सीय आइ मुनिबर पग लागी । उचित असीस लही मन मागी ॥
गुरु-पतिनिहि मुनि-तियन्ह समेता । मिली प्रेम कहि जाइ न जेता ॥
sīya āi munibara paga lāgī | ucita asīsa lahī mana māgī ||
guru-patinihi muni-tiyanha sametā | milī prema kahi jāi na jetā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 246: Sita meets her mothers-in-law
5 verses · 246 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Sita meets her mothers-in-law
Sita comes and touches the great sage's feet and receives the blessing her heart wished. She meets the guru's wife and the sages' wives with love past telling. She bows at everyone's feet and receives dear blessings. When the mothers-in-law see Sita, they close their eyes in dread, like swans fallen into a hunter's hands: what has the cruel Creator done? Seeing Sita, they are pained; one must bear whatever fate brings. Then Janaka's daughter takes courage, her blue-lotus eyes filling with tears, and goes to meet them all. At that moment compassion covers the earth. Sita clings to the feet of each with deep love, and they, overcome, bless her from the heart: may you always stay a blessed wife.
बन्दि बन्दि पग सिय सबही के । आसिरबचन लहे प्रिय जी के ॥
सासु सकल जब सीयँ निहारीं । मूदे नयन सहमि सुकुमारीं ॥
bandi bandi paga siya sabahī ke | āsirabacana lahe priya jī ke ||
sāsu sakala jaba sīyam̐ nihārīṃ | mūde nayana sahami sukumārīṃ ||
परीं बधिक बस मनहुं मरालीं । काह कीन्ह करतार कुचालीं ॥
तिन्ह सिय निरखि निपट दुख पावा । सो सब सहिय जो दैउ सहावा ॥
parīṃ badhika basa manahuṃ marālīṃ | kāha kīnha karatāra kucālīṃ ||
tinha siya nirakhi nipaṭa dukha pāvā | so saba sahiya jo daiu sahāvā ||
जनक-सुता तब उर धरि धीरा । नील-नलिन-लोयन भरि नीरा ॥
मिली सकल सासुन्ह सिय जाई । तेहि अवसर करुना महि छाई ॥
janaka-sutā taba ura dhari dhīrā | nīla-nalina-loyana bhari nīrā ||
milī sakala sāsunha siya jāī | tehi avasara karunā mahi chāī ||
लागि लागि पग सबनि सिय, भेंटति अति अनुराग ।
हृदयँ असीसहिँ प्रेम-बस, रहिअहु भरी सोहाग ॥
lāgi lāgi paga sabani siya, bheṃṭati ati anurāga |
hṛdayam̐ asīsahim̐ prema-basa, rahiahu bharī sohāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0