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Kakbhushundi keeps up his chain of questions to Garuda, each pairing a fruit with its ground. Without contentment desire does not die, and while desire lives there is no happiness even in dreams. Can desire end without Rama's bhajan, any more than a tree grows without soil? Evenness of mind needs realised knowledge, as room needs sky; dharma needs faith, as smell needs earth. Splendour comes from tapas, good conduct from serving the wise. No siddhi comes without faith. Without faith there is no bhakti, without bhakti Rama does not melt, and without His grace no soul finds rest. So, he urges, drop false argument and doubt, and worship merciful Raghubir.
बिनु सन्तोष न काम नसाहीं । काम अछत सुख सपनेहुँ नाहीं ॥
राम भजन बिनु मिटहिं कि कामा । थल बिहीन तरु कबहुँ कि जामा ॥
binu santoṣa na kāma nasāhīṃ | kāma achata sukha sapanehum̐ nāhīṃ ||
rāma bhajana binu miṭahiṃ ki kāmā | thala bihīna taru kabahum̐ ki jāmā ||
बिनु विज्ञान कि समता आवइ । कोउ अवकास कि नभ बिनु पावइ ॥
सदा बिना धरम नहिँ होई । बिनु महि गन्ध कि पावइ कोई ॥
binu vijñāna ki samatā āvai | kou avakāsa ki nabha binu pāvai ||
sadā binā dharama nahim̐ hoī | binu mahi gandha ki pāvai koī ||
बिनु तप-तेज कि कर बिस्तारा । जल बिनु रस कि होइ संसारा ॥
सील कि मिल बिनु बुध सेवकाई । जिमि बिनु तेज न रूप गोसाँई ॥
binu tapa-teja ki kara bistārā | jala binu rasa ki hoi saṃsārā ||
sīla ki mila binu budha sevakāī | jimi binu teja na rūpa gosām̐ī ||
निज सुख बिनु मन होइ कि थीरा । परस कि होइ बिहीन समीरा ॥
कवनिउँ सिद्धि कि बिनु बिस्वासा । बिनु हरि भजन न भव भय नासा ॥
nija sukha binu mana hoi ki thīrā | parasa ki hoi bihīna samīrā ||
kavanium̐ siddhi ki binu bisvāsā | binu hari bhajana na bhava bhaya nāsā ||
बिनु बिस्वास भगति नहिँ, तेहि बिनु द्रवहिँ न राम ।
राम कृपा बिनु सपनेहुँ, जीव न लह बिश्रामु ॥
binu bisvāsa bhagati nahim̐, tehi binu dravahim̐ na rāma |
rāma kṛpā binu sapanehum̐, jīva na laha biśrāmu ||
अंस विचार मतिधीर, तजि कुतर्क संसय सकल ।
भजहु राम रघुबीर, करुनाकर सुन्दर सुखद ॥
aṃsa vicāra matidhīra, taji kutarka saṃsaya sakala |
bhajahu rāma raghubīra, karunākara sundara sukhada ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
