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Rama's face was serene, Kaushalya goes on, with no trace of anger. He satisfied everyone and set out for the forest. Sita, devoted to his feet, would not stay behind. Lakshmana rose and went too, and no pleading of Rama could hold him. Rama bowed to all and left with them. All this happened before these eyes, she says, and still I did not go with them, nor did my life follow. I feel no shame, though I am the mother of a son like Rama. The king knew how to live and how to die; my heart is like a hundred thunderbolts. Bharata and all the queens weep, and the palace seems the home of sorrow.
मुख प्रसन्न मन रङ्ग न रोषू । सब कर सब विधि करि परितोषू ॥
चले बिपिन सुनि सिय सँग लागी । रहइ न राम-चरन-अनुरागी ॥
mukha prasanna mana raṅga na roṣū | saba kara saba vidhi kari paritoṣū ||
cale bipina suni siya sam̐ga lāgī | rahai na rāma-carana-anurāgī ||
सुनतहिं लखन चले उठि साथा । रहहिँ न जतन किये रघुनाथा ॥
तब रघुपति सबही सिर नाई । चले सङ्ग सिय अरु लघु भाई ॥
sunatahiṃ lakhana cale uṭhi sāthā | rahahim̐ na jatana kiye raghunāthā ||
taba raghupati sabahī sira nāī | cale saṅga siya aru laghu bhāī ||
राम-लखन-सिय बनहिँ सिधाये । गइउँ न सङ्ग न प्रान पठाये ॥
यह सब भा इन्ह आँखिन्ह आगें । तउ न तजा तनु जीव अभागें ॥
rāma-lakhana-siya banahim̐ sidhāye | gaium̐ na saṅga na prāna paṭhāye ||
yaha saba bhā inha ām̐khinha āgeṃ | tau na tajā tanu jīva abhāgeṃ ||
मोहि न लाज निज नेह निहारी । राम-सरिस-सुत मैं महतारी ॥
जिऐ मरै भल भूपति जाना । मोर हृदय सत-कुलिस-समाना ॥
mohi na lāja nija neha nihārī | rāma-sarisa-suta maiṃ mahatārī ||
jiai marai bhala bhūpati jānā | mora hṛdaya sata-kulisa-samānā ||
कौसल्या के बचन सुनि, भरत सहित रनिवास ।
ब्याकुल बिलपत राजगृह, मानहुँ सोक-नेवासु ॥
kausalyā ke bacana suni, bharata sahita ranivāsa |
byākula bilapata rājagṛha, mānahum̐ soka-nevāsu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
