Ehi bidhi dukhit prajesukumari

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 60 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

एहि बिधि दुखित प्रजेसकुमारी। अकथनीय दारुन दुखु भारी॥ बीतें संबत सहस सतासी। तजी समाधि संभु अबिनासी॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ehi bidhi dukhita prajesakumārī। akathanīya dārun dukhu bhārī॥ bīteṃ sambaṭa sahasa satāsī। tajī samādhi saṃbhu abināsī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

In this way, the daughter of the king of the gods, Sati, was deeply afflicted with indescribably terrible sorrow. After eighty-seven thousand years had passed, the imperishable Shiva came out of meditation.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 60 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Shiva Renounces Sati”. The episode describes Shiva inwardly renouncing Sati and entering deep, unworldly samadhi.