सुनि मुनि बचन प्रेम-रस-साने । सकुचि राम मन महँ मुसुकाने ॥
बालमीकि हँसि कहहिं बहोरी । बानी मधुर अमिय-रस बोरी ॥
suni muni bacana prema-rasa-sāne | sakuci rāma mana maham̐ musukāne ||
bālamīki ham̐si kahahiṃ bahorī | bānī madhura amiya-rasa borī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 128: The first homes: ears and eyes
5 verses · 128 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The first homes: ears and eyes
At the muni's loving words Shri Rama smiles inwardly, a little abashed. Valmiki laughs and names the dwellings where he should live with Sita and Lakshmana. Those whose ears are like the ocean, always filled by the rivers of his katha yet never full, their hearts are his fine house. Those whose eyes are the chataka bird, longing for the rain-cloud of his darshan, who scorn rivers, seas and lakes and are satisfied by one drop of his beauty, in their hearts let him dwell with his brother and Sita. In the doha: the one whose tongue is a swan in the clear lake of his glory, picking out the pearls of his virtues, in that heart let Shri Rama live.
सुनहु राम अब कहउँ निकेता । जहाँ बसहु सिय-लखन-समेता ॥
जिन्ह के सवन समुद्र समाना । कथा तुम्हारि सुभग सरि नाना ॥
sunahu rāma aba kahaum̐ niketā | jahām̐ basahu siya-lakhana-sametā ||
jinha ke savana samudra samānā | kathā tumhāri subhaga sari nānā ||
भरहिं निरन्तर होहिं न पूरे । तिन्ह के हिय तुम्ह कह गृह रूरे ॥
लोचन चातक जिन्ह करि राखे । रहहिं दरस जलधर अभिलाखे ॥
bharahiṃ nirantara hohiṃ na pūre | tinha ke hiya tumha kaha gṛha rūre ||
locana cātaka jinha kari rākhe | rahahiṃ darasa jaladhara abhilākhe ||
निदरहिँ सरित-सिन्धु-सर भारी । रूप-बिन्दु-जल होहिँ सुखारी ॥
तिन्ह के हृदय सदन सुखदायक । बसहु बन्धु-सिय-सह रघुनायक ॥
nidarahim̐ sarita-sindhu-sara bhārī | rūpa-bindu-jala hohim̐ sukhārī ||
tinha ke hṛdaya sadana sukhadāyaka | basahu bandhu-siya-saha raghunāyaka ||
जस तुम्हार मानस बिमल, हंसिनि जीहा जासु ।
मुकुताहल गुन गन चुनइ, राम बसहु हियँ तासु ॥
jasa tumhāra mānasa bimala, haṃsini jīhā jāsu |
mukutāhala guna gana cunai, rāma basahu hiyam̐ tāsu ||
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