रिषिन्ह गौरि देखी तहँ कैसी । मूरतिमंत तपस्या जैसी ॥
बोले मुनि सुनु सैलकुमारी । करहु कवन कारन तप भारी ॥
riṣinha gauri dekhī taham̐ kaisī | mūratimaṃta tapasyā jaisī ||
bole muni sunu sailakumārī | karahu kavana kārana tapa bhārī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 78: The rishis question Parvati's resolve
5 verses · 78 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The rishis question Parvati's resolve
The rishis find Gauri looking like tapas itself in bodily form. Daughter of the mountain, they ask, why this heavy penance? Whom do you worship, and what do you want? Tell us the whole truth. Bhavani answers in deep, lovely words. She is shy to speak her secret, for they will laugh at her foolishness. Her mind has set itself stubbornly and will not hear advice; it wants to raise a wall on water. Trusting what Narada said, she wants to fly without wings. See my lack of sense, she tells them: I want Shiva alone as my husband. The rishis laugh. Your body was born of a mountain, they say; tell us, whose home has ever stayed settled after hearing Narada's advice?
केहि अवराधहु का तुम्ह चहहू । हम सन सत्य मरम सब कहहू ॥
कहत मरम मन अति सकुचाई । हँसिहहु सुनि हमारि जड़ताई ॥
kehi avarādhahu kā tumha cahahū | hama sana satya marama saba kahahū ||
kahata marama mana ati sakucāī | ham̐sihahu suni hamāri jar̤atāī ||
मन हठ परा न सुनइ सिखावा । चहत बारि पर भीति उठावा ॥
नारद कहा सत्य सोइ जाना । बिनु पङ्खन्ह हम चहहिँ उड़ाना ॥
mana haṭha parā na sunai sikhāvā | cahata bāri para bhīti uṭhāvā ||
nārada kahā satya soi jānā | binu paṅkhanha hama cahahim̐ ur̤ānā ||
देखहु मुनि अबिबेक हमारा । चाहिय सदा सिवहि भरतारा ॥
dekhahu muni abibeka hamārā | cāhiya sadā sivahi bharatārā ||
सुनत बचन बिहँसे रिषय, गिरि-सम्भव तव देह ।
नारद कर उपदेस सुनि, कहहु बसेउ को गेह ॥
sunata bacana biham̐se riṣaya, giri-sambhava tava deha |
nārada kara upadesa suni, kahahu baseu ko geha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0