राम दरस बस सब नर नारी । जनु करि करिनि चले तकि बारी ॥
बन सिय-राम समुझि मन माहीं । सानुज भरत पयादेहिं जाहीँ ॥
rāma darasa basa saba nara nārī | janu kari karini cale taki bārī ||
bana siya-rāma samujhi mana māhīṃ | sānuja bharata payādehiṃ jāhīm̐ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 188: Bharata walks on foot, the queens plead
5 verses · 188 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata walks on foot, the queens plead
Drawn by the longing to see Rama, the people move like elephants and their mates heading for water. Remembering that Sita and Rama are in the forest, Bharata and Shatrughna go on foot. Seeing their love, the people too leave horses, elephants and chariots and walk. Kaushalya halts her litter beside Bharata and speaks softly: mount the chariot, child, or the whole family will suffer; if you walk, everyone will walk, and all are worn thin by grief. Bowing at her feet, the brothers obey. The first night is spent on the Tamasa, the second on the Gomati. For Rama's sake people keep vows, some living on milk, some on fruit, some eating once at night, giving up ornaments and comfort.
देखि सनेह लोग अनुरागे । उतरि चले हय गय रथ, त्यागे ॥
जाइ समीप राखि निज डोली । राम मातु मृदु बानी बोली ॥
dekhi saneha loga anurāge | utari cale haya gaya ratha, tyāge ||
jāi samīpa rākhi nija ḍolī | rāma mātu mṛdu bānī bolī ||
तात चढ़हु रथ बलि महतारी । होइहि प्रिय परिवार दुखारी ॥
तुम्हरें चलत चलिहि सब लोगू । सकल सोक कृस नहिँ मग जो ॥
tāta car̤hahu ratha bali mahatārī | hoihi priya parivāra dukhārī ||
tumhareṃ calata calihi saba logū | sakala soka kṛsa nahim̐ maga jo ||
सिर धरि बचन चरन सिरु नाई । रथ चढ़ि चलत भये दोउ भाई ॥
तमसा प्रथम दिवस करि बासू । दूसर गोमति तीर निवासू ॥
sira dhari bacana carana siru nāī | ratha car̤hi calata bhaye dou bhāī ||
tamasā prathama divasa kari bāsū | dūsara gomati tīra nivāsū ||
पय अहार फल असन एक, निसि भोजन एक लोग ।
करत राम हित नेम-व्रत, परिहरि भूषन भोग ॥
paya ahāra phala asana eka, nisi bhojana eka loga |
karata rāma hita nema-vrata, parihari bhūṣana bhoga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0