भूप सुमन्त्र लीन्ह उर लाई । बूड़त कछु अधार जनु पाई ॥
सहित सनेह निकट बैठारी । पूछत राउ नयन भरि बारी ॥
bhūpa sumantra līnha ura lāī | būr̤ata kachu adhāra janu pāī ||
sahita saneha nikaṭa baiṭhārī | pūchata rāu nayana bhari bārī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 149: The king begs to be taken to Shri Rama
5 verses · 149 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The king begs to be taken to Shri Rama
The king clasps Sumantra like a drowning man clutching support. Seating him close, eyes full, he asks: dear friend, is Rama well? Where are Raghunatha, Lakshmana and Vaidehi? Did you bring them back, or have they gone into the forest? Sumantra's eyes fill. Again the king asks for their message, and broods on Shri Rama's beauty, virtue and gentle nature: told of the kingdom and then given exile, he felt neither joy nor sorrow. Parted from such a son, my life did not leave me; who is a greater sinner than I? In the doha he begs: friend, take me where Rama, Sita and Lakshmana are, or else my life is ready to go, I tell you plainly.
राम कुसल कहु सखा-सनेही । कहँ रघुनाथु लखन बैदेही ॥
आने फेरि कि बनहिँ सिधाये । सुनत सचिव लोचन जल छाये ॥
rāma kusala kahu sakhā-sanehī | kaham̐ raghunāthu lakhana baidehī ||
āne pheri ki banahim̐ sidhāye | sunata saciva locana jala chāye ||
सोक बिकल पुनि पूँछ नरेसू । कहु सिय राम लखन संदेसू ॥
राम-रूप-गुन-सील-सुभाऊ । सुमिरि सुमिरि उर सोचत राऊ ॥
soka bikala puni pūm̐cha naresū | kahu siya rāma lakhana saṃdesū ||
rāma-rūpa-guna-sīla-subhāū | sumiri sumiri ura socata rāū ||
राज सुनाइ दीन्ह बन-बासू । सुनि मन भयउ न हरष हराँसू ॥
सो सुत बिछुरत गये न प्राना । को पापी बड़ मोहि समाना ॥
rāja sunāi dīnha bana-bāsū | suni mana bhayau na haraṣa harām̐sū ||
so suta bichurata gaye na prānā | ko pāpī bar̤a mohi samānā ||
सखा राम-सिय-लखन जहँ, तहाँ मोहि पहुँचाउ ।
नाहिँ त चाहत चलन अब, प्रान कहउँ सतिभाउ ॥
sakhā rāma-siya-lakhana jaham̐, tahām̐ mohi pahum̐cāu |
nāhim̐ ta cāhata calana aba, prāna kahaum̐ satibhāu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0