Doha 56
Repudiation of Satī by Śiva and Śiva’s Samādhi (trance)
सतीं समुझि रघुबीर प्रभाऊ। भय बस सिव सन कीन्ह दुराऊ॥ कछु न परीछा लीन्हि गोसाईं। कीन्ह प्रनामु तुम्हारिहि नाईं॥१॥
जो तुम्ह कहा सो मृषा न होई। मोरें मन प्रतीति अति सोई॥ तब संकर देखेउ धरि ध्याना। सतीं जो कीन्ह चरित सबु जाना॥२॥
बहुरि राममायहि सिरु नावा। प्रेरि सतिहि जेहिं झूँठ कहावा॥ हरि इच्छा भावी बलवाना। हृदयँ बिचारत संभु सुजाना॥३॥
सतीं कीन्ह सीता कर बेषा। सिव उर भयउ बिषाद बिसेषा॥ जौं अब करउँ सती सन प्रीती। मिटइ भगति पथु होइ अनीती॥४॥
Meaning
Having realized the greatness of Śrī Raghuvīra, Satī in Her awe concealed the truth from Śiva. “I made no test My Lord; I made obeisance just like You. (1) “What You said cannot be untrue; I am fully convinced in my heart.” Lord Śiva then looked within by contemplation and came to know all that Satī had done. (2) Again, He bowed His head to the delusive power of Śrī Rāma that had prompted Satī to tell a lie. ‘What has been preordained by the will of Śrī Hari must have its way’, the all-wise Śiva thought within Himself. (3) Satī had assumed the disguise of Sītā; this made Śiva very much disconsolate at heart. ‘If I continue to love Satī as my consort as heretofore, the cult of Devotion will be lost and it will be an act of impropriety on my part to do so. (4)
परम पुनीत न जाइ तजि किएँ प्रेम बड़ पापु। प्रगटि न कहत महेसु कछु हृदयँ अधिक संतापु॥५६॥
Meaning
‘Satī is too chaste to be abandoned, and it will be a great sin to love her any more as a spouse.’ The great Lord Śiva uttered not a word aloud, although there was great agony in His heart. (56)
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