देखि रूप मुनि बिरति बिसारी । बड़ी बार लगि रहे निहारी ॥
लच्छन तासु बिलोकि भुलाने । हृदयँ हरष नहिँ प्रगट बखाने ॥
dekhi rūpa muni birati bisārī | bar̤ī bāra lagi rahe nihārī ||
lacchana tāsu biloki bhulāne | hṛdayam̐ haraṣa nahim̐ pragaṭa bakhāne ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 131: Narada desires the princess
5 verses · 131 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Narada desires the princess
Seeing her beauty, the muni forgot his detachment and gazed at her a long while. Reading the marks on her body, he lost himself; he was delighted within but did not say so openly. Whoever weds her, the marks said, will become immortal, none will defeat him in battle, and all beings moving and still will serve him. Narada kept these signs in his heart, told the king a few invented words, called the girl auspicious and left, full of worry. He thought he must find some way to make her choose him. There was no time for japa or tapas. What he needed now, he decided, was supreme beauty and grand form, so that the princess would be charmed and put the victory garland on him.
जो एहि बरइ अमर सोइ होई । समर भूमि तेहि जीत न कोई ॥
सेवहिँ सकल चराचर ताही । बरइ सीलनिधि कन्या जाही ॥
jo ehi barai amara soi hoī | samara bhūmi tehi jīta na koī ||
sevahim̐ sakala carācara tāhī | barai sīlanidhi kanyā jāhī ||
लच्छन सब बिचारि उर राखे । कछुक बनाइ भूप सन भाखे ॥
सुता सुलच्छन कहि नृप पाहीँ । नारद चले सोच मन माहीँ ॥
lacchana saba bicāri ura rākhe | kachuka banāi bhūpa sana bhākhe ||
sutā sulacchana kahi nṛpa pāhīm̐ | nārada cale soca mana māhīm̐ ||
करउँ जाइ सोइ जतन बिचारी । जेहि प्रकार मोहि बरइ कुमारी ॥
जप तप कछु न होइ तेहि काला । हे बिधि मिलइ कवन बिधि बाला ॥
karaum̐ jāi soi jatana bicārī | jehi prakāra mohi barai kumārī ||
japa tapa kachu na hoi tehi kālā | he bidhi milai kavana bidhi bālā ||
एहि अवसर चाहिय परम, सोभा रूप बिसाल ।
जो बिलोकि रीझै कुँअरि, तब मेलै जयमाल ॥
ehi avasara cāhiya parama, sobhā rūpa bisāla |
jo biloki rījhai kum̐ari, taba melai jayamāla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0