Baras sahas das tyageu sou

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 145 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

बरष सहस दस त्यागेउ सोऊ। ठाढ़े रहे एक पद दोऊ॥ बिधि हरि हर तप देखि अपारा। मनु समीप आए बहु बारा॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

baraṣa sahasa dasa tyāgeu soū। ṭhāṛhe rahe eka pada doū॥ bidhi hari har tapa dekhi apārā। manu samīpa āe bahu bārā॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

For ten thousand years they renounced even the support of air. Both remained standing on one leg. Seeing their boundless austerity, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva came many times near Manu.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 145 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Manu and Shatarupa's Penance and Boon”. The episode describes Manu and Shatarupa's intense penance and the Lord's boon to be born as their son.

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