जमुन-तीर तेहि दिन करि बासू । भयउ समय सम सबहि सुपासू ॥
रात ही घाट घाट की तरनी । आईं अगनित जाहिँ न बरनी ॥
jamuna-tīra tehi dina kari bāsū | bhayau samaya sama sabahi supāsū ||
rāta hī ghāṭa ghāṭa kī taranī | āīṃ aganita jāhim̐ na baranī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 221: Crossing the Yamuna, Bharata walks barefoot
5 verses · 221 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Crossing the Yamuna, Bharata walks barefoot
The company spends that day on the Yamuna bank. Through the night boats come in from ghat after ghat, more than can be counted, and at dawn all cross in a single passage, pleased with the service of Guha, Rama's friend. Bathing and bowing to the river, they set out. Vasishtha leads on his carriage, the royal company follows, and behind come the two brothers on foot, in plain clothes without ornaments, with servants, friends and ministers' sons. They keep Lakshmana, Sita and Rama in mind, and wherever Rama had stopped or rested, they bow there with love. Villagers leave home and work, run to see them, and feel their birth fulfilled.
प्रात पार भये एकहि खेंवाँ । तोषे रामसखा की सेवाँ ॥
चले नहाइ नदिहि सिर नाई । साथ निषादनाथ दोउ भाई ॥
prāta pāra bhaye ekahi kheṃvām̐ | toṣe rāmasakhā kī sevām̐ ||
cale nahāi nadihi sira nāī | sātha niṣādanātha dou bhāī ||
आगें मुनिबर बाहन आछें । राज-समाज जाइ सब पाछें ॥
तेहिं पाछें दोउ बन्धु पयादें । भूषन बसन बेष सुठि सादें ॥
āgeṃ munibara bāhana ācheṃ | rāja-samāja jāi saba pācheṃ ||
tehiṃ pācheṃ dou bandhu payādeṃ | bhūṣana basana beṣa suṭhi sādeṃ ||
सेवक सुहृद सचिव-सुत साथा । सुमिरत लखन-सीय-रघुनाथा ॥
जहँ जहँ राम बास बिस्रामा । तहँ तहँ करहिँ सप्रेम प्रनामा ॥
sevaka suhṛda saciva-suta sāthā | sumirata lakhana-sīya-raghunāthā ||
jaham̐ jaham̐ rāma bāsa bisrāmā | taham̐ taham̐ karahim̐ saprema pranāmā ||
मग-बासी नर-नारि सुनि, धाम काम तजि धाइ ।
देखि सरूप सनेह बस, मुदित जनम फल पाइ ॥
maga-bāsī nara-nāri suni, dhāma kāma taji dhāi |
dekhi sarūpa saneha basa, mudita janama phala pāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0