Apar hetu sunu sailkumari

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 141 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

अपर हेतु सुनु सैलकुमारी। कहउँ बिचित्र कथा बिस्तारी॥ जेहि कारन अज अगुन अरूपा। ब्रह्म भयउ कोसलपुर भूपा॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

apara hetu sunu sailakumārī। kahauṃ bicitra kathā bistārī॥ jehi kārana aja aguna arūpā। brahma bhayau kosalapura bhūpā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

O daughter of the mountain-king, listen now to the second reason for the Lord’s descent. I shall tell the wondrous story in विस्तार: by that cause, the unborn, attributeless, formless Brahman became the king of Kosala, Ayodhya.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 141 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Narada's Curse and Delusion Broken”. The episode describes Narada's delusion at Vishvamohini's swayamvara, his curse, and liberation from maya.

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