Chhabi samudra hari rup biloki

Chaupai 3, Under Doha 148 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

छबिसमुद्र हरि रूप बिलोकी। एकटक रहे नयन पट रोकी॥ चितवहिं सादर रूप अनूपा। तृप्ति न मानहिं मनु सतरूपा॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

chabisamudra hari rūpa bilokī। ekaṭaka rahe nayana paṭa rokī॥ citavahiṃ sādara rūpa anūpā। tṛpti na mānahim manu satarūpā॥ 3 ॥

Meaning

Seeing the ocean of beauty that was Lord Hari’s form, Manu and Shatarupa remained fixed in a single gaze, their eyelids held still. They looked respectfully upon that incomparable form and could never feel satiated.

Context

This is Chaupai 3, Under Doha 148 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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