चले समीर-बेग हय हाँके । नाघत सरित सैल बन बाँके ॥
हृदयँ सोच बड़ कछु न सोहाई । अस जानहिं जियँ जाउँ उड़ाई ॥
cale samīra-bega haya hām̐ke | nāghata sarita saila bana bām̐ke ||
hṛdayam̐ soca bar̤a kachu na sohāī | asa jānahiṃ jiyam̐ jāum̐ ur̤āī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 158: Bharata enters a stricken city
5 verses · 158 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata enters a stricken city
Bharata drives the horses at the speed of wind, crossing rivers, hills and rough forests. He wishes he could fly; a blink passes like a year. As he nears and enters the city, ill omens crowd in: crows caw harshly from bad places, donkeys and jackals cry inauspiciously, and each sound pierces his heart. Lakes, woods and gardens look stripped of beauty. Birds, beasts, horses and elephants are wretched to see, wasted by the sickness of separation from Shri Rama. Men and women look utterly stricken, as if all had lost everything. In the doha the townsfolk meet him but say nothing; they greet him quietly and pass on. Fear and sorrow keep them from even asking after his welfare.
एक निमेष बरष सम जाई । एहि बिधि भरत नगर निअराई ॥
असगुन होहिँ नगर पैठारा । रटहिं कुभाँति कुखेत करारा ॥
eka nimeṣa baraṣa sama jāī | ehi bidhi bharata nagara niarāī ||
asaguna hohim̐ nagara paiṭhārā | raṭahiṃ kubhām̐ti kukheta karārā ||
खर सिआर बोलहिँ प्रतिकूला । सुनि सुनि होइ भरत मन सूला ॥
श्रीहत सर सरिता बन बागा । नगर बिसेषि भयावन लागा ॥
khara siāra bolahim̐ pratikūlā | suni suni hoi bharata mana sūlā ||
śrīhata sara saritā bana bāgā | nagara biseṣi bhayāvana lāgā ||
खग मृग हय गय जाहिं न जोए । राम-बियोग-कुरोग बिगोए ॥
नगर नारि नर निपट दुखारी । मनहुँ सबन्हि सब सम्पति हारी ॥
khaga mṛga haya gaya jāhiṃ na joe | rāma-biyoga-kuroga bigoe ||
nagara nāri nara nipaṭa dukhārī | manahum̐ sabanhi saba sampati hārī ||
पुरजन मिलिहिं न कहहिँ कछु, गँवहिँ जोहारहिं जाहिँ ।
भरत कुसल पूँछि न सकहिँ, भय बिषाद मन माहिँ ॥
purajana milihiṃ na kahahim̐ kachu, gam̐vahim̐ johārahiṃ jāhim̐ |
bharata kusala pūm̐chi na sakahim̐, bhaya biṣāda mana māhim̐ ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0