Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 225: Guha points out the hill where Rama lives

5 verses · 225 of 326

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Guha points out the hill where Rama lives

Good omens come to all; eyes and arms throb with promise. Bharata and the company think: we shall meet Rama and the burning grief will end. All walk as if drunk on love, limbs loose, feet stumbling, speech broken. Then Guha shows them the hill, crown of mountains, near whose river bank the two heroes live with Sita. All fall flat in prostration, crying victory to Rama, life of Janaki. The royal company is so lost in love that it seems Rama has turned back toward Ayodhya. Not even Shesha could tell Bharata's love at that hour; it is beyond a poet, as the bliss of Brahman is beyond one stained by ego.

225.1

मङ्गल सगुन होहिॅ सब काहू । फरकहिँ सुखद बिलोचन-बाहू ॥
भरतहि सहित समाज उछाहू । मिलिहहिँ राम मिटिहि दुख-दाह ॥

maṅgala saguna hohiॅ saba kāhū | pharakahim̐ sukhada bilocana-bāhū ||
bharatahi sahita samāja uchāhū | milihahim̐ rāma miṭihi dukha-dāha ||

225.2

करत मनोरथ जस जियँ जाके । जाहिँ सनेह सुराँ सब छाके ॥
सिथिल-अङ्ग पग मग डगि डोलहिँ । बिहबल बचन पेम-बस बोलहिँ ॥

karata manoratha jasa jiyam̐ jāke | jāhim̐ saneha surām̐ saba chāke ||
sithila-aṅga paga maga ḍagi ḍolahim̐ | bihabala bacana pema-basa bolahim̐ ||

225.3

राम-सखा तेहि समय देखावा । सैल-सिरोमनि सहज सुहावा ॥
जासु समीप सरित-पय-तीरा । सीय समेत बसहिँ दोउ बीरा ॥

rāma-sakhā tehi samaya dekhāvā | saila-siromani sahaja suhāvā ||
jāsu samīpa sarita-paya-tīrā | sīya sameta basahim̐ dou bīrā ||

225.4

देखि करहिँ सब दंड-प्रनामा । कहि जय जानकि जीवन रामा ॥
प्रेम मगन अस राज-समाजू । जनु फिरि अवध चले रघुराजू ॥

dekhi karahim̐ saba daṃḍa-pranāmā | kahi jaya jānaki jīvana rāmā ||
prema magana asa rāja-samājū | janu phiri avadha cale raghurājū ||

दो॰ 225Doha

भरत प्रेम तेहि समय जस, तस कहि सकइ न सेषु ।
कबिहिं अगम जिमि ब्रह्मसुख, अह मम मलिन जनेषु ॥

bharata prema tehi samaya jasa, tasa kahi sakai na seṣu |
kabihiṃ agama jimi brahmasukha, aha mama malina janeṣu ||

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