दूसरो न देखतु साहिब सम रामै। बेदऊ पुरान, कबि-कोबिद बिरद-रत, जाको जसि सुनत गावत गुन-ग्रामै॥ १ ॥ माया-जीव, जग-जाल, सुभाउ, करम-काल, सबको सासकु, सब मैं, सब जामैं। बिधि-से करनिहार, हरि-से पालनिहार, हर-से हरनिहार जपै जाके नामैं॥ २ ॥ सोइ नरबेष जानि, जनकी बिनती मानि, मतो नाथ सोई, जातें भलो परिनामैं। सुभट-सिरोमनि कुठारपानि सारिखेहू लखी औ लखाई, इहाँ किए सुभ सामैं॥ ३ ॥ बचन-बिभूषन बिभीषन-बचन सुनि लागे दुख दूषन-से दाहिनेउ बामैं। तुलसी हुमकि हिये हन्यो लात, ‘भले तात’, चल्यो सुरतरु ताकि तजि घोर घामैं॥ ४ ॥
No other master appears equal to Rāma. The Vedas, Purāṇas, poets, and learned people delight in proclaiming his nature, hearing his fame, and singing the multitude of his virtues. (1) He rules māyā, living beings, the web of the world, nature, action, and time; he pervades all, and all abide in him. Creators like Brahmā, protectors like Viṣṇu, and destroyers like Śiva repeat his name. (2) Know that very Lord to have assumed human form. Accept your servant’s plea and choose the counsel that leads to a good end. Even Paraśurāma, axe in hand and crest-jewel of warriors, saw and showed that peace with Rāma was the auspicious course. (3) Hearing Vibhīṣaṇa’s words—ornaments of speech—Rāvaṇa found even favorable counsel adverse, polluted, and painful. Tulsī says he sprang up and kicked Vibhīṣaṇa in the chest. Saying, “Very well, brother,” Vibhīṣaṇa left the fierce heat and set out toward the wish-fulfilling tree. (4)