तदपि करब मैं काज तुम्हारा । स्रुति कह परम-धरम-उपकारा ॥
पर हित लागि तजइ जो देही । सन्तत सन्त प्रसंसहिँ तेही ॥
tadapi karaba maiṃ kāja tumhārā | sruti kaha parama-dharama-upakārā ||
para hita lāgi tajai jo dehī | santata santa prasaṃsahim̐ tehī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 84: Kama spreads his sway over the world
6 verses · 84 of 361
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Kama spreads his sway over the world
Still, Kama says, I will do your work, for the Veda calls serving others the highest dharma. Bowing to all, he sets out with his flower bow and his companions, thinking as he goes that opposing Shiva means certain death for him. Then he spreads his power and brings the whole world under his control. The moment the fish-bannered one grows angry, every boundary set by the Vedas is broken. Brahmacharya, vows, restraint, patience, dharma, knowledge, good conduct, japa, yoga and detachment, the whole army of discernment, flee in fear and hide in the caves of the scriptures. The world is in uproar: who will protect it? All moving and unmoving beings, male and female, abandon their limits and fall under Kama.
अस कहि चलेउ सबहि सिर नाई । सुमन धनुष कर सहित सहाई ॥
चलत मार अस हृदयँ बिचारा । सिव-बिरोध ध्रुव मरन हमारा ॥
asa kahi caleu sabahi sira nāī | sumana dhanuṣa kara sahita sahāī ||
calata māra asa hṛdayam̐ bicārā | siva-birodha dhruva marana hamārā ||
तब आपन प्रभाव विस्तारा । निज बस कीन्ह सकल संसारा ॥
कोपेउ जबहिँ बारिचर-केतू । छन महँ मिटे सकल स्रुति-सेतू ॥
taba āpana prabhāva vistārā | nija basa kīnha sakala saṃsārā ||
kopeu jabahim̐ bāricara-ketū | chana maham̐ miṭe sakala sruti-setū ||
ब्रह्मचर्ज ब्रत सञ्जम नाना । धीरज धरम ज्ञान बिज्ञाना ॥
सदाचार जप जोग बिरागा । सभय बिबेक कटक सब भागा ॥
brahmacarja brata sañjama nānā | dhīraja dharama jñāna bijñānā ||
sadācāra japa joga birāgā | sabhaya bibeka kaṭaka saba bhāgā ||
भागेउ बिबेक सहाय सहित सो सुभट सञ्जुग-महि मुरे ।
सदग्रन्थ-पर्बत-कन्दरन्हि महँ, जाई तेहि अवसर दुरे ॥
होनिहार का करतार को रखवार जग खरभर परा ।
दुइ माथ केहि रतिनाथ जेहि कहँ, कोपि कर धनु-सर धरा ॥
bhāgeu bibeka sahāya sahita so subhaṭa sañjuga-mahi mure |
sadagrantha-parbata-kandaranhi maham̐, jāī tehi avasara dure ||
honihāra kā karatāra ko rakhavāra jaga kharabhara parā |
dui mātha kehi ratinātha jehi kaham̐, kopi kara dhanu-sara dharā ||
जे सजीव जग अचर चर अचर, नारि पुरुष अस नाम ।
ते निज निज मरजाद तजि, भये सकल बस काम ॥
je sajīva jaga acara cara acara, nāri puruṣa asa nāma |
te nija nija marajāda taji, bhaye sakala basa kāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0