Uttar Kaanda Kakabhusundi narrates the story of his previous lives and tells Garuda the glory of the Kali age - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Uttar Kaanda Kakabhusundi narrates the story of his previous lives and tells Garuda the glory of the Kali age · Verse Chaupais 2127
Sanskrit Original
मैं पुनि अवध रहेउँ कछु काला। देखेउँ बालबिनोद रसाला।। राम प्रसाद भगति बर पायउँ। प्रभु पद बंदि निजाश्रम आयउँ।। तब ते मोहि न ब्यापी माया। जब ते रघुनायक अपनाया।। यह सब गुप्त चरित मैं गावा। हरि मायाँ जिमि मोहि नचावा।। निज अनुभव अब कहउँ खगेसा। बिनु हरि भजन न जाहि कलेसा।। राम कृपा बिनु सुनु खगराई। जानि न जाइ राम प्रभुताई।। जानें बिनु न होइ परतीती। बिनु परतीति होइ नहिं प्रीती।। प्रीति बिना नहिं भगति दिढ़ाई। जिमि खगपति जल कै चिकनाई।।
maiṃ puni avadha rahēu kachu kālā. dēkhēu bālabinōda rasālā.. rāma prasāda bhagati bara pāyau. prabhu pada baṃdi nijāśrama āyau.. taba tē mōhi na byāpī māyā. jaba tē raghunāyaka apanāyā.. yaha saba gupta carita maiṃ gāvā. hari māyāom jimi mōhi nacāvā.. nija anubhava aba kahau khagēsā. binu hari bhajana na jāhi kalēsā.. rāma kṛpā binu sunu khagarāī. jāni na jāi rāma prabhutāī.. jānēṃ binu na hōi paratītī. binu paratīti hōi nahiṃ prītī.. prīti binā nahiṃ bhagati diḍhaāī. jimi khagapati jala kai cikanāī..
After this I stayed a while at Ayodhya and enjoyed the Lord's delightful childish sports. Having by Sri Rama's grace obtained the boon of Devotion I adored my Lord's feet and returned to my own hermitage. Ever since the Lord accepted me as his own I have never fallen a victim to delusion. I have told you at length all this strange story of how Sri Hari's Maya made a puppet of me. Now I tell you my own realization, O lord of the winged creatures : unless we adore Sri Hari our troubles will not end. Listen, king of the birds : without Sri Rama's grace it is not possible to know the Lord's greatness. Without knowledge faith is out of the question; and without faith there can be no love. Shorn of love, devotion will not abide any more than the lubricity produced by water.