हरि तुम बहुत अनुग्रह कीन्हों

अशआर

1. हरि तुम बहुत अनुग्रह कीन्हों । साधन-धाम बिबुध-दुर्लभ तनु मोहि कृपा करि दीन्हों ॥

   अर्थ: O Lord, boundless is the grace You have showered upon me; an abode of devotion, a human form rare even to the gods, You granted out of sheer mercy.

2. कोटिहुँ मुख कहि जायँ न प्रभु के एक एक उपकार । तदपि नाथ कछु और माँगिहौं दीजै परम उदार ॥

   अर्थ: Though myriad tongues could not recount each grace of Thine divine, / Yet still I beg for something more, most gracious Lord of mine.

3. बिषय-बारि मन-मीन भिन्न नहिं होत कबहुँ पल एक । तातेँ सहिय बिपति अति दारुन जनमत जोनि अनेक ॥

   अर्थ: Never for a moment does the fish of the mind part from desire's stream, / Hence it suffers direst sorrows, reborn endlessly through life's cruel dream.

4. कृपा-डोरि, बंसी-पद-अंकुस, परम प्रेम-मृदु-चारो । हिय बिधि बेधि हरहु मेरो दुख, कौतुक राम तिहारो ॥

   अर्थ: With the thread of grace, the hook of Your holy feet, and supreme love as tender bait, pierce through my heart and take away my sorrow—for O Rama, it is merely child's play to You.

5. हैं स्रुति-बिदित उपाय सकल, सुर केहि केहि दीन निहोरै ? तुलसिदास यहि जीव मोह-रजु जोइ बाँध्यो सोइ छोरै ॥

   अर्थ: All paths are taught by sacred scripture, yet which god can the humble implore? Says Tulsidas, the cord of delusion—only He who tied it can free the soul once more.