तेहि कलिजुग कोसलपुर जाई । जन्मत भयउँ सूद्र तनु पाई ॥
सिव सेवक धन क्रम अरु बानी । आन देव निन्दक अभिमानी ॥
tehi kalijuga kosalapura jāī | janmata bhayaum̐ sūdra tanu pāī ||
siva sevaka dhana krama aru bānī | āna deva nindaka abhimānī ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 97: Born in Ayodhya in a past Kali Yuga
6 verses · 97 of 130
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Born in Ayodhya in a past Kali Yuga
Kakbhushundi tells Garuda of that first birth. In a past Kali Yuga he was born in Kosalapura in a shudra's body. He served Shiva, but proudly reviled the other devas; drunk on wealth, loud and full of hypocrisy, he lived in Raghupati's own capital and knew nothing of its greatness. Now he understands what the Vedas and Puranas sing: whoever lives in Avadh in any birth will come to Rama, though its power is known only when Rama with His bow dwells in the heart. That age was hard. The filth of Kali swallowed dharma, the good books vanished, hypocrites founded sects of their own, and greed ate up good deeds.
धन मद मत्त परम वाचाला । उग्रबुद्धि उर दम्भ बिसाला ॥
जदपि रहेउँ रघुपति रजधानी । तदपि न कछु महिमा तब जानी ॥
dhana mada matta parama vācālā | ugrabuddhi ura dambha bisālā ||
jadapi raheum̐ raghupati rajadhānī | tadapi na kachu mahimā taba jānī ||
अब जाना मैं अवध प्रभावा । निगमागम पुरान अस गावा ॥
कवनेहुँ जनम अवध बस जोई । राम परायन सो परि होई ॥
aba jānā maiṃ avadha prabhāvā | nigamāgama purāna asa gāvā ||
kavanehum̐ janama avadha basa joī | rāma parāyana so pari hoī ||
अवध प्रभाव जान तब प्रानी । जब उर बसहिँ राम धनु पानी ॥
सो कलिकाल कठिन उरगारी । पाप परायन सब नर नारी ॥
avadha prabhāva jāna taba prānī | jaba ura basahim̐ rāma dhanu pānī ||
so kalikāla kaṭhina uragārī | pāpa parāyana saba nara nārī ||
कलिमल ग्रसे धर्म सब, लुप्त भए सदग्रन्थ ।
दंभिन्ह निज अति कल्पि करि, प्रगट किये बहु पन्थ ॥
kalimala grase dharma saba, lupta bhae sadagrantha |
daṃbhinha nija ati kalpi kari, pragaṭa kiye bahu pantha ||
भये लोग सब मोहबस, लोभ ग्रसे सुभ कर्म ।
सुनु हरिजान ग्यान निधि, कहउँ कछुक कलि-धर्म ॥
bhaye loga saba mohabasa, lobha grase subha karma |
sunu harijāna gyāna nidhi, kahaum̐ kachuka kali-dharma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0