जैसे मिटइ मोह भ्रम भारी । कहहु सो कथा नाथ बिस्तारी ॥
जागबलिक बोले मुसुकाई । तुम्हहिँ विदित रघुपति प्रभुताई ॥
jaise miṭai moha bhrama bhārī | kahahu so kathā nātha bistārī ||
jāgabalika bole musukāī | tumhahim̐ vidita raghupati prabhutāī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 47: Yajnavalkya smiles and begins
5 verses · 47 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Yajnavalkya smiles and begins
Bharadvaja asks for the katha at length, so his delusion may go. Yajnavalkya smiles. You already know Raghupati's greatness, he says; you are Rama's devotee in mind, deed and word, and I see your cleverness. You want to hear Rama's hidden virtues, so you ask as if you knew nothing. Listen with care. Great delusion is the buffalo demon, and Rama's katha is fierce Kalika who slays it; it is moonlight the saints drink like chakora birds. Bhavani once had this same doubt and Mahadeva explained it. The doha: I will now tell the dialogue of Uma and Shambhu, when and why it happened, and your sorrow will end.
रामभगत तुम्ह मन क्रम बानी । चतुराई तुम्हारि मैं जानी ॥
चाहहु सुनइ राम-गुन-गूढ़ा । कीन्हिहु प्रस्न मनहुँ अति मूढा ॥
rāmabhagata tumha mana krama bānī | caturāī tumhāri maiṃ jānī ||
cāhahu sunai rāma-guna-gūr̤hā | kīnhihu prasna manahum̐ ati mūḍhā ||
तात सुनहु सादर मन लाई । कहउँ राम कै कथा सुहाई ॥
महामोह महिषेस बिसाला । रामकथा कालिका कराला ॥
tāta sunahu sādara mana lāī | kahaum̐ rāma kai kathā suhāī ||
mahāmoha mahiṣesa bisālā | rāmakathā kālikā karālā ||
रामकथा ससि-किरन समाना । सन्त चकोर करहिं जेहि पाना ॥
ऐसेइ संसय कीन्ह भवानी । महादेव तब कहा बखानी ॥
rāmakathā sasi-kirana samānā | santa cakora karahiṃ jehi pānā ||
aisei saṃsaya kīnha bhavānī | mahādeva taba kahā bakhānī ||
कहउँ सो मति अनुहारि अब, उमा-सम्भु सम्बाद ।
भयउ समय जेहि हेतु जेहि, सुनु मुनि मिटिहि बिषाद ॥
kahaum̐ so mati anuhāri aba, umā-sambhu sambāda |
bhayau samaya jehi hetu jehi, sunu muni miṭihi biṣāda ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0