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# Bal Kand · Doha 74

**चौ०** 
> उर धरि उमा प्रानपति चरना। जाइ बिपिन लागीं तपु करना॥  
> अति सुकुमार न तनु तप जोगू। पति पद सुमिरि तजेउ सबु भोगू॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> नित नव चरन उपज अनुरागा। बिसरी देह तपहिं मनु लागा॥  
> संबत सहस मूल फल खाए। सागु खाइ सत बरष गवाँए॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कछु दिन भोजनु बारि बतासा। किए कठिन कछु दिन उपबासा॥  
> बेल पाती महि परइ सुखाई। तीनि सहस संबत सोइ खाई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> पुनि परिहरे सुखानेउ परना। उमहि नामु तब भयउ अपरना॥  
> देखि उमहि तप खीन सरीरा। ब्रह्मगिरा भै गगन गभीरा॥४॥

Meaning: Cherishing in her heart the feet of her dear lord, Umā went to the forest and began her penance. Her too delicate body was scarcely fit for austerities; yet she had (already) renounced all sensory delights, fixing her mind on the feet of her lord. (1)

Her devotion to the feet of her lord presented a new phase everyday; and she got so absorbed in penance that she lost all consciousness of her body. For a thousand years she lived on roots and fruits alone; while for another hundred years she subsisted on vegetables. (2)

For some days her only sustenance was water and air; while for a few days she observed a rigorous fast. For three thousand years she maintained herself on dry leaves of the Bela* tree that dropped on the ground. (3)

* The Bela tree (Asgls Marmelos) is specially sacred to Śiva.

Finally, she gave up even dry leaves; Umā then came to be known by the name of Aparṇā (living without leaves). Seeing her body emaciated through self-mortification, the deep celestial voice of Brahmā (the Creator) resounded through the heavens: (4)

**दो०** 
> भयउ मनोरथ सुफल तव सुनु गिरिराजकुमारि।  
> परिहरु दुसह कलेस सब अब मिलिहहिं त्रिपुरारि॥७४॥

Meaning: “Listen, O daughter of the mountain-king, your desire is accomplished. Cease all your rigorous penance; Śiva, the slayer of Tripura, will soon be yours. (74)

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