Doha 209
अरुन नयन उर बाहु बिसाला। नील जलज तनु स्याम तमाला॥ कटि पट पीत कसें बर भाथा। रुचिर चाप सायक दुहुँ हाथा॥१॥
स्याम गौर सुंदर दोउ भाई। बिस्वामित्र महानिधि पाई॥ प्रभु ब्रह्मन्यदेव मैं जाना। मोहि निति पिता तजेउ भगवाना॥२॥
चले जात मुनि दीन्हि देखाई। सुनि ताड़का क्रोध करि धाई॥ एकहिं बान प्रान हरि लीन्हा। दीन जानि तेहि निज पद दीन्हा॥३॥
तब रिषि निज नाथहि जियँ चीन्ही। बिद्यानिधि कहुँ बिद्या दीन्ही॥ जाते लाग न छुधा पिपासा। अतुलित बल तनु तेज प्रकासा॥४॥
Meaning
The Lord had reddish eyes, a broad chest and long arms; His body was dark as the blue lotus or the Tamāla tree. With a beautiful quiver fastened at His back with a yellow piece of cloth wrapped round His waist, He held in His two hands a lovely bow and arrow. (1) In the two pretty boys, one of whom was dark and the other fair, Viśvāmitra secured a great treasure. ‘I have now realized’, said he to himself, ‘that the Lord is a votary of the Brāhmaṇas; on my account He has left His own father’. (2) While on the way the sage pointed out the demoness Tāḍakā, who on hearing their voice rushed up in a fury. With a single shaft the Lord took her life and recognizing her as pitiable, bestowed His own state on her. (3) Then the seer Viśvāmitra, while recognizing his lord as the fountain of knowledge, imparted to Him knowledge which would shield Him against hunger and thirst and endowed Him with unparalleled bodily strength and bright and glowing aura. (4)
आयुध सर्ब समर्पि कै प्रभु निज आश्रम आनि। कंद मूल फल भोजन दीन्ह भगति हित जानि॥२०९॥
Meaning
Making over to Him every kind of weapon, the sage took the Lord to his own hermitage and devoutly gave Him bulbs, roots and fruit to eat, perceiving in Him his greatest benefactor. (209)
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