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# Bal Kand · Doha 68

**चौ०** 
> सुनि मुनि गिरा सत्य जियँ जानी। दुख दंपतिहि उमा हरषानी॥  
> नारदहूँ यह भेदु न जाना। दसा एक समुझब बिलगाना॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> सकल सखीं गिरिजा गिरि मैना। पुलक सरीर भरे जल नैना॥  
> होइ न मृषा देवरिषि भाषा। उमा सो बचनु हृदयँ धरि राखा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> उपजेउ सिव पद कमल सनेहू। मिलन कठिन मन भा संदेहू॥  
> जानि कुअवसरु प्रीति दुराई। सखी उछँग बैठी पुनि जाई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> झूठि न होइ देवरिषि बानी। सोचहिं दंपति सखीं सयानी॥  
> उर धरि धीर कहइ गिरिराऊ। कहहु नाथ का करिअ उपाऊ॥ ४॥

Meaning: Hearing the words of the sage and believing them to be true, Himavāna and his wife became disconsolate, while Umā felt delighted. Even Nārada could not perceive this difference. Even though their outer expression was the same, their feelings were different. (1)

Girijā and all her playmates, Himavāna and his wife, Menā, all had their hair standing on end and their eyes were full of tears. The words of the celestial sage Nārada would not be untrue: Umā cherished them in her heart. (2)

Love for the lotus feet of Śiva sprouted in her heart. She, however, felt diffident in her mind: union with Śiva appeared so difficult to her. Finding the time inopportune for its disclosure, she concealed her emotions and then sat down in the lap of one of her playmates. (3)

The prediction of the sage would not be untrue: the thought made Himavān and his wife as well as the astute playmates anxious. Collecting himself, the lord of mountains Himavān said, “Tell me, holy sir, what remedial course should now be adopted?” (4)

**दो०** 
> कह मुनीस हिमवंत सुनु जो बिधि लिखा लिलार।  
> देव दनुज नर नाग मुनि कोउ न मेटनिहार॥६८॥

Meaning: The chief of sages, Nārada, replied: “Hear, O Himavān, whatever has been decreed by Fate, no one can undo—not even gods, demons, human beings, Nāgas or sages. (68)

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