Kakbhushundi's Meeting with Sage Lomasha: Curse and Blessing
Kakbhushundi goes to Sage Lomasha and receives both a curse and a blessing. Through this experience, his devotion becomes even firmer and unbroken.
Uttar Kand · Episode 17 / 21
Episode Text
गुर के बचन सुरति करि राम चरन मनु लाग। रघुपति जस गावत फिरउँ छन छन नव अनुराग॥ ११० (क) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
gura ke bacana surati kari rāma carana manu lāga। raghupati jasa gāvata phirauṃ chana chana nava anurāga॥ 110 (a) ॥
Meaning:
Remembering the Guru's words, my mind became attached to Rama's feet. I kept wandering, singing the glory of Raghupati, gaining ever-new love moment by moment.
मेरु सिखर बट छायाँ मुनि लोमस आसीन। देखि चरन सिरु नायउँ बचन कहेउँ अति दीन॥ ११० (ख) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
meru sikhara baṭa chāyāṃ muni lōmasa āsīna। dekhi carana siru nāyauṃ bacana kaheuṃ ati dīna॥ 110 (b) ॥
Meaning:
On the summit of Mount Meru, seated under the shade of a banyan tree, was the sage Lomasa. Seeing him, I bowed my head at his feet and spoke in a very humble voice.
सुनि मम बचन बिनीत मृदु मुनि कृपाल खगराज। मोहि सादर पूँछत भए द्विज आयहु केहि काज॥ ११० (ग) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suni mama bacana binīta mṛdu muni kṛpāla khagarāja। mohi sādara pūṃchata bhae dvija āyahu kehi kāja॥ 110 (c) ॥
Meaning:
O king of birds, hearing my humble, gentle words, the compassionate sage respectfully asked me, 'O twice-born one, for what purpose have you come here?'
तब मैं कहा कृपानिधि तुम्ह सर्बग्य सुजान। सगुन ब्रह्म अवराधन मोहि कहहु भगवान॥ ११० (घ) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taba maiṃ kahā kṛpānidhi tumha sarbagya sujāna। saguna brahma avarādhana mohi kahahu bhagavāna॥ 110 (d) ॥
Meaning:
Then I said, 'O Ocean of mercy, you are omniscient and wise. O Lord, please tell me how to worship the manifest Brahman.'
तब मुनीस रघुपति गुन गाथा। कहे कछुक सादर खगनाथा॥ ब्रह्मग्यान रत मुनि बिग्यानी। मोहि परम अधिकारी जानी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taba munīsa raghupati guna gāthā। kahé kachuka sādara khaganāthā॥ brahmagyāna rata muni bigyānī। mohi parama adhikārī jānī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Then, O king of birds, the sage told me some of the glories of Raghupati with respect. That wise sage, devoted to Brahma-knowledge, knowing me to be fully qualified—
लागे करन ब्रह्म उपदेसा। अज अद्वैत अगुन हृदयेसा॥ अकल अनीह अनाम अरूपा। अनुभव गम्य अखंड अनूपा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
lāge karana brahma upadesā। aja advaita aguna hṛdayesā॥ akala anīha anāma arūpā। anubhava gamya akhaṃḍa anūpā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
He began to teach me about Brahman: it is birthless, non-dual, attributeless, and the Lord within the heart. It cannot be measured by the intellect; it is desireless, nameless, formless, knowable through direct experience, unbroken, and unsurpassed.
मन गोतीत अमल अबिनासी। निर्बिकार निरवधि सुख रासी॥ सो तैं ताहि तोहि नहिं भेदा। बारि बीचि इव गावहिं बेदा॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mana gotīta amala abināsī। nirvikāra niravadhi sukha rāsī॥ so taiṃ tāhi tohi nahiṃ bhedā। bāri bīci iva gāvahiṃ bedā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
It is beyond mind and the senses, pure, imperishable, changeless, limitless, and a treasury of bliss. The Vedas proclaim that you are That; there is no difference between That and you, as there is none between water and a wave.
बिबिधि भाँति मोहि मुनि समुझावा। निर्गुन मत मम हृदयँ न आवा॥ पुनि मैं कहेउँ नाइ पद सीसा। सगुन उपासन कहहु मुनीसा॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bibidhi bhāṃti mohi muni samujhāvā। nirguna mata mama hṛdayaṃ na āvā॥ puni maiṃ kaheuṃ nāi pada sīsā। saguna upāsana kahahu munīsā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
The sage explained to me in many ways, but the doctrine of the attributeless did not enter my heart. Then I bowed my head at the sage's feet and said, 'O great sage, tell me the worship of the with-attributes Lord.'
राम भगति जल मम मन मीना। किमि बिलगाइ मुनीस प्रबीना॥ सोइ उपदेस कहहु करि दाया। निज नयनन्हि देखौं रघुराया॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma bhagati jala mama mana mīnā। kimi bilagāi munīsa prabīnā॥ soi upadesa kahahu kari dāyā। nija nayananhi dekhauṃ raghurāyā॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
My mind is like a fish in the water of devotion to Rama, wholly living there. O skilled sage, how could it be separated from it? Kindly tell me that very instruction by which I may behold Raghunatha with my own eyes.
भरि लोचन बिलोकि अवधेसा। तब सुनिहउँ निर्गुन उपदेसा॥ मुनि पुनि कहि हरिकथा अनूपा। खंडि सगुन मत अगुन निरूपा॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bhari locana biloki avadhesā। taba sunihaūṃ nirguna upadesā॥ muni puni kahi harikathā anūpā। khaṇḍi saguna mata aguna nirūpā॥ 6 ॥
Meaning:
First, after beholding the Lord of Ayodhya with filled eyes, then I would hear the teaching on the attributeless. The sage then spoke incomparable stories of Hari, refuting the with-attributes view and describing the attributeless.
तब मैं निर्गुन मत कर दूरी। सगुन निरूपउँ करि हठ भूरी॥ उत्तर प्रतिउत्तर मैं कीन्हा। मुनि तन भए क्रोध के चीन्हा॥ ७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taba maiṃ nirguna mata kara dūrī। saguna nirūpauṃ kari haṭha bhūrī॥ uttara pratyuttara maiṃ kīnhā। muni tana bhae krodha ke cīnhā॥ 7 ॥
Meaning:
Then I set aside the attributeless doctrine and, with great obstinacy, began to expound the with-attributes. I kept answering and countering, and signs of anger appeared in the sage's body.
सुनु प्रभु बहुत अवग्या किएँ। उपज क्रोध ग्यानिन्ह के हिएँ॥ अति संघरषन जौं कर कोई। अनल प्रगट चंदन ते होई॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sunu prabhu bahuta avagyā kieṃ। upaja krodha gyāninha ke hieṃ॥ ati saṅgharaṣana jauṃ kara koī। anala pragaṭa candana te hoī॥ 8 ॥
Meaning:
Listen, Lord: when one is greatly insulted, anger rises even in the heart of a wise person. If someone rubs sandalwood too much, fire too can emerge from it.
बारंबार सकोप मुनि करइ निरूपन ग्यान। मैं अपने मन बैठ तब करउँ बिबिधि अनुमान॥ १११ (क) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bāraṃbāra sakopa muni karai nirūpana gyāna। maiṃ apane mana baiṭha taba karauṃ bibidhi anumāna॥ 111 (a) ॥
Meaning:
Again and again, the sage expounded knowledge in anger. Then I sat there and made many kinds of conjectures in my mind.
क्रोध कि द्वैतबुद्धि बिनु द्वैत कि बिनु अग्यान। मायाबस परिछिन्न जड़ जीव कि ईस समान॥ १११ (ख) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
krodha ki dvaitabuddhi binu dvaita ki binu agyāna। māyābasa parichinna jaḍa jīva ki īsa samāna॥ 111 (b) ॥
Meaning:
How can there be anger without dualistic thinking, or dualistic thinking without ignorance? Can a limited, inert being under the power of Maya be equal to the Lord?
कबहुँ कि दुख सब कर हित ताकें। तेहि कि दरिद्र परस मनि जाकें॥ परद्रोही की होहिं निसंका। कामी पुनि कि रहहिं अकलंका॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kabahũ ki dukha saba kara hita tākẽ। tehi ki daridra parasa mani jākẽ॥ paradrohī kī hohiṃ nisankā। kāmī puni ki rahahiṃ akalankā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Can one who seeks the good of all ever suffer sorrow? Can poverty remain with one who possesses the touchstone? Can those who do harm to others ever be fearless, and can the lustful remain unstained?
बंस कि रह द्विज अनहित कीन्हें। कर्म कि होहिं स्वरूपहि चीन्हें॥ काहू सुमति कि खल सँग जामी। सुभ गति पाव कि परत्रिय गामी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bansa ki raha dvija anahita kīnhẽ। karma ki hohiṃ svarūpahi cīnhẽ॥ kāhū sumati ki khala saṅga jāmī। subha gati pāva ki paratriya gāmī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
If one harms a Brahmin, can his lineage survive? When the Self has been recognized, can actions still be driven by attachment? Has anyone ever gained wisdom from the company of the wicked? Can one who goes after another man's wife attain a good state?
भव कि परहिं परमात्मा बिंदक। सुखी कि होहिं कबहुँ हरि निंदक॥ राजु कि रहइ नीति बिनु जानें। अघ कि रहहिं हरिचरित बखानें॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bhava ki parahiṃ paramātmā bindaka। sukhī ki hohiṃ kabahũ hari nindaka॥ rāju ki rahai nīti binu jānẽ। agha ki rahahiṃ haricarita bakhānẽ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Can those who know the Supreme Self ever fall into worldly existence? Can those who blaspheme Hari ever be happy? Can a kingdom endure without knowing righteousness? Can sins remain where Hari's deeds are recounted?
पावन जस कि पुन्य बिनु होई। बिनु अघ अजस कि पावइ कोई॥ लाभु कि किछु हरि भगति समाना। जेहि गावहिं श्रुति संत पुराना॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pāvana jasa ki puṇya binu hoī। binu agha ajasa ki pāvai koī॥ lābhu ki kichu hari bhagati samānā। jehi gāvahiṃ śruti santa purānā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Can holy fame arise without merit? Can anyone gain infamy without sin? Is there any gain equal to devotion to Hari, whose glory the Vedas, saints, and Puranas sing?
हानि कि जग एहि सम किछु भाई। भजिअ न रामहि नर तनु पाई॥ अघ कि पिसुनता सम कछु आना। धर्म कि दया सरिस हरिजाना॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
hāni ki jaga ehi sama kichu bhāī। bhajia na rāmahi nara tanu pāī॥ agha ki pisunatā sama kachu ānā। dharma ki dayā sarisa harijānā॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
O brother, is there any loss in the world equal to this: having received a human body, one still does not worship Rama? Is there any sin equal to backbiting? And, O Garuda, is there any religion equal to compassion?
एहि बिधि अमिति जुगुति मन गुनऊँ। मुनि उपदेस न सादर सुनऊँ॥ पुनि पुनि सगुन पच्छ मैं रोपा। तब मुनि बोलेउ बचन सकोपा॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ehi bidhi amiti juguti mana gunaũ। muni upadesa na sādara sunaũ॥ puni puni saguṇa pacchha maiṃ ropā। taba muni boleu bacana sakopā॥ 6 ॥
Meaning:
In this way I kept devising countless arguments in my mind and did not listen respectfully to the sage's instruction. Again and again I defended the personal form of God, and then the sage spoke in anger:
मूढ़ परम सिख देउँ न मानसि। उत्तर प्रतिउत्तर बहु आनसि॥ सत्य बचन बिस्वास न करही। बायस इव सबही ते डरही॥ ७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mūṛha parama sikha deũ na mānasi। uttara pratiuttara bahu ānasi॥ satya bacana bisvāsa na karahī। bāyasa iva sabahī te ḍarahī॥ 7 ॥
Meaning:
O fool, though I give you the highest teaching, you do not accept it and keep bringing many replies and counter-replies. You do not trust my true words; like a crow, you are afraid of everyone.
सठ स्वपच्छ तव हृदयँ बिसाला। सपदि होहि पच्छी चंडाला॥ लीन्ह श्राप मैं सीस चढ़ाई। नहिं कछु भय न दीनता आई॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
saṭha svapaccha tava hṛdayã bisālā। sapadi hohi pacchī caṇḍālā॥ līnha śrāpa maiṃ sīsa caṛhāī। nahiṃ kachu bhaya na dīnatā āī॥ 8 ॥
Meaning:
O fool, your heart is filled with stubborn attachment to your own side; therefore, become at once a Chandala bird. I accepted the sage's curse and placed it upon my head. From it I felt neither fear nor humiliation.
तुरत भयउँ मैं काग तब पुनि मुनि पद सिरु नाइ। सुमिरि राम रघुबंस मनि हरषित चलेउँ उड़ाइ॥ ११२ (क) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
turata bhayaũ maiṃ kāga taba puni muni pada siru nāi। sumiri rāma raghubansa mani harṣita caleũ uṛāi॥ 112 (a) ॥
Meaning:
Then I instantly became a crow. Bowing my head at the sage's feet and remembering Rama, the jewel of Raghu's line, I flew away in joy.
उमा जे राम चरन रत बिगत काम मद क्रोध। निज प्रभुमय देखहिं जगत केहि सन करहिं बिरोध॥ ११२ (ख) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
umā je rāma carana rata bigata kāma mada krodha। nija prabhumaya dekhahiṃ jagata kehi sana karahiṃ virodha॥ 112 (b) ॥
Meaning:
O Uma, those who are devoted to Rama's feet and free from lust, pride, and anger see the world as filled with their Lord Himself; then against whom would they harbor enmity?
सुनु खगेस नहिं कछु रिषि दूषन। उर प्रेरक रघुबंस बिभूषन॥ कृपासिंधु मुनि मति करि भोरी। लीन्ही प्रेम परिच्छा मोरी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sunu khagesa nahiṃ kachu riṣi dūṣana। ura preraka raghubansa bibhūṣana॥ kṛpāsindhu muni mati kari bhorī। līnhī prema paricchā morī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Kakabhushundi said: O king of birds, Garuda, listen. There was no fault at all in the sage. Rama, the ornament of Raghu's line, is the one who inspires all hearts. The ocean of compassion made the sage's mind simple and thus tested my devotion.
मन बच क्रम मोहि निज जन जाना। मुनि मति पुनि फेरी भगवाना॥ रिषि मम महत सीलता देखी। राम चरन बिस्वास बिसेषी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mana baca krama mohi nija jana jānā। muni mati puni pherī bhagavānā॥ riṣi mama mahata sīlatā dekhī। rāma carana bisvāsa biseṣī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
When the Lord knew me as His own servant in mind, speech, and deed, He turned the sage's mind again. The sage saw my great virtue and my special faith in Rama's feet.
अति बिसमय पुनि पुनि पछिताई। सादर मुनि मोहि लीन्ह बोलाई॥ मम परितोष बिबिधि बिधि कीन्हा। हरषित राममंत्र तब दीन्हा॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ati bisamaya puni puni pachitāī। sādara muni mohi līnha bolāī॥ mama paritoṣa bibidhi bidhi kīnhā। harṣita rāmamatra taba dīnhā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Then, greatly repentant, the sage called me back with honor. He satisfied me in many ways and, rejoicing, then gave me the Rama mantra.
बालकरूप राम कर ध्याना। कहेउ मोहि मुनि कृपानिधाना॥ सुंदर सुखद मोहि अति भावा। सो प्रथमहिं मैं तुम्हहि सुनावा॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bālarūpa rāma kara dhyānā। kaheu mohi muni kṛpānidhānā॥ sundara sukhada mohi ati bhāvā। so prathamahiṃ maiṃ tumhahi sunāvā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
The treasure of compassion, the sage taught me the meditation on Rama in His child form. That meditation, beautiful and full of joy, pleased me greatly; I have already told it to you.
मुनि मोहि कछुक काल तहँ राखा। रामचरितमानस तब भाषा॥ सादर मोहि यह कथा सुनाई। पुनि बोले मुनि गिरा सुहाई॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
muni mohi kachuka kāla tahẽ rākhā। rāmacaritamānasa taba bhāṣā॥ sādara mohi yaha kathā sunāī। puni bole muni girā suhāī॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
The sage kept me there for some time. Then he recited the Ramcharitmanas. After respectfully telling me this story, the sage again spoke to me in sweet words:
रामचरित सर गुप्त सुहावा। संभु प्रसाद तात मैं पावा॥ तोहि निज भगत राम कर जानी। ताते मैं सब कहेउँ बखानी॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāmacarita sara gupta suhāvā। sambhu prasāda tāta maiṃ pāvā॥ tohi nija bhagata rāma kara jānī। tāte maiṃ saba kaheũ bakhānī॥ 6 ॥
Meaning:
O child, I received this beautiful and hidden lake of Rama's deeds by Shiva's grace. Knowing you to be Rama's own devotee, I have told you all these events in detail.
राम भगति जिन्ह कें उर नाहीं। कबहुँ न तात कहिअ तिन्ह पाहीं॥ मुनि मोहि बिबिधि भाँति समुझावा। मैं सप्रेम मुनि पद सिरु नावा॥ ७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma bhagati jinha keṃ ura nāhīṃ। kabahũ na tāta kahiya tinh pāhīṃ॥ muni mohi bibidhi bhāṃti samujhāvā। maiṃ saprema muni pada siru nāvā॥ 7 ॥
Meaning:
O child, one should never speak of this before those whose hearts do not hold devotion to Rama. The sage instructed me in many ways, and I bowed my head at his feet with love.
निज कर कमल परसि मम सीसा। हरषित आसिष दीन्ह मुनीसा॥ राम भगति अबिरल उर तोरें। बसिहि सदा प्रसाद अब मोरें॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nija kara kamala parasi mama sīsā। harṣita āsiṣa dīnha munīsā॥ rāma bhagati abirala ura torẽ। basihi sadā prasāda aba morẽ॥ 8 ॥
Meaning:
The great sage touched my head with his lotus hand and, rejoicing, blessed me: 'By my grace, unwavering devotion to Rama will always dwell in your heart.'
सदा राम प्रिय होहु तुम्ह सुभ गुन भवन अमान। कामरूप इच्छामरन ग्यान बिराग निधान॥ ११३ (क) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sadā rāma priya hohu tumha subha guna bhavana amāna। kāmarūpa icchāmaraṇa gyāna birāga nidhāna॥ 113 (a) ॥
Meaning:
May you always be dear to Rama, a dwelling-place of auspicious virtues, free from pride, able to assume any form at will, able to die at will, and a storehouse of knowledge and detachment.
जेहिं आश्रम तुम्ह बसब पुनि सुमिरत श्रीभगवंत। ब्यापिहि तहँ न अबिद्या जोजन एक प्रजंत॥ ११३ (ख) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jehiṃ āśrama tumha basaba puni sumirata śrībhagavanta। byāpihi tahaṃ na avidyā jojana eka prajanta॥ 113 (b) ॥
Meaning:
Not only that: wherever you dwell in an ashram while remembering the Blessed Lord, ignorance and delusion will not spread there for a distance of one yojana (about four kos).
काल कर्म गुन दोष सुभाऊ। कछु दुख तुम्हहि न ब्यापिहि काऊ॥ राम रहस्य ललित बिधि नाना। गुप्त प्रगट इतिहास पुराना॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kāla karma guna doṣa subhāū। kachu dukha tumhahi na byāpihi kāū॥ rāma rahasya lalita bidhi nānā। gupta pragaṭa itihāsa purānā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Time, action, qualities, faults, and nature—none of these sorrows will ever afflict you. Many beautiful secrets of Rama—the hidden inner meanings and qualities of His sacred life—are found both concealed and manifest in ancient histories and the Puranas.
बिनु श्रम तुम्ह जानब सब सोऊ। नित नव नेह राम पद होऊ॥ जो इच्छा करिहहु मन माहीं। हरि प्रसाद कछु दुर्लभ नाहीं॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
binu śrama tumha jānaba saba soū। nita nava neha rāma pada hoū॥ jo icchā karihahu mana māhīṃ। hari prasāda kachu durlabha nāhīṃ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Without effort you will know all of that. May new and ever-renewed love for Rama's feet arise. Whatever desire you cherish in your heart, by Hari's grace nothing will remain unattainable.
सुनि मुनि आसिष सुनु मतिधीरा। ब्रह्मगिरा भइ गगन गँभीरा॥ एवमस्तु तव बच मुनि ग्यानी। यह मम भगत कर्म मन बानी॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suni muni āsiṣa sunu matidhīrā। brahmagirā bhai gagana gaṃbhīrā॥ evamastu tava baca muni gyānī। yaha mama bhagata karma mana bānī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Listen, O steadfast-minded one. When the sage's blessing was heard, a deep voice of Brahma resounded in the sky: 'So be it, O learned sage; this servant of Mine is Mine in deed, thought, and speech.'
सुनि नभगिरा हरष मोहि भयऊ। प्रेम मगन सब संसय गयऊ॥ करि बिनती मुनि आयसु पाई। पद सरोज पुनि पुनि सिरु नाई॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suni nabhagirā haraṣa mohi bhayau। prema magana saba saṃsaya gayau॥ kari bintī muni āyasu pāī। pada saroja puni puni sira nāī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Hearing the heavenly voice, I was greatly rejoiced. I became absorbed in love, and all my doubts vanished. Then, after making my supplication to the sage, receiving his permission, and bowing again and again at his lotus feet—
हरष सहित एहिं आश्रम आयउँ। प्रभु प्रसाद दुर्लभ बर पायउँ॥ इहाँ बसत मोहि सुनु खग ईसा। बीते कलप सात अरु बीसा॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
haraṣa sahita ehiṃ āśrama āyauṃ। prabhu prasāda durlabha bara pāyauṃ॥ ihāṃ basata mohi sunu khaga īsā। bīte kalapa sāta aru bīsā॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
I came to this hermitage with joy. By the Lord's grace I obtained a rare boon. O king of birds, while dwelling here, twenty-seven kalpas have passed for me.
करउँ सदा रघुपति गुन गाना। सादर सुनहिं बिहंग सुजाना॥ जब जब अवधपुरीं रघुबीरा। धरहिं भगत हित मनुज सरीरा॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
karauṃ sadā raghupati guna gānā। sādara sunahim bihaṃga sujānā॥ jaba jaba avadhapurīṃ raghubīrā। dharahim bhagata hita manuja sarīrā॥ 6 ॥
Meaning:
I continually sing the virtues of Lord Raghupati here, and the wise birds listen with reverence. Whenever Lord Raghubira takes a human body in Ayodhya for the sake of His devotees,
तब तब जाइ राम पुर रहऊँ। सिसुलीला बिलोकि सुख लहऊँ॥ पुनि उर राखि राम सिसुरूपा। निज आश्रम आवउँ खगभूपा॥ ७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taba taba jāi rāma pura rahauṃ। sisulīlā biloki sukha lahauṃ॥ puni ura rākhi rāma sisurūpā। nija āśrama āvau khagabhūpā॥ 7 ॥
Meaning:
Then, again and again, I go and stay in Rama's city and delight in beholding the Lord's childhood pastimes. Then, O king of birds, holding Rama's child-form in my heart, I return to my hermitage.
कथा सकल मैं तुम्हहि सुनाई। काग देह जेहिं कारन पाई॥ कहिउँ तात सब प्रस्न तुम्हारी। राम भगति महिमा अति भारी॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kathā sakala maiṃ tumhahi sunāī। kāga deha jehiṃ kārana pāī॥ kahiuṃ tāta saba prasna tumhārī। rāma bhagati mahimā ati bhārī॥ 8 ॥
Meaning:
I have told you the whole story of how I obtained the body of a crow. O dear one, I have answered all your questions. Ah, the greatness of devotion to Rama is indeed vast!
ताते यह तन मोहि प्रिय भयउ राम पद नेह। निज प्रभु दरसन पायउँ गए सकल संदेह॥ ११४ (क) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tāte yaha tana mohi priya bhayau rāma pada neha। nija prabhu darasana pāyauṃ gae sakala saṃdeha॥ 114 (a) ॥
Meaning:
I cherish this crow-body of mine because in it I obtained love for Rama's feet. In this very body I had the vision of my Lord, and all my doubts were dispelled.
भगति पच्छ हठ करि रहेउँ दीन्हि महारिषि साप। मुनि दुर्लभ बर पायउँ देखहु भजन प्रताप॥ ११४ (ख) ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bhagati paccha haṭha kari raheuṃ dīnhi mahāriṣi sāpa। muni durlabha bara pāyauṃ dekhahu bhajana pratāpa॥ 114 (b) ॥
Meaning:
I stubbornly held to the side of devotion, and for that the great sage cursed me. Yet by that very curse I obtained a boon hard to gain even for sages. Behold the glory of devotion!
जे असि भगति जानि परिहरहीं। केवल ग्यान हेतु श्रम करहीं॥ ते जड़ कामधेनु गृहँ त्यागी। खोजत आकु फिरहिं पय लागी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
je asi bhagati jāni pariharahīṃ। kevala gyāna hetu śrama karahīṃ॥ te jaḍa kāmadhenu gṛhaṃ tyāgī। khojata āku phirahim paya lāgī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Those who, knowing the greatness of such devotion, still abandon it and toil only for knowledge are fools who leave the wish-fulfilling cow standing at home and wander about looking for milk from the aak plant.
सुनु खगेस हरि भगति बिहाई। जे सुख चाहहिं आन उपाई॥ ते सठ महासिंधु बिनु तरनी। पैरि पार चाहहिं जड़ करनी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sunu khagesa hari bhagati bihāī। je sukha chāhahiṃ āna upāī॥ te saṭha mahāsindhu binu taranī। pairi pāra chāhahiṃ jaḍa karanī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Listen, lord of birds: those who leave Hari's devotion and seek happiness by other means are fools and dull-witted—they wish to cross the great ocean without a boat, relying on foolish efforts.
सुनि भसुंडि के बचन भवानी। बोलेउ गरुड़ हरषि मृदु बानी॥ तव प्रसाद प्रभु मम उर माहीं। संसय सोक मोह भ्रम नाहीं॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suni bhasuṇḍi ke bacana bhavānī। boleu garuḍa haraṣi mṛdu bānī॥ tava prasāda prabhu mama ura māhīṃ। saṃsaya soka moha bhrama nāhīṃ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
[Shiva said:] O Bhavani, hearing Bhusundi's words, Garuda spoke joyfully in a soft voice: 'By your grace, O Lord, there is now no doubt, sorrow, delusion, or confusion in my heart.'
सुनेउँ पुनीत राम गुन ग्रामा। तुम्हरी कृपाँ लहेउँ बिश्रामा॥ एक बात प्रभु पूँछउँ तोही। कहहु बुझाइ कृपानिधि मोही॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suneuṃ punīta rāma guna grāmā। tumharī kṛpāṃ laheuṃ biśrāmā॥ eka bāta prabhu pūṃchauṃ tohī। kahahu bujhāi kṛpānidhi mohī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
I have heard the pure clusters of Rama's virtues by your grace and have found peace. O Lord, I ask you one thing more. O treasure of compassion, please tell me by explaining it.
कहहिं संत मुनि बेद पुराना। नहिं कछु दुर्लभ ग्यान समाना॥ सोइ मुनि तुम्ह सन कहेउ गोसाईं। नहिं आदरेहु भगति की नाईं॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kahahim santa muni beda purānā। nahiṃ kachu durlabha gyāna samānā॥ soi muni tumha sana kaheu gosāīṃ। nahiṃ ādarehu bhagati kī nāīṃ॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
The saints, sages, Vedas, and Puranas say that nothing is as rare as knowledge. That very knowledge the sage spoke to you about, O Gosain, you did not honor as you honor devotion.
ग्यानहि भगतिहि अंतर केता। सकल कहहु प्रभु कृपा निकेता॥ सुनि उरगारि बचन सुख माना। सादर बोलेउ काग सुजाना॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
gyānahi bhagatihi antara ketā। sakala kahahu prabhu kṛpā niketā॥ suni uragāri bacana sukha mānā। sādara boleu kāga sujānā॥ 6 ॥
Meaning:
O abode of grace, O Lord, how great is the difference between knowledge and devotion? Please tell me all of this. Hearing Garuda's words, wise Kakabhusundi felt joy and respectfully replied—