मोहजनित मल लाग बिबिध बिधि कोटिहु जतन न जाई। जनम जनम अभ्यास-निरत चित, अधिक अधिक लपटाई॥ १॥ नयन मलिन परनारि निरखि, मन मलिन बिषय सँग लागे। हृदय मलिन बासना-मान-मद, जीव सहज सुख त्यागे॥ २॥ परनिंदा सुनि श्रवन मलिन भे, बचन दोष पर गाये। सब प्रकार मलभार लाग निज नाथ-चरन बिसराये॥ ३॥ तुलसिदास ब्रत-दान, ग्यान-तप, सुद्धिहेतु श्रुति गावै। राम-चरन-अनुराग-नीर बिनु मल अति नास न पावै॥ ४॥
The stain born of delusion has fastened on in many ways; it does not leave despite millions of efforts. The mind, devoted to this practice birth after birth, clings to it more and more. (1) The eyes are stained by looking at another’s wife; the mind is stained by attaching itself to sense-objects. The heart is stained by desire, self-importance, and pride, and the soul abandons its natural joy. (2) The ears became stained by hearing slander of others, and speech proclaimed their faults. Burdened with stain in every way, I forgot the feet of my own Lord. (3) Tulsidas says the Vedas proclaim vows, giving, knowledge, and austerity as means of purification; yet without the water of love for Rama’s feet, this great stain finds no destruction. (4)