अपर हेतु सुनु सैलकुमारी । कहउँ बिचित्र कथा बिस्तारी ॥
जेहि कारन अज अगुन अरूपा । ब्रह्म भयउ कोसलपुर-भूपा ॥
apara hetu sunu sailakumārī | kahaum̐ bicitra kathā bistārī ||
jehi kārana aja aguna arūpā | brahma bhayau kosalapura-bhūpā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 141: The deepest cause of the avatara
5 verses · 141 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The deepest cause of the avatara
Shiva says to the daughter of the mountain: hear another cause, a wondrous katha, of why the unborn Brahman, beyond qualities and form, became king of Kosala. That Lord whom you saw wandering in the forest with His brother, dressed as a muni, whose deeds drove you half mad when you had Sati's body, and whose shadow has not yet left you, hear His deeds now, for they cure the sickness of doubt. Whatever leela He did in that avatara, I will tell as my understanding allows. Yajnavalkya says that Uma, hearing Shankara's words, was shy, loving and glad. Then the bull-bannered Lord began to tell the cause of that avatara; Ramkatha, he says, removes the stains of Kali.
जो प्रभु बिपिन फिरत तुम्ह देखा । बन्धु समेत धरें मुनि बेखा ॥
जासु चरित अवलोकि भवानी । सती सरीर रहिहु बौरानी ॥
jo prabhu bipina phirata tumha dekhā | bandhu sameta dhareṃ muni bekhā ||
jāsu carita avaloki bhavānī | satī sarīra rahihu baurānī ||
अजहुँ न छाया मिटति तुम्हारी । तासु चरित सुनु भ्रम-रुज-हारी ॥
लीला कीन्हि जो तेहिं अवतारा । सो सब कहिहउँ मति अनुसारा ॥
ajahum̐ na chāyā miṭati tumhārī | tāsu carita sunu bhrama-ruja-hārī ||
līlā kīnhi jo tehiṃ avatārā | so saba kahihaum̐ mati anusārā ||
भरद्वाज सुनि सङ्कर बानी । सकुचि सप्रेम उमा हरषानी ॥
लगे बहुरि बरनइ बृषकेतू । सो अवतार भयउ जेहि हेतू ॥
bharadvāja suni saṅkara bānī | sakuci saprema umā haraṣānī ||
lage bahuri baranai bṛṣaketū | so avatāra bhayau jehi hetū ||
सो मैँ तुम्ह सन कहउँ सब, सुनु मुनीस मन लाइ ।
राम कथा कलि मल हरनि, मङ्गल-करनि सुहाइ ॥
so maim̐ tumha sana kahaum̐ saba, sunu munīsa mana lāi |
rāma kathā kali mala harani, maṅgala-karani suhāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0