श्रीपत्न्य ऊचु: मैवं विभोऽर्हति भवान् गदितुं नृशंसं सत्यं कुरुष्व निगमं तव पादमूलम् । प्राप्ता वयं तुलसिदाम पदावसृष्टं केशैर्निवोढुमतिलङ्घ्य समस्तबन्धून् ॥ २९ ॥
śrī-patnya ūcuḥ maivaṁ vibho ’rhati bhavān gadituṁ nr-śaṁsaṁ satyaṁ kuruṣva nigamaṁ tava pāda-mūlam prāptā vayaṁ tulasi-dāma padāvasṛṣṭaṁ keśair nivoḍhum atilaṅghya samasta-bandhūn
- śrī-patnyaḥ ūcuḥ
- the wives of the brāhmaṇas said
- mā
- not
- evam
- like this
- vibho
- O almighty Lord
- arhati
- ought
- bhavān
- You
- gaditum
- to speak
- nṛ-śaṁsam
- harshly
- satyam
- true
- kuruṣva
- please make
- nigamam
- the promise given in the revealed scripture
- tava
- Your
- pāda-mūlam
- the base of the lotus feet
- prāptāḥ
- having obtained
- vayam
- we
- tulasi-dāma
- the garland of tulasī leaves
- padā
- from Your feet
- avasṛṣṭam
- fallen
- keśaiḥ
- upon our hair
- nivoḍhum
- in order to carry
- atilaṅghya
- rejecting
- samasta
- all
- bandhūn
- relations
The wives of the brāhmaṇas replied: O almighty one, please do not speak such cruel words. Rather, You should fulfill Your promise that You always reciprocate with Your devotees in kind. Now that we have attained Your lotus feet, we simply wish to remain here in the forest so we may carry upon our heads the garlands of tulasī leaves that fall from Your lotus feet. We are ready to give up all material relationships.