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अथ अर्थ-पंचक धर्म सबनों परि शुचि धर्म तर गयो । सद्ग्रंथन को पार सुहायो ॥ धर्म वर्म जेहि तन निज धारयो । सो काहू विधि कत न हारयो ॥ धर्मसेतु रक्षक रघुनायक । संतत धर्मी सुजन सहायक ॥ सहज अकाम होय धरु धर्महि । पाइये परम धाम तजि भ्रमहि ॥ काम सहित जो धर्म कमावै । सो पुनि-पुनि भव तरु फल पावै ॥ ताते निर्मल मन करि भाई । धर्माचरन सजो सुखदाई ॥ अर्थ अर्थ अनर्थ समर्थ स्वरूपहि । करो विचार समेत निरूपहि ॥ वर्णाश्रम अनुकूल विशेषी । करै बीज अपन गत द्वेषी ॥ धर्म सहित धन प्रथम बटोरै । पुनि रक्षत बहु विधि जोरै ॥ जननी जनक अतिथि सुर सेवा । करै अधिक वित युत गुरु देवा ॥ सियवर रसिकन मांझ लगावै । द्रव्य भोग वासना भगावै ॥ जो सकाम अन्तर जन होवै । स्वर्ग जाय बहु विधि सुख जोवै ॥ सहित अकाम धाम प्रभु पावै । अमित पुरान प्रमान सुगावै ॥ अर्थ अनर्थ हेतु श्रुति गाई । सहित विचार प्रशंस बनाई ॥ विगत विवेक धर्म फल फीको । रहित अनर्थ अर्थ अति नीको ॥ जो सकाम वित खरचत प्रानी । सो बहु विधि पावत दुख खानी ॥ काम तीजो काम कलंक निहारो । बामा विषय बीच अवधारो ॥ अथवा ऋद्धि-सिद्धि बहु भांति । काम रूप बरनहिं बुध कांती ॥ बामा सहित जो काम बखान्यो । ता द्वै भांति भेद पुनि मान्यो ॥ शुद्धाशुद्ध विचारहु प्यारा । वेद-विधान प्रथम अविकारो ॥
Fresh English translation
Pure dharma crosses above all and beautifully reaches the far shore of holy books. Whoever wears dharma as armour upon the body can never be defeated in any way. Raghunāyaka protects the bridge of dharma and continually helps righteous good people. Practise dharma naturally without desire and, abandoning delusion, attain the supreme Abode. One who performs dharma with desire repeatedly receives the fruit of the tree of becoming. Therefore, brother, purify the mind and adorn yourself with the joy-giving conduct of dharma. Understand wealth in its capable nature together with the non-wealth it may become; examine it with discrimination. Especially in accordance with one’s class and stage of life, one plants the seed and abandons hostility. First gather wealth together with dharma, then preserve it firmly by many methods. Use abundant resources to serve mother, father, guest, gods, guru, and the Divine. Apply wealth among the rasikas of Sītā’s Lord and drive away the desire to enjoy possessions. If desire remains within, the person goes to heaven and beholds many pleasures; if desirelessness accompanies wealth, one attains the Lord’s Abode, as countless Purāṇas sweetly attest. Revelation calls wealth a cause of calamity, yet praises it when joined to discrimination. The fruit of dharma without discernment is insipid, while wealth free of calamity is excellent. A creature who spends wealth for selfish ends receives many kinds of suffering. Third, consider the stain of desire, especially the sexual object of woman; or understand the many powers and accomplishments that the wise describe as forms of desire. Sexual desire is again recognized as twofold, pure and impure. Dear one, discriminate them: the first conforms to Vedic ordinance and is uncorrupted.