बरनि राम गुन सील सुभाऊ । बोले प्रेम पुलकि मुनिराऊ ॥
भूप सजेउ अभिषेक-समाजू । चाहत देन तुम्हहिँ जुबराजू ॥
barani rāma guna sīla subhāū | bole prema pulaki munirāū ||
bhūpa sajeu abhiṣeka-samājū | cāhata dena tumhahim̐ jubarājū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 10: Rama hears the news and regrets
5 verses · 10 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Rama hears the news and regrets
Praising Rama's virtue and nature, the muni gives the news: the king has prepared the consecration and wishes to make you yuvaraja. Keep the prescribed restraints today, Rama, so that providence brings the work safely through. Then he returns to the king. A wonder rises in Rama's heart. We brothers were born together, he thinks; we ate, slept and played together; our ear-piercing, sacred thread and marriages were all celebrated together. In this spotless line there is this one wrong, that the eldest alone is crowned and the brothers set aside. Tulsidas prays that this loving regret of the Lord may remove crookedness from devotees' hearts. Just then Lakshmana arrives, brimming with joy, and Rama welcomes him with tender words.
राम करहु सब सञ्जम आजू । जौँ विधि कुसल निबाहै काजू ॥
गुरु सिख देइ राय पहिँ गयऊ । राम हृदयँ अस बिसमय भयऊ ॥
rāma karahu saba sañjama ājū | jaum̐ vidhi kusala nibāhai kājū ||
guru sikha dei rāya pahim̐ gayaū | rāma hṛdayam̐ asa bisamaya bhayaū ||
जनमे एक सङ्ग सब भाई । भोजन सयन केलि-लरिकाई ॥
करनबेध उपबीत बिआहा । सङ्ग सङ्ग सब भयउ उछाहा ॥
janame eka saṅga saba bhāī | bhojana sayana keli-larikāī ||
karanabedha upabīta biāhā | saṅga saṅga saba bhayau uchāhā ||
बिमल-बंस यह अनुचित एकू । बन्धु बिहाइ बड़ेहि अभिषेकू ॥
प्रभु सप्रेम पछितानि सुहाई । हरउ भगत-मन कै कुटिलाई ॥
bimala-baṃsa yaha anucita ekū | bandhu bihāi bar̤ehi abhiṣekū ||
prabhu saprema pachitāni suhāī | harau bhagata-mana kai kuṭilāī ||
तेहि अवसर आये लखन, मगन प्रेम आनन्द ।
सनमाने प्रिय बचन कहि, रघुकुल-कैरव-चन्द ॥
tehi avasara āye lakhana, magana prema ānanda |
sanamāne priya bacana kahi, raghukula-kairava-canda ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0