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caupā’ī.
jauṁ tumharēṁ mana ati sandēhū. tau kina jā'i parīchā lēhū. 1.
taba lagi baiṭha aha'um̐ baṭachāhīṁ. jaba lagi tumha aihahu mōhi pāhīṁ. 2.
jaisēṁ jā'i mōha bhrama bhārī. karēhu sō jatanu bibēka bicārī. 3.
Shiva told Sati—‘If you have so strong doubt (that inspite of my trying to tell you the
truth you still do not seem to be convinced), then why don’t you go and examine the
truth for yourself?^1 (1)
In the meantime, I will sit calmly here under the shadow of a banyan tree^2 , and
wait till you come back to me. (2)
Use your wisdom and apply intelligence and careful thought^3 to do whatever
you think is necessary that would help you to overcome your doubts. [Because
harbouring doubts is not good for anyone. Doubts make a person restless and it robs
the peace of the mind and heart.]’ (3)
[Note—^1 Shiva thought that since Sati has been overcome with doubts and has even
begin to question her husband’s wisdom, then in this situation no matter how hard he
tried she cannot be convinced. So it’s better to let her examine the truth herself. In a
sort of way, there is a lesson in this episode: it is wise for an intelligent person not to
get agitated when his best of advice has no effect on the mind of a person whose
intelligence and wisdom have become eclipsed. In this situation it is better to let go
and retain one’s calm.
Another lesson is that when a person becomes stubborn and refuses to hear even
his best well-wisher, as we see presently in the case of Sati disbelieving her own
husband, it is better to stop arguing and let the other person have his or her way so
that he or she learns the lesson the hard way. As we shall see soon, Sati discovers to
her horror that what her husband, the wise and all-knowing Lord Shiva, has said
about Lord Ram was actually the truth, but by the time she had committed certain
errors which were unpardonable.
The consequences were severe for Sati, and it finally led to her being abandoned
by Shiva—not so much as for disbelieving him as for her telling lies to him (Baal
Kand, Chaupai line no. 5 that precedes Doha no. 56) on the one hand, and on the
other hand having the temerity and irreverence to attempt to cheat Lord Ram by
assuming the visible form of Sita (Baal Kand, Doha no. 52). Sati forgot that Sita is
worshipped by Lord Shiva as the Mother Goddess because he worships Lord Ram as
the Supreme Lord of creation. How could Sati expect Shiva to accept her again once
she has played the role of Sita (Baal Kand, Chaupai line nos. 7-8 that precede Doha
no. 56)?
When one begins to doubt even the best of teachers and advisors, when one
thinks that everyone else is a fool except himself or herself, then such a person is
doomed to suffer as Sati had learnt the hard way—refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal
Kand, from Chaupai line no. 5 that precedes Doha no. 59—and Chaupai line no. that
follows this Doha.
(^2) The banyan tree is liked by Shiva, and whenever the Lord sits down to relax or
meditate, it is under the shadow of this tree—refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand,
Chaupai line nos. 2-3 that precede Doha no. 106.