Chapter – 63 - Sur -Vinaya – Pathrika – The practice of
worship and meditation to get rid of sufferings of worldly existence and
repeated births
Sri Surdas Maharaj speaks “Oh! Prabho, your
unconquerable Maya/illusion is the sinner, it is burning me alive. It drives me
insane to leave the service of Lord Sri Vaikundanatha/Sri Hari, Lakshmipathi,
and run after the fleeting natured possession, wealth, money, richness, fame, children,
wife, companion, relatives, etc. Your Maya forcing me to worship the ill-fated,
inauspicious people, thereby accumulated my Thapathraya/three kinds of
grief. Oh! Prabho, your Maya compels me to take alms from the wicked and arrogant
people swollen with pride, ego, jealousy, anger, lust, and desire, it forces me
to listen to inauspicious comments from them. Oh! Prabho, I have not practiced worship
or meditation at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Hari, or sing in praise of his
glories, or I did not observe charity, vows, non-violence, celibacy,
self-control, truthfulness, Shama, Dhama, Astheya, Arajjavam, Swadhyaya, etc.
or I did not get rid of impurities of mind Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Madha,
Mathshcharya, Ahamkara, and Mamakara, I have been chasing after the worldly
matters of fleeting nature, and constantly pushed myself into grief and
agonies, I did not utilize my life for the worship of Lord Shyamasundhar, hence
it's futile to speak about my sufferings. Oh! Prabho, it is impossible to conduct
austerities, Shamadhamadhis/practice of vows, celibacy, non-violence,
truthfulness, devotion, and meditation, etc. or achieve knowledge of
self/Paramarththa Thaththva/Bhramajyanam without your grace. Oh! Prabho, you
are the source of eternal bliss, hence the Jeeva surrendered at your lotus feet
would remain freed from Thapathraya, and the cycles of repeated births.”
Yaha Asa Papini Dhahai | Thaji Seva Baikundanatha Ki Neecha Narani Kai Sanga Rahai || Jin Kau Mukha
Dhekhath Dhukha Upajath Thin Kau Raja Raya Kahai | Dhana Madha Moodani
Abhimanini Mili Lobha Liye Dhurbachana Sahai || Bhayi Na Kripa Shyamasundhar Ki
Ab Kaha Swaratha Phiratha Bahai? Surdasa SabSukha Dhatha Prabhu Guna Bichari
Nahi Charana Gahai ||
