दीख मन्थरा नगर बनावा । मञ्जुल मङ्गल बाज बधावा ॥
पूछेसि लोगन्ह काह उछाहू । राम-तिलक सुनि भा उर दाहू ॥
dīkha mantharā nagara banāvā | mañjula maṅgala bāja badhāvā ||
pūchesi loganha kāha uchāhū | rāma-tilaka suni bhā ura dāhū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 13: Manthara sees the festivity and burns
5 verses · 13 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Manthara sees the festivity and burns
Manthara sees the city decorated and hears festive music. She asks what the celebration is, and hearing of Rama's tilak her heart burns. All night the ill-minded woman broods on how to ruin it, like a crooked Kirata woman eyeing a honeycomb. She goes weeping to Bharata's mother. Kaikeyi laughs and asks why she is glum. Manthara only sighs and sheds tears. The queen laughs again: you have a long tongue; I suppose Lakshmana has taught you a lesson. Still the wicked maid says nothing, hissing like a black she-serpent. Alarmed, the queen asks: are Rama, the king, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna well? The hunchback's heart aches at this.
करइ बिचार कुबुद्धि कुजाती । होइ अकाज कवनि बिधि राता ॥
देखि लागि मधु कुटिल किराती । जिमि गवँ तकइ लेउँ केहि भाँती ॥
karai bicāra kubuddhi kujātī | hoi akāja kavani bidhi rātā ||
dekhi lāgi madhu kuṭila kirātī | jimi gavam̐ takai leum̐ kehi bhām̐tī ||
भरत-मातु पहिँ गइ बिलखानी । का अनमनि हसि कह हँसि रानी ॥
उतरु देइ न लेइ उसासू । नारि चरित करि ढारइ आँसू ॥
bharata-mātu pahim̐ gai bilakhānī | kā anamani hasi kaha ham̐si rānī ||
utaru dei na lei usāsū | nāri carita kari ḍhārai ām̐sū ||
हँसि कह रानि गाल बड़ तोरें । दीन्ह लखन सिख अस मन मोरें ॥
तबहुँ न बोल चेरि बड़ि पापिनि । छाड़इ स्वास कारि जनु साँपिनि ॥
ham̐si kaha rāni gāla bar̤a toreṃ | dīnha lakhana sikha asa mana moreṃ ||
tabahum̐ na bola ceri bar̤i pāpini | chār̤ai svāsa kāri janu sām̐pini ||
सभय रानि कह कहसि किन, कुसल राम महिपाल ।
लखन भरत रिपुदमन सुनि, भा कुबरी उर साल ॥
sabhaya rāni kaha kahasi kina, kusala rāma mahipāla |
lakhana bharata ripudamana suni, bhā kubarī ura sāla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0