Blessed Is the Hour in Which Satsanga Awakens Unbroken Devotion
Uttara Kanda, Chaupai 122
Doha 127 · Movement 1 of 2
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A great litany of blessedness passes through Shiva's voice. The truly knowing, virtuous, learned, generous, righteous, discerning, poetic, and courageous person is the one whose mind is dyed in love for Rama's feet and who worships Raghubira without deceit.
The vision widens across the ordered world. Blessed is the land where Ganga flows, the devoted wife, the just king, the brahmin faithful to dharma, the wealth whose first movement serves the highest good, and the mature understanding devoted to virtue. Each station becomes luminous when it fulfills its sacred direction.
Then time itself receives the blessing. Blessed is the hour in which satsanga occurs. Blessed is the birth in which devotion becomes unbroken. Grandeur has moved from reputation and possession into a single meeting and an inward fidelity. The river, kingdom, household, learning, courage, and wealth all find their completion in relation to the Divine. Nothing is rejected, yet nothing is called fulfilled until it has opened toward Rama.
One hour beside the holy can make an entire lifetime shine with the color of Rama's feet.
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सोइ सर्बग्य गुनी सोइ ग्याता। सोइ महि मंडित पंडित दाता।। धर्म परायन सोइ कुल त्राता। राम चरन जा कर मन राता।। नीति निपुन सोइ परम सयाना। श्रुति सिद्धांत नीक तेहिं जाना।। सोइ कबि कोबिद सोइ रनधीरा। जो छल छाड़ि भजइ रघुबीरा।। धन्य देस सो जहँ सुरसरी। धन्य नारि पतिब्रत अनुसरी।। धन्य सो भूपु नीति जो करई। धन्य सो द्विज निज धर्म न टरई।। सो धन धन्य प्रथम गति जाकी। धन्य पुन्य रत मति सोइ पाकी।। धन्य घरी सोइ जब सतसंगा। धन्य जन्म द्विज भगति अभंगा।।
He alone is all-knowing, he alone is virtuous and wise. He alone adorns the earth as a true scholar and giver. He alone is righteous, the savior of his lineage, whose mind is dyed in love for Rama's feet. He alone is skilled in righteousness and supremely wise, who has truly understood the principles of the scriptures. He alone is a true poet, a true scholar, a true warrior, who, abandoning deceit, worships the heroic Rama. Blessed is that land where the celestial Ganga flows. Blessed is that woman who walks the path of devotion to her husband. Blessed is that king who practices justice. Blessed is that brahmin who does not stray from his dharma. Blessed is that wealth whose first purpose is the highest good. Blessed is that mature mind devoted to virtue. Blessed is that moment when one is in the company of the holy. Blessed is that birth with unwavering devotion.