बरबस राज सुतहि नृप दीन्हा । नारि समेत गवन बन कीन्हा ॥
तीरथ बर नैमिष बिख्याता । अति पुनीत साधक-सिधि-दाता ॥
barabasa rāja sutahi nṛpa dīnhā | nāri sameta gavana bana kīnhā ||
tīratha bara naimiṣa bikhyātā | ati punīta sādhaka-sidhi-dātā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 143: Manu and Shatarupa go to Naimisharanya
5 verses · 143 of 361
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Manu and Shatarupa go to Naimisharanya
Manu gave the kingdom to his son almost by force and left for the forest with his wife. He went to famed Naimisha, a holy tirtha that grants success to seekers, where gatherings of munis and siddhas lived, and his heart was glad. On the way the steady pair looked like jnana and bhakti in bodily form. Reaching the bank of the Gomati, they bathed joyfully in its clear water. Siddhas, munis and sages came to meet the royal rishi, knowing him a pillar of dharma, and lovingly took them to every lovely tirtha there. Lean of body, wearing munis' cloth, they heard the Puranas daily among the good. With deep love they chanted the twelve-syllable mantra, their minds fixed on the lotus feet of Vasudeva.
बसहिँ तहाँ मुनि-सिद्ध-समाजा । तहँ हियँ हरषि चलेउ मनु राजा ॥
पन्थ जात सोहहिं मति-धीरा । ज्ञान-भगति जनु धरें सरीरा ॥
basahim̐ tahām̐ muni-siddha-samājā | taham̐ hiyam̐ haraṣi caleu manu rājā ||
pantha jāta sohahiṃ mati-dhīrā | jñāna-bhagati janu dhareṃ sarīrā ||
पहुँचे जाइ धेनुमति-तीरा । हरषि नहाने निरमल नीरा ॥
आये मिलन सिद्धि मुनि ज्ञानी । धरम-धुरन्धर नृपरिषि जानी ॥
pahum̐ce jāi dhenumati-tīrā | haraṣi nahāne niramala nīrā ||
āye milana siddhi muni jñānī | dharama-dhurandhara nṛpariṣi jānī ||
जहँ जहँ तीरथ रहे सुहाये । मुनिन्ह सकल सादर करवाये ॥
कृस-सरीर मुनि-पट परिधाना । सत-समाज नित सुनहिँ पुराना ॥
jaham̐ jaham̐ tīratha rahe suhāye | muninha sakala sādara karavāye ||
kṛsa-sarīra muni-paṭa paridhānā | sata-samāja nita sunahim̐ purānā ||
द्वादस अच्छर मन्त्र पुनि, जपहिँ सहित अनुराग ।
बासुदेव-पद-पङ्करुह, दम्पति मन अति लाग ॥
dvādasa acchara mantra puni, japahim̐ sahita anurāga |
bāsudeva-pada-paṅkaruha, dampati mana ati lāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0