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The Lord explains: a sick man tormented by illness may beg for harmful food, but the physician will not give it; in that way He has settled Narada's good. Saying this He vanished. Under maya the muni had become foolish and did not grasp Hari's hidden meaning. He went straight to the svayamvara ground, where kings sat on their seats in fine array with their retinues. Narada rejoiced, sure that with such beauty the princess would choose no one but him. For his good, the merciful Lord had given him an ugly form beyond description. No one there could see it; all took him for Narada and bowed. Two of Shiva's ganas were present, knowing the whole secret, wandering in brahmin guise and much enjoying the sport.
कुपथ माँग रुज व्याकुल रोगी । बैद न देइ सुनहु मुनि जोगी ॥
एहि बिधि हित तुम्हार मैँ ठयऊ । कहि अस अन्तरहित प्रभु भयऊ ॥
kupatha mām̐ga ruja vyākula rogī | baida na dei sunahu muni jogī ||
ehi bidhi hita tumhāra maim̐ ṭhayaū | kahi asa antarahita prabhu bhayaū ||
माया बिबस भये मुनि मूढ़ा । समुझी नहिँ हरि गिरा निगूढ़ा ॥
गवने तुरत तहाँ रिषिराई । जहाँ स्वयम्बर-भूमि बनाई ॥
māyā bibasa bhaye muni mūr̤hā | samujhī nahim̐ hari girā nigūr̤hā ||
gavane turata tahām̐ riṣirāī | jahām̐ svayambara-bhūmi banāī ||
निज निज आसन बैठे राजा । बहु बनाव करि सहित समाजा ॥
मुनि मन हरष रूप अति मोरें । मोहि तजि आनहिँ बारिहि न भोरें ॥
nija nija āsana baiṭhe rājā | bahu banāva kari sahita samājā ||
muni mana haraṣa rūpa ati moreṃ | mohi taji ānahim̐ bārihi na bhoreṃ ||
मुनि हित कारन कृपानिधाना । दीन्ह कुरूप न जाइ बखाना ॥
सो चरित्र लखि काहु न पावा । नारद जानि सबहिँ सिर नावा ॥
muni hita kārana kṛpānidhānā | dīnha kurūpa na jāi bakhānā ||
so caritra lakhi kāhu na pāvā | nārada jāni sabahim̐ sira nāvā ||
रहे तहाँ दुइ रुद्र गन, ते जानहिँ सब भेउ ।
बिप्र बेष देखत फिरहिँ, परम कौतुकी तेउ ॥
rahe tahām̐ dui rudra gana, te jānahim̐ saba bheu |
bipra beṣa dekhata phirahim̐, parama kautukī teu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
