तासु साप हरि कीन्ह प्रमाना । कौतुक-निधि कृपाल भगवाना ॥
तहाँ जलन्धर रावन भयऊ । रन हति राम परम-पद दयऊ ॥
tāsu sāpa hari kīnha pramānā | kautuka-nidhi kṛpāla bhagavānā ||
tahām̐ jalandhara rāvana bhayaū | rana hati rāma parama-pada dayaū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 124: Parvati asks about Narada's curse
6 verses · 124 of 361
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Parvati asks about Narada's curse
The Lord, honoured that curse. Jalandhar was then born as Ravana, and Shri Rama killed him in battle and gave him the highest state. Such was the cause of one birth in human form, and poets have sung the katha of every avatara. Shiva adds that once Narada also cursed the Lord, and for that a whole kalpa's avatara came. Girija is astonished. Narada is a devotee of Vishnu and a man of wisdom; why would he curse, and what wrong had the husband of Lakshmi done? She begs Shiva to explain this delusion in a muni. Smiling, Shiva says no one is wise or foolish by himself: as Raghupati moves a person, so that person becomes at that moment. Tulsidas adds: drop pride and worship Raghunath.
एक जनम कर कारन एहा । जेहि लागि राम धरी नर-देहा ॥
प्रति अवतार कथा प्रभु केरी । सुनु मुनि बरनी कबिन्ह घनेरी ॥
eka janama kara kārana ehā | jehi lāgi rāma dharī nara-dehā ||
prati avatāra kathā prabhu kerī | sunu muni baranī kabinha ghanerī ||
नारद साप दीन्ह एक बारा । कलप एक तेहि लगि अवतारा ॥
गिरिजा चकित भई सुनि बानी । नारद बिष्नु भगत पुनि ज्ञानी ॥
nārada sāpa dīnha eka bārā | kalapa eka tehi lagi avatārā ||
girijā cakita bhaī suni bānī | nārada biṣnu bhagata puni jñānī ||
कारन कवन साप मुनि दीन्हा । का अपराध रमापति कीन्हा ॥
यह प्रसङ्ग मोहि कहहु पुरारी । मुनि मन मोह आचरज भारी ॥
kārana kavana sāpa muni dīnhā | kā aparādha ramāpati kīnhā ||
yaha prasaṅga mohi kahahu purārī | muni mana moha ācaraja bhārī ||
बोले बिहँसि महेस तब, ज्ञानी मूढ़ न कोइ ।
जेहि जस रघुपति करहिँ जब, सो तस तेहि छन होइ ॥
bole biham̐si mahesa taba, jñānī mūr̤ha na koi |
jehi jasa raghupati karahim̐ jaba, so tasa tehi chana hoi ||
कहउँ राम-गुन गाथ, भरद्वाज सादर सुनहु ।
भव भज्जन रघुनाथ, भजु तुलसी तजि मान मद ॥
kahaum̐ rāma-guna gātha, bharadvāja sādara sunahu |
bhava bhajjana raghunātha, bhaju tulasī taji māna mada ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0