अजहुँ जासु उर सपनेहुँ काऊ । बसहुँ लखन-सिय-राम बटाऊ ॥
राम धाम पथ पाइहि सोई । जो पथ पाव कबहुँ मुनि कोई ॥
ajahum̐ jāsu ura sapanehum̐ kāū | basahum̐ lakhana-siya-rāma baṭāū ||
rāma dhāma patha pāihi soī | jo patha pāva kabahum̐ muni koī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 124: Arrival at the hermitage of Valmiki
5 verses · 124 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Arrival at the hermitage of Valmiki
Tulsidas closes the wayside scenes with a blessing: whoever, even now, keeps the three travellers Lakshmana, Sita and Shri Rama in the heart, even in a dream, will find the road to Shri Rama's abode, a road that a sage seldom finds. Seeing Sita tired, Shri Rama rests beneath a banyan near cool water. They eat roots and fruit, bathe at dawn and walk on, past lovely woods, lakes and hills, until they reach the ashrama of Valmiki. The place is beautiful: lotus pools, trees in flower, bees humming, and birds and deer moving about freely, free of all enmity. The lotus-eyed Lord is glad at the sight, and the muni, hearing of his coming, goes out to receive him.
तब रघुबीर श्रमित सिय जानी । देखि निकट बट सीतल पानी ॥
तहँ बसि कन्द मूल फल खाई । प्रात नहाइ चले रघुराई ॥
taba raghubīra śramita siya jānī | dekhi nikaṭa baṭa sītala pānī ||
taham̐ basi kanda mūla phala khāī | prāta nahāi cale raghurāī ||
देखत बन सर सैल सुहाये । बालमीकि आश्रम प्रभु आये ॥
राम दीख मुनि-बास सुहावन । सुन्दर गिरि कानन जल पावन ॥
dekhata bana sara saila suhāye | bālamīki āśrama prabhu āye ||
rāma dīkha muni-bāsa suhāvana | sundara giri kānana jala pāvana ||
सरनि सरोज बिटप बन फूले । गुञ्जत मज्जु मधुप रस भूले ॥
खग-मृग-बिपुल कोलाहल करहीं । विरहित बैर मुदित मन चरहीं ॥
sarani saroja biṭapa bana phūle | guñjata majju madhupa rasa bhūle ||
khaga-mṛga-bipula kolāhala karahīṃ | virahita baira mudita mana carahīṃ ||
सुचि सुन्दर आश्रमु निरखि, हरषे राजिव-नैन ।
सुनि रघुबर आगमन मुनि, आगें आयउ लेन ॥
suci sundara āśramu nirakhi, haraṣe rājiva-naina |
suni raghubara āgamana muni, āgeṃ āyau lena ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0