The Tapasya Even Sages Feared
Bala Kanda, Chaupai 75
Doha 75 · Movement 1 of 2
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The voice proclaims that no one has performed austerity like Bhavani. Many steadfast and learned sages would fear the path she has completed. She is told to hold Brahma's pure and unfailing words within her heart.
When her father comes, she must release the final insistence upon remaining and return home. The arrival of the seven sages will serve as the sign that the promise is true. Hearing this, Girija thrills with joy.
The telling now turns from Uma's beautiful discipline toward Shiva. Since Sati left her body, Mahadeva has lived detached from worldly relation, repeating Raghunayak's Name and seeking every place where Ram's virtues are sung. Two great vows have ripened apart and are moving toward one another.
Parvati's tapas ends in the forest while Shiva wanders the earth with Ram upon his lips.
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AI-created devotional illustration · Chaupai 75
Uma responds joyfully to the heavenly words, smiling with her hands joined in the forest.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 93, 94 · printed pages 91, 92. Reader passage: bala-kanda-chaupai-075. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Hearing Brahma's words spoken in the sky, Girija becomes joyful and thrilled
Artistic choices
- Joyful response selected, later narration about Shiva outside chosen scene; no father/seven sages arriving or fulfilled wedding
- Approved imaginative adult Uma appearance reused, joined hands at chest, uplifted smiling face, seated posture/mat, trees/mountains/stream added; no visible voice speaker or magical ray
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
अस तपु काहुँ न कीन्ह भवानी। भउ अनेक धीर मुनि ग्यानी।। अब उर धरहु ब्रह्म बर बानी। सत्य सदा संतत सुचि जानी।। आवै पिता बोलावन जबहीं। हठ परिहरि घर जाएहु तबहीं।। मिलहिं तुम्हहि जब सप्त रिषीसा। जानेहु तब प्रमान बागीसा।। सुनत गिरा बिधि गगन बखानी। पुलक गात गिरिजा हरषानी।। उमा चरित सुंदर मैं गावा। सुनहु संभु कर चरित सुहावा।। जब तें सती जाइ तनु त्यागा। तब सें सिव मन भयउ बिरागा।। जपहिं सदा रघुनायक नामा। जहँ तहँ सुनहिं राम गुन ग्रामा।।
"O Bhavani, no one has ever performed such tapasya, not across countless ages, not even the most steadfast and wise sages. Now hold the excellent words of Brahma in your heart, knowing them to be forever true and eternally pure."