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The queens question him anxiously, but no answer comes; his voice fails. He cannot hear or see, and asks anyone he meets where the king is. Seeing his state, maids lead him to Kausalya's apartments. There he sees the king like a moon without its nectar, lying on the bare ground, stripped of seat, bed and ornament, utterly forlorn. He sighs like Yayati fallen from heaven, and grief fills his chest moment by moment like Sampati dropping with burnt wings. The lover of Shri Rama cries 'Rama, Rama', then 'Rama, Lakshmana, Vaidehi'. In the doha Sumantra greets him with 'Victory, long life' and prostrates; hearing him, the king rises in agitation and asks, Sumantra, where is Rama?
अति आरति सब पूँछहिं रानी । उतरु न आव बिकल भइ बानी ॥
सुनइ न श्रवन नयन नहिँ सूझा । कहहु कहाँ नृप जेहि तेहि बूझा ॥
ati ārati saba pūm̐chahiṃ rānī | utaru na āva bikala bhai bānī ||
sunai na śravana nayana nahim̐ sūjhā | kahahu kahām̐ nṛpa jehi tehi būjhā ||
दासिन्ह दीख सचिव बिकलाई । कौसल्या-गृहँ गईं लवाई ॥
जाइ सुमन्त्र दीख कस राजा । अमिय रहित जनु चन्द बिराजा ॥
dāsinha dīkha saciva bikalāī | kausalyā-gṛham̐ gaīṃ lavāī ||
jāi sumantra dīkha kasa rājā | amiya rahita janu canda birājā ||
आसन सयन बिभूषन हीना । परेउ भूमितल निपट मलीना ॥
लेइ उसास सोच एहि भाँती । सुरपुर-तेँ जनु खँसेउ जजाती ॥
āsana sayana bibhūṣana hīnā | pareu bhūmitala nipaṭa malīnā ||
lei usāsa soca ehi bhām̐tī | surapura-tem̐ janu kham̐seu jajātī ||
लेत सोच भरि छिन छिन छाती । जनु जरि पंख परेउ सम्पाती ॥
राम राम-कह राम सनेही । पुनि कह राम-लखन-बैदेही ॥
leta soca bhari china china chātī | janu jari paṃkha pareu sampātī ||
rāma rāma-kaha rāma sanehī | puni kaha rāma-lakhana-baidehī ||
देखि सचिवँ जय जीव कहि, कीन्हेउ दंड प्रनाम ।
सुनत उठेउ ब्याकुल नृपति, कहु सुमन्त्र कहँ राम ॥
dekhi sacivam̐ jaya jīva kahi, kīnheu daṃḍa pranāma |
sunata uṭheu byākula nṛpati, kahu sumantra kaham̐ rāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
