Doha 48b
एक बार त्रेता जुग माहीं। संभु गए कुंभज रिषि पाहीं॥ संग सती जगजननि भवानी। पूजे रिषि अखिलेस्वर जानी॥१॥
रामकथा मुनिबर्ज बखानी। सुनी महेस परम सुखु मानी॥ रिषि पूछी हरिभगति सुहाई। कही संभु अधिकारी पाई॥२॥
कहत सुनत रघुपति गुन गाथा। कछु दिन तहाँ रहे गिरिनाथा॥ मुनि सन बिदा मागि त्रिपुरारी। चले भवन सँग दच्छकुमारी॥३॥
तेहि अवसर भंजन महिभारा। हरि रघुबंस लीन्ह अवतारा॥ पिता बचन तजि राजु उदासी। दंडक बन बिचरत अबिनासी॥४॥
Meaning
Once upon a time, in the age of Tretā, Lord Śiva called on sage Agastya. His consort, Goddess Satī, Mother of the universe, accompanied Him. The sage worshipped Him knowing Him to be the universal lord. (1) The great sage narrated at length the story of Śrī Rāma and Lord Maheśa listened to it with extreme gratification. The sage then inquired about devotion to Śrī Hari, and Śiva discoursed on it finding in the sage a fit recipient. (2) Thus narrating and hearing the tale of Śrī Rāma’s virtues, Śiva spent some days there. Finally, taking leave of the sage, Śiva proceeded to His abode, Mount Kailāsa, alongwith Dakṣa’s daughter, Satī. (3) During those very days, with a view to relieving the burden of the earth, Śrī Hari had descended in the lineage of King Raghu. Renouncing His right to the throne at the word of His father, Daśaratha, the Immortal Lord (Śrī Rāma) was wandering in the Daṇḍaka forest in the garb of an ascetic. (4)
हृदयँ बिचारत जात हर केहि बिधि दरसनु होइ। गुप्त रूप अवतरेउ प्रभु गएँ जान सबु कोइ॥४८ (क)॥
संकर उर अति छोभु सती न जानहिं मरमु सोइ। तुलसी दरसन लोभु मन डरु लोचन लालची॥४८ (ख)॥
Meaning
Śiva kept pondering as He went on: “How can I obtain a sight of Him? The Lord has bodied Himself forth secretly; and if I visit Him, everyone will know who He is.” (48-A) In Śankara’s heart there was a great tumult; Satī, however, had no inkling of his inner feelings. His mind, says Tulasīdāsa, apprehended lest the secret might be disclosed while the temptation of obtaining a sight of the Lord made His eyes wistful. (48-B)
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