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राम

Jīvārāma Yugalapriyā · Pad 81

ख्याल

Why not worship Raghunandana?

Unit 81 of 115 · printed source page 15–16

Original · Devanagari

सब विधि सुलभ पाय तन दुर्लभ क्यों न भजे रघुनन्दन रे मन। जनकनन्दिनी चरणरज बंदत सब सुखपाय॥ उदय होति अविरलि भक्ति तब रघुनन्दन ध्याय ऐसे जन जगबंदन॥ यह मारग रसिकन बिना और न जाने कोई॥ जाने सो रसिकन कृपा सपनेहुँ मोह न होई मिटि गई सब जगफंदन॥ नाम रूप लीला सच नित्यधाम पहिचानि। युगलप्रिया सम्बन्ध पद दिव्य अमल रसखानि संग त्याग मति मंदन॥

Fresh English translation

Having obtained the rare human body and every means at hand, mind, why not worship Raghunandana? Bowing to the dust of Janaka's daughter's feet brings every joy. Then uninterrupted devotion arises; one meditates on Raghunandana and becomes honoured by the world. None knows this path apart from rasikas. By their grace, delusion does not arise even in dreams and every worldly bond is cut. Recognise name, form, play and the eternal abode as real. For Yugalapriya, the relational station is a divine, stainless mine of rasa; abandoning its company is dullness.