Doha 121
Causes of Śrī Rāma’s Descent
सुनु गिरिजा हरिचरित सुहाए। बिपुल बिसद निगमागम गाए॥ हरि अवतार हेतु जेहि होई। इदमित्थं कहि जाइ न सोई॥१॥
राम अतर्क्य बुद्धि मन बानी। मत हमार अस सुनहि सयानी॥ तदपि संत मुनि बेद पुराना। जस कछु कहहिं स्वमति अनुमाना॥२॥
तस मैं सुमुखि सुनावउँ तोही। समुझि परइ जस कारन मोही॥ जब जब होइ धरम कै हानी। बाढ़हिं असुर अधम अभिमानी॥३॥
करहिं अनीति जाइ नहिं बरनी। सीदहिं बिप्र धेनु सुर धरनी॥ तब तब प्रभु धरि बिबिध सरीरा। हरहिं कृपानिधि सज्जन पीरा॥४॥
Meaning
“Listen, O Pārvatī: the Vedas and the Tantras have sung numerous charming and sinless exploits of Śrī Hari. The cause of Śrī Hari’s descent cannot be precisely stated.(1) “Listen, O wise lady: Śrī Rāma is beyond the grasp of intellect, mind or speech: such is my conviction. Yet, O charming lady, I tell you the reason as I understand it and even as the saints and sages, the Vedas and the Purāṇas have stated according to their intellectual comprehension. Whenever virtue declines and vile and haughty demons multiply, (2-3) “and do evil that cannot be narrated, and whenever Brāhmaṇas, cows, gods and earth itself are in trouble, the gracious Lord assumes various (transcendent) forms and relieves the distress of the virtuous. (4)
असुर मारि थापहिं सुरन्ह राखहिं निज श्रुति सेतु। जग बिस्तारहिं बिसद जस राम जन्म कर हेतु॥१२१॥
Meaning
“Killing the demons, He reinstates the gods, preserves the bounds of propriety fixed by the Vedas, which represent His own breath, and spreads His immaculate glory throughout the world; this is the motive of Śrī Rāma’s descent. (121)
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