Baal Kaanda A dialogue between Siva and Parvati - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda A dialogue between Siva and Parvati · Verse Chaupais 1693
Sanskrit Original
जदपि जोषिता नहिं अधिकारी। दासी मन क्रम बचन तुम्हारी।। गूढ़उ तत्व न साधु दुरावहिं। आरत अधिकारी जहँ पावहिं।। अति आरति पूछउँ सुरराया। रघुपति कथा कहहु करि दाया।। प्रथम सो कारन कहहु बिचारी। निर्गुन ब्रह्म सगुन बपु धारी।। पुनि प्रभु कहहु राम अवतारा। बालचरित पुनि कहहु उदारा।। कहहु जथा जानकी बिबाहीं। राज तजा सो दूषन काहीं।। बन बसि कीन्हे चरित अपारा। कहहु नाथ जिमि रावन मारा।। राज बैठि कीन्हीं बहु लीला। सकल कहहु संकर सुखलीला।।
jadapi jōṣitā nahiṃ adhikārī. dāsī mana krama bacana tumhārī.. gūḍhau tatva na sādhu durāvahiṃ. ārata adhikārī jahaom pāvahiṃ.. ati ārati pūchau surarāyā. raghupati kathā kahahu kari dāyā.. prathama sō kārana kahahu bicārī. nirguna brahma saguna bapu dhārī.. puni prabhu kahahu rāma avatārā. bālacarita puni kahahu udārā.. kahahu jathā jānakī bibāhīṃ. rāja tajā sō dūṣana kāhīṃ.. bana basi kīnhē carita apārā. kahahu nātha jimi rāvana mārā.. rāja baiṭhi kīnhīṃ bahu līlā. sakala kahahu saṃkara sukhalīlā..
Though as a woman I am not qualified to hear it, I am Your servant in thought, word and deed. Saints do not withhold even an esoteric truth wherever they find a man smitten with agony, and therefore qualified to receive it. I ask You with a heart sore distressed; be gracious enough to narrate the story of the Lord of Raghus. First tell me after a mature thought what makes the unqualified Brahma assume a qualified form. Then, my lord, relate the story of Sri Rama's descent, and tell me next the charming exploits of His childhood. Then let me know how He wedded Janaka's daughter, Sita, and the fault for which He had to renounce His father's kingdom later on. Then describe the innumerable deeds performed by Him while He lived in the forest; and further tell me, my lord, how He killed Ravana. Then relate, O blissful Sankara, all the numerous sports that were enacted by Him after his coronation.