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Narada goes on: You are wholly free and do as You please, making good bad and bad good, feeling neither wonder nor joy. You have tricked everyone,; good and evil karma do not bind You, and no one has tamed You till now. Now You have sent a gift to a good house; You will reap what You have done. The body You took to cheat me, take that body; this is my curse. You gave me a monkey's shape, so monkeys will be Your helpers. You wronged me, so You will suffer separation from Your wife. The Lord placed the curse on His head with a glad heart, spoke many humble words, and then the ocean of mercy drew back the force of His maya.
परम स्वतन्त्र न सिर पर कोई । भावइ मनहिँ करहु तुम्ह सोई ॥
भलेहि मन्द मन्देहि भल करहू । बिसमय हरष न हियँ कछु धरहू ॥
parama svatantra na sira para koī | bhāvai manahim̐ karahu tumha soī ||
bhalehi manda mandehi bhala karahū | bisamaya haraṣa na hiyam̐ kachu dharahū ||
डहकि डहकि परिचेहु सब काहू । अति असङ्क मन सदा उछाहू ॥
करम सुभासुभ तुम्हहिँ न बाधा । अब लगि तुम्हहिँ न काहूँ साधा ॥
ḍahaki ḍahaki paricehu saba kāhū | ati asaṅka mana sadā uchāhū ||
karama subhāsubha tumhahim̐ na bādhā | aba lagi tumhahim̐ na kāhūm̐ sādhā ||
भले भवन अब बायन दीन्हा । पाबहुगे फल आपन कीन्हा ॥
बंचेहु मोहि जवनि धरि देहा । सोइ तनु धरहु साप मम एहा ॥
bhale bhavana aba bāyana dīnhā | pābahuge phala āpana kīnhā ||
baṃcehu mohi javani dhari dehā | soi tanu dharahu sāpa mama ehā ||
कपि आकृति तुम्ह कीन्हि हमारी । करिहहिँ कीस सहाय तुम्हारी ॥
मम अपकार कीन्ही तुम्ह भारी । नारि-बिरहँ तुम्ह होब दुखारी ॥
kapi ākṛti tumha kīnhi hamārī | karihahim̐ kīsa sahāya tumhārī ||
mama apakāra kīnhī tumha bhārī | nāri-biraham̐ tumha hoba dukhārī ||
साप सीस धरि हरषि हियँ, प्रभु बहु बिनती कीन्ह ।
निज-माया के प्रबलता, करषि कृपानिधि लीन्ह ॥
sāpa sīsa dhari haraṣi hiyam̐, prabhu bahu binatī kīnha |
nija-māyā ke prabalatā, karaṣi kṛpānidhi līnha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
