तेहि अवसर रघुबर-रुख पाई । केवट पारहि नाव चलाई ॥
रघुकुल-तिलक चले एहि भाँती । देखउँ ठाढ़ कुलिस धरि छाती ॥
tehi avasara raghubara-rukha pāī | kevaṭa pārahi nāva calāī ||
raghukula-tilaka cale ehi bhām̐tī | dekhaum̐ ṭhār̤ha kulisa dhari chātī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 153: The boat crosses; Dasharatha collapses
5 verses · 153 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The boat crosses; Dasharatha collapses
Sumantra ends: at a sign from Shri Rama the boatman pushed off, and the jewel of the Raghus departed while I stood watching, my heart turned to thunderbolt. I came back alive carrying his message. Then he falls silent, overcome by shame. Hearing his son's words, the king drops to the ground, heart burning, writhing in a terrible swoon like a fish poisoned in the water. The queens weep and wail; at their lament grief itself grieves and patience loses patience. In the doha an uproar spreads over Avadh at the noise from the palace, like a thunderbolt falling at night on a forest full of birds.
मैं आपन किमि कहउँ कलेसू । जियत फिरेउँ लेइ राम सँदेसू ॥
अस कहि सचिव बचन रहि गयऊ । हानि-गलानि-सोच-बस भयऊ ॥
maiṃ āpana kimi kahaum̐ kalesū | jiyata phireum̐ lei rāma sam̐desū ||
asa kahi saciva bacana rahi gayaū | hāni-galāni-soca-basa bhayaū ||
सुत बचन सुनतहिं नरनाहू । परेउ-धरनि उर दारुन दाहू ॥
तलफत बिषम-मोह मन मापा । माजा मनहुँ मीन कहँ ब्यापा ॥
suta bacana sunatahiṃ naranāhū | pareu-dharani ura dāruna dāhū ||
talaphata biṣama-moha mana māpā | mājā manahum̐ mīna kaham̐ byāpā ||
करि बिलाप सब रोवहिं रानी । महा बिपति किमि जाइ बखानी ॥
सुनि बिलाप दुखहू दुख लागा । धीरजहू कर धीरज भागा ॥
kari bilāpa saba rovahiṃ rānī | mahā bipati kimi jāi bakhānī ||
suni bilāpa dukhahū dukha lāgā | dhīrajahū kara dhīraja bhāgā ||
भयउ कोलाहल अवध अति, सुनि नृप-राउर सोरु ।
बिपुल बिहँग-बन परेउ निसि, मानहुँ कुलिस कठोर ॥
bhayau kolāhala avadha ati, suni nṛpa-rāura soru |
bipula biham̐ga-bana pareu nisi, mānahum̐ kulisa kaṭhora ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0