सीलसिन्धु सुनि गुरु आगवनू । सिय समीप राखे रिपुदवनू ॥
चले सबेग राम तेहि काला । धीर धरम-धुर दीनदयाला ॥
sīlasindhu suni guru āgavanū | siya samīpa rākhe ripudavanū ||
cale sabega rāma tehi kālā | dhīra dharama-dhura dīnadayālā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 243: Rama runs to greet Vasishtha
5 verses · 243 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Rama runs to greet Vasishtha
Hearing that the guru has come, Rama leaves Shatrughna beside Sita and hurries out. Seeing Vasishtha, he and Lakshmana begin to prostrate, but the great sage runs and clasps them both to his heart. Guha, thrilled, calls out his own name and bows from far off. The rishi embraces Rama's friend by force, as if gathering up love spilled on the ground. The devas praise devotion to Raghupati, root of all good, and rain flowers. No one is lower than this man, they say, and who in the world is greater than Vasishtha? Yet the king of sages met him more gladly than Lakshmana. That is the open power of worshipping Sita's lord.
गुरुहि देखि सानुज अनुरागे । दंड-प्रनाम करन प्रभु लागे ॥
मुनिबर धाइ लिये उर लाई । प्रेम उमगि भेँटे दोउ भाई ॥
guruhi dekhi sānuja anurāge | daṃḍa-pranāma karana prabhu lāge ||
munibara dhāi liye ura lāī | prema umagi bhem̐ṭe dou bhāī ||
प्रेम पुलकि केवट कहि नामू । कीन्ह दूरि तें दंड-प्रनामू ॥
राम-सखा रिषि बरबस भेंटा । जनु महि लुठत सनेह समेटा ॥
prema pulaki kevaṭa kahi nāmū | kīnha dūri teṃ daṃḍa-pranāmū ||
rāma-sakhā riṣi barabasa bheṃṭā | janu mahi luṭhata saneha sameṭā ||
रघुपति-भगति सुमङ्गल-मूला । नभ सराहि सुर बरिसहिँ फूला ॥
एहि सम निपट नीच कोउ नाहीं । बड़ बसिष्ठ सम को जग माहीं ॥
raghupati-bhagati sumaṅgala-mūlā | nabha sarāhi sura barisahim̐ phūlā ||
ehi sama nipaṭa nīca kou nāhīṃ | bar̤a basiṣṭha sama ko jaga māhīṃ ||
जेहि लखि लखनहु से अधिक, मिले मुदित मुनिराउ ।
सो सीतापति भजन को, प्रगट प्रताप प्रभाउ ॥
jehi lakhi lakhanahu se adhika, mile mudita munirāu |
so sītāpati bhajana ko, pragaṭa pratāpa prabhāu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0