Pad kamal dhoi charhai nav na

Chhand, Under Doha 100 · Ayodhya Kand

Chhand Text

पद कमल धोइ चढ़ाइ नाव न नाथ उतराई चहौं। मोहि राम राउरि आन दसरथ सपथ सब साची कहौं॥ बरु तीर मारहुँ लखनु पै जब लगि न पाय पखारिहौं। तब लगि न तुलसीदास नाथ कृपाल पारु उतारिहौं॥

Transliteration (IAST)

pada kamala dhoi chaṛhāi nāva na nātha utarāī cahauṃ। mohi rāma rāuri āna dasaratha sapatha saba sācī kahauṃ॥ baru tīra mārahuṃ lakhanu pai jaba lagi na pāya pakhārihauṃ। taba lagi na tulasīdāsa nātha kṛpāla pāru utārihauṃ॥

Meaning

O Lord, I will wash your lotus feet and then put you aboard the boat; I seek no fare from you. O Rama, I call upon you, and by Dasharatha's oath I speak the truth. Even if Lakshmana should strike me with arrows, until I have washed your feet I shall not take you across, O compassionate Lord.

Context

This is Chhand, Under Doha 100 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Kevat's Devotion and Crossing the Ganga”. The episode describes Kevat washing the Lord's feet and lovingly ferrying Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana across the Ganga.

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