बाजहिँ बाजन बिबिध विधाना । पुर-प्रमोद नहिँ जाइ बखाना ॥
भरत आगमन सकल मनावहिँ । आवहु बेगि नयन फल पावहिँ ॥
bājahim̐ bājana bibidha vidhānā | pura-pramoda nahim̐ jāi bakhānā ||
bharata āgamana sakala manāvahim̐ | āvahu begi nayana phala pāvahim̐ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 11: The city waits; the devas plot
5 verses · 11 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The city waits; the devas plot
Drums of many kinds sound and the city's joy is beyond telling. Everyone prays for Bharata to come quickly and share the sight. In markets, lanes, homes and meeting places people ask one another how long until tomorrow's auspicious hour, when providence will grant their wish and Rama, with Sita, will sit on the golden throne. All ask when tomorrow will come. But the devas, with crooked intent, pray for an obstacle. Ayodhya's festivity displeases them, as a thief dislikes a moonlit night. They call Sharada, goddess of speech, and fall at her feet again and again. Seeing our great trouble, Mother, they plead, act today so that Rama leaves the kingdom for the forest and the work of the devas is done.
हाट बाट घर गलीं अथाई । कहहिँ परसपर लोग लोगाई ॥
कालि लगन भलि केतिक बारा । पूजिहि बिधि अभिलाष हमारा ॥
hāṭa bāṭa ghara galīṃ athāī | kahahim̐ parasapara loga logāī ||
kāli lagana bhali ketika bārā | pūjihi bidhi abhilāṣa hamārā ||
कनक सिँघासन सीय समेता । बैठहिँ राम होइ चित चेता ॥
सकल कहहिँ कब होइहि काली । बिघन मनावहिं देव कुचाली ॥
kanaka sim̐ghāsana sīya sametā | baiṭhahim̐ rāma hoi cita cetā ||
sakala kahahim̐ kaba hoihi kālī | bighana manāvahiṃ deva kucālī ||
तिन्हहिँ सोहाइ न अवध बधावा । चोरहि चन्दिनि-राति न भावा ॥
सारद बोलि बिनय सुर करहीँ । बारहिँ बार पाय लै परहीँ ॥
tinhahim̐ sohāi na avadha badhāvā | corahi candini-rāti na bhāvā ||
sārada boli binaya sura karahīm̐ | bārahim̐ bāra pāya lai parahīm̐ ||
बिपत्ति हमारि बिलोकि बड़ि, मातु करिय सोइ आजु ।
राम जाहिँ बन राज तजि, होइ सकल सुर काज ॥
bipatti hamāri biloki bar̤i, mātu kariya soi āju |
rāma jāhim̐ bana rāja taji, hoi sakala sura kāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0