कहहिॅ सप्रेम एक एक पाहीँ । राम-लखन सखि होहिॅ कि नाहीँ ॥
बय बपु बरन रूप सोइ आली । सील-सनेह-सरिस सम-चाली ॥
kahahiॅ saprema eka eka pāhīm̐ | rāma-lakhana sakhi hohiॅ ki nāhīm̐ ||
baya bapu barana rūpa soi ālī | sīla-saneha-sarisa sama-cālī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 222: Village women wonder whether Rama has returned
5 verses · 222 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Village women wonder whether Rama has returned
Women along the road talk among themselves. Friend, are these Rama and Lakshmana? The age, build, colour and beauty are the same, the same gentle gait. Yet the dress differs, Sita is not with them, and an army marches ahead. Their faces are sad. That difference makes me doubt. The others call her the wisest of them. Then another woman, who knows the truth, speaks sweetly. She tells how the joy of Rama's coronation was broken, and praises Bharata's conduct and love. He gave up the kingdom his father granted, walks on foot eating fruit, and goes to bring Rama back. Who today is like Bharata?
बेष न सो सखि सीय न सङ्गा । आगें अनी चली चतुरङ्गा ॥
नहिँ प्रसन्न-मुख मानस-खेदा । सखि सन्देह होइ एहिं भेदा ॥
beṣa na so sakhi sīya na saṅgā | āgeṃ anī calī caturaṅgā ||
nahim̐ prasanna-mukha mānasa-khedā | sakhi sandeha hoi ehiṃ bhedā ||
तासु तरक तिय-गन मन मानी । कहहिँ सकल तेहि सम न सयानी ॥
तेहि सराहि बानी फुरि पूजी । बोली मधुर बचन तिय दूजी ॥
tāsu taraka tiya-gana mana mānī | kahahim̐ sakala tehi sama na sayānī ||
tehi sarāhi bānī phuri pūjī | bolī madhura bacana tiya dūjī ||
कहि सप्रेम सब कथा-प्रसङ्ग । जेहि बिधि राम-राज-रस-भंगू ॥
भरतहि बहुरि सराहन लागी । सील सनेह सुभाय सुभागी ॥
kahi saprema saba kathā-prasaṅga | jehi bidhi rāma-rāja-rasa-bhaṃgū ||
bharatahi bahuri sarāhana lāgī | sīla saneha subhāya subhāgī ||
चलत पयादें खात फल, पिता-दीन्ह तजि राज ।
जात मनावन रघुबरहि, भरत सरिस को आज ॥
calata payādeṃ khāta phala, pitā-dīnha taji rāja |
jāta manāvana raghubarahi, bharata sarisa ko āja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0