बरनि न जाइ मनोहर जोरी । सोभा बहुत थोरि मति मोरी ॥
राम लखन सिय सुन्दरताई । सब चितवहिँ चित मन मति लाई ॥
barani na jāi manohara jorī | sobhā bahuta thori mati morī ||
rāma lakhana siya sundaratāī | saba citavahim̐ cita mana mati lāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 116: Village women gather shyly around Sita
5 verses · 116 of 326
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Village women gather shyly around Sita
That lovely pair cannot be described, says Tulsidas; their beauty is vast and my wit small. Thirsting with love, men and women stand still like deer dazzled by a lamp. The village women go up to Sita and, full of affection, are shy to ask. Again and again they touch her feet and speak in soft, simple words. Princess, we make a request, but being women we fear to ask. Forgive us simple village folk. These two princes are naturally handsome; emerald and gold have taken their lustre from them. One dark, one fair, both young, homes of beauty, their faces like the autumn moon and eyes like autumn lotuses.
थके नारि नर प्रेम पिआसे । मनहुँ मृगी मृग देखि दिआ से ॥
सीय समीप ग्रामतिय जाहीँ । पूछत अति सनेहँ सकुचाहीं ॥
thake nāri nara prema piāse | manahum̐ mṛgī mṛga dekhi diā se ||
sīya samīpa grāmatiya jāhīm̐ | pūchata ati saneham̐ sakucāhīṃ ||
बार बार सब लागहिँ पाये । कहहिँ बचन मृदु सरल सुभाये ॥
राजकुमारि बिनय हम करहीँ । तिय-सुभायँ कछु पूछत डरहीं ॥
bāra bāra saba lāgahim̐ pāye | kahahim̐ bacana mṛdu sarala subhāye ||
rājakumāri binaya hama karahīm̐ | tiya-subhāyam̐ kachu pūchata ḍarahīṃ ||
स्वामिनि अबिनय छमबि हमारी । बिलगु न मानब जानि गवाँरी ॥
राजकुअँर दोउ सहज सलोने । इन्ह तेँ लही दुति मरकत सोने ॥
svāmini abinaya chamabi hamārī | bilagu na mānaba jāni gavām̐rī ||
rājakuam̐ra dou sahaja salone | inha tem̐ lahī duti marakata sone ||
स्यामल गौर किसोर बर, सुन्दर सुषमा ऐन ।
सरद सर्बरीनाथ-मुख, सरद-सरोरुह-नयन ॥
syāmala gaura kisora bara, sundara suṣamā aina |
sarada sarbarīnātha-mukha, sarada-saroruha-nayana ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0