हिम गिरि गुहा एक अति पावनि । बह समीप सुरसरी सुहावनि ॥
आस्त्रम परम पुनीत सुहावा । देखि देवरिषि मन अति भावा ॥
hima giri guhā eka ati pāvani | baha samīpa surasarī suhāvani ||
āstrama parama punīta suhāvā | dekhi devariṣi mana ati bhāvā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 125: Narada's samadhi alarms Indra
5 verses · 125 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Narada's samadhi alarms Indra
Shiva begins Narada's katha. In the Himalaya there was a holy cave, with the lovely Ganga flowing near and a pure ashrama beside it. Seeing the mountain, the river and the forest, Narada felt love rise for the feet of Lakshmi's Lord. As he remembered Hari, the curse that kept him always moving lost its hold, and his clear mind sank into samadhi. Indra saw this and grew afraid. He honoured Kamadeva and sent him with his companions to break the sage's stillness, fearing Narada wanted his heavenly city. Shiva remarks that lustful, greedy people fear everyone, like a crow. A foolish dog runs off with a dry bone on seeing a lion, thinking the lion will snatch it; Indra felt no shame in the same folly.
निरखि सैल सरि बिपिन विभागा । भयउ रमापति-पद अनुरागा ॥
सुमिरत हरिहि साप गति बाधी । सहज बिमल मन लागि समाधी ॥
nirakhi saila sari bipina vibhāgā | bhayau ramāpati-pada anurāgā ||
sumirata harihi sāpa gati bādhī | sahaja bimala mana lāgi samādhī ||
मुनि गति देखि सुरेस डेराना । कामहिँ बोलि कीन्ह सनमाना ॥
सहित सहाय जाहु मम हेतू । चलेउ हरषि हियँ जलचर केतू ॥
muni gati dekhi suresa ḍerānā | kāmahim̐ boli kīnha sanamānā ||
sahita sahāya jāhu mama hetū | caleu haraṣi hiyam̐ jalacara ketū ||
सुनासीर मन महँ असि त्रासा । चहत देवरिषि मम पुर बासा ॥
जे कामी लोलुप जग माहीँ । कुटिल काक इव सबहि डेराहीँ ॥
sunāsīra mana maham̐ asi trāsā | cahata devariṣi mama pura bāsā ||
je kāmī lolupa jaga māhīm̐ | kuṭila kāka iva sabahi ḍerāhīm̐ ||
सुख हाड़ लेइ भाग सठ, स्वान निरखि मृगराज ।
छीनि लेइ जनि जानि जड़, तिमि सुरपतिहि न लाज ॥
sukha hār̤a lei bhāga saṭha, svāna nirakhi mṛgarāja |
chīni lei jani jāni jar̤a, timi surapatihi na lāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0