Baal Kaanda Princess Visvamohini's self-election of a husband; Narada's pronouncing a curse on the attendants of Siva as well as on the Lord Himself and his subsequent freedom from the spell of infatuation - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda Princess Visvamohini's self-election of a husband; Narada's pronouncing a curse on the attendants of Siva as well as on the Lord Himself and his subsequent freedom from the spell of infatuation · Verse Chaupais 1747
Sanskrit Original
परम स्वतंत्र न सिर पर कोई। भावइ मनहि करहु तुम्ह सोई।। भलेहि मंद मंदेहि भल करहू। बिसमय हरष न हियँ कछु धरहू।। डहकि डहकि परिचेहु सब काहू। अति असंक मन सदा उछाहू।। करम सुभासुभ तुम्हहि न बाधा। अब लगि तुम्हहि न काहूँ साधा।। भले भवन अब बायन दीन्हा। पावहुगे फल आपन कीन्हा।। बंचेहु मोहि जवनि धरि देहा। सोइ तनु धरहु श्राप मम एहा।। कपि आकृति तुम्ह कीन्हि हमारी। करिहहिं कीस सहाय तुम्हारी।। मम अपकार कीन्ही तुम्ह भारी। नारी बिरहँ तुम्ह होब दुखारी।।
parama svataṃtra na sira para kōī. bhāvai manahi karahu tumha sōī.. bhalēhi maṃda maṃdēhi bhala karahū. bisamaya haraṣa na hiyaom kachu dharahū.. ḍahaki ḍahaki paricēhu saba kāhū. ati asaṃka mana sadā uchāhū.. karama subhāsubha tumhahi na bādhā. aba lagi tumhahi na kāhūom sādhā.. bhalē bhavana aba bāyana dīnhā. pāvahugē phala āpana kīnhā.. baṃcēhu mōhi javani dhari dēhā. sōi tanu dharahu śrāpa mama ēhā.. kapi ākṛti tumha kīnhi hamārī. karihahiṃ kīsa sahāya tumhārī.. mama apakāra kīnhī tumha bhārī. nārī birahaom tumha hōba dukhārī..
You are absolutely independent and subordinate to none; therefore You do whatever pleases Your mind. You debase a good soul and redeem a vile person and neither rejoice nor grieve over it. Deceiving everyone You have become habituated to such tricks.You entertain no fear and are always zealous in pursuing Your object. Good and evil deeds do not come in Your way; no one has so far been able to correct You. You have this time played with fire and shall reap what You have sown. Take that very form in which You have imposed upon me: this is my curse. You made me look like a monkey; therefore You shall have monkeys for Your helpmates. And as You have grievously wronged me, so shall You suffer the pangs of separation from Your wife.