पारबती सम पति प्रिय होहू । देबि न हम पर छाड़ब छोहू ॥
पुनि पुनि बिनय करिय कर जोरी । जौं एहि मारग फिरिअ बहोरी ॥
pārabatī sama pati priya hohū | debi na hama para chār̤aba chohū ||
puni puni binaya kariya kara jorī | jauṃ ehi māraga phiria bahorī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 118: Sita's kindness; the people show the road
5 verses · 118 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Sita's kindness; the people show the road
The women bless Sita: may you be as dear to your husband as Parvati is to Shiva, and, goddess, do not withdraw your kindness from us. With joined palms they ask again and again that if she returns this way, she will grant them darshan, knowing them as her own servants. Sita satisfies them with sweet words, as moonlight nourishes the night lotus. Then Lakshmana, reading Raghubara's wish, gently asks the people the way. The people's joy vanishes, as if the Creator were snatching back a treasure he had given. Understanding the course of karma, they take courage, work out the easy road and tell them. Then Raghunatha sets out with Lakshmana and Janaki, turning them all back with loving words, yet carrying their hearts along.
दरसन देव जानि निज-दासी । लखीं सीयँ सब प्रेम-पिआसी ॥
मधुर बचन कहि कहि परितोषीं । जनु कुमुदिनीं कौमुदीं पोषीं ॥
darasana deva jāni nija-dāsī | lakhīṃ sīyam̐ saba prema-piāsī ||
madhura bacana kahi kahi paritoṣīṃ | janu kumudinīṃ kaumudīṃ poṣīṃ ||
तबहिं लखन रघुबर रुख जानी । पूछेउ मग लोगन्हि मृदु बानी ॥
सुनत नारि-नर भये दुखारी । पुलकित गात बिलोचन बारी ॥
tabahiṃ lakhana raghubara rukha jānī | pūcheu maga loganhi mṛdu bānī ||
sunata nāri-nara bhaye dukhārī | pulakita gāta bilocana bārī ||
मिटा मोद मन भये मलीने । विधि निधि दीन्ह लेत जनु छीने ॥
समुझि करम-गति धीरज कीन्हा । सोधि सुगम मगु तिन्ह कहि दीन्हा ॥
miṭā moda mana bhaye malīne | vidhi nidhi dīnha leta janu chīne ||
samujhi karama-gati dhīraja kīnhā | sodhi sugama magu tinha kahi dīnhā ||
लखन-जानकी-सहित तब, गवन कीन्ह रघुनाथ ।
फेरे सब प्रिय बचन कहि, लिये लाइ मन साथ ॥
lakhana-jānakī-sahita taba, gavana kīnha raghunātha |
phere saba priya bacana kahi, liye lāi mana sātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0