करहिँ अहार साक फल कन्दा । सुमिरहिँ ब्रह्म सच्चिदानन्दा ॥
पुनि हरि हेतु करन तप लागे । बारि-अधार मूल फल त्यागे ॥
karahim̐ ahāra sāka phala kandā | sumirahim̐ brahma saccidānandā ||
puni hari hetu karana tapa lāge | bāri-adhāra mūla phala tyāge ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 144: The tapas of Manu and Shatarupa
5 verses · 144 of 361
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The tapas of Manu and Shatarupa
They lived on greens, fruits and roots, remembering Brahman who is being, consciousness and bliss. Then for Hari they gave up even those and lived on water. One longing filled their hearts without pause: to see with their own eyes that supreme Lord, without qualities, undivided, endless and beginningless, whom the Vedas describe as "not this, not this", pure awareness and bliss, free of limitation, from a portion of whom many Shivas, Brahmas and Vishnus arise. Even such a Lord is ruled by His servants and takes a body of leela for His devotees; if this word of the Vedas is true, they reasoned, our wish will be fulfilled. So passed six thousand years on water, then seven thousand on air alone.
उर अभिलाष निंरंतर होई । देखिय नयन परम प्रभु सोई ॥
अगुन अखंड अनन्त अनादी । जेहि चिन्तहिँ परमारथबादी ॥
ura abhilāṣa niṃraṃtara hoī | dekhiya nayana parama prabhu soī ||
aguna akhaṃḍa ananta anādī | jehi cintahim̐ paramārathabādī ||
नेति नेति जेहि बेद निरूपा । निजानंद निरुपाधि अनूपा ॥
सम्भु बिरज्चि बिष्नु भगवाना । उपजहिँ जासु अंस तेँ नाना ॥
neti neti jehi beda nirūpā | nijānaṃda nirupādhi anūpā ||
sambhu birajci biṣnu bhagavānā | upajahim̐ jāsu aṃsa tem̐ nānā ||
ऐसेउ प्रभु सेवक बस अहई । भगत हेतु लीला तनु गहई ॥
जौँ यह बचन सत्य स्त्रुति भाषा । तौ हमार पूजिहि अभिलाषा ॥
aiseu prabhu sevaka basa ahaī | bhagata hetu līlā tanu gahaī ||
jaum̐ yaha bacana satya struti bhāṣā | tau hamāra pūjihi abhilāṣā ||
एहि बिधि बीतें बरष षट, सहस बारि आहार ।
सम्बत सप्त-सहस्त्र पुनि, रहे समीर अधार ॥
ehi bidhi bīteṃ baraṣa ṣaṭa, sahasa bāri āhāra |
sambata sapta-sahastra puni, rahe samīra adhāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0