स्वारथ साँच जीव कहँ एहा । मन क्रम बचन राम-पद नेहा ॥
सोइ पावन सोइ सुभग सरीरा । जो तनु पाइ भजिअ रघुबीरा ॥
svāratha sām̐ca jīva kaham̐ ehā | mana krama bacana rāma-pada nehā ||
soi pāvana soi subhaga sarīrā | jo tanu pāi bhajia raghubīrā ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 96: Blessed is the body that worships Rama
7 verses · 96 of 130
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Blessed is the body that worships Rama
Kakbhushundi goes on. A soul's one true self-interest is love for Rama's feet in thought, deed and word. That body is blessed in which one worships Raghubir; a body like Brahma's, turned from Rama, wins no praise. Bhakti sprouted in this crow body, so he holds it dear, and though he could die at will he keeps it, since the Vedas say bhajan needs a body. At first delusion ruined him. Through countless births and wombs he did yoga, japa, tapas and charity, and none made him as happy as now. By Shiva's grace he remembers them all. He begins with the first: a past kalpa, in a Kali Yuga full of adharma.
राम बिमुख लहि बिधि सम देही । कबि कोबिद न प्रसंसहिँ तेही ॥
राम भगति एहिं तन उर जामी । तातें मोहि परम प्रिय स्वामी ॥
rāma bimukha lahi bidhi sama dehī | kabi kobida na prasaṃsahim̐ tehī ||
rāma bhagati ehiṃ tana ura jāmī | tāteṃ mohi parama priya svāmī ||
तजउँ न तन निज इच्छा मरना । तन बिनु बेद भजन नहिँ बरना ॥
प्रथम मोहँ मोहि बहुत बिगोवा । राम बिमुख सुख कबहुँ न सोवा ॥
tajaum̐ na tana nija icchā maranā | tana binu beda bhajana nahim̐ baranā ||
prathama moham̐ mohi bahuta bigovā | rāma bimukha sukha kabahum̐ na sovā ||
नाना जनम करम पुनि नाना । किये जोग जप तप मख दाना ॥
कवन जोनि जनमेउँ जहँ नाहीं । मैं खगेस भ्रमि भ्रमि जग माहीं ॥
nānā janama karama puni nānā | kiye joga japa tapa makha dānā ||
kavana joni janameum̐ jaham̐ nāhīṃ | maiṃ khagesa bhrami bhrami jaga māhīṃ ||
देखेउँ करि सब करम गोसाँई । सुखी न भयउँ अबहिँ की नाँई ॥
सुधि मोहि नाथ जनम बहु केरी । सिव प्रसाद मति मोहँ न घेरी ॥
dekheum̐ kari saba karama gosām̐ī | sukhī na bhayaum̐ abahim̐ kī nām̐ī ||
sudhi mohi nātha janama bahu kerī | siva prasāda mati moham̐ na gherī ||
प्रथम जनम के चरित अब, कहउँ सुनहु बिहगेस ।
सुनि प्रभु-पद रति उपजइ, जातें मिटहिँ कलेस ॥
prathama janama ke carita aba, kahaum̐ sunahu bihagesa |
suni prabhu-pada rati upajai, jāteṃ miṭahim̐ kalesa ||
पूरुब कल्प एक प्रभु, जुग कलिजुग मल-मूल ।
नर अरु नारि अधर्म रत, सकल निगम प्रतिकूल ॥
pūruba kalpa eka prabhu, juga kalijuga mala-mūla |
nara aru nāri adharma rata, sakala nigama pratikūla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0