Bāla Kāṇḍa·Śloka 2·0.2
भवानीशङ्करौ वन्दे श्रद्धाविश्वासरूपिणौ।
याभ्यां विना न पश्यन्ति सिद्धाः स्वान्तःस्थमीश्वरम्॥
bhavānīśaṅkarau vande śraddhāviśvāsarūpiṇau |
yābhyāṁ vinā na paśyanti siddhāḥ svāntaḥstham īśvaram ||
English rendering
I bow to Bhavānī and Śaṅkara — the two who are embodied as faith and trust. Without them, even those who have already accomplished the practice cannot see the Lord who is seated within them.
हिन्दी अनुवाद
मैं श्रद्धा और विश्वास के स्वरूप भवानी और शङ्कर की वन्दना करता हूँ, जिनके बिना सिद्ध पुरुष भी अपने अन्तःकरण में स्थित ईश्वर को नहीं देख पाते।
Context — editorial
The second Sanskrit invocation. Tulsīdās names śraddhā (faith) and viśvāsa (trust) not as add-ons to the spiritual life but as the two eyes with which the inner Lord is seen — without which even a siddha is blind.