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So the muni showed the Lord his true homes, and his loving words pleased Shri Rama. Then he says: hear, Lord of the solar line, I will name an ashrama for this time. Live on Chitrakuta hill; it will serve you in every way. The mountain and forest are lovely, with elephants, lions, deer and birds at play. There flows the holy river praised in the Puranas, brought by Atri's wife through her tapas, a stream of the Ganga called Mandakini, which devours sins. Atri and many munis live there in yoga, japa and austerity. Go, make their labour fruitful and honour the hill. Having sung Chitrakuta's glory, the muni sees the brothers and Sita come to bathe in that river.
एहि-बिधि मुनिबर भवन देखाये । बचन सप्रेम राम मन भाये ॥
कह मुनि सुनहु-भानुकुलनायक । आस्रम कहउँ समय-सुख-दायक ॥
ehi-bidhi munibara bhavana dekhāye | bacana saprema rāma mana bhāye ||
kaha muni sunahu-bhānukulanāyaka | āsrama kahaum̐ samaya-sukha-dāyaka ||
चित्रकूट गिरि करहु निवासू । तहँ तुम्हार सब भाँति सुपासू ॥
सैलु सुहावन कानन चारू । करि केहरि मृग बिहग बिहारू ॥
citrakūṭa giri karahu nivāsū | taham̐ tumhāra saba bhām̐ti supāsū ||
sailu suhāvana kānana cārū | kari kehari mṛga bihaga bihārū ||
नदी पुनीत पुरान बखानी । अत्रि-प्रिया निज तप-बल आनी ॥
सुरसरि-धार नाउँ मन्दाकिनि । जो सब पातक-पोतक-डाकिनि ॥
nadī punīta purāna bakhānī | atri-priyā nija tapa-bala ānī ||
surasari-dhāra nāum̐ mandākini | jo saba pātaka-potaka-ḍākini ||
अत्रि आदि मुनिवर बहु बसहीं । करहिं जोग जप तप तन कसहीं ॥
चलहु सफल श्रम सब कर करहू । राम देहु गौरव गिरिवरहू ॥
atri ādi munivara bahu basahīṃ | karahiṃ joga japa tapa tana kasahīṃ ||
calahu saphala śrama saba kara karahū | rāma dehu gaurava girivarahū ||
चित्रकूट महिमा अमित, कहीं महामुनि गाइ ।
आए नहाने सरित-बर, सिय समेत दोउ भाइ ॥
citrakūṭa mahimā amita, kahīṃ mahāmuni gāi |
āe nahāne sarita-bara, siya sameta dou bhāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
