कुस साँथरीनिहारि सुहाई । कीन्ह प्रनाम प्रदच्छिन जाई ॥
चरन रेख रज आँखिन्ह लाई । बनइ न कहत प्रीति अधिकाई ॥
kusa sām̐tharīnihāri suhāī | kīnha pranāma pradacchina jāī ||
carana rekha raja ām̐khinha lāī | banai na kahata prīti adhikāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 199: Bharata at the bed of kusha grass
5 verses · 199 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata at the bed of kusha grass
Seeing the fine bed of kusha grass, Bharata bows and walks around it. He puts the dust of the footprints to his eyes; his love is past telling. He finds two or four specks of gold and, counting them as Sita herself, places them on his head. With tears and remorse he speaks to his friend. Parted from Sita these grains have lost their lustre, like the people of Avadh. Her father Janaka has no equal, with both enjoyment and yoga in his palm. Her father-in-law, sun of the solar line, was envied by Indra. Her husband is Raghunath, whose greatness makes others great. Seeing the grass bed of this jewel of wives, my heart does not break; it is harder than a thunderbolt.
कनक बिन्दु दुइ चारिक देखे । राखे सीस सीय सम लेखे ॥
सजल बिलोचन हृदयँ गलानी । कहत सखा सन बचन सुबानी ॥
kanaka bindu dui cārika dekhe | rākhe sīsa sīya sama lekhe ||
sajala bilocana hṛdayam̐ galānī | kahata sakhā sana bacana subānī ||
श्रीहत सीय-बिरहँ दुति-हीना । जथा अवध नर-नारि बिलीना ॥
पिता जनक देउँ पटतर केही । करतल भोगु जोग जग जेही ॥
śrīhata sīya-biraham̐ duti-hīnā | jathā avadha nara-nāri bilīnā ||
pitā janaka deum̐ paṭatara kehī | karatala bhogu joga jaga jehī ||
ससुर भानुकुल-भानु भुआलू । जेहि सिहात अमरावति-पालू ॥
प्राननाथ रघुनाथ गोसाँई । जो बड़ होत से राम बड़ाई ॥
sasura bhānukula-bhānu bhuālū | jehi sihāta amarāvati-pālū ||
prānanātha raghunātha gosām̐ī | jo bar̤a hota se rāma bar̤āī ||
पति देवता सुतीय मनि, सीय साँथरी देखि ।
बिहरत ह्रदउ न हहरि हर, पबि तें कठिन बिसेषि ॥
pati devatā sutīya mani, sīya sām̐tharī dekhi |
biharata hradau na hahari hara, pabi teṃ kaṭhina biseṣi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0