सुनि मुनि-गिरा सत्य जियँ जानी । दुख-दम्पतिहि उमा-हरषानी ॥
नारदहू यह भेद न जाना । दसा एक समुझब बिलगाना ॥
suni muni-girā satya jiyam̐ jānī | dukha-dampatihi umā-haraṣānī ||
nāradahū yaha bheda na jānā | dasā eka samujhaba bilagānā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 68: Grief of the parents, gladness of Uma
5 verses · 68 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Grief of the parents, gladness of Uma
Taking the sage's words as true, the parents grieve, while Uma rejoices. Even Narada did not grasp this secret; one and the same sentence was understood in two different ways. All of them tremble with brimming eyes. The words of the devarishi cannot prove false, and Uma keeps them hidden in her heart. Love for Shiva's lotus feet springs up in her, along with a worry that union with him will be hard. Seeing that this is no moment to show it, she hides her love and goes back to sit in a companion's lap. Steadying himself, the mountain king asks what remedy there is. Narada replies that what Vidhata writes on the forehead no deva, demon, man, Naga or sage can erase.
सकल सखीं गिरिजा गिरि मैना । पुलक सरीर भरे जल नैना ॥
होइ न मृषा देवरिषि भाखा । उमा सो वचन हृदयँ धरि राखा ॥
sakala sakhīṃ girijā giri mainā | pulaka sarīra bhare jala nainā ||
hoi na mṛṣā devariṣi bhākhā | umā so vacana hṛdayam̐ dhari rākhā ||
उपजेउ सिव-पद-कमल सनेहू । मिलन कठिन मन भा मन सन्देहू ॥
जानि कुअवसर प्रीति दुराई । सखी-उछङ्ग बैठि पुनि जाई ॥
upajeu siva-pada-kamala sanehū | milana kaṭhina mana bhā mana sandehū ||
jāni kuavasara prīti durāī | sakhī-uchaṅga baiṭhi puni jāī ||
झूठि न होइ देवरिषि बानी । सोचहिँ दम्पति सखीं सयानी ॥
उर धरि धीर कहइ गिरिराऊ । कहहु नाथ का करिय उपाऊ ॥
jhūṭhi na hoi devariṣi bānī | socahim̐ dampati sakhīṃ sayānī ||
ura dhari dhīra kahai girirāū | kahahu nātha kā kariya upāū ||
कह मुनीस हिमवन्त सुनु, जो विधि लिखा लिलार ।
देव दनुज नर नाग मुनि, कोउ न मेटनिहार ॥
kaha munīsa himavanta sunu, jo vidhi likhā lilāra |
deva danuja nara nāga muni, kou na meṭanihāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0