सुनि प्रभु बचन जोरि जुग पानी । धरि धीरज बोले मृदु बानी ॥
नाथ देखि पद-कमल तुम्हारे । अब पूरे सब काम हमारे ॥
suni prabhu bacana jori juga pānī | dhari dhīraja bole mṛdu bānī ||
nātha dekhi pada-kamala tumhāre | aba pūre saba kāma hamāre ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 149: Manu asks for a son like the Lord
5 verses · 149 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Manu asks for a son like the Lord
Hearing the Lord, Manu joined his palms and, gathering courage, spoke softly. Seeing Your lotus feet, Lord, all our wishes are fulfilled. Yet one great longing remains, which I cannot call easy or hard: for You to give it is very easy, but my own smallness makes it seem hard to ask. As a poor man who finds the wish-fulfilling tree hesitates to ask for great wealth, not knowing its power, so doubt stirs in my heart. You know it, indwelling One; fulfil my wish. The Lord said: set aside shyness, king, and ask; there is nothing I would not give you. Manu said: crown of givers, ocean of mercy, I speak honestly, why hide it from You? I want a son like You.
एक लालसा बड़ि उर माहीँ । सुगम अगम कहि जाति सो नाहीँ ॥
तुम्हहिँ देत अति सुगम गोसाँई । अगम लाग मोहि निज कृपनाईं ॥
eka lālasā bar̤i ura māhīm̐ | sugama agama kahi jāti so nāhīm̐ ||
tumhahim̐ deta ati sugama gosām̐ī | agama lāga mohi nija kṛpanāīṃ ||
जथा दरिद्र कल्पतरु पाई । बहु सम्पति माँगत सकुचाई ॥
तासु प्रभाव जान नहिँ सोई । तथा हृदयँ मम संसय होई ॥
jathā daridra kalpataru pāī | bahu sampati mām̐gata sakucāī ||
tāsu prabhāva jāna nahim̐ soī | tathā hṛdayam̐ mama saṃsaya hoī ||
सो तुम्ह जानहु अन्तरजामी । पुरवहु मोर मनोरथ स्वामी ॥
सकुच बिहाइ माँगु नप मोही । मोरें नहिँ अदेय कछु तोही ॥
so tumha jānahu antarajāmī | puravahu mora manoratha svāmī ||
sakuca bihāi mām̐gu napa mohī | moreṃ nahim̐ adeya kachu tohī ||
दानि-सिरोमनि कृपानिधि, नाथ कहउँ सतिभाउ ।
चाहउँ तुम्हहिँ समान सुत, प्रभु सन कवन दुराउ ॥
dāni-siromani kṛpānidhi, nātha kahaum̐ satibhāu |
cāhaum̐ tumhahim̐ samāna suta, prabhu sana kavana durāu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0