करहि जाइ तप सैलकुमारी । नारद कहा सो सत्य बिचारी ॥
मातु-पितहि पुनि यह मत भावा । तप-सुख प्रद दुख-दोष-नसावा ॥
karahi jāi tapa sailakumārī | nārada kahā so satya bicārī ||
mātu-pitahi puni yaha mata bhāvā | tapa-sukha prada dukha-doṣa-nasāvā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 73: Uma leaves home for tapas
5 verses · 73 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Uma leaves home for tapas
The Brahmin of Uma's dream said: daughter of the mountain, go and do tapas, knowing Narada's word to be true; your parents too will approve, for tapas gives joy and destroys sorrow and sin. By the power of tapas Brahma creates the world and Vishnu protects it; by tapas Shambhu dissolves it and Shesha bears the earth. All creation rests on tapas, Bhavani, so go and do it. Hearing this, the astonished mother calls Himavan and tells him the dream. Uma comforts her parents in many ways and sets out gladly for tapas. Her dear family, father and mother are stricken and cannot speak. Then the sage Vedashira comes and explains everything; hearing of Parvati's greatness, they are consoled.
तप-बल रचइ प्रपञ्च बिधाता । तप-बल विष्नु सकल-जग-त्राता ॥
तप-अल सम्भु करहिँ सङ्घारा । तप-बल सेष धरहिँ महि भारा ॥
tapa-bala racai prapañca bidhātā | tapa-bala viṣnu sakala-jaga-trātā ||
tapa-ala sambhu karahim̐ saṅghārā | tapa-bala seṣa dharahim̐ mahi bhārā ||
तप अधार सब सृष्टि भवानी । करहि जाइ तप अस जियँ जानी ॥
सुनत बचन बिसमित महँतारी । सपन सुनायउ गिरिहि हँकारी ॥
tapa adhāra saba sṛṣṭi bhavānī | karahi jāi tapa asa jiyam̐ jānī ||
sunata bacana bisamita maham̐tārī | sapana sunāyau girihi ham̐kārī ||
मातु-पितहि बहु बिधि समुझाई । चलीँ उमा तप-हित हरषाई ॥
प्रिय परिवार पिता अरु माता । भये विकल मुख आव न बाता ॥
mātu-pitahi bahu bidhi samujhāī | calīm̐ umā tapa-hita haraṣāī ||
priya parivāra pitā aru mātā | bhaye vikala mukha āva na bātā ||
बेदसिरा-मुनि आइ तब, सबहिँ कहा समुझाइ ।
पारबती महिमा सुनत, रहे प्रबोधहि पाइ ॥
bedasirā-muni āi taba, sabahim̐ kahā samujhāi |
pārabatī mahimā sunata, rahe prabodhahi pāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0