चले राम त्यागा बन सोऊ । अतुलित बल नर केहरि दोऊ ॥
बिरही इव प्रभु करत बिषादा । कहत कथा अनेक संबादा ॥
cale rāma tyāgā bana soū | atulita bala nara kehari doū ||
birahī iva prabhu karata biṣādā | kahata kathā aneka saṃbādā ||
Aranya Kanda
Chapter 37: Rama's separation in the spring forest
7 verses · 37 of 46
What happens in this chapter
Rama's separation in the spring forest
Rama leaves that forest too. Like one parted from his love, the Lord grieves and talks of many things. Lakshmana, see this forest. Every bird and deer is with its mate, as though mocking me. The stags flee at the sight of us, and the does say: you have nothing to fear, they have come to hunt a golden deer. Even a well-studied shastra must be reviewed again and again; even a well-served king is not to be counted in one's power; and a woman, though kept in the heart, is not under control; so the text says. See how lovely the spring is, brother; without my beloved it makes me afraid.
लछिमन देखु विपिन कै सोभा । देखत केहि कर मन नहिं छोभा ॥
नारि सहित सब खग-मृग-बृन्दा । मानहुँ मोरि करत हहिँ निन्दा ॥
lachimana dekhu vipina kai sobhā | dekhata kehi kara mana nahiṃ chobhā ||
nāri sahita saba khaga-mṛga-bṛndā | mānahum̐ mori karata hahim̐ nindā ||
हमहि देखि मृग-निकर पराहीं । मृगीं कहहिँ तुम्ह कहँ भय नाहीं ॥
तुम्ह आनन्द करहु मृग-जाये । कञ्चन मृग खोजन ये आये ॥
hamahi dekhi mṛga-nikara parāhīṃ | mṛgīṃ kahahim̐ tumha kaham̐ bhaya nāhīṃ ||
tumha ānanda karahu mṛga-jāye | kañcana mṛga khojana ye āye ||
सङ्ग लाइ करिनीं कर लेहीं । मानहुँ मोहि सिखावन देहीं ॥
सास्त्र सुचिन्तित पुनि पुनि देखिय । भूप सुसेबित बस नहिँ लेखिअ ॥
saṅga lāi karinīṃ kara lehīṃ | mānahum̐ mohi sikhāvana dehīṃ ||
sāstra sucintita puni puni dekhiya | bhūpa susebita basa nahim̐ lekhia ||
राखिअ नारि जदपि उर माहीँ । जुबती सास्त्र नृपति बस नाहीं ॥
देखहु तात बसन्त सुहावा । प्रिया-हीन मोहि भय उपजावा ॥
rākhia nāri jadapi ura māhīm̐ | jubatī sāstra nṛpati basa nāhīṃ ||
dekhahu tāta basanta suhāvā | priyā-hīna mohi bhaya upajāvā ||
बिरह-बिकल बल-हीन माहि, जानेसि निपट अकेल ।
सहित बिपिन मधुकर खग, मदन कीन्हि बगमेल ॥
biraha-bikala bala-hīna māhi, jānesi nipaṭa akela |
sahita bipina madhukara khaga, madana kīnhi bagamela ||
देखि गयउ भ्राता सहित, तासु दूत सुनि बात ।
डेरा कीन्हेउ मनहुँ तब, कटक हटकि मनजात ॥
dekhi gayau bhrātā sahita, tāsu dūta suni bāta |
ḍerā kīnheu manahum̐ taba, kaṭaka haṭaki manajāta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0