तब केवट ऊँचें चढ़ि धाई । कहेउ भरत सन भुजा उठाई ॥
नाथ देखिअहिं बिटप बिसाला । पाकरि जम्बु रसाल तमाला ॥
taba kevaṭa ūm̐ceṃ car̤hi dhāī | kaheu bharata sana bhujā uṭhāī ||
nātha dekhiahiṃ biṭapa bisālā | pākari jambu rasāla tamālā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 237: Guha shows the banyan and Rama's hut
5 verses · 237 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Guha shows the banyan and Rama's hut
Guha runs up a rise and, raising his arm, calls to Bharata. Lord, see these great trees: pakar, jamun, mango and tamala. Among them stands a lovely, spreading banyan that steals the heart, its leaves dense and dark, its fruit red, its shade unmoving and pleasant in every season, as if the Creator had gathered all beauty into a heap of darkness and dawn-red. These trees are near the river, where Raghubara's leaf hut is thatched. Here and there are tulsi plants and other trees, some planted by Sita, some by Lakshmana. In the banyan's shade Sita has made an altar with her own lotus hands. There Sita and Rama sit daily with the sages and hear katha, itihasa, Agama, Veda and Purana.
तिन्ह तरूबरन्ह मध्य बट सोहा । मज्जु बिसाल देखि मन मोहा ॥
नील-सघन-पल्ल्व फल-लाला । अबिरल छाहँ सुखद सब काला ॥
tinha tarūbaranha madhya baṭa sohā | majju bisāla dekhi mana mohā ||
nīla-saghana-pallva phala-lālā | abirala chāham̐ sukhada saba kālā ||
मानहुँ तिमिर-अरुन-मय रासी । बिरची बिधि सँकेलि सुखमा सी ॥
ये तरु सरित समीप गोसाँई । रघुबर परन-कुटी जहँ छाई ॥
mānahum̐ timira-aruna-maya rāsī | biracī bidhi sam̐keli sukhamā sī ||
ye taru sarita samīpa gosām̐ī | raghubara parana-kuṭī jaham̐ chāī ||
तुलसी तरुबर बिबिध सुहाये । कहुँ कहुँ सियँ कहुँ लखन लगाये ॥
बट-छायाँ बेदिका बनाई । सियँ निज-पानि-सरोज-सुहाई ॥
tulasī tarubara bibidha suhāye | kahum̐ kahum̐ siyam̐ kahum̐ lakhana lagāye ||
baṭa-chāyām̐ bedikā banāī | siyam̐ nija-pāni-saroja-suhāī ||
जहाँ बैठि मुनि-गन सहित, नित सिय राम सुजान ।
सुनहिँ कथा इतिहास सब, , आगम-निगम-पुरान ॥
jahām̐ baiṭhi muni-gana sahita, nita siya rāma sujāna |
sunahim̐ kathā itihāsa saba, , āgama-nigama-purāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0