जहँ तहँ लोगन्ह डेरा कीन्हा । भरत सोध सब ही कर लीन्हा ॥
गुरु सेवा करि आयसु पाई । राम-मातु पहिँ गे दोउ भाई ॥
jaham̐ taham̐ loganha ḍerā kīnhā | bharata sodha saba hī kara līnhā ||
guru sevā kari āyasu pāī | rāma-mātu pahim̐ ge dou bhāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 198: Bharata asks to see where Rama slept
5 verses · 198 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata asks to see where Rama slept
The people camp here and there, and Bharata sees to everyone's needs. After serving the guru and taking his leave, the two brothers go to Rama's mother. Pressing the mothers' feet and speaking gently, Bharata honours them all. Leaving their service to Shatrughna, he calls Guha. He walks with his friend hand in hand, his body slack with love. Show me the place, he asks, and cool the burning of my eyes and heart a little, where Sita, Rama and Lakshmana slept that night. As he speaks, his eyes fill. Hearing him, Guha grieves and takes him there at once, to the holy shimshapa tree where Raghubar rested. With deep love and reverence Bharata prostrates there.
चरन चाँपि कहि कहि मृदु बानी । जननीं सकल भरत सनमानी ॥
भाइहि सौंपि मातु-सेवकाई । आपु निषादहि लीन्ह बोलाई ॥
carana cām̐pi kahi kahi mṛdu bānī | jananīṃ sakala bharata sanamānī ||
bhāihi sauṃpi mātu-sevakāī | āpu niṣādahi līnha bolāī ||
चले सखा कर सोँ कर जोरें । सिथिल सरीर सनेह न थोरें ॥
पूछत सखहि सो ठाउँ देखाऊ । नेकु नयन मन जरनि जुड़ाऊ ॥
cale sakhā kara som̐ kara joreṃ | sithila sarīra saneha na thoreṃ ||
pūchata sakhahi so ṭhāum̐ dekhāū | neku nayana mana jarani jur̤āū ||
जहँ सिय-राम-लखन निसि सोये । कहत भरे जन लोचन कोये ॥
भरत बचन सुनि भयउ बिषादू । तुरत तहाँ लइ गयउ निषादू ॥
jaham̐ siya-rāma-lakhana nisi soye | kahata bhare jana locana koye ||
bharata bacana suni bhayau biṣādū | turata tahām̐ lai gayau niṣādū ||
जहँ सिंसुपा पुनीत तरु, रघुबर किय विश्राम ।
अति सनेहँ सादर भरत, कीन्हेउ दंड प्रनाम ॥
jaham̐ siṃsupā punīta taru, raghubara kiya viśrāma |
ati saneham̐ sādara bharata, kīnheu daṃḍa pranāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0