Shiva-Parvati Dialogue on Rama
After the wedding, Parvati asks Shiva about the true nature of Rama and the mystery of His incarnation. Shiva lovingly begins to narrate Rama's divine story.
Bal Kand · Episode 28 / 59
Episode Text
जौं मो पर प्रसन्न सुखरासी। जानिअ सत्य मोहि निज दासी॥ तौ प्रभु हरहु मोर अग्याना। कहि रघुनाथ कथा बिधि नाना॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jauṃ mo para prasanna sukharāsī। jānia satya mohi nija dāsī॥ tau prabhu harahu mora agyānā। kahi raghunātha kathā bidhi nānā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
O treasure of bliss, if you are pleased with me and truly regard me as your own servant, then, my Lord, please remove my ignorance by speaking the many kinds of stories of Raghunatha.
जासु भवनु सुरतरु तर होई। सहि कि दरिद्र जनित दुखु सोई॥ ससिभूषन अस हृदयँ बिचारी। हरहु नाथ मम मति भ्रम भारी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jāsu bhavanu surataru tara hoī। sahi ki daridra janita dukhu soī॥ sasibhūṣana asa hṛdayaṃ bicārī। harahu nātha mama mati bhrama bhārī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
If one’s home is beneath the wish-fulfilling tree, why should one suffer the sorrow born of poverty? O Moon-ornamented Lord, reflect thus in your heart and remove the great delusion of my understanding.
प्रभु जे मुनि परमारथबादी। कहहिं राम कहुँ ब्रह्म अनादी॥ सेस सारदा बेद पुराना। सकल करहिं रघुपति गुन गाना॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
prabhu je muni paramārathabādī। kahahiṃ rāma kahuṃ brahma anādī॥ seśa sāradā beda purānā। sakala karahiṃ raghupati guna gānā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
O Lord, the sages who are knowers and speakers of supreme truth declare Rama to be the beginningless Brahman; and Shesha, Sarasvati, the Vedas, and the Puranas all sing the praises of Raghupati.
तुम्ह पुनि राम राम दिन राती। सादर जपहु अनँग आराती॥ रामु सो अवध नृपति सुत सोई। की अज अगुन अलखगति कोई॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tumha puni rāma rāma dina rātī। sādara japahu anaṅga ārātī॥ rāmu so avadha nṛpati suta soī। kī aja aguna alakhagati koī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
And you too, O enemy of Kama, constantly chant Rama’s name with reverence day and night. Is this Rama the son of the king of Ayodhya, or is he some other Rama—unborn, attributeless, and beyond perception?
जौं नृप तनय त ब्रह्म किमि नारि बिरहँ मति भोरि। देखि चरित महिमा सुनत भ्रमति बुद्धि अति मोरि॥ १०८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jauṃ nṛpa tanaya ta brahma kimi nāri birahaṃ mati bhori। dekhi carita mahimā sunata bhramati buddhi ati mori॥ 108 ॥
Meaning:
If he is the king’s son, then how can he be Brahman? And if he is Brahman, how did his mind become so distraught in separation from a woman? Seeing such deeds and hearing of his greatness, my intellect is utterly bewildered.
जौं अनीह ब्यापक बिभु कोऊ। कहहु बुझाइ नाथ मोहि सोऊ॥ अग्य जानि रिस उर जनि धरहू। जेहि बिधि मोह मिटै सोइ करहू॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jauṃ anīha byāpaka bibhu koū। kahahu bujhāi nātha mohi sou॥ agya jāni risa ura jani dharahū। jehi bidhi moha miṭai soi karahū॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
If there is another Brahman who is desireless, all-pervading, and supreme, then, O Lord, please explain that to me. Do not take offense in your heart, considering me ignorant. Do whatever will remove my delusion.
मैं बन दीखि राम प्रभुताई। अति भय बिकल न तुम्हहि सुनाई॥ तदपि मलिन मन बोधु न आवा। सो फलु भली भाँति हम पावा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
maiṃ bana dīkhi rāma prabhutāī। ati bhaya vikala na tumhahiṃ sunāī॥ tadapi malina mana bodhu na āvā। so phalu bhalī bhāṃti hama pāvā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
In a previous birth, I saw Rama’s majesty in the forest, but being अत्यंत भयभीत, I did not tell you. Even so, my impure mind did not awaken. I have indeed received the full result of that in the proper way.
अजहूँ कछु संसउ मन मोरें। करहु कृपा बिनवउँ कर जोरें॥ प्रभु तब मोहि बहु भाँति प्रबोधा। नाथ सो समुझि करहु जनि क्रोधा॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ajahūṃ kachu saṃsau mana moreṃ। karahu kṛpā binavaūṃ kara joreṃ॥ prabhu taba mohi bahu bhāṃti prabodhā। nātha so samujhi karahu jani krodhā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
There is still some doubt in my mind. Please be gracious to me; I beg you with folded hands. O Lord, you explained many things to me then, yet my doubt did not vanish. Thinking this, O Master, do not be angry with me.
तब कर अस बिमोह अब नाहीं। रामकथा पर रुचि मन माहीं॥ कहहु पुनीत राम गुन गाथा। भुजगराज भूषन सुरनाथा॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taba kara asa bimoha aba nāhīṃ। rāmakathā para ruci mana māhīṃ॥ kahahu punīta rāma guna gāthā। bhujagarāja bhūṣana suranāthā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
I am no longer in such delusion as before; now my mind has a longing to hear the story of Rama. O Lord of the gods, who adorns yourself with the serpent king as an ornament, please speak the holy account of Rama’s virtues.
बंदउँ पद धरि धरनि सिरु बिनय करउँ कर जोरि। बरनहु रघुबर बिसद जसु श्रुति सिद्धांत निचोरि॥ १०९ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bandauṃ pada dhari dharani siru binaya karaūṃ kara jori। baranahu raghubara bisada jasu śruti siddhānta nichori॥ 109 ॥
Meaning:
I bow my head to the earth and salute your feet, joining my hands in supplication. Please describe Raghubara’s spotless fame by distilling the essence of the Vedas’ doctrine.
जदपि जोषिता नहिं अधिकारी। दासी मन क्रम बचन तुम्हारी॥ गूढ़उ तत्त्व न साधु दुरावहिं। आरत अधिकारी जहँ पावहिं॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jadapi joṣitā nahiṃ adhikārī। dāsī mana krama bacana tumhārī॥ gūḍhau tattva na sādhu durāvahiṃ। ārata adhikārī jahaṃ pāvahiṃ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Although, as a woman, I may not be fit to hear it, still I am your servant in mind, speech, and action. The saintly do not conceal even deep truths where they find a deserving and afflicted seeker.
अति आरति पूछउँ सुरराया। रघुपति कथा कहहु करि दाया॥ प्रथम सो कारन कहहु बिचारी। निर्गुन ब्रह्म सगुन बपु धारी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ati ārati pūchauṃ surarāyā। raghupati kathā kahahu kari dāyā॥ prathama so kārana kahahu bicārī। nirguna brahma saguna bapu dhārī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
O Lord of the gods, I ask in deep humility: kindly show me mercy and tell the story of Raghupati. First, please explain the reason by which attributeless Brahman takes on a manifest form.
पुनि प्रभु कहहु राम अवतारा। बालचरित पुनि कहहु उदारा॥ कहहु जथा जानकी बिबाहीं। राज तजा सो दूषन काहीं॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
puni prabhu kahahu rāma avatārā। bālacarita puni kahahu udārā॥ kahahu jathā jānakī bibāhīṃ। rāja tajā so dūṣana kāhīṃ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Then, O Lord, tell the story of Rama’s incarnation, and also his noble childhood deeds. Tell how he married Janaki, and then explain by what fault he renounced the kingdom.
बन बसि कीन्हे चरित अपारा। कहहु नाथ जिमि रावन मारा॥ राज बैठि कीन्हीं बहु लीला। सकल कहहु संकर सुखसीला॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bana basi kīnhe carita apārā। kahahu nātha jimi rāvana mārā॥ rāja baiṭhi kīnhīṃ bahu līlā। sakala kahahu saṃkara sukhasīlā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
O Lord, then tell of the countless deeds he performed while dwelling in the forest, and how he killed Ravana. O gentle Shiva, please tell all those lilas that he performed while seated on the throne of kingship.
बहुरि कहहु करुनायतन कीन्ह जो अचरज राम। प्रजा सहित रघुबंसमनि किमि गवने निज धाम॥ ११० ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bahuri kahahu karuṇāyatana kīnha jo acaraja rāma। prajā sahita raghubaṃsamaṇi kimi gavane nija dhāma॥ 110 ॥
Meaning:
O abode of compassion, tell again the wondrous deed performed by Rama—how did the jewel of the Raghu line depart to his own abode along with the people?
पुनि प्रभु कहहु सो तत्त्व बखानी। जेहिं बिग्यान मगन मुनि ग्यानी॥ भगति ग्यान बिग्यान बिरागा। पुनि सब बरनहु सहित बिभागा॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
puni prabhu kahahu so tattva bakhānī। jehiṃ bigyāna magana muni gyānī॥ bhagati gyāna bigyāna birāgā। puni saba baranahu sahita bibhāgā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
O Lord, then please explain that truth in which the wise sages are ever absorbed. And again, describe devotion, knowledge, realization, and detachment, with their distinctions.
औरउ राम रहस्य अनेका। कहहु नाथ अति बिमल बिबेका॥ जो प्रभु मैं पूछा नहिं होई।सोउ दयाल राखहु जनि गोई॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aurau rāma rahasya anekā। kahahu nātha ati bimal bibekā॥ jo prabhu maiṃ pūchā nahiṃ hoī। soū dayāla rākhahu jani goī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Besides these, tell me also the many other secrets of Rama. O Lord, your discernment is supremely pure. O compassionate one, even what I have not asked, please do not keep hidden.
तुम्ह त्रिभुवन गुर बेद बखाना। आन जीव पाँवर का जाना॥ प्रस्न उमा कै सहज सुहाई। छल बिहीन सुनि सिव मन भाई॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tumha tribhuvana guru beda bakhānā। āna jīva pāṃvara kā jānā॥ prasna umā kai sahaja suhāī। chala bihīna saunai siva mana bhāī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
The Vedas declare you to be the guru of the three worlds. What can other lowly beings know of this mystery? Shiva was greatly pleased in his heart by Parvati’s simple, lovely, and guileless question.
हर हियँ रामचरित सब आए। प्रेम पुलक लोचन जल छाए॥ श्रीरघुनाथ रूप उर आवा। परमानंद अमित सुख पावा॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
hara hiyaṃ rāmacarita saba āe। prema pulaka locana jala chāe॥ śrīraghunātha rūpa ura āvā। paramānanda amita sukha pāvā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
All the deeds of Rama entered Shiva’s heart. Overcome with love, his body thrilled and his eyes filled with tears. Rama’s divine form appeared within his heart, and thus Shiva himself, who is bliss incarnate, experienced boundless joy.
मगन ध्यान रस दंड जुग पुनि मन बाहेर कीन्ह। रघुपति चरित महेस तब हरषित बरनै लीन्ह॥ १११ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
magana dhyāna rasa daṃḍa juga puni mana bāhera kīnha। raghupati carita mahesa taba haraṣita baranai līnha॥ 111 ॥
Meaning:
Shiva remained immersed in the nectar of meditation for two moments; then he drew his mind outward and, delighted, began to narrate the deeds of Raghupati.
झूठेउ सत्य जाहि बिनु जानें। जिमि भुजंग बिनु रजु पहिचानें॥ जेहि जानें जग जाइ हेराई। जागें जथा सपन भ्रम जाई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jhūṭheu satya jāhi binu jāneṃ। jimi bhujaṃga binu raju pahicāneṃ॥ jehi jāneṃ jag jāi herāī। jāgeṃ jathā sapan bhrama jāī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Without knowing it, even falsehood appears true, like mistaking a rope for a snake. When it is known, the world vanishes, just as the illusion of a dream disappears upon waking.
बंदउँ बालरूप सोइ रामू। सब सिधि सुलभ जपत जिसु नामू॥ मंगल भवन अमंगल हारी। द्रवउ सो दसरथ अजिर बिहारी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
baṃdauṃ bālarūpa soi rāmū। saba sidhi sulabha japata jisu nāmū॥ maṃgala bhavana amaṃgala hārī। dravau so dasaratha ajira bihārī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
I offer praise to that child form of Rama, whose name, when recited, grants all attainments with ease. May that Rama, the abode of auspiciousness, remover of inauspiciousness, and the playful child in King Dasharatha's courtyard, shower His grace upon me.
करि प्रनाम रामहि त्रिपुरारी। हरषि सुधा सम गिरा उचारी॥ धन्य धन्य गिरिराजकुमारी। तुम्ह समान नहिं कोउ उपकारी॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kari pranāma rāmahi tripurārī। haraṣi sudhā sama girā uccārī॥ dhanya dhanya girirājakumārī। tumha samāna nahiṃ kou upakārī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Having bowed to Rama, Tripurari Shiva spoke with delight in a voice sweet as nectar: "Blessed, blessed are you, daughter of King Giriraj! There is no benefactor like you."
पूँछेहु रघुपति कथा प्रसंगा। सकल लोक जग पावनि गंगा॥ तुम्ह रघुबीर चरन अनुरागी। कीन्हिहु प्रस्न जगत हित लागी॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pūṃchehu raghupati kathā prasaṃgā। sakala loka jaga pāvani gaṃgā॥ tumha raghubīra carana anurāgī। kīnhihu prasna jagata hita lāgī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
You have asked about the narrative of Lord Raghupati, a story that is like the Ganga, purifying all the worlds. You have asked this question for the welfare of the world. You are devoted in love to the feet of Raghubir.
राम कृपा तें पारबति सपनेहुँ तव मन माहिं। सोक मोह संदेह भ्रम मम बिचार कछु नाहिं॥ ११२ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma kṛpā teṃ pārabati sapanēhuṃ tava mana māhiṃ। soka moha saṃdeha bhrama mama bicāra kachu nāhiṃ॥ 112 ॥
Meaning:
O Parvati, in my understanding, by Rama's grace there is not even in a dream any sorrow, delusion, doubt, or confusion in your mind.
तदपि असंका कीन्हिहु सोई। कहत सुनत सब कर हित होई॥ जिन्ह हरिकथा सुनी नहिं काना। श्रवन रंध्र अहिभवन समाना॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tadapi asaṃkā kīnhihu soī। kahata sunata saba kara hita hoī॥ jinha harikathā sunī nahiṃ kānā। śravana raṃdhra ahibhavana samānā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Still, you have raised this very doubt, because speaking and hearing this account will benefit everyone. Those who have not heard the Lord's story with their own ears have ear-holes like a snake's burrow.
नयनन्हि संत दरस नहिं देखा। लोचन मोरपंख कर लेखा॥ ते सिर कटु तुंबरि समतूला। जे न नमत हरि गुर पद मूला॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nayanaṃhi saṃta darasa nahiṃ dekhā। locana morapaṃkha kara lekhā॥ te sira kaṭu tuṃbari samatūlā। je na namata hari guru pada mūlā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Those who have not seen the saints with their own eyes have eyes that are only counted among the false eyes seen on a peacock's feather. Their heads are like bitter gourds, which do not bow at the feet of Hari and the Guru.
जिन्ह हरिभगति हृदयँ नहिं आनी। जीवत सव समान तेइ प्रानी॥ जो नहिं करइ राम गुन गाना। जीह सो दादुर जीह समाना॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jinha haribhagati hṛdayaṃ nahiṃ ānī। jīvata sava samāna tei prānī॥ jo nahiṃ karai rāma guna gānā। jīha so dādura jīha samānā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Those who have not brought devotion to Hari into their hearts are like the dead while still alive. The tongue that does not sing the virtues of Rama is like a frog's tongue.
कुलिस कठोर निठुर सोइ छाती। सुनि हरिचरित न जो हरषाती॥ गिरिजा सुनहु राम कै लीला। सुर हित दनुज बिमोहनसीला॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kulisa kaṭhora niṭhura soi chātī। suni haricarita na jo haraṣātī॥ girijā sunahu rāma kai līlā। sura hita danuja bimohanaśīlā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
That heart is as hard and cruel as lightning which does not rejoice on hearing the Lord's deeds. O Girija, listen to Rama's play; it brings welfare to the gods and is supremely enchanting to the demons.
रामकथा सुरधेनु सम सेवत सब सुख दानि। सतसमाज सुरलोक सब को न सुनै अस जानि॥ ११३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāmakathā suradhenu sama sevata saba sukha dāni। satasamāja suraloka saba ko na sunai asa jāni॥ 113 ॥
Meaning:
Rama's story is like the wish-fulfilling cow Suradhenu, granting all happiness to those who serve it. Knowing this, who would not listen to it—whether in the company of the good or even among the gods?
रामकथा सुंदर कर तारी। संसय बिहग उड़ावनिहारी॥ रामकथा कलि बिटप कुठारी। सादर सुनु गिरिराजकुमारी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāmakathā sundara kara tārī। saṃsaya biha ga uḍāvani hārī॥ rāmakathā kali biṭapa kuṭhārī। sādara sunu girirājakumārī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
The story of Rama is a beautiful hand-clap that drives away the birds of doubt. It is also an axe for felling the tree of Kali Yuga. O daughter of Giriraj, listen to it with reverence.
राम नाम गुन चरित सुहाए। जनम करम अगनित श्रुति गाए॥ जथा अनंत राम भगवाना। तथा कथा कीरति गुन नाना॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma nāma guna carita suhāe। janama karama agaṇita śruti gāe॥ jathā anaṃta rāma bhagavānā। tathā kathā kīrati guna nānā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
The Vedas sing of Rama's beautiful name, virtues, and deeds, and declare His birth and actions innumerable. Just as Lord Rama is infinite, so too are His story, fame, and qualities.
तदपि जथा श्रुत जसि मति मोरी। कहिहउँ देखि प्रीति अति तोरी॥ उमा प्रस्न तव सहज सुहाई। सुखद संतसंमत मोहि भाई॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tadapi jathā śruta jasi mati morī। kahihauṃ dekhi prīti ati torī॥ umā prasna tava sahaja suhāī। sukhada saṃtasamamata mohi bhāī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Still, seeing your deep devotion, I shall speak according to what I have heard and according to my own understanding. O Uma, your question is naturally lovely, pleasing, and approved by the saints, and I very much like it.
एक बात नहिं मोहि सोहानी। जदपि मोह बस कहेहु भवानी॥ तुम्ह जो कहा राम कोउ आना। जेहि श्रुति गाव धरहिं मुनि ध्याना॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
eka bāta nahiṃ mohi sohānī। jadapi moha basa kahēhu bhavānī॥ tumha jo kahā rāma kou ānā। jehi śruti gāva dharahiṃ muni dhyānā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
But, O Parvati, there is one thing that did not seem right to me, though you spoke it under the spell of delusion. You said that Rama is someone else—He whom the Vedas sing of and on whom the sages meditate—
कहहिं सुनहिं अस अधम नर ग्रसे जे मोह पिसाच। पाषंडी हरि पद बिमुख जानहिं झूठ न साच॥ ११४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kahahiṃ sunahiṃ asa adhama nara grase je moha pisāca। pāṣaṃḍī hari pada bimukha jānahīṃ jhūṭha na sāca॥ 114 ॥
Meaning:
Only vile men, possessed by the demon of delusion, hypocrites, and those turned away from the feet of Hari, speak and listen in this way, for they know neither truth nor falsehood.
अग्य अकोबिद अंध अभागी। काई बिषय मुकुर मन लागी॥ लंपट कपटी कुटिल बिसेषी। सपनेहुँ संतसभा नहिं देखी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
agya akobida aṃdha abhāgī। kāī biṣaya mukura mana lāgī॥ laṃpaṭa kapaṭī kuṭila biśeṣī। sapanēhuṃ saṃtasabhā nahiṃ dekhī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Those who are ignorant, foolish, blind, and unlucky, whose mind-mirror is covered with the moss of worldly desires; those who are licentious, deceitful, especially crooked, and who have not even seen a saintly assembly in a dream;
कहहिं ते बेद असंमत बानी। जिन्ह कें सूझ लाभु नहिं हानी॥ मुकुर मलिन अरु नयन बिहीना। राम रूप देखहिं किमि दीना॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kahahiṃ te beda asaṃmata bānī। jinha keṃ sūjha lābhu nahiṃ hānī॥ mukura malin aru nayana bihīnā। rāma rūpa dekhahiṃ kimi dīnā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Only those speak such words that go against the Vedas, who cannot discern their own gain or loss. With a mind-mirror made dull and eyes bereft of sight, how can the poor see Rama's form?
जिन्ह कें अगुन न सगुन बिबेका। जल्पहिं कल्पित बचन अनेका॥ हरिमाया बस जगत भ्रमाहीं। तिन्हहि कहत कछु अघटित नाहीं॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jinha keṃ aguna na saguna bibekā। jalpahiṃ kalpita bacana anekā॥ harimāyā basa jagata bhramāhīṃ। tinhahi kahata kachu aghaṭita nāhīṃ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Those who have no understanding of the distinction between the attributeless and the personal, who utter many imagined words, and who wander through the world under the spell of Hari's Maya—there is nothing improper in speaking of them thus.
बातुल भूत बिबस मतवारे। ते नहिं बोलहिं बचन बिचारे॥ जिन्ह कृत महामोह मद पाना। तिन्ह कर कहा करिअ नहिं काना॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bātula bhūta bibasa matavāre। te nahiṃ bolahiṃ bacana bicāre॥ jinha kṛta mahāmoha mada pānā। tinh kara kahā kariē nahiṃ kānā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Those afflicted by wind disorders, those possessed by spirits, and those lost in intoxication do not speak with thoughtfulness. One who has drunk the wine of great delusion should not be heeded.
अस निज हृदयँ बिचारि तजु संसय भजु राम पद। सुनु गिरिराज कुमारि भ्रम तम रबि कर बचन मम॥ ११५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
asa nija hṛdayaṃ bicāri taju saṃsaya bhaju rāma pada। sunu girirāja kumārī bhrama tama rabi kara bacana mama॥ 115 ॥
Meaning:
Reflect thus in your own heart, abandon doubt, and worship the feet of Rama. Listen, O daughter of Giriraj, to my words, which are like the rays of the sun dispelling the darkness of delusion.
सगुनहि अगुनहि नहिं कछु भेदा। गावहिं मुनि पुरान बुध बेदा॥ अगुन अरूप अलख अज जोई। भगत प्रेम बस सगुन सो होई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sagunahi agunahi nahiṃ kachu bhedā। gāvahiṃ muni purāna budha bedā॥ aguna arūpa alakha aja joī। bhagata prema basa saguna so hoī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
There is no difference at all between the personal and the attributeless; sages, Puranas, scholars, and the Vedas all say so. That same one, who is attributeless, formless, unseen, and unborn, becomes personal by the power of devotion's love.
जो गुन रहित सगुन सोइ कैसें। जलु हिम उपल बिलग नहिं जैसें॥ जासु नाम भ्रम तिमिर पतंगा। तेहि किमि कहिअ बिमोह प्रसंगा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jo guna rahita saguna soi kaisẽ। jalu hima upala bilaga nahiṃ jaisẽ॥ jāsu nāma bhrama timira pataṃgā। tehi kimi kahiē bimoha prasaṃgā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
How can He who is without qualities be the same as the personal God? It is like water and ice—they are not separate. How can one speak of delusion in regard to Him whose name is like the sun for the darkness of illusion?
राम सच्चिदानंद दिनेसा। नहिं तहँ मोह निसा लवलेसा॥ सहज प्रकासरूप भगवाना। नहिं तहँ पुनि बिग्यान बिहाना॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma saccidānanda dinesā। nahiṃ tahāṃ moha nisā lavalesā॥ sahaja prakāśarūpa bhagavānā। nahiṃ tahāṃ puni bigyāna bihānā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Rama is the sun of existence, consciousness, and bliss. There, not even the slightest trace of the night of delusion exists. He is by nature the form of light itself and the Lord; there is not even a dawn of knowledge there.
हरष बिषाद ग्यान अग्याना। जीव धर्म अहमिति अभिमाना॥ राम ब्रह्म ब्यापक जग जाना। परमानंद परेस पुराना॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
haraṣa biṣāda gyāna agyānā। jīva dharma ahamiti abhimānā॥ rāma brahma byāpaka jaga jānā। paramānaṃda pares purānā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Joy and sorrow, knowledge and ignorance, ego and pride—these are all the conditions of the individual soul. Rama, however, is the all-pervading Brahman, the embodiment of supreme bliss, beyond all, the ancient Purusha. The whole world knows this.
पुरुष प्रसिद्ध प्रकास निधि प्रगट परावर नाथ। रघुकुलमनि मम स्वामि सोइ कहि सिवँ नायउ माथ॥ ११६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
puruṣa prasiddha prakāsa nidhi pragaṭa parāvara nātha। raghukulamani mama svāmi soi kahi sivaṃ nāyau mātha॥ 116 ॥
Meaning:
He is the celebrated Purusha, the treasure of light, openly the Lord of the higher and the lower realms. Saying, "He alone is the jewel of the Raghu clan and my Master," Shiva bowed his head.
निज भ्रम नहिं समुझहिं अग्यानी। प्रभु पर मोह धरहिं जड़ प्रानी॥ जथा गगन घन पटल निहारी। झाँपेउ भानु कहहिं कुबिचारी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nija bhrama nahiṃ samujhahiṃ agyānī। prabhu para moha dharahiṃ jaḍa prānī॥ jathā gagana ghana paṭala nihārī। jhāṃpeu bhānu kahahiṃ kubicārī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
The ignorant do not understand their own delusion; the foolish blame Lord Rama for it, just as unwise people, seeing a curtain of clouds in the sky, say that the clouds have hidden the sun.
चितव जो लोचन अंगुलि लाएँ। प्रगट जुगल ससि तेहि के भाएँ॥ उमा राम बिषइक अस मोहा। नभ तम धूम धूरि जिमि सोहा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
citava jo locana aṃguli lāeṃ। pragaṭa jugala sasi tehi ke bhāeṃ॥ ūmā rāma biṣaika asa mohā। nabha tama dhūma dhūri jimi sohā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
For one who looks with a finger placed over the eye, two moons appear. O Uma, to imagine such delusion about Rama is like darkness, smoke, and dust appearing in the sky. [Just as the sky is pure and untouched, so too the Lord Rama is forever pure and unstained.]
बिषय करन सुर जीव समेता। सकल एक तें एक सचेता॥ सब कर परम प्रकासक जोई। राम अनादि अवधपति सोई॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
biṣaya karana sura jīva sametā। sakala eka teṃ eka sachetā॥ saba kara parama prakāsaka joī। rāma anādi avadhapati soī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Objects, the senses, the presiding deities of the senses, and the individual soul—all become conscious through one another. The one who is the supreme illuminator of all of them is Rama, the beginningless Lord of Ayodhya.
जगत प्रकास्य प्रकासक रामू। मायाधीस ग्यान गुन धामू॥ जासु सत्यता तें जड़ माया। भास सत्य इव मोह सहाया॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jagata prakāsya prakāsaka rāmū। māyādhīsa gyāna guna dhāmū॥ jāsu satyatā teṃ jaḍa māyā। bhāsa satya iva moha sahāyā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
This world is that which is to be illumined, and Rama is its illuminator. He is the Lord of Maya, the abode of knowledge and virtues. By whose very existence, with the aid of delusion, even inert Maya appears as if real.
रजत सीप महुँ भास जिमि जथा भानु कर बारि। जदपि मृषा तिहुँ काल सोइ भ्रम न सकइ कोउ टारि॥ ११७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rajata sīpa mahuṃ bhāsa jimi jathā bhānu kara bāri। jadapi mṛṣā tīhuṃ kāla soi bhrama na sakai kou ṭāri॥ 117 ॥
Meaning:
Just as silver appears in a shell and water appears in sunbeams, so this illusion is perceived. Although it is false in all three periods of time, no one can remove that delusion.
एहि बिधि जग हरि आश्रित रहई। जदपि असत्य देत दुख अहई॥ जौं सपनें सिर काटै कोई। बिनु जागें न दूरि दुख होई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ehi vidhi jaga hari āśrita rahai। jadapi asatya deta dukha ahai॥ jaum̐ sapaneṃ sira kāṭai koī। binu jāgeṃ na dūri dukha hoī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
In this way, the world remains dependent on Hari. Although unreal, it still gives pain; just as if someone cuts off your head in a dream, the pain does not go away until you wake up.
जासु कृपाँ अस भ्रम मिटि जाई। गिरिजा सोइ कृपाल रघुराई॥ आदि अंत कोउ जासु न पावा। मति अनुमानि निगम अस गावा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jāsu kṛpām̐ asa bhrama miṭi jāī। girijā soi kṛpāla raghurāī॥ ādi anta kou jāsu na pāvā। mati anumāni nigama asa gāvā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
O Girija, by whose grace such delusion is removed—He alone is the merciful Raghunatha. No one has been able to know His beginning or end; the Vedas sing of Him by inference from reason.
बिनु पद चलइ सुनइ बिनु काना। कर बिनु करम करइ बिधि नाना॥ आनन रहित सकल रस भोगी। बिनु बानी बकता बड़ जोगी॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
binu pada chalai sunai binu kānā। kara binu karama karai vidhi nānā॥ ānana rahita sakala rasa bhogī। binu bānī baktā baḍa jogī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
He (the Supreme Brahman) walks without feet, hears without ears, and performs countless kinds of actions without hands. Without a mouth He enjoys all tastes, and without speech He is a great speaker.
तन बिनु परस नयन बिनु देखा। ग्रहइ घ्रान बिनु बास असेषा॥ असि सब भाँति अलौकिक करनी। महिमा जासु जाइ नहिं बरनी॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tana binu parasa nayana binu dekhā। grahai ghrāna binu bāsa aseṣā॥ asi saba bhāṃti alaukika karanī। mahimā jāsu jāi nahiṃ baranī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Without a body He touches, without eyes He sees, and without a nose He perceives all scents. In every way His acts are wondrous and beyond the world; His glory cannot be described.
जेहि इमि गावहिं बेद बुध जाहि धरहिं मुनि ध्यान। सोइ दसरथ सुत भगत हित कोसलपति भगवान॥ ११८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jehi imi gāvahiṃ beda budha jāhi dharahiṃ muni dhyāna। soi dasaratha suta bhagata hita kosalapati bhagavāna॥ 118 ॥
Meaning:
He whom the Vedas and the wise sing of in this way, and upon whom the sages meditate, is the son of Dasharatha, the benefactor of devotees, the Lord of Kosala, God Himself.
कासीं मरत जंतु अवलोकी। जासु नाम बल करउँ बिसोकी॥ सोइ प्रभु मोर चराचर स्वामी। रघुबर सब उर अंतरजामी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kāsīṃ marata jaṃtu avalokī। jāsu nāma bala karauṃ bisokī॥ soi prabhu mora carācara svāmī। raghubara saba ura antarajāmī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
[O Parvati!] By the power of whose name, seeing a dying being in Kashi, I make him sorrowless [by giving the Rama mantra], that same Lord Raghubara Rama is the master of all moving and unmoving beings and the indweller in every heart.
बिबसहुँ जासु नाम नर कहहीं। जनम अनेक रचित अघ दहहीं॥ सादर सुमिरन जे नर करहीं। भव बारिधि गोपद इव तरहीं॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bibasahuṃ jāsu nāma nara kahahiṃ। janama aneka racita agha dahahiṃ॥ sādara sumirana je nara karahiṃ। bhava bāridhi gopada iva tarahiṃ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Even uttering His name involuntarily burns away the sins accumulated over countless births. And those who remember Him with reverence cross the ocean of worldly existence as easily as stepping over a cow's hoofprint.
राम सो परमातमा भवानी। तहँ भ्रम अति अबिहित तव बानी॥ अस संसय आनत उर माहीं। ग्यान बिराग सकल गुन जाहीं॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma so paramātmā bhavānī। tahaṃ bhrama ati abihita tava bānī॥ asa saṃsaya ānata ura māhīṃ। gyāna birāga sakala guna jāhīṃ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
O Bhavani, Rama is that Supreme Self; to speak of delusion in Him is अत्यन्त improper. The moment such doubt enters the heart, all virtues such as knowledge and dispassion are destroyed.
सुनि सिव के भ्रम भंजन बचना। मिटि गै सब कुतरक कै रचना॥ भइ रघुपति पद प्रीति प्रतीती। दारुन असंभावना बीती॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suni siva ke bhrama bhaṃjana bacanā। miṭi gae saba kutaraka kai racanā॥ bhaī raghupati pada prīti pratītī। dāruna asaṃbhāvanā bītī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Hearing Shiva's words that dispelled delusion, all Girija's sophistries vanished. Her love and conviction in Rama's feet were established, and her impossible doubt passed away.
पुनि पुनि प्रभु पद कमल गहि जोरि पंकरुह पानि। बोलीं गिरिजा बचन बर मनहुँ प्रेम रस सानि॥ ११९ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
puni puni prabhu pada kamala gahi jori paṃkaruha pāni। bolīṃ girijā bacana bara manahuṃ prema rasa sāni॥ 119 ॥
Meaning:
Again and again, clasping the Lord's lotus feet and joining her lotus-like hands, Girija spoke beautiful words as though steeped in the nectar of love.
ससि कर सम सुनि गिरा तुम्हारी। मिटा मोह सरदातप भारी॥ तुम्ह कृपाल सबु संसउ हरेऊ। राम स्वरूप जानि मोहि परेऊ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sasi kara sama suni girā tumhārī। miṭā moha saradātapa bhārī॥ tumha kṛpāla sabu saṃsau hareū। rāma svarūpa jāni mohi pareū॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Hearing your words, cool like moonbeams, the heavy heat of my delusion, like the scorching sun of autumn, has been dispelled. O merciful one, you have removed all my doubt; now I have understood Rama's true nature.
नाथ कृपाँ अब गयउ बिषादा। सुखी भयउँ प्रभु चरन प्रसादा॥ अब मोहि आपनि किंकरि जानी। जदपि सहज जड़ नारि अयानी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nātha kṛpām̐ aba gayau biṣādā। sukhī bhayauṃ prabhu carana prasādā॥ aba mohi āpani kiṃkarī jānī। jadapi sahaja jaḍa nāri ayānī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
O Lord, by your grace my sorrow is gone; by the favor of your feet I have become happy. Though I am naturally a foolish, ignorant woman, still now you know me as your servant—