Baal Kaanda The austerities of Manu and Satarupa and their receiving a boon from the Lord - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Baal Kaanda The austerities of Manu and Satarupa and their receiving a boon from the Lord · Verse Chaupais 1763
Sanskrit Original
बरष सहस दस त्यागेउ सोऊ। ठाढ़े रहे एक पद दोऊ।। बिधि हरि तप देखि अपारा। मनु समीप आए बहु बारा।। मागहु बर बहु भाँति लोभाए। परम धीर नहिं चलहिं चलाए।। अस्थिमात्र होइ रहे सरीरा। तदपि मनाग मनहिं नहिं पीरा।। प्रभु सर्बग्य दास निज जानी। गति अनन्य तापस नृप रानी।। मागु मागु बरु भै नभ बानी। परम गभीर कृपामृत सानी।। मृतक जिआवनि गिरा सुहाई। श्रबन रंध्र होइ उर जब आई।। ह्रष्टपुष्ट तन भए सुहाए। मानहुँ अबहिं भवन ते आए।।
baraṣa sahasa dasa tyāgēu sōū. ṭhāḍhaē rahē ēka pada dōū.. bidhi hari tapa dēkhi apārā. manu samīpa āē bahu bārā.. māgahu bara bahu bhāomti lōbhāē. parama dhīra nahiṃ calahiṃ calāē.. asthimātra hōi rahē sarīrā. tadapi manāga manahiṃ nahiṃ pīrā.. prabhu sarbagya dāsa nija jānī. gati ananya tāpasa nṛpa rānī.. māgu māgu baru bhai nabha bānī. parama gabhīra kṛpāmṛta sānī.. mṛtaka jiāvani girā suhāī. śrabana raṃdhra hōi ura jaba āī.. hraṣṭapuṣṭa tana bhaē suhāē. mānahu abahiṃ bhavana tē āē..
For ten thousand years they refused to inhale even air (i.e., held their breath) and remained standing on one leg. Beholding their great penance Brahma, Hari and Hara repeatedly called on Manu and tempted him in many ways, saying "Ask for a boon." But the king and queen were most resolute and did not swerve in spite of the deities' efforts to deflect them from their course. Although their frame had been reduced to a mere skeleton there was not the least anguish in their heart. The omniscient Lord now recognized the king and queen as His own servants. The ascetic couple solely depended on Him. In the meantime a most deep voice thundered from heaven, "Ask, ask for a boon." The voice was steeped in the nectar of compassion and was so charming that it infused life into the dead. Entering through the cavity of the ears when it reached their very heart, they found their body attractive, animated and robust as before, as if they had just returned from home.