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 1749
Sanskrit Original
जब हरि माया दूरि निवारी। नहिं तहँ रमा न राजकुमारी।। तब मुनि अति सभीत हरि चरना। गहे पाहि प्रनतारति हरना।। मृषा होउ मम श्राप कृपाला। मम इच्छा कह दीनदयाला।। मैं दुर्बचन कहे बहुतेरे। कह मुनि पाप मिटिहिं किमि मेरे।। जपहु जाइ संकर सत नामा। होइहि हृदयँ तुरंत बिश्रामा।। कोउ नहिं सिव समान प्रिय मोरें। असि परतीति तजहु जनि भोरें।। जेहि पर कृपा न करहिं पुरारी। सो न पाव मुनि भगति हमारी।। अस उर धरि महि बिचरहु जाई। अब न तुम्हहि माया निअराई।।
jaba hari māyā dūri nivārī. nahiṃ tahaom ramā na rājakumārī.. taba muni ati sabhīta hari caranā. gahē pāhi pranatārati haranā.. mṛṣā hōu mama śrāpa kṛpālā. mama icchā kaha dīnadayālā.. maiṃ durbacana kahē bahutērē. kaha muni pāpa miṭihiṃ kimi mērē.. japahu jāi saṃkara sata nāmā. hōihi hṛdayaom turaṃta biśrāmā.. kōu nahiṃ siva samāna priya mōrēṃ. asi paratīti tajahu jani bhōrēṃ.. jēhi para kṛpā na karahiṃ purārī. sō na pāva muni bhagati hamārī.. asa ura dhari mahi bicarahu jāī. aba na tumhahi māyā niarāī..
When Sri Hari lifted the spell of His Maya, there was neither Rama nor the princess to be seen by His side. In dire dismay the sage then clasped the feet of Hari and said, "O Reliever of the distress of the suppliant, save me! O gracious lord! let my curse prove ineffectual." It was My will," replied the Lord, who is so merciful to the humble. "I poured many abuses at You," the sage repeated, "how shall my sins be expiated? "Go and repeat the names of Sankara a hundred times; your heart will be disburdened at once. No one is so dear to Me as Siva: never give up this belief even by mistake. O sage, he who does not earn the good-will of Siva shall never attain true devotion to Me. Bearing this in mind, go and perambulate the globe. My Maya shall haunt you no more."