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Mahesh says: if your mind holds such doubt, why not go and test him? I will sit in the shade of this banyan until you come back. Do whatever will remove your delusion, using your judgement. With Shiva's leave Sati goes, wondering what she should do. Here Shambhu reasons that no good will come to Daksha's daughter. Even my words did not remove her doubt; when fate turns against one, nothing good follows. Whatever Rama has ordained will happen; who would add branches by arguing? So saying, he begins to chant Hari's name. Sati goes where the Lord, abode of joy, is. The doha: thinking again and again, she takes the form of Sita and walks ahead on the path along which the king of men is coming.
जौँ तुम्हरें मन अति सन्देहू । तौ किन जाइ परीछा लेहू ॥
तब लगि बैठ अहउँ बट छाहीँ । जब लगि तुम्ह ऐहहु मोहि पाहीं ॥
jaum̐ tumhareṃ mana ati sandehū | tau kina jāi parīchā lehū ||
taba lagi baiṭha ahaum̐ baṭa chāhīm̐ | jaba lagi tumha aihahu mohi pāhīṃ ||
जैसें जाइ मोह-भ्रम-भारी । करेहु सो जतन बिबेक बिचारी ॥
चलीँ सती सिव आयसु पाई । करइ विचार करउँ का भाई ॥
jaiseṃ jāi moha-bhrama-bhārī | karehu so jatana bibeka bicārī ||
calīm̐ satī siva āyasu pāī | karai vicāra karaum̐ kā bhāī ||
इहाँ सम्भु अस मन अनुमाना । दच्छसुता कहुँ नहिँ कल्याना ॥
मोरेहु कहें न संसय जाहीं । बिधि बिपरीत भलाई नाहीं ॥
ihām̐ sambhu asa mana anumānā | dacchasutā kahum̐ nahim̐ kalyānā ||
morehu kaheṃ na saṃsaya jāhīṃ | bidhi biparīta bhalāī nāhīṃ ||
होइहि सोइ जो राम रचि राखा । को करि तरक बढ़ावै साखा ॥
अस कहि लगे जपन लगे हरि-नामा । गई सती जहँ प्रभु सुखधामा ॥
hoihi soi jo rāma raci rākhā | ko kari taraka bar̤hāvai sākhā ||
asa kahi lage japana lage hari-nāmā | gaī satī jaham̐ prabhu sukhadhāmā ||
पुनि पुनि हृदयँ बिचार करि, धरि सीता कर रूप ।
आगें होइ चलि पन्थ तेहि, जेहिं आवत नर-भूप ॥
puni puni hṛdayam̐ bicāra kari, dhari sītā kara rūpa |
āgeṃ hoi cali pantha tehi, jehiṃ āvata nara-bhūpa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
