अति प्रसन्न रघुनाथहि जानी । पुनि नारद बोले मृदु बानी ॥
राम जबहिँ प्रेरेउ निज माया । मोहेहु मोहि सुनहु रघुराया ॥
ati prasanna raghunāthahi jānī | puni nārada bole mṛdu bānī ||
rāma jabahim̐ prereu nija māyā | mohehu mohi sunahu raghurāyā ||
Aranya Kanda
Chapter 43: Why Rama stopped Narada's marriage
6 verses · 43 of 46
What happens in this chapter
Why Rama stopped Narada's marriage
Finding Raghunath very pleased, Narada asks gently: when you sent your Maya and deluded me, I wanted to marry; why did the Lord not let me? Rama answers with warmth: those who worship me, leaving every other support, I guard always, as a mother guards her child. When an infant reaches for fire or a snake, the mother pulls it back. The jnani is like my grown son; the humble servant is like my little child. My servant relies on my strength, the jnani on his own. Knowing this, the wise worship me and do not drop bhakti even after gaining knowledge. Lust, anger, greed and the rest are the army of mighty delusion, and among them the most cruel and painful, Rama says, is woman, the form of Maya.
तब बिबाह मैं चाहउँ कीन्हा । प्रभु केहि कारन करइ न दीन्हा ॥
सुनु मुनि तोहि कहउँ सहरोसा । भजहिँ जे मोहि तजि सकल भरोसा ॥
taba bibāha maiṃ cāhaum̐ kīnhā | prabhu kehi kārana karai na dīnhā ||
sunu muni tohi kahaum̐ saharosā | bhajahim̐ je mohi taji sakala bharosā ||
करउँ सदा तिन्ह के रखवारी । जिमि बालक राखइ महतारी ॥
गह सिसु बच्छ अनल अहि धाई । तहँ राखइ जननी अरु गाई ॥
karaum̐ sadā tinha ke rakhavārī | jimi bālaka rākhai mahatārī ||
gaha sisu baccha anala ahi dhāī | taham̐ rākhai jananī aru gāī ||
प्रौढ़ भएँ तेहि सुत पर माता । प्रीति करइ नहिं पाछिल बाता ॥
मोरे प्रौढ़-तनय-सम ज्ञानी । बालक-सुत सम दास अमानी ॥
praur̤ha bhaem̐ tehi suta para mātā | prīti karai nahiṃ pāchila bātā ||
more praur̤ha-tanaya-sama jñānī | bālaka-suta sama dāsa amānī ||
जनहिँ मोर बल निज-बल ताही । दुहुँ कहँ काम क्रोध रिपु आही ॥
यह बिचारि पंडित मोहि भजहीं । पाएहुँ ज्ञान भगति नहिं तजहीं ॥
janahim̐ mora bala nija-bala tāhī | duhum̐ kaham̐ kāma krodha ripu āhī ||
yaha bicāri paṃḍita mohi bhajahīṃ | pāehum̐ jñāna bhagati nahiṃ tajahīṃ ||
काम क्रोध लोभादि पद, प्रबल मोह के धारि ।
तिन्ह महँ अति दारुन दुखद, माया रूपी नारि ॥
kāma krodha lobhādi pada, prabala moha ke dhāri |
tinha maham̐ ati dāruna dukhada, māyā rūpī nāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0