माधव! अब न द्रवहु केहि लेखे। प्रनतपाल पन तोर, मोर पन जिअहुँ कमलपद देखे॥ १॥ जब लगि मैं न दीन, दयालु तैं, मैं न दास, तैं स्वामी। तब लगि जो दुख सहेउँ कहेउँ नहिं, जद्यपि अंतरजामी॥ २॥ तैं उदार, मैं कृपन, पतित मैं, तैं पुनीत, श्रुति गावै। बहुत नात रघुनाथ! तोहि मोहि, अब न तजे बनि आवै॥ ३॥ जनक-जननि, गुरु-बंधु, सुहृद-पति, सब प्रकार हितकारी। द्वैतरूप तम-कूप परौं नहि, अस कछु जतन बिचारी॥ ४॥ सुनु अद्भुत करुना बारिजलोचन मोचन भय भारी। तुलसिदास प्रभु! तव प्रकास बिनु, संसय टरै न टारी॥ ५॥
Madhava, on what account do you not melt now? Your vow is to guard the surrendered; mine is to live while beholding your lotus feet. (1) As long as I was not lowly and you compassionate, I not servant and you not Master, I did not tell you the suffering I endured, though you knew the heart. (2) You are generous and I a miser; I am fallen and you are pure—revelation sings it. Raghunatha, many bonds join you and me; it is no longer fitting that you abandon me. (3) Father and mother, teacher and brother, friend and husband, benefactor in every way—devise some means so that I do not fall into the dark well of duality. (4) Listen, lotus-eyed Lord: your wondrous compassion releases one from immense fear. Tulsidas says, Lord, without your light this doubt cannot be driven away. (5)