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Shri Rama tells Lakshmana the ghat is good and asks him to find a place to stay. Lakshmana sees the river's high northern bank curving like a bow. Tulsidas builds the image: the river is the bowstring, restraint and charity the arrows, the sins of Kali the game, and Chitrakuta a motionless hunter who never misses. Shri Rama is pleased with the spot. Knowing his heart is set on it, the devas come with Vishvakarma disguised as Kol and Kirata forest folk and build lovely huts of leaves and grass, one small and graceful, one large. In the doha the Lord with Lakshmana and Janaki shines in the dwelling like Kamadeva in a muni's dress with Rati and Vasanta.
रघुबर कहेउ लखन भल घाटू । करहु कतहुँ अब ठाहर ठाटू ॥
लखन दीख पय उतर करारा । चहुँ दिसि फिरेउ धनुष जिमि नारा ॥
raghubara kaheu lakhana bhala ghāṭū | karahu katahum̐ aba ṭhāhara ṭhāṭū ||
lakhana dīkha paya utara karārā | cahum̐ disi phireu dhanuṣa jimi nārā ||
नदी पनच सर सम दम दाना । सकल कलुष-कलि साउज नाना ॥
चित्रकूट जनु अचल अहेरी । चुकइ न घात मार मुठभेरी ॥
nadī panaca sara sama dama dānā | sakala kaluṣa-kali sāuja nānā ||
citrakūṭa janu acala aherī | cukai na ghāta māra muṭhabherī ||
अस कहि लखन ठाउँ देखरावा । थल बिलोकि रघुबर सुख पावा ॥
रमेउ राम मन देवन्ह जाना । चले सहित सुर थपति-प्रधाना ॥
asa kahi lakhana ṭhāum̐ dekharāvā | thala biloki raghubara sukha pāvā ||
rameu rāma mana devanha jānā | cale sahita sura thapati-pradhānā ||
कोल-किरात-बेष सब आये । रचे परन-तृन-सदन सुहाये ॥
बरनि न जाहिँ मज्जु दुइ साला । एक ललित लघु एक बिसाला ॥
kola-kirāta-beṣa saba āye | race parana-tṛna-sadana suhāye ||
barani na jāhim̐ majju dui sālā | eka lalita laghu eka bisālā ||
लखन जानकी सहित प्रभु, राजत रुचिर निकेत ।
सोह मदन मुनि बेष जनु, रति-रितुराज-समेत ॥
lakhana jānakī sahita prabhu, rājata rucira niketa |
soha madana muni beṣa janu, rati-riturāja-sameta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
