सुनु गिरिजा हरिचरित सुहाये । बिपुल बिसद निगमागम गाये ॥
हरि अवतार हेतु जेहि होई । इदमित्थं कहि जाइ न सोई ॥
sunu girijā haricarita suhāye | bipula bisada nigamāgama gāye ||
hari avatāra hetu jehi hoī | idamitthaṃ kahi jāi na soī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 121: Why Shri Rama takes birth
5 verses · 121 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Why Shri Rama takes birth
Shiva begins the answer Parvati asked for. The deeds of Hari are many and spotless, sung by the Vedas and the Agamas, yet no one can say "for this exact reason" He comes down. Shri Rama lies beyond reasoning, mind and speech; that is Shiva's own view. Still, as the saints, munis, Vedas and Puranas speak by their own understanding, so he will tell her what he has grasped. Whenever dharma declines and proud, wicked asuras grow strong, when brahmins, cows, devas and the earth suffer injustice beyond telling, the Lord takes a body. He slays the asuras, sets the devas back in their place, guards the bridge of the Veda and spreads His pure fame in the world.
राम अतर्क्य बुद्धि मन बानी । मत हमार अस सुनहिँ सयानी ॥
तदपि सन्त मुनि बेद पुराना । जस कछु कहहिँ स्वमति अनुमाना ॥
rāma atarkya buddhi mana bānī | mata hamāra asa sunahim̐ sayānī ||
tadapi santa muni beda purānā | jasa kachu kahahim̐ svamati anumānā ||
तस मैँ सुमुखि सुनावउँ तोही । समुझि परइ जस कारन मोही ॥
जब जब होइ धरम कै हानी । बाढ़इ असुर अधम अभिमानी ॥
tasa maim̐ sumukhi sunāvaum̐ tohī | samujhi parai jasa kārana mohī ||
jaba jaba hoi dharama kai hānī | bār̤hai asura adhama abhimānī ||
करहिँ अनीति जाइ नहिँ बरनी । सीदहिँ बिप्र-धेनु-सुर-धरनी ॥
तब तब प्रभु धरि बिबिध सरीरा । हरहिं कृपानिधि सज्जन पीरा ॥
karahim̐ anīti jāi nahim̐ baranī | sīdahim̐ bipra-dhenu-sura-dharanī ||
taba taba prabhu dhari bibidha sarīrā | harahiṃ kṛpānidhi sajjana pīrā ||
असुर मारि थापहिँ सुरन्ह, राखहिँ निज-श्रुति-सेतु ।
जग बिस्तारहिँ बिसद जस, राम-जनम कर हेतु ॥
asura māri thāpahim̐ suranha, rākhahim̐ nija-śruti-setu |
jaga bistārahim̐ bisada jasa, rāma-janama kara hetu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0