Baal Kaanda Dialogue between the sages - Yajnavalkya and Bharadvaja and the greatness of Prayaga - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda Dialogue between the sages - Yajnavalkya and Bharadvaja and the greatness of Prayaga · Verse Chaupais 1545
Sanskrit Original
भरद्वाज मुनि बसहिं प्रयागा। तिन्हहि राम पद अति अनुरागा।। तापस सम दम दया निधाना। परमारथ पथ परम सुजाना।। माघ मकरगत रबि जब होई। तीरथपतिहिं आव सब कोई।। देव दनुज किंनर नर श्रेनी। सादर मज्जहिं सकल त्रिबेनीं।। पूजहि माधव पद जलजाता। परसि अखय बटु हरषहिं गाता।। भरद्वाज आश्रम अति पावन। परम रम्य मुनिबर मन भावन।। तहाँ होइ मुनि रिषय समाजा। जाहिं जे मज्जन तीरथराजा।। मज्जहिं प्रात समेत उछाहा। कहहिं परसपर हरि गुन गाहा।।
bharadvāja muni basahiṃ prayāgā. tinhahi rāma pada ati anurāgā.. tāpasa sama dama dayā nidhānā. paramāratha patha parama sujānā.. māgha makaragata rabi jaba hōī. tīrathapatihiṃ āva saba kōī.. dēva danuja kiṃnara nara śrēnī. sādara majjahiṃ sakala tribēnīṃ.. pūjahi mādhava pada jalajātā. parasi akhaya baṭu haraṣahiṃ gātā.. bharadvāja āśrama ati pāvana. parama ramya munibara mana bhāvana.. tahāom hōi muni riṣaya samājā. jāhiṃ jē majjana tīratharājā.. majjahiṃ prāta samēta uchāhā. kahahiṃ parasapara hari guna gāhā..
The sage Bharadvja lives in Prayga; he is extremely devoted to the feet of Sri Rama. A great ascetic and an embodiment of self-restraint, composure of mind and compassion, he is highly advanced on the spiritual path. In the month of Mgha, when the sun enters the sign of Capricorn, everyone visits the chief of holy places, Prayga. Troops of gods and demons, Kinnaras (demigods) and men, all devoutly bathe in the triple stream of the Ganga, Yamun and Sarasvats. They worship the lotus feet of God Vindumdhava (the presiding deity of Prayga); and the touch of the immortal banyan tree sends a thrill into their limbs. The hermitage of Bharadvja is a most sacred spot, exceedingly charming and attractive even to great hermits and the haunt of sages and seers who go to bathe at that holiest of holy places. At daybreak they all perform their ablutions with religious fervour and then converse together on the virtues of Sri Hari. (1-4)