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# Bal Kand · Doha 98

**चौ०** 
> तब नारद सबही समुझावा। पूरुब कथाप्रसंगु सुनावा॥  
> मयना सत्य सुनहु मम बानी। जगदंबा तव सुता भवानी॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> अजा अनादि सक्ति अबिनासिनि। सदा संभु अरधंग निवासिनि॥  
> जग संभव पालन लय कारिनि। निज इच्छा लीला बपु धारिनि॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> जनमीं प्रथम दच्छ गृह जाई। नामु सती सुंदर तनु पाई॥  
> तहँहुँ सती संकरहि बिबाहीं। कथा प्रसिद्ध सकल जग माहीं॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> एक बार आवत सिव संगा। देखेउ रघुकुल कमल पतंगा॥  
> भयउ मोहु सिव कहा न कीन्हा। भ्रम बस बेषु सीय कर लीन्हा॥४॥

Meaning: Then Nārada reassured them all, narrating to them the previous birth of Pārvatī. He said, “Menā, hear my true words: your daughter is none else than Bhavānī (the eternal Consort of Śiva), Mother of the universe. (1)

“She is the unborn and imperishable divine energy, which has no beginning; She is Śiva’s inseparable half. She creates, maintains and then dissolves the universe and assumes the semblance of an embodied form of Her own will. (2)

“First she was born in the house of Dakṣa. Satī was Her name and charming was Her form. Even in that incarnation Satī was married to Śaṅkara. The story is well-known throughout the world. (3)

“One day, while She was returning home with Śiva, She beheld Śrī Rāma, who is a sun, as it were, to the lotus-like race of Raghus, wailing for His abducted wife, Sītā, in the forest. Baffled by His sight, She did not listen to Śiva’s advice and in a state of bewilderment assumed the disguise of Sītā. (4)

**छं०** 
> सिय बेषु सतीं जो कीन्ह तेहिं अपराध संकर परिहरीं।  
> हर बिरहँ जाइ बहोरि पितु कें जग्य जोगानल जरीं॥  
> अब जनमि तुम्हरे भवन निज पति लागि दारुन तपु किया।  
> अस जानि संसय तजहु गिरिजा सर्बदा संकरप्रिया॥

Meaning: “Śaṅkara repudiated Her because of the offence of assuming the disguise of Sītā. Separated from Śiva, She then went to the sacrifice (Yajña) undertaken by Her father and burnt Herself in the fire of Yoga there. Now, reborn in your house, She has undergone severe penance for the sake of Her lord. Knowing this, give up all doubt; Pārvatī, your daughter, is the ever beloved (consort) of Śiva.”

**दो०** 
> सुनि नारद के बचन तब सब कर मिटा बिषाद।  
> छन महुँ ब्यापेउ सकल पुर घर घर यह संबाद॥९८॥

Meaning: When they heard Nārada’s explanation, the sadness of all totally disappeared. In a trice the news spread from house to house throughout the city. (98)

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