Doha 84
तदपि करब मैं काजु तुम्हारा। श्रुति कह परम धरम उपकारा॥ पर हित लागि तजइ जो देही। संतत संत प्रसंसहिं तेही॥१॥
अस कहि चलेउ सबहि सिरु नाई। सुमन धनुष कर सहित सहाई॥ चलत मार अस हृदयँ बिचारा। सिव बिरोध ध्रुव मरनु हमारा॥२॥
तब आपन प्रभाउ बिस्तारा। निज बस कीन्ह सकल संसारा॥ कोपेउ जबहिं बारिचरकेतू। छन महुँ मिटे सकल श्रुति सेतू॥३॥
ब्रह्मचर्ज ब्रत संजम नाना। धीरज धरम ग्यान बिग्याना॥ सदाचार जप जोग बिरागा। सभय बिबेक कटकु सबु भागा॥४॥
Meaning
“However, I shall do your work, for the Vedas say benevolence is the highest virtue. The saints ever praise him who lays down his life in the service of others.” (1) So saying, Kāmadeva, the god of love, bowed his head to all and departed with his associates, the bow of flowers in hand. While leaving, Love (Kāmadeva) thought within himself that opposition to Śiva would mean sure death to him. (2) He then exhibited his power and brought the whole world under his sway. When Kāmadeva, the god of love, gave vent to his anger, all the barriers imposed by the Vedas were swept away in a moment. (3) The whole army of Viveka (discriminating knowledge)—continence, religious vows, self-restraint of many kinds, fortitude, piety, spiritual wisdom and the knowledge of Saguṇa divinity both with form and without form, morality, muttering of prayers, Yoga (contemplative union with God) dispassion and so on, fled in panic. (4)
भागेउ बिबेकु सहाय सहित सो सुभट संजुग महि मुरे। सदग्रंथ पर्बत कंदरन्हि महुँ जाइ तेहि अवसर दुरे॥ होनिहार का करतार को रखवार जग खरभरु परा। दुइ माथ केहि रतिनाथ जेहि कहुँ कोपि कर धनु सरु धरा॥
Meaning
Viveka took to flight with his associates; his great warriors turned their back on the field of battle. They all went and hid themselves in mountain-caves in the form of sacred books at that time. There was commotion in the world and everybody said, “My goodness, what is going to happen? What power will save us? Who is that superhuman being with two heads, to conquer whom the lord of Rati*, Love, has lifted his bow and arrows in rage?” * The name of Love’s wife.
जे सजीव जग अचर चर नारि पुरुष अस नाम। ते निज निज मरजाद तजि भए सकल बस काम॥८४॥
Meaning
Whatever creatures existed in the world, whether animate or inanimate and bearing masculine or feminine appellations, transgressed their natural bounds and were completely possessed by lust. (84)
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