Bala Kand Verse 23
जस मानस जेहि बिधि भयउ जग प्रचार जेहि हेतु। अब सोइ कहउँ प्रसंग सब सुमिरि उमा बृषकेतु ॥ ३५ ॥
jasa mānasa jehi bidhi bhayau jaga pracāra jehi hetu| aba soi kahau~ prasaṃga saba sumiri umā bṛṣaketu || 35 ||
jasa manasa jehi bidhi bhayau jaga pracara jehi hetu aba soi kahau~ prasamga saba sumiri uma brishaketu 35
How this Manas was composed and for what reason it spread through the world — all that context I now narrate, remembering Parvati (Uma) and Shiva (Vrishaketu).
यह मानस किस प्रकार रचा गया, किस कारण से जग में प्रचारित हुआ — अब Uma और Shiva (Vrishaketu) को स्मरण करके वह सब प्रसंग कहता हूँ।
This is verse 23 of 211 in Bala Kand (बालकाण्ड), from the section “Katha Prarambh — Shiva-Parvati Samvad” of Goswami Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas.