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 2144
Sanskrit Original
तेहि कलिजुग कोसलपुर जाई। जन्मत भयउँ सूद्र तनु पाई।। सिव सेवक मन क्रम अरु बानी। आन देव निंदक अभिमानी।। धन मद मत्त परम बाचाला। उग्रबुद्धि उर दंभ बिसाला।। जदपि रहेउँ रघुपति रजधानी। तदपि न कछु महिमा तब जानी।। अब जाना मैं अवध प्रभावा। निगमागम पुरान अस गावा।। कवनेहुँ जन्म अवध बस जोई। राम परायन सो परि होई।। अवध प्रभाव जान तब प्रानी। जब उर बसहिं रामु धनुपानी।। सो कलिकाल कठिन उरगारी। पाप परायन सब नर नारी।।
tēhi kalijuga kōsalapura jāī. janmata bhayau sūdra tanu pāī.. siva sēvaka mana krama aru bānī. āna dēva niṃdaka abhimānī.. dhana mada matta parama bācālā. ugrabuddhi ura daṃbha bisālā.. jadapi rahēu raghupati rajadhānī. tadapi na kachu mahimā taba jānī.. aba jānā maiṃ avadha prabhāvā. nigamāgama purāna asa gāvā.. kavanēhu janma avadha basa jōī. rāma parāyana sō pari hōī.. avadha prabhāva jāna taba prānī. jaba ura basahiṃ rāmu dhanupānī.. sō kalikāla kaṭhina uragārī. pāpa parāyana saba nara nārī..
In that Kaliyuga I was born in the city of Ayodhya and got the body of a Sμudra (a member of the labouring and artisan classes). A devotee of Lord Siva in thought, word and deed, I was a reviler of other gods and conceited too. Intoxicated with the pride of pelf, I was most loquacious and savage of purpose and carried an enormous load of hypocrisy in my heart. Even though I dwelt in the capital of Sri Rama (the lord of the Raghus), I failed to know even an iota of its glory then. Now I have come to know the greatness of Ayodhya. Thus has it been sung by the Vedas, Tantras and Puranas that whoever has resided in Ayodhya in any birth whatsoever surely becomes a votary of Sri Rama. A man comes to know the glory of Ayodhya only when Sri Rama, bow in hand, takes up His abode in his heart. That particular age of Kali was terrible indeed, O enemy of serpents; every man and woman was given over to sin.