Baal Kaanda The excellences of Sri Rama and the greatness of His story - Dohas
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda The excellences of Sri Rama and the greatness of His story · Verse Dohas 1518
Sanskrit Original
मै पुनि निज गुर सन सुनी कथा सो सूकरखेत। समुझी नहि तसि बालपन तब अति रहेउँ अचेत।।30(क)।। श्रोता बकता ग्याननिधि कथा राम कै गूढ़। किमि समुझौं मै जीव जड़ कलि मल ग्रसित बिमूढ़।।30(ख)।।
mai puni nija gura sana sunī kathā sō sūkarakhēta. samujhī nahi tasi bālapana taba ati rahēu acēta..30ka.. śrōtā bakatā gyānanidhi kathā rāma kai gūḍha. kimi samujhauṃ mai jīva jaḍa kali mala grasita bimūḍha..30kha..
Then I heard the same story in the holy Sukaraksetra* (the modern Soron in the western United Provinces) from my preceptor; but as I had no sense in those days of my childhood, I could not follow it full well. Both the listener and the reciter of the mysterious story of Sri Rama must be repositories of wisdom. How, then could I, a dull and stupid creature steeped in the impurities of the Kali age, expect to follow it ?(30 A-B)