Baal Kaanda
28 - A dialogue between Siva and Parvati
Chaupais
Description
"If, my lord, there is any other desireless, all-pervading and all-powerful Brahma, instruct me about the same. Be not angry at my folly, but take steps to wipe out my ignorance. In the wood (in my previous birth) I witnessed Sri Rama's glory, although I was too awestricken to tell You. Yet, my mind was so impure that I did not understand, and I reaped a good return for my folly. Some doubt still lingers in my mind. Be gracious to me, I implore You with joined palms. Lord, You instructed me then in ways more than one; yet I did not understand. Do not allow this thought to anger You. I have no such delusion now; I find developed in me a taste for hearing the story of Rama. Recount the sacred virtues of Sri Rama, O Lord of immortals, having the serpent-king (Sesa) for an ornament."