Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 150: Sumantra counsels patience and begins

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Sumantra counsels patience and begins

Again and again the king asks for news of his sons and begs his friend to show him Rama, Lakshmana and Sita. Gathering himself, Sumantra speaks gently: Maharaja, you are wise, a hero foremost in steadiness, and have always served the good. Birth and death, suffering and enjoyment, loss and gain, meeting and parting all come by time and karma, as surely as night and day. The foolish exult in joy and wail in sorrow; the steady hold both alike. Take courage with discernment and give up grief. Then in the doha he begins: the first halt was at the Tamasa, the second on the Ganga's bank, where the two heroes and Sita bathed and took only water.

150.1

पुनि पुनि पूछत मंत्रहि राऊ । प्रियतम सुअन सँदेस सुनाऊ ॥
करहि सखा सोइ बेगि उपाऊ । राम-लखन-सिय नयन देखाऊ ॥

puni puni pūchata maṃtrahi rāū | priyatama suana sam̐desa sunāū ||
karahi sakhā soi begi upāū | rāma-lakhana-siya nayana dekhāū ||

150.2

सचिव धीर धरि कह मृदु बानी । महाराज तुम्ह पंडित ज्ञानी ॥
बीर सुधीर-धुरन्धर देवा । साधु-समाज सदा तुम्ह सेवा ॥

saciva dhīra dhari kaha mṛdu bānī | mahārāja tumha paṃḍita jñānī ||
bīra sudhīra-dhurandhara devā | sādhu-samāja sadā tumha sevā ||

150.3

जनम मरन सब दुख-भोगा । हानि लाभ प्रिय-मिलन बियोगा ॥
काल-करम बस होहिं गोसाँई । बरबस राति दिवस की नाँई ॥

janama marana saba dukha-bhogā | hāni lābha priya-milana biyogā ||
kāla-karama basa hohiṃ gosām̐ī | barabasa rāti divasa kī nām̐ī ||

150.4

सुख हरषहिँ जड़ दुख बिलखाहीं । दोउ सम धीर धरहिँ मन माहीं ॥
धीरज धरहु बिबेक बिचारी । छाड़िअ सोच सकल-हितकारी ॥

sukha haraṣahim̐ jar̤a dukha bilakhāhīṃ | dou sama dhīra dharahim̐ mana māhīṃ ||
dhīraja dharahu bibeka bicārī | chār̤ia soca sakala-hitakārī ||

दो॰ 150Doha

प्रथम बास तमसा भयउ, दूसर सुरसरि तीर ।
न्हाइ रहे जलपान करि, सिय समेत दोउ बीर ॥

prathama bāsa tamasā bhayau, dūsara surasari tīra |
nhāi rahe jalapāna kari, siya sameta dou bīra ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0