सतीं समुझि रघुबीर प्रभाऊ । भय-बस सिव सन कीन्ह दुराऊ ॥
कछु न परीछा लीन्हि गोसाँई । कीन्ह प्रनाम तुम्हारिहि नाँई ॥
satīṃ samujhi raghubīra prabhāū | bhaya-basa siva sana kīnha durāū ||
kachu na parīchā līnhi gosām̐ī | kīnha pranāma tumhārihi nām̐ī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 56: Sati hides the truth; Shiva's dilemma
5 verses · 56 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Sati hides the truth; Shiva's dilemma
Understanding Raghubir's power, Sati hides the truth out of fear. I took no test, master, she says; I only bowed to him as you did, and I trust your word fully. Shankar sees it all in meditation. He bows to Rama's maya, which moved Sati to speak a falsehood, and reflects that Hari's will and destiny are strong. Sati took the form of Sita, and at this a special grief rises in Shiva. If I now love Sati as my wife, the path of devotion will be broken. The doha: great love cannot be given up, yet to love her as before would be a great sin. Mahesh says nothing, but his anguish grows.
जो तुम्ह कहा सो मृषा न होई । मोरें मन प्रतीति अति सोई ॥
तब सङ्कर देखेउ धरि ध्याना । सतीं जो कीन्ह चरित सब जाना ॥
jo tumha kahā so mṛṣā na hoī | moreṃ mana pratīti ati soī ||
taba saṅkara dekheu dhari dhyānā | satīṃ jo kīnha carita saba jānā ||
बहुरि राम-मायहि सिर नावा । प्रेरि सतिहि जेहिं झूठ कहावा ॥
हरि-इच्छा भावी बलवाना । हृदयँ बिचारत सम्भु सुजाना ॥
bahuri rāma-māyahi sira nāvā | preri satihi jehiṃ jhūṭha kahāvā ||
hari-icchā bhāvī balavānā | hṛdayam̐ bicārata sambhu sujānā ||
सतीं कीन्ह सीता कर वेषा । सिव-उर भयउ बिषाद बिसेषा ॥
जौँ अब करउँ सती सन प्रीती । मिटइ भगति-पथ होइ अनीती ॥
satīṃ kīnha sītā kara veṣā | siva-ura bhayau biṣāda biseṣā ||
jaum̐ aba karaum̐ satī sana prītī | miṭai bhagati-patha hoi anītī ||
परम-पुनीत न जाइ तजि, जाइ किये प्रेम बड़ पाप ।
प्रगटि न कहत महेस कछु, हृदयँ अधिक सन्ताप ॥
parama-punīta na jāi taji, jāi kiye prema bar̤a pāpa |
pragaṭi na kahata mahesa kachu, hṛdayam̐ adhika santāpa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0