कबहुँक हौं यहि रहनि रहौंगो। श्रीरघुनाथ-कृपालु-कृपातें संत-सुभाव गहौंगो॥ १॥ जथालाभसंतोष सदा, काहू सों कछु न चहौंगो। पर-हित-निरत निरंतर, मन क्रम बचन नेम निबहौंगो॥ २॥ परुष बचन अति दुसह श्रवन सुनि तेहि पावक न दहौंगो। बिगत मान, सम सीतल मन, पर-गुन नहिं दोष कहौंगो॥ ३॥ परिहरि देह-जनित चिंता, दुख-सुख समबुद्धि सहौंगो। तुलसिदास प्रभु यहि पथ रहि अबिचल हरि-भगति लहौंगो॥ ४॥
Will I ever live in this way? By compassionate Shri Raghunatha’s grace, will I assume the nature of a saint? (1) Always content with whatever comes, I will want nothing from anyone. Continually intent upon others’ good, I will uphold discipline in mind, deed, and speech. (2) Hearing exceedingly unbearable harsh words, I will not burn in their fire. Free from pride, equal-minded and cool, I will speak neither another’s virtue nor fault. (3) Abandoning body-born anxiety, I will endure pleasure and pain with equal understanding. Lord, will Tulsidas remain on this path and gain unwavering devotion to Hari? (4)