कोटि मनोज लजावनिहारे । सुमुखि कहहु को आहिं तुम्हारे ॥
सुनि सनेहमय मञ्जुल-बानी । सकुची सिय मन महँ मुसुकानी ॥
koṭi manoja lajāvanihāre | sumukhi kahahu ko āhiṃ tumhāre ||
suni sanehamaya mañjula-bānī | sakucī siya mana maham̐ musukānī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 117: Sita tells them by a glance who Rama is
5 verses · 117 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Sita tells them by a glance who Rama is
They ask: fair-faced one, these two put a million Kamadevas to shame; tell us, who are they to you? Hearing their loving, sweet words, Sita feels shy and smiles inwardly. She looks at them, then at the ground. Then she says softly: the one with the fair body and gentle nature is Lakshmana, my younger brother-in-law. Then she covers her moon face with the end of her sari, glances at her beloved, arches her brows, and with a sidelong look of her wagtail eyes tells them by sign that he is her husband. The women rejoice like paupers looting a king's treasury. Falling at her feet, they bless her: may you be ever a happy wife, as long as the earth rests on Shesha's head.
तिन्हहिँ बिलोकि बिलोकति धरनी । दुहुँ सकोच सकुचित बरबरनी ॥
सकुचि सप्रेम बाल मृग नयनी । बोली मधुर बचन पिकबयनी ॥
tinhahim̐ biloki bilokati dharanī | duhum̐ sakoca sakucita barabaranī ||
sakuci saprema bāla mṛga nayanī | bolī madhura bacana pikabayanī ||
सहज सुभाय सुभग तन गोरे । नाम लखन लघु देवर मोरे ॥
बहुरि बदन-बिधु अञ्चल ढाँकी । पिय-तन चितइ भौंह करि बाँकी ॥
sahaja subhāya subhaga tana gore | nāma lakhana laghu devara more ||
bahuri badana-bidhu añcala ḍhām̐kī | piya-tana citai bhauṃha kari bām̐kī ||
खंजन मञ्जु तिरीछे नयननि । निज पति कहेउ तिन्हहि सियँ सयननि ॥
भई मुदित सब ग्रामबधूटीं । रङ्कन्ह राय-रासि जनु लूटीं ॥
khaṃjana mañju tirīche nayanani | nija pati kaheu tinhahi siyam̐ sayanani ||
bhaī mudita saba grāmabadhūṭīṃ | raṅkanha rāya-rāsi janu lūṭīṃ ||
अति सप्रेम सिय पायँ परि, बहु बिधि देहिँ असीस ।
सदा सोहागिनि होहु तुम्ह, जब लगि महि अहि-सीस ॥
ati saprema siya pāyam̐ pari, bahu bidhi dehim̐ asīsa |
sadā sohāgini hohu tumha, jaba lagi mahi ahi-sīsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0