गरैगी जीह जो कहौं औरको हौं। जानकी-जीवन! जनम-जनम जग ज्यायो तिहारेहि कौरको हौं॥ १॥ तीनि लोक, तिहुँ काल न देखत सुहृद रावरे जोरको हौं। तुमसों कपट करि कलप-कलप कृमि ह्वैहौं नरक घोरको हौं॥ २॥ कहा भयो जो मन मिलि कलिकालहिं कियो भौंतुवा भौंरको हौं। तुलसिदास सीतल नित यहि बल, बड़े ठेकाने ठौरको हौं॥ ३॥
May my tongue melt if I say that I am another’s. Life of Jānakī, birth after birth in this world I have lived upon your morsels alone. (1) In the three worlds and the three times, I see no friend equal to you. If I deceive you, may I become a worm in terrible hell for age after age. (2) What does it matter that Kali joined with my mind and made it a spinning top in a whirlpool? Tulsidas remains forever cool in this strength: I belong to a great establishment and abode. (3)