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Rallying, the king sits up: Sumantra, where is gracious Rama? Where is Lakshmana, where my dear daughter-in-law Vaidehi? He laments in many ways, and the night drags on like an age. He remembers the curse of the blind ascetic and tells Kausalya the whole account, growing more distraught as he speaks. Shame on the hope of living without Rama; why keep a body that could not keep its vow of love? Ah Raghunandana, dear as life, I have lived too long without you. Ah Janaki, ah Lakshmana, ah Raghubara, rain-cloud to the chataka of your father's heart! The doha: crying 'Rama, Rama', again and again 'Rama', the king gives up his body in separation from Raghubara and goes to the abode of the devas.
धरि धीरज उठि बैठि भुआलू । कहु सुमन्त्र कहँ राम-कृपालू ॥
कहाँ लखन कहँ राम सनेही । कहँ प्रिय-पुत्रवधू वैदेही ॥
dhari dhīraja uṭhi baiṭhi bhuālū | kahu sumantra kaham̐ rāma-kṛpālū ||
kahām̐ lakhana kaham̐ rāma sanehī | kaham̐ priya-putravadhū vaidehī ||
बिलपत राउ बिकल बहु भाँती । भइ जुग सरिस सिराति न राती ॥
तापस-अन्ध साप सुधि आई । कौसल्यहि सब कथा सुनाई ॥
bilapata rāu bikala bahu bhām̐tī | bhai juga sarisa sirāti na rātī ||
tāpasa-andha sāpa sudhi āī | kausalyahi saba kathā sunāī ||
भयउ बिकल बरनत इतिहासा । राम रहित धिग जीवन आसा ॥
सो तनु राखि करब मैं काहा । जेहि न प्रेम-पन मोर निबाहा ॥
bhayau bikala baranata itihāsā | rāma rahita dhiga jīvana āsā ||
so tanu rākhi karaba maiṃ kāhā | jehi na prema-pana mora nibāhā ||
हा रघुनन्दन प्रान-पिरीते । तुम्ह बिनु जियत बहुत दिन बीते ॥
हा जानकी लखन हा रघुबर । हा पितु-हित-चित-चातक-जलधर ॥
hā raghunandana prāna-pirīte | tumha binu jiyata bahuta dina bīte ||
hā jānakī lakhana hā raghubara | hā pitu-hita-cita-cātaka-jaladhara ||
राम राम कहि राम कहि, राम राम कहि राम ।
तनु परिहरि रघुबर बिरहँ, राउ गयउ सुरधाम ॥
rāma rāma kahi rāma kahi, rāma rāma kahi rāma |
tanu parihari raghubara biraham̐, rāu gayau suradhāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
