जौँ ये कन्द मूल फल खाहीं । बादि सुधादि असन जग माहीं ॥
एक कहहिँ ये सहज सुहाये । आपु प्रगट भये बिधि न बनाये ॥
jaum̐ ye kanda mūla phala khāhīṃ | bādi sudhādi asana jaga māhīṃ ||
eka kahahim̐ ye sahaja suhāye | āpu pragaṭa bhaye bidhi na banāye ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 120: Matchless forms; tears for tender feet
5 verses · 120 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Matchless forms; tears for tender feet
The villagers go on: if these two eat roots and fruits, all the nectar-like foods in the world are useless. One says these two are naturally lovely; they appeared by themselves, the Creator did not make them. Search all fourteen worlds: where is such a man, or such a woman? Another says that, seeing them, the Creator fell in love and began to make a match for them, but despite great labour none came out right, so in envy he hid them away in the forest. Another says: all who have seen them, see them or will see them are heaps of merit. So saying, they fill their eyes with tears: how will such tender bodies walk this hard road?
जहँ लगि बेद कही विधि करनी । श्रवन नयन मन गोचर बरनी ॥
देखहु खोजि भुअन दस-चारी । कहँ अस पुरुष कहाँ असि नारी ॥
jaham̐ lagi beda kahī vidhi karanī | śravana nayana mana gocara baranī ||
dekhahu khoji bhuana dasa-cārī | kaham̐ asa puruṣa kahām̐ asi nārī ||
इन्हहिँ देखि विधि मन अनुरागा । पटतर जोग बनावै लागा ॥
कीन्ह बहुत श्रम अइक न आये । तेहिं इरिषा धन आनि दुराये ॥
inhahim̐ dekhi vidhi mana anurāgā | paṭatara joga banāvai lāgā ||
kīnha bahuta śrama aika na āye | tehiṃ iriṣā dhana āni durāye ||
एक कहहिँ हम बहुत न जानहिँ । आपुहि परम धन्य करि मानहिँ ॥
ते पुनि पुन्यपुंज हम लेखे । जे देखहिँ देखिहहिं जिन्ह देखे ॥
eka kahahim̐ hama bahuta na jānahim̐ | āpuhi parama dhanya kari mānahim̐ ||
te puni punyapuṃja hama lekhe | je dekhahim̐ dekhihahiṃ jinha dekhe ||
एहि बिधि कहि कहि बचन प्रिय, लेहिँ नयन भरि नीर ।
किमि चलिहहिँ मारग अगम, सुठि सुकुमार सरीर ॥
ehi bidhi kahi kahi bacana priya, lehim̐ nayana bhari nīra |
kimi calihahim̐ māraga agama, suṭhi sukumāra sarīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0