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अथ अर्थ-पंचक ताहू में विलंब बहु होवै । चित चंचल कैसे सुख सोवै ॥ कहत सुलभ समुझत कठिन, दुर्लभ भक्ति स्वरूप । युगल अनन्य शरण सहज, सब विधि ज्ञान अनूप ॥ प्रपत्ति बरनौं सुखद प्रपत्ति अब, सहज बोध के हेत । छिनही मधि जाके किये, भेटत कृपा-निकेत ॥ सुलभ अधिक मंगल अमल, कारक सहज उदार । साधन सिद्ध स्वरूप शुभ, सकल दोष निधि पार ॥ श्री सद्गुरु करुना कलित, पाय होत बर बोध । युगल अनन्य प्रकाश बिन, चंचल चित्त निरोध ॥ संतत सम्मति संत शिरोमनि । शरन प्रपत्ति रूप चिंतामनि ॥ सत्यादिक सब व्यापक नितही । यथा योग गुन रूप अमितही ॥ कर्म ज्ञान भक्तिहु के अन्तर । सदा बिराजमान नित तंतर ॥ याको सज्जन पालन करहीं । है नहिं पुनि कहु कहूँ तम तरनी ॥ शक्ताशक्तहु को फल देनी । अतिशय विगत विलंब सुसेनी ॥ श्री रघुवर्य विभूषन प्यारी । नाम प्रपत्ति तिया सुखकारी ॥ निज स्वरूप अनुरूप एक रस । साधन सकल रहत यह करि बस ॥ याके बिना उपाय अनेका । फल दायक न यथार्थ एका ॥ इनकी गति अति गोप गंभीरा । जानहिं कोउ बिरले मतिधीरा ॥ है द्वै भांति प्रपत्ति मध्य पुनि । आरत दृप्त सुभेद होत गुनि ॥ आरत प्रपन्न आरत भेद सुनहु चित लाई । प्रथमहि मंगल प्रद सुखदाई ॥ निर्हेतुक करुना सियवल्लभ । कृपा कटाक्ष विलोकनि दुर्लभ ॥
Fresh English translation
Even devotion may involve much delay; how can a restless mind sleep in peace? It is called easy but proves difficult when understood, for devotion’s true nature is rare. Yugalānanya Śaraṇa says that refuge is natural and in every way an incomparable wisdom. Now I describe joy-giving surrender for the sake of direct understanding. The moment it is performed, one meets the Abode of grace. It is highly accessible, auspicious, stainless, naturally generous in effect, perfected in its very nature as a means, and beyond the storehouse of all faults. Excellent knowledge arises when one receives the compassion-filled true guru; without Yugalānanya’s illumination the restless mind is not restrained. The crown of saints continually approves surrender as the wish-fulfilling gem of refuge. It eternally pervades truthfulness and every other virtue, appearing in limitless forms according to fitness. It remains continually present within action, knowledge, and devotion. Good people preserve it, and nowhere is there another boat across darkness. It gives fruit to the capable and incapable alike, splendidly without delay. This joy-giving lady named Surrender is dear to the ornament of Raghu’s line. One-flavoured and conforming to his own nature, she holds every other means under her control. Without her, none among the many methods truly bestows fruit. Her course is profoundly secret; only a rare, steadfast intelligence knows it. Surrender is again of two distinct kinds: anguished and contented. Attend now to the first, the auspicious, joy-giving anguished form. Through the causeless compassion of Sītā’s Beloved one receives his rare gracious glance.