhava aba kahaum̐ khagesā | binu hari bhajana na jāhim̐ kalesā ||
rāma kṛpā binu sunu khagarāī | jāni na jāi rāma prabhutāī ||
जानें बिनु न होइ परतीती । बिनु परतीति होइ नहिं प्रीती ॥
प्रीति बिना नहिँ भगति दिढ़ाई । जिमि खगेस जल के चिकनाई ॥
jāneṃ binu na hoi paratītī | binu paratīti hoi nahiṃ prītī ||
prīti binā nahim̐ bhagati dir̤hāī | jimi khagesa jala ke cikanāī ||
बिनु गुरु होइ कि ज्ञान, ज्ञान कि होइ बिराग बिनु ।
गावहिँ बेद पुरान, सुख कि लहिअ हरि भगति बिनु ॥
binu guru hoi ki jñāna, jñāna ki hoi birāga binu |
gāvahim̐ beda purāna, sukha ki lahia hari bhagati binu ||
कोउ बिश्राम कि पाव तात सहज सन्तोष बिनु ।
चला कि जल बिनु नाव, कोटि जतन पचि पचि मरिअ ॥
kou biśrāma ki pāva tāta sahaja santoṣa binu |
calā ki jala binu nāva, koṭi jatana paci paci maria ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
