Tehim bal main raghupati gun gatha
Chaupai 5, Under Doha 13 · Bal Kand
Chaupai Text
तेहिं बल मैं रघुपति गुन गाथा। कहिहउँ नाइ राम पद माथा॥ मुनिन्ह प्रथम हरि कीरति गाई। तेहिं मग चलत सुगम मोहि भाई॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tehiṃ bala maiṃ raghupati guna gāthā। kahihaūṃ nāi rāma pada māthā॥ muninha prathama hari kīrati gāī। tehiṃ maga calata sugama mohi bhāī॥ 5 ॥
Meaning
By that power alone—understanding this not as a true description of His greatness, but as devotion that brings great fruit, and relying on God’s grace—I shall, bowing my head at the feet of Lord Ram, narrate the story of Shri Raghunath’s virtues. It is with this thought that the sages, such as Valmiki and Vyasa, first sang the glory of Hari. O brother, walking that same path will be easy for me.
Context
This is Chaupai 5, Under Doha 13 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Tulsidas's Humility and Devotional Poetry”. The episode describes Tulsidas's humble self-surrender and the purifying glory of Rama-devoted poetry.