Doha 47
जैसें मिटै मोर भ्रम भारी। कहहु सो कथा नाथ बिस्तारी॥ जागबलिक बोले मुसुकाई। तुम्हहि बिदित रघुपति प्रभुताई॥१॥
रामभगत तुम्ह मन क्रम बानी। चतुराई तुम्हारि मैं जानी॥ चाहहु सुनै राम गुन गूढ़ा। कीन्हिहु प्रस्न मनहुँ अति मूढ़ा॥२॥
तात सुनहु सादर मनु लाई। कहउँ राम कै कथा सुहाई॥ महामोहु महिषेसु बिसाला। रामकथा कालिका कराला॥३॥
रामकथा ससि किरन समाना। संत चकोर करहिं जेहि पाना॥ ऐसेइ संसय कीन्ह भवानी। महादेव तब कहा बखानी॥४॥
Meaning
“Tell me in detail, my master, the narrative whereby my overwhelming perplexity may be overcome.” Yājñavalkya smilingly said, “The glory of Śrī Raghunātha is already known to you. (1) “You are a devotee of Śrī Rāma in thought, word and deed; I have come to know your ingenuity. You wish to hear an account of the subtle virtues of Śrī Rāma; that is why you have questioned me as if you were quite an ignoramus. (2) “Listen then with devout attention, my loved one, while I narrate the beautiful story of Śrī Rāma. Appalling ignorance is the gigantic demon Mahiṣāsura (so-called because he was endowed with the form of a buffalo); while the narrative of Śrī Rāma is the dreaded Kālikā* (who made short work of the demon). (3) * The story is told in Durgā-Saptasatī or the Caṇḍī, a work most popular with the Hindus, forming part of the Mārakaṇḍeya Purāṇa. “The story of Śrī Rāma is like the moonbeams that are taken in (absorbed) by Cakora bird in the form of saints. A similar doubt was expressed by no less a personage than Goddess Pārvatī, and the great God Śiva then expounded the matter in detail. (4)
कहउँ सो मति अनुहारि अब उमा संभु संबाद। भयउ समय जेहि हेतु जेहि सुनु मुनि मिटिहि बिषाद॥४७॥
Meaning
“I shall repeat now to the best of my comprehension the dialogue between Umā and Lord Śiva. Hear, O sage, the time and the occasion of this dialogue; your delusion will be resolved.” (47)
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