Ram ek tapas tiy tari
Chaupai 2-3, Under Doha 24 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
राम एक तापस तिय तारी। नाम कोटि खल कुमति सुधारी॥ रिषि हित राम सुकेतुसुता की। सहित सेन सुत कीन्हि बिबाकी॥ सहित दोष दुख दास दुरासा। दलइ नामु जिमि रबि निसि नासा॥ भंजेउ राम आपु भव चापू। भव भय भंजन नाम प्रतापू॥ २-३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma eka tāpasa tiya tārī। nāma koṭi khala kumati sudhārī॥ riṣi hita rāma suketusutā kī। sahita sena suta kīnhi bibākī॥ sahita doṣa dukha dāsa durāsā। dalai nāmu jimi ravi nisi nāsā॥ bhañjeu rāma āpu bhava cāpū। bhava bhaya bhañjana nāma pratāpū॥ 2-3 ॥
Meaning
Rama alone saved the ascetic’s wife (Ahalya), but the Name corrected the crooked minds of millions of sinners. For the sage’s welfare, Rama destroyed the daughter of Suketu, along with her army and son; yet the Name destroys the faults, sorrows, and evil desires of devotees just as the sun destroys the night. Rama Himself broke Shiva’s bow, but it is the power of the Name that destroys all fear of the world.
Context
This is Chaupai 2-3, Under Doha 24 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Glory of Rama's Name”. The episode describes the supreme glory of Rama's name as the most accessible refuge in Kali Yuga.