एक बार जननीं अन्हवाये । करि सिंगार पलनाँ पौढ़ाये ॥
निज कुल इष्टदेव भगवाना । पूजा हेतु कीन्ह अस्नाना ॥
eka bāra jananīṃ anhavāye | kari siṃgāra palanām̐ paur̤hāye ||
nija kula iṣṭadeva bhagavānā | pūjā hetu kīnha asnānā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 201: Two children seen at once
5 verses · 201 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Two children seen at once
One day Kausalya bathes the child, dresses Him and lays Him in the cradle. Then she bathes to worship Bhagavan, the chosen deity of her family. She performs the puja, offers naivedya and goes to the kitchen. Coming back to the shrine, she finds her son eating the offering. Frightened, she hurries to the nursery and finds the child asleep in the cradle. She returns to the shrine and sees Him there again. Her heart trembles and her mind cannot steady itself. A child here and a child there: is my mind deluded, she wonders, or is this something else? Seeing His mother so troubled, Rama smiles sweetly. Then He shows her His wondrous, undivided form, with millions upon millions of universes hanging on each hair of His body.
करि पूजा नैबेद्य चढ़ावा । आपु गई जहँ पाक बनावा ॥
बहुरि मातु तहवाँ चलि आई । भोजन करत देख सुत जाई ॥
kari pūjā naibedya car̤hāvā | āpu gaī jaham̐ pāka banāvā ||
bahuri mātu tahavām̐ cali āī | bhojana karata dekha suta jāī ||
गह जननी सिसु पहिँ भयभीता । देखा बाल तहाँ पुनि सूता ॥
बहुरि आइ देखा सुत सोई । हृदयँ कम्प मन धीर न होई ॥
gaha jananī sisu pahim̐ bhayabhītā | dekhā bāla tahām̐ puni sūtā ||
bahuri āi dekhā suta soī | hṛdayam̐ kampa mana dhīra na hoī ||
इहाँ उहाँ दुइ बालक देखा । मति भ्रम मोर कि आन बिसेखा ॥
देखि राम जननी अकुलानी । प्रभु हँसि दीन्ह मधुर मुसुकानी ॥
ihām̐ uhām̐ dui bālaka dekhā | mati bhrama mora ki āna bisekhā ||
dekhi rāma jananī akulānī | prabhu ham̐si dīnha madhura musukānī ||
देखरावा मातहि निज, अदभुत रूप अखंड ।
रोम रोम प्रति लागे, कोटि कोटि ब्रह्मंड ॥
dekharāvā mātahi nija, adabhuta rūpa akhaṃḍa |
roma roma prati lāge, koṭi koṭi brahmaṃḍa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0