नाहिंन आवत आन भरोसो। यहि कलिकाल सकल साधनतरु हैं श्रम-फलनि फरो सो॥ १॥ तप, तीरथ, उपवास, दान, मख जेहि जो रुचै करो सो। पायेहि पै जानिबो करम-फल भरि-भरि बेद परोसो॥ २॥ आगम-बिधि जप-जाग करत नर सरत न काज खरो सो। सुख सपनेहुँ न जोग-सिधि-साधन, रोग बियोग धरो सो॥ ३॥ काम, क्रोध, मद, लोभ, मोह मिलि ग्यान बिराग हरो सो। बिगरत मन संन्यास लेत जल नावत आम घरो सो॥ ४॥ बहु मत मुनि बहु पंथ पुराननि जहाँ-तहाँ झगरो सो। गुरु कह्यो राम-भजन नीको मोहिं लगत राज-डगरो सो॥ ५॥ तुलसी बिनु परतीति प्रीति फिरि-फिरि पचि मरे मरो सो। रामनाम-बोहित भव-सागर चाहै तरन तरो सो॥ ६॥
No other trust comes to me. In this Kali age, every tree of discipline seems to bear only the fruit of toil. (1) Austerity, pilgrimage, fasting, giving, sacrifice—let each do whatever pleases him. Only on receiving it will the fruit of action be known, though the Vedas serve it up in heaping portions. (2) People repeat formulas and perform sacrifice by scriptural rule, yet the real task is not accomplished. In disciplines for yogic powers, there is no happiness even in a dream; disease and separation take hold. (3) Lust, anger, pride, greed, and delusion join together and steal knowledge and dispassion. On taking renunciation, the mind disintegrates like an unbaked pot washed with water. (4) Sages hold many views, and the Puranas show many paths; everywhere there seems to be quarrel. The guru called worship of Rama good, and to me it appears a royal road. (5) Tulsi, without trust and love, whoever wishes to torment himself and die repeatedly may do so. Rama’s name is the ship upon the ocean of becoming; whoever wishes to cross, let him cross. (6)