गरुड़ गिरा सुनि हरषेउ कागा । बोलेउ उमा सहित अनुरागा ॥
धन्य धन्य तव मति उरगारी । प्रस्न तुम्हारि मोहि अति प्यारी ॥
garur̤a girā suni haraṣeu kāgā | boleu umā sahita anurāgā ||
dhanya dhanya tava mati uragārī | prasna tumhāri mohi ati pyārī ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 95: Bhushundi recalls many births; why he loves this body
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Bhushundi recalls many births; why he loves this body
Bhagwan Shiva tells Uma that the crow rejoiced at Garuda's words. Blessed is your mind, Bhushundi says; your question is dear to me, and it has brought back the memory of many births. Listen and I will sing my whole story. Japa, tapas, yajna, vows, charity, yoga and knowledge all bear one fruit, love for Raghupati's feet, and without it no one finds well-being. In this very body he received Rama-bhakti, so he cherishes it. Everyone loves what serves his good. Saints and Shruti agree: love even a lowly thing if it brings your highest good. The silkworm is unclean, yet people tend it like life, for it gives fine silk.
सुनि तव प्रस्न सप्रेम सुहाई । बहुत जनम की सुधि मोहि आई ॥
सब निज कथा कहउँ मैं गाई । तात सुनहु सादर मन लाई ॥
suni tava prasna saprema suhāī | bahuta janama kī sudhi mohi āī ||
saba nija kathā kahaum̐ maiṃ gāī | tāta sunahu sādara mana lāī ||
जप तप मख सम दम ब्रत दाना । बिरति बिबेक जोग बिज्ञाना ॥
सब कर फल रघुपति-पद प्रेमा । तेहि बिनु कोउ न पावइ छेमा ॥
japa tapa makha sama dama brata dānā | birati bibeka joga bijñānā ||
saba kara phala raghupati-pada premā | tehi binu kou na pāvai chemā ||
एहि तन राम भगति मैं पाई । ताते मोहि ममता अधिकाई ॥
जेहि तेँ कछु निज स्वारथ होई । तेहि पर ममता कर सब कोई ॥
ehi tana rāma bhagati maiṃ pāī | tāte mohi mamatā adhikāī ||
jehi tem̐ kachu nija svāratha hoī | tehi para mamatā kara saba koī ||
पन्नगारि असि नीति, श्रुति सम्मत सज्जन कहहिं ।
अति नीचहु सन प्रीति करिअ जानि निज परम हित ॥
pannagāri asi nīti, śruti sammata sajjana kahahiṃ |
ati nīcahu sana prīti karia jāni nija parama hita ||
पाट कीट तेँ होइ, तेहि तेँ पाटम्बर रुचिर ।
कृमि पालइ सबु कोइ परम अपावन प्रान सम ॥
pāṭa kīṭa tem̐ hoi, tehi tem̐ pāṭambara rucira |
kṛmi pālai sabu koi parama apāvana prāna sama ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0