सो धौं को जो नाम-लाज तें, नहिं राख्यो रघुबीर। कारुनीक बिनु कारन ही हरि हरी सकल भव-भीर॥ १॥ बेद-बिदित, जग-बिदित अजामिल बिप्रवंधु अघ-धाम। घोर जमालय जात निवारयो सुत-हित सुमिरत नाम॥ २॥ पसु पामर अभिमान-सिंधु गज ग्रस्यो आइ जब ग्राह। सुमिरत सकृत सपदि आये प्रभु, हरयो दुसह उर दाह॥ ३॥ ब्याध, निषाद, गीध, गनिकादिक, अगनित औगुन-मूल। नाम-ओटतें राम सबनिकी दूरि करी सब सूल॥ ४॥ केहि आचरन घाटि हौं तिनतें, रघुकुल-भूषन भूप। सीदत तुलसिदास निसिबासर परयो भीम तम-कूप॥ ५॥
Who is there whom Raghubira has not preserved for the honor of his name? Compassionate without cause, Hari has removed all fear of worldly becoming. (1) Known in the Vedas and known throughout the world, Ajamila, a fallen brahmin, was an abode of sin. As he went toward dreadful Yama’s realm, you stopped him because, out of love for his son, he remembered the Name. (2) When a crocodile came and seized the wretched animal, the elephant, an ocean of pride, he remembered you once. At once the Lord came and removed the unbearable burning in his heart. (3) The hunter, the Nishada, the vulture, the courtesan, and countless others were roots of vice; under the shelter of the Name, Rama removed every pain of them all. (4) O king and ornament of Raghu’s line, in what conduct am I less than they? Tulsidas languishes night and day, fallen into a terrible well of darkness. (5)