Baal Kaanda
28 - A dialogue between Siva and Parvati
Chaupais
Description
"When I behold any creature dying in the holy Kasi (the modern Varanasi), it is by the power of His Name that I rid it of all sorrow (liberate it). He is my Lord, the Chief of Raghus, the sovereign of all creation, animate as well as inanimate, the witness of all hearts. If men repeat His Name even in a helpless state, sins committed by them in a series of previous existences are burnt away; while those who devoutly remember Him are able to cross the ocean of mundane existence as if it were a mere hollow made by the hoof of a cow. Rama is no other than that supreme Spirit. Bhavani; your assertion that He is subject to delusion is wholly unwarranted. The moment a man harbours such a doubt in his mind, his wisdom, dispassion and all other virtues bid adieu to him." When Parvati heard Siva illuminating words, the whole structure of her sophistry collapsed. Attachment and devotion to the feet of the Lord of Raghus sprang in her heart and her shocking incredulity disappeared.