Risinh gauri dekhi tahan kaisi

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 78 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

रिषिन्ह गौरि देखी तहँ कैसी। मूरतिमंत तपस्या जैसी॥ बोले मुनि सुनु सैलकुमारी। करहु कवन कारन तपु भारी॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

riṣinha gauri dekhī tahaṃ kaisī। mūratimanta tapasyā jaisī॥ bolē muni sunu sailakumārī। karahu kavan kārana tapu bhārī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

The sages saw Parvati there and wondered how she looked— as if embodied austerity itself. The sages said, “Listen, O daughter of the mountains! Why are you performing such severe penance?”

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 78 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Parvati Tested by the Seven Sages”. The episode describes the seven sages testing Parvati's steadfast devotion to Shiva and recognizing her greatness.

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