5 verses · 24 of 46
Listen, beloved, gentle and true to your vow, says Rama: I am going to play a lovely human lila. Dwell in the fire until I have destroyed the rakshasas. As soon as he finishes, Sita holds the Lord's feet in her heart and enters the fire, leaving in her place her own reflection. Even Lakshmana does not know this secret of the Lord's lila. Meanwhile ten-headed Ravana, base and bent on his own ends, reaches Maricha and bows his head. Tulsidas comments that the bowing of the wicked brings great pain, like the bending of a goad, a bow or a snake. Maricha worships him and asks: why have you come alone, son, and why is your mind so troubled?
सुनहु प्रिया व्रत रुचिर सुसीला । मैं कछु करब ललित नर लीला ॥
तुम्ह पावक महँ करहु निवासा । जौँ लगि करउँ निसाचर नासा ॥
sunahu priyā vrata rucira susīlā | maiṃ kachu karaba lalita nara līlā ||
tumha pāvaka maham̐ karahu nivāsā | jaum̐ lagi karaum̐ nisācara nāsā ||
जबहिँ राम सब कहा बखानी । प्रभु पद धरि हियँ अनल समानी ॥
निज प्रतिबिम्ब राखि तहँ सीता । तैसइ सील रूप सुबिनीता ॥
jabahim̐ rāma saba kahā bakhānī | prabhu pada dhari hiyam̐ anala samānī ||
nija pratibimba rākhi taham̐ sītā | taisai sīla rūpa subinītā ||
लछिमनहूँ यह मरम न जाना । जो कछु चरित रचा भगवाना ॥
दसमुख गयउ जहाँ मारीचा । नाइ माथ स्वारथ रत नीचा ॥
lachimanahūm̐ yaha marama na jānā | jo kachu carita racā bhagavānā ||
dasamukha gayau jahām̐ mārīcā | nāi mātha svāratha rata nīcā ||
नवनि नीच के अति दुखदाई । जिमि अङ्कुस धनु उरग बिलाई ॥
भय-दायक खल के प्रिय बानी । जिमि अकाल के कुसुम भवानी ॥
navani nīca ke ati dukhadāī | jimi aṅkusa dhanu uraga bilāī ||
bhaya-dāyaka khala ke priya bānī | jimi akāla ke kusuma bhavānī ||
करि पूजा मारीच तब, सादर पूछी बात ।
कवन हेतु मन ब्यग्र अति, अकसर आयहु तात ॥
kari pūjā mārīca taba, sādara pūchī bāta |
kavana hetu mana byagra ati, akasara āyahu tāta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
