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Rama lovingly asks the muni which road they should take. Smiling inwardly, the sage says every road is easy for you. He calls his disciples to go along, and about fifty come gladly, all full of love for Rama, each saying he has seen the way. The muni sends four young students with him, who had earned merit over many births. Bowing and taking the rishi's leave, Raghurai sets out with a glad heart. Whenever they pass near a village, men and women run to see him; they feel their lives fulfilled and come back sad after sending him on. Rama humbly sends the students back with their wishes granted. Then he goes down and bathes in the Yamuna, whose water is dark like his own body.
राम सप्रेम कहेउ मुनि पाहीँ । नाथ कहिय हम केहि मग जाहीँ ॥
मुनि मन बिहसि राम सन कहहीं । सुगम सकल मग तुम्ह कहँ अहहीं ॥
rāma saprema kaheu muni pāhīm̐ | nātha kahiya hama kehi maga jāhīm̐ ||
muni mana bihasi rāma sana kahahīṃ | sugama sakala maga tumha kaham̐ ahahīṃ ||
साथ लागि मुनि सिष्य बोलाये । सुनि मन मुदित पचासक आये ॥
सबन्हि राम पर प्रेम अपारा । सकल कहहिँ मग दीख हमारा ॥
sātha lāgi muni siṣya bolāye | suni mana mudita pacāsaka āye ||
sabanhi rāma para prema apārā | sakala kahahim̐ maga dīkha hamārā ||
मुनि बटु चारि सङ्ग तब दीन्हे । जिन्ह बहु जनम सुकृत सब कीन्हे ॥
करि प्रनाम रिषि-आयसु पाई । प्रमुदित हृदयँ चले रघुराई ॥
muni baṭu cāri saṅga taba dīnhe | jinha bahu janama sukṛta saba kīnhe ||
kari pranāma riṣi-āyasu pāī | pramudita hṛdayam̐ cale raghurāī ||
ग्राम निकट जब निकसहिं जाई । देखहि दरस नारि-नर धाई ॥
होहि सनाथ जनम-फल पाई । फिरहि दुखित मन सङ्ग पठाई ॥
grāma nikaṭa jaba nikasahiṃ jāī | dekhahi darasa nāri-nara dhāī ||
hohi sanātha janama-phala pāī | phirahi dukhita mana saṅga paṭhāī ||
बिदा किये बटु बिनय करि, फिरे पाइ मन काम ।
उतरि नहाये जमुन-जल, जो सरीर सम स्याम ॥
bidā kiye baṭu binaya kari, phire pāi mana kāma |
utari nahāye jamuna-jala, jo sarīra sama syāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
