Uttar Kaanda
210 - Kakabhusundi narrates the story of his previous lives and tells Garuda the glory of the Kali age
Chaupais
Description
After this I stayed a while at Ayodhya and enjoyed the Lord's delightful childish sports. Having by Sri Rama's grace obtained the boon of Devotion I adored my Lord's feet and returned to my own hermitage. Ever since the Lord accepted me as his own I have never fallen a victim to delusion. I have told you at length all this strange story of how Sri Hari's Maya made a puppet of me. Now I tell you my own realization, O lord of the winged creatures : unless we adore Sri Hari our troubles will not end. Listen, king of the birds : without Sri Rama's grace it is not possible to know the Lord's greatness. Without knowledge faith is out of the question; and without faith there can be no love. Shorn of love, devotion will not abide any more than the lubricity produced by water.