बैठे सुर सब करहिँ बिचारा । कहँ पाइअ प्रभु करिय पुकारा ॥
पुर बैकुंठ जान कह कोई । कोउ कह पयनिधि बस प्रभु सोई ॥
baiṭhe sura saba karahim̐ bicārā | kaham̐ pāia prabhu kariya pukārā ||
pura baikuṃṭha jāna kaha koī | kou kaha payanidhi basa prabhu soī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 185: Shiva says love alone reveals the Lord
5 verses · 185 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Shiva says love alone reveals the Lord
The devas debate where to find the Lord and call to Him. One says Vaikuntha, another the Ocean of Milk. Shiva tells Girija that he was present and said one thing: Hari pervades everything equally and becomes manifest through love. In what place, time or direction is He absent? He fills the moving and unmoving world yet stays apart from it, and love makes Him appear as friction draws fire out of wood. All accept this and Brahma calls it well said. Brahma's heart fills with joy, his body thrills, tears flow, and with joined palms and a steady mind he begins his hymn.
जाके हृदयँ भगति जसि प्रीती । प्रभु तहँ प्रगट सदा तेहिं रीती ॥
तेहि समाज गिरिजा मैँ रहेऊँ । अवसर पाइ बचन एक कहेऊँ ॥
jāke hṛdayam̐ bhagati jasi prītī | prabhu taham̐ pragaṭa sadā tehiṃ rītī ||
tehi samāja girijā maim̐ raheūm̐ | avasara pāi bacana eka kaheūm̐ ||
हरि ब्यापक सर्वत्र समाना । प्रेम तेँ प्रगट होहिँ मैँ जाना ॥
देस काल दिसि बिदिसिहु माहीँ । कहहु से कहाँ जहाँ प्रभु नाहीँ ॥
hari byāpaka sarvatra samānā | prema tem̐ pragaṭa hohim̐ maim̐ jānā ||
desa kāla disi bidisihu māhīm̐ | kahahu se kahām̐ jahām̐ prabhu nāhīm̐ ||
अग-जग-मय सब रहित बिरागी । प्रेम तेँ प्रभु प्रगटइ जिमि आगी ॥
मोर बचन सब के मन माना । साधु साधु करि ब्रह्म बखाना ॥
aga-jaga-maya saba rahita birāgī | prema tem̐ prabhu pragaṭai jimi āgī ||
mora bacana saba ke mana mānā | sādhu sādhu kari brahma bakhānā ||
सुनि बिरज्चि मन हरषि तन,-पुलकि नयन बह नीर ।
अस्तुति करत जोरि कर, सावधान मति-धीर ॥
suni birajci mana haraṣi tana,-pulaki nayana baha nīra |
astuti karata jori kara, sāvadhāna mati-dhīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0