उर धरि उमा प्रान-पति-चरना । जाइ बिपिन लागीँ तप करना ॥
अति सुकुमार न तनु तप जोगू । पति-पद सुमिरि तजेउ सब भोगू ॥
ura dhari umā prāna-pati-caranā | jāi bipina lāgīm̐ tapa karanā ||
ati sukumāra na tanu tapa jogū | pati-pada sumiri tajeu saba bhogū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 74: Aparna's austerities and Brahma's voice
5 verses · 74 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Aparna's austerities and Brahma's voice
Holding her beloved Lord's feet in her heart, Uma goes into the forest and begins tapas. Though tender, she gives up every comfort. Love for those feet grows new each day; she forgets her body and her mind stays fixed on tapas. For a thousand years she lives on roots and fruit, then a hundred years on leafy greens. Some days she lives on water and air, some days she fasts completely. For three thousand years she eats only dry bel leaves fallen on the ground, then gives up even dry leaves, and so she is named Aparna. Seeing her body wasted by tapas, Brahma's deep voice sounds from the sky: your wish is fulfilled, daughter of the mountain king; leave this hardship, Tripurari will now be yours.
नित नव चरन उपज अनुरागा । बिसरी देह तपहिं मन लागा ॥
सम्बत सहस मूल फल खाये । साग खाइ सत बरष गवाँए ॥
nita nava carana upaja anurāgā | bisarī deha tapahiṃ mana lāgā ||
sambata sahasa mūla phala khāye | sāga khāi sata baraṣa gavām̐e ||
कछु दिन भोजन बारि बतासा । किये कठिन कछु दिन उपवासा ॥
बेल-पाती महि परइ सुखाई । तीनि सहस सम्बत सोई खाई ॥
kachu dina bhojana bāri batāsā | kiye kaṭhina kachu dina upavāsā ||
bela-pātī mahi parai sukhāī | tīni sahasa sambata soī khāī ||
पुनि परिहरे सुखाने सुखाने परना । उमहिँ नाम तब भयउ अपरना ॥
देखि उमहिँ तप-खीन-सरीरा । ब्रह्म-गिरा भइ गगन गँभीरा ॥
puni parihare sukhāne sukhāne paranā | umahim̐ nāma taba bhayau aparanā ||
dekhi umahim̐ tapa-khīna-sarīrā | brahma-girā bhai gagana gam̐bhīrā ||
भयउ मनोरथ सुफल तव, सुनु गिरिराज-कुमारि ।
परिहरु दुसह कलेस सब, अब मिलिहहिँ त्रिपुरारि ॥
bhayau manoratha suphala tava, sunu girirāja-kumāri |
pariharu dusaha kalesa saba, aba milihahim̐ tripurāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0