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Sumantra goes on agonising. What will he tell the grieving mothers, or Lakshmana's mother? When Shri Rama's mother comes running like a cow remembering her calf, he must answer that Rama, Lakshmana and Vaidehi have gone to the forest. That is the joy he goes to Avadh to earn. And when the king, whose life hangs on Raghunatha, asks, with what face will he say he came back safe after seeing the princes off? Hearing their message, the king will cast off his body like a straw. The doha: his heart did not crack like drying mud when its beloved water left; fate gave him this body only for torment.
पुछिहहिँ दीन दुखित सब माता । कहब काह मैं तिन्हहिँ बिधाता ॥
पूछिहि जबहिँ लखन महँतारी । कहिहउँ कवन सँदेस सुखारी ॥
puchihahim̐ dīna dukhita saba mātā | kahaba kāha maiṃ tinhahim̐ bidhātā ||
pūchihi jabahim̐ lakhana maham̐tārī | kahihaum̐ kavana sam̐desa sukhārī ||
राम-जननि जब आइहि धाई । सुमिरि बच्छ जिमि धेनु लवाई ॥
पूँछत उतरु देब मैं तेही । गे बनु राम-लखन-बैदेही ॥
rāma-janani jaba āihi dhāī | sumiri baccha jimi dhenu lavāī ||
pūm̐chata utaru deba maiṃ tehī | ge banu rāma-lakhana-baidehī ||
जोइ पूँछिहि तेहि ऊतरु देवा । जाइ अवध अब यह सुख लेवा ॥
पूँछिहि जबहिँ राउ दुख दीना । जिवन जासु रघुनाथ अधीना ॥
joi pūm̐chihi tehi ūtaru devā | jāi avadha aba yaha sukha levā ||
pūm̐chihi jabahim̐ rāu dukha dīnā | jivana jāsu raghunātha adhīnā ||
देहउँ उतर कवन मुँह लाई । आयउँ कुसल कुअँर पहुँचाई ॥
सुनत लखन-सिय-राम सँदेसू । तृन जिमि तनु परिहरिहि नरेसू ॥
dehaum̐ utara kavana mum̐ha lāī | āyaum̐ kusala kuam̐ra pahum̐cāī ||
sunata lakhana-siya-rāma sam̐desū | tṛna jimi tanu pariharihi naresū ||
हृदय न बिदरेउ पङ्क जिमि, बिछुरत प्रीतम नीर ।
जानत हौँ मोहि दीन्ह विधि, यह जातना शरीर ॥
hṛdaya na bidareu paṅka jimi, bichurata prītama nīra |
jānata haum̐ mohi dīnha vidhi, yaha jātanā śarīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
