किन्नर नाग सिद्ध गन्धर्वा । बधुन्ह समेत चले सुर सर्बा ॥
बिष्नु बिरञ्चि महेस बिहाई । चले सकल सुर जान बनाई ॥
kinnara nāga siddha gandharvā | badhunha sameta cale sura sarbā ||
biṣnu birañci mahesa bihāī | cale sakala sura jāna banāī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 61: Sati asks leave for Daksha's yajna
5 verses · 61 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Sati asks leave for Daksha's yajna
Kinnaras, Nagas, Siddhas and Gandharvas set out with their wives, and every deva readies his vimana for Daksha's yajna. Only Vishnu, Brahma and Mahesha stay away. Sati sees the bright chariots streaming across the sky and hears the apsaras singing so sweetly that sages lose their meditation. She asks Shiva, and he tells her everything. Hearing of her father's sacrifice she feels a little glad and thinks she might go and stay a few days on that excuse. Yet the grief of being set aside by her husband weighs on her, and she does not speak of her own fault. In a voice mixed with fear, shyness and love she says: if the Lord permits, she would go and see the great festival at her father's house.
सतीं बिलोके ब्योम बिमाना । जात चले सुन्दर विधि नाना ॥
सुर-सुन्दरी करहिँ कल गाना । सुनत स्रवन छूटहिँ मुनि ध्याना ॥
satīṃ biloke byoma bimānā | jāta cale sundara vidhi nānā ||
sura-sundarī karahim̐ kala gānā | sunata sravana chūṭahim̐ muni dhyānā ||
पूछेउ तब सिवँ कहेउ बखानी । पिता जग्य सुनि कछु हरषानी ॥
जौँ महेस मोहि आयसु देहीं । कछु दिन जाइ रहउँ मिस एहीँ ॥
pūcheu taba sivam̐ kaheu bakhānī | pitā jagya suni kachu haraṣānī ||
jaum̐ mahesa mohi āyasu dehīṃ | kachu dina jāi rahaum̐ misa ehīm̐ ||
पति-परित्याग हृदय दुख भारी । कहइ न निज अपराध बिचारी ॥
बोली सती मनोहर बानी । भय सङ्कोच प्रेम रस सानी ॥
pati-parityāga hṛdaya dukha bhārī | kahai na nija aparādha bicārī ||
bolī satī manohara bānī | bhaya saṅkoca prema rasa sānī ||
पिता भवन उत्सव परम, जौँ प्रभु आयसु होइ ।
तो मैँ जाउँ कृपायतन, सादर देखन सोइ ॥
pitā bhavana utsava parama, jaum̐ prabhu āyasu hoi |
to maim̐ jāum̐ kṛpāyatana, sādara dekhana soi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0