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The Lord goes on: delusion comes to one whose heart lacks wisdom and dispassion; how could Kama trouble you, steady and devoted to brahmacharya? Narada answered with pride that it was all the Lord's grace. The ocean of mercy saw that a great tree of pride had sprouted in the muni's heart. He resolved to tear it out at once, for His vow is the good of His servants; His play would serve the sage. Narada bowed and left, his ego swelling. Then the Lord of Shri set His maya to work, and Shiva asks Parvati to hear its hard doings. On Narada's path it built a city a hundred yojanas wide, more splendid in its many designs than Vaikuntha itself.
सुनु मुनि मोह होइ मन ताकें । ज्ञान बिराग हृदय नहिं जाके ॥
ब्रह्मचरज-व्रत-रत मतिधीरा । तुम्हहिँ कि करइ मनोभव पीरा ॥
sunu muni moha hoi mana tākeṃ | jñāna birāga hṛdaya nahiṃ jāke ||
brahmacaraja-vrata-rata matidhīrā | tumhahim̐ ki karai manobhava pīrā ||
नारद कहेउ सहित अभिमाना । कृपा तुम्हारि सकल भगवाना ॥
करुनानिधि मन दीख बिचारी । उर-अंकुरेउ गरब-तरु भारी ॥
nārada kaheu sahita abhimānā | kṛpā tumhāri sakala bhagavānā ||
karunānidhi mana dīkha bicārī | ura-aṃkureu garaba-taru bhārī ||
बेगि सो मैं डारिहउँ उखारी । पन हमार सेवक-हितकारी ॥
मुनि कर हित मम कौतुक होई । अवसि उपाय करब मैँ सोई ॥
begi so maiṃ ḍārihaum̐ ukhārī | pana hamāra sevaka-hitakārī ||
muni kara hita mama kautuka hoī | avasi upāya karaba maim̐ soī ||
तब नारद हरि-पद सिर नाई । चले हृदयँ अहमिति अधिकाई ॥
श्रीपति निज-माया तब प्रेरी । सुनहु कठिन करनी तेहि केरी ॥
taba nārada hari-pada sira nāī | cale hṛdayam̐ ahamiti adhikāī ||
śrīpati nija-māyā taba prerī | sunahu kaṭhina karanī tehi kerī ||
दो. बिरचेउ मग महुँ नगर तेहिं, सत जोजन विस्तार ।
श्रीनिवासपुर तेँ अधिक, रचना विविध प्रकार ॥
do. biraceu maga mahum̐ nagara tehiṃ, sata jojana vistāra |
śrīnivāsapura tem̐ adhika, racanā vividha prakāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
