हाट बाट नहिं जाइ निहारी । जनु पुर दहँ दिसि लागि दवारी ॥
आवत सुत सुनि कैकयनंदिनि । हरषी रबिकुल जलरूह चन्दिनि ॥
hāṭa bāṭa nahiṃ jāi nihārī | janu pura daham̐ disi lāgi davārī ||
āvata suta suni kaikayanaṃdini | haraṣī rabikula jalarūha candini ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 159: Kaikeyi welcomes Bharata with false tears
5 verses · 159 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kaikeyi welcomes Bharata with false tears
Markets and roads look as if ringed by forest fire. Hearing her son has come, Kaikeyi rejoices, she who is a moonlit night to the lotus of the solar line. She runs with the arati to meet him at the door. Bharata sees the family in distress, like lotuses struck by frost, while Kaikeyi is as pleased as a Kirata woman who has set the forest ablaze. She asks after her father's house; he says all is well and asks: tell me, where is father, where are all the mothers, where are Sita, Rama and my dear brother Lakshmana? In the doha, hearing her son's loving words, the sinful queen sheds false tears and speaks words that pierce Bharata's ears and heart like spikes.
सजि आरती मुदित उठि धाई । द्वारेहिं भेंटि भवन लेइ आई ॥
भरत दुखित परिवार निहारा । मानहुँ तुहिन बन ज-बन मारा ॥
saji āratī mudita uṭhi dhāī | dvārehiṃ bheṃṭi bhavana lei āī ||
bharata dukhita parivāra nihārā | mānahum̐ tuhina bana ja-bana mārā ||
कैकेई हरषित एहि भाँती । मनहुँ मुदित दव लाइ किराती ॥
सुतहि ससोच देखि मन मारें । पूँछति नैहर कुसल हमारें ॥
kaikeī haraṣita ehi bhām̐tī | manahum̐ mudita dava lāi kirātī ||
sutahi sasoca dekhi mana māreṃ | pūm̐chati naihara kusala hamāreṃ ||
सकल कुसल कहि भरत सुनाई । पूछी निज-कुल कुसल भलाई ॥
कहु कहँ तात कहाँ सब माता । कहुँ सिय-राम-लखन प्रिय भ्राता ॥
sakala kusala kahi bharata sunāī | pūchī nija-kula kusala bhalāī ||
kahu kaham̐ tāta kahām̐ saba mātā | kahum̐ siya-rāma-lakhana priya bhrātā ||
सुनि सुत-बचन सनेहमय, कपट नीर भरि नयन ।
भरत श्रवन-मन-सूल-सम, पापिनि बोली बैन ॥
suni suta-bacana sanehamaya, kapaṭa nīra bhari nayana |
bharata śravana-mana-sūla-sama, pāpini bolī baina ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0