सखा समेत मनोहर जोटा । लखेउ न लखन सघन बन ओटा ॥
भरत दीख प्रभु आश्रम पावन । सकल सुमङ्गल-सदन सुहावन ॥
sakhā sameta manohara joṭā | lakheu na lakhana saghana bana oṭā ||
bharata dīkha prabhu āśrama pāvana | sakala sumaṅgala-sadana suhāvana ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 239: Bharata sees Rama among the sages
5 verses · 239 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata sees Rama among the sages
Screened by forest, Lakshmana does not see them come. Bharata sees the holy hermitage, home of every blessing. As he enters, the fire of grief dies, like a yogi reaching the highest goal. He sees Lakshmana standing before the Lord, matted hair on his head, a sage's cloth at his waist, quiver tied, bow on his shoulder, arrow in hand. On the altar, among sages and saints, Rama sits with Sita, in bark garments, hair matted, body dark, as if Rati and Kama had taken a hermit's dress. Turning bow and arrow in his lotus hands, with a smiling glance he takes away the heart's burning. Amid the circle of munis, Sita and Rama shine like devotion and Sachchidananda embodied in an assembly of knowledge.
करत प्रबेस मिटे दुख दावा । जनु जोगीं परमारथ पावा ॥
देखे भरत लखन प्रभु आगे । पूछे बचन कहत अनुरागे ॥
karata prabesa miṭe dukha dāvā | janu jogīṃ paramāratha pāvā ||
dekhe bharata lakhana prabhu āge | pūche bacana kahata anurāge ||
सीस-जटा कटि-मुनि-पट बाँधें । तून कसें कर सर धनु-काँधें ॥
बेदी पर मुनि-साधु-समाजू । सीय सहित राजत रघुराजू ॥
sīsa-jaṭā kaṭi-muni-paṭa bām̐dheṃ | tūna kaseṃ kara sara dhanu-kām̐dheṃ ||
bedī para muni-sādhu-samājū | sīya sahita rājata raghurājū ||
बलकल-बसन जटिल तनु स्यामा । जनु मुनि बेष कीन्ह रति कामा ॥
कर कमलनि धनु सायक फेरत । जिय की जरनि हरत हंसि हेरत ॥
balakala-basana jaṭila tanu syāmā | janu muni beṣa kīnha rati kāmā ||
kara kamalani dhanu sāyaka pherata | jiya kī jarani harata haṃsi herata ||
लसत मज्जु मुनि-मंडली, मध्य सीय-रघुचन्द ।
ज्ञान-सभाँ जनु तनु धरे, भगति सच्चिदानन्द ॥
lasata majju muni-maṃḍalī, madhya sīya-raghucanda |
jñāna-sabhām̐ janu tanu dhare, bhagati saccidānanda ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0