Baal Kaanda Parvati's unique fidelity as revealed through Her test by the seven seers - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda Parvati's unique fidelity as revealed through Her test by the seven seers · Verse Chaupais 1614
Sanskrit Original
रिषिन्ह गौरि देखी तहँ कैसी। मूरतिमंत तपस्या जैसी।। बोले मुनि सुनु सैलकुमारी। करहु कवन कारन तपु भारी।। केहि अवराधहु का तुम्ह चहहू। हम सन सत्य मरमु किन कहहू।। कहत बचत मनु अति सकुचाई। हँसिहहु सुनि हमारि जड़ताई।। मनु हठ परा न सुनइ सिखावा। चहत बारि पर भीति उठावा।। नारद कहा सत्य सोइ जाना। बिनु पंखन्ह हम चहहिं उड़ाना।। देखहु मुनि अबिबेकु हमारा। चाहिअ सदा सिवहि भरतारा।।
riṣinha gauri dēkhī tahaom kaisī. mūratimaṃta tapasyā jaisī.. bōlē muni sunu sailakumārī. karahu kavana kārana tapu bhārī.. kēhi avarādhahu kā tumha cahahū. hama sana satya maramu kina kahahū.. kahata bacata manu ati sakucāī. haomsihahu suni hamāri jaḍatāī.. manu haṭha parā na sunai sikhāvā. cahata bāri para bhīti uṭhāvā.. nārada kahā satya sōi jānā. binu paṃkhanha hama cahahiṃ uḍaānā.. dēkhahu muni abibēku hamārā. cāhia sadā sivahi bharatārā..
There the seers saw Gaurs (a name of Parvati; lit., fair-complexioned) as if she were penance itself personified.The sages said, Hear, O daughter of Himcala: why are you practising such rigorous penance? Whom do you worship and what do you seek? Why not confide to us the real secret? I feel very shy in making my submission. You will be amused to hear of my folly. Yet my mind has taken a rigid attitude and heeds no advice; it would raise a wall on water. Relying on the truth of Nradas prophecy, I long to fly even without wings. Look at my madness; I always covet Siva as my husbandÊ. (1-4)