पुनि सियँ-राम-लखन कर जोरी । जमुनहि कीन्ह प्रनाम बहोरी ॥
चले ससीय मुदित दोउ भाई । रबितनुजा कइ करत बड़ाई ॥
puni siyam̐-rāma-lakhana kara jorī | jamunahi kīnha pranāma bahorī ||
cale sasīya mudita dou bhāī | rabitanujā kai karata bar̤āī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 112: Travellers on the road plead to escort them
5 verses · 112 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Travellers on the road plead to escort them
Sita, Rama and Lakshmana join their palms and bow again to the Yamuna, and the brothers walk on with Sita, praising the daughter of the Sun. Many travellers meet them on the road and, seeing the two brothers, speak lovingly. Every limb of yours bears the marks of royalty, and seeing you walk on foot grieves our hearts; to us astrology now seems false. The road is hard, with mountains and great forests, and with you is a tender young woman. The forest is full of elephants and lions. Let us escort you there and then return. So they ask, overcome by love, bodies thrilling and eyes wet, and the ocean of mercy turns them back with humble, gentle words.
पथिक अनेक मिलहिँ मग जाता । कहहिँ सप्रेम देखि दोउ भ्राता ॥
राज-लखन सब अङ्ग तुम्हारें । देखि सोच अति हृदय हमारें ॥
pathika aneka milahim̐ maga jātā | kahahim̐ saprema dekhi dou bhrātā ||
rāja-lakhana saba aṅga tumhāreṃ | dekhi soca ati hṛdaya hamāreṃ ||
मारग चलहु पयादेहि पाये । ज्योतिष झूठ हमारें भाएँ ॥
अगम पन्थ गिरि कानन भारी । तेहि महँ साथ नारि सुकुमारी ॥
māraga calahu payādehi pāye | jyotiṣa jhūṭha hamāreṃ bhāem̐ ||
agama pantha giri kānana bhārī | tehi maham̐ sātha nāri sukumārī ||
करि केहरि बन जाइ न जोई । हम सँग चलहिं जो आयसु होई ॥
जाब जहाँ लगि तहँ पहुँचाई । फिरब बहोरि तुम्हहिँ सिर नाई ॥
kari kehari bana jāi na joī | hama sam̐ga calahiṃ jo āyasu hoī ||
jāba jahām̐ lagi taham̐ pahum̐cāī | phiraba bahori tumhahim̐ sira nāī ||
एहि बिधि पूँछहिं प्रेम-बस, पुलक-गात जल-नैन ।
कृपासिन्धु फेरहिँ तिन्हहिँ, कहि बिनीत मृदु-बैन ॥
ehi bidhi pūm̐chahiṃ prema-basa, pulaka-gāta jala-naina |
kṛpāsindhu pherahim̐ tinhahim̐, kahi binīta mṛdu-baina ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0