Tab sankar prabhu pad siru nava

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 57 · Bal Kand

Chaupai Text

तब संकर प्रभु पद सिरु नावा। सुमिरत रामु हृदयँ अस आवा॥ एहिं तन सतिहि भेट मोहि नाहीं। सिव संकल्पु कीन्ह मन माहीं॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

taba saṃkara prabhu pada siru nāvā। sumirata rāmu hṛdayaṃ asa āvā॥ ehiṃ tana satihi bheṭa mohi nāhīṃ। siva saṅkalpu kīnha mana māhīṃ॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

Then Shiva bowed his head at the Lord’s feet, and as he remembered Rama, it came to his heart that in this body there could be no meeting with Sati in the manner of husband and wife. Shiva formed this resolve in his mind.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 57 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Shiva Renounces Sati”. The episode describes Shiva inwardly renouncing Sati and entering deep, unworldly samadhi.