Original · Devanagari
अथ अर्थ-पंचक मुमुक्षु लक्षण विशद विराग मय, मधुर मुमुक्षु जान । पारायण परमेश पद, समुद बिहाय जहान ॥ युगल लोक सुख चाह बिसारी । दृढ़ निर्वेद खेद बिन धारी ॥ श्री गुरु पद पदुम सुप्रेमा । सेवै नेह निरंतर नेमा ॥ तामें भेद भांति दुइ मानो । एक प्रपन्न भक्त पुनि जानो ॥ लक्षण भक्तनिष्ठ सुनि लीजै । हिय निज गुनत सुधारस पीजै ॥ सारासार विचार विशेषी । त्यागी निखिल निषेधित शेषी ॥ विहित कर्म आलस सह सेवत । भाविक भजनभाव भल भेवत ॥ दूर कियो प्रतिपादि अनेका । ज्ञान समेत अमल चित टेका ॥ सदा एक रस प्रेम बढ़ावै । श्री सियराम लखत हरषावै ॥ भोगै निज प्रारब्ध अशेषा । नहिं उद्वेग हृदय कछु रेखा ॥ संतसंग राजत नित रहिये । तिन बर बचन शुद्धनिधि बहिये ॥ विश्व वासना बीच भुलानै । तिनको साथ न करहिं सयानै ॥ कामी कलिल कलंक करावै । ताहित ताको संग बिसरावै ॥ निखिल भोग प्रारब्धकरि, परिहरि हृदय गलान । बीते काल विशेष कछु, पावत पद सुख खान ॥ धी धीरज धारे रहे, गहे इष्ट विश्वास । कर्म कषाय कढ़ाय पुनि, पहुँच पियपुर पास ॥ दूजो परम प्रपन्न स्वरूपा । सुनिये सरस स्वभाव अनूपा ॥ श्रीसियराम मिलन हित तलफै । सह्यो जात प्रकृति नहिं हलफै ॥ छिनहूँ भरि विलंब दुखदाई । चित चित चाह आह गुनगाई ॥ श्रीगुरु कृपा कटाक्ष सुहावन । चितवत रहत रहित मनभावन ॥ तीन तत्त्व भल भेद विचारी । पुरुषारथ निश्चय उर धारी ॥ तीन रहस्य अर्थ सुखदायक । जानो श्रीगुरु ते भ्रम हायक ॥
Fresh English translation
Know the seeker of liberation by the clear marks of detachment: sweet in disposition, devoted to the Supreme Lord’s feet, and leaving the ocean of the world behind. Forgetting the desire for pleasure in either world, the seeker maintains firm disillusionment without despondency and lovingly serves the revered guru’s lotus feet under an unbroken discipline of affection. Understand two kinds among such seekers: one established in devotion and the other wholly surrendered. Hear the marks of the devotionally steadfast and drink the nectar while reflecting on these qualities within your own heart. Such a person distinguishes essence from non-essence, abandons everything prohibited, and faithfully performs prescribed action despite weariness. Filled with feeling, the seeker understands the proper mood of worship. Having put aside the many contrary doctrines, the pure mind rests upon knowledge and continually increases its single-flavoured love, rejoicing whenever it beholds Sītā and Rāma. It exhausts all its destined karma without the least disturbance in the heart. Let it remain continually adorned by the company of saints and flow within the pure treasure of their excellent words. The wise do not associate with those lost amid worldly desires; lustful company produces the stain of corruption, so they forget such companionship. Leaving inner dejection aside, the seeker passes through all enjoyments assigned by past action. After some interval it reaches the blissful feet, the treasure-house of joy. Maintaining intelligence and patience and holding faith in the chosen Lord, it boils away the impurities of action and arrives near the Beloved’s city. Now hear the second, supremely surrendered form and its incomparable, rasa-filled disposition. It yearns to meet Sītā and Rāma and cannot lightly endure the burden of material nature. Even a moment’s delay is painful; the heart longs, sighs, and sings their virtues. It remains intent upon the beautiful glance of the guru’s grace and is free of other attractions. It rightly distinguishes the three realities, fixes the highest human aim in its heart, and learns from the guru the three secret meanings that give joy and dispel delusion.