बिकल सनेहँ सीय सब रानीं । बैठन सबहि कहेउ गुर ग्यानीं ॥
कहि जग गति मायिक मुनिनाथा । कहे कछुक परमारथ गाथा ॥
bikala saneham̐ sīya saba rānīṃ | baiṭhana sabahi kaheu gura gyānīṃ ||
kahi jaga gati māyika munināthā | kahe kachuka paramāratha gāthā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 247: Rama hears of his father's death
5 verses · 247 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Rama hears of his father's death
Vasishtha tells of the king's departure to the heavens. Hearing it, Raghunatha is struck with unbearable grief. Thinking that love for him was the cause of the death, he who holds up steadiness itself is utterly shaken. At the harsh news, hard as a thunderbolt, Lakshmana, Sita and all the queens lament. The whole company is so stricken it seems the king has died only today. The great sage then counsels Rama, and with everyone he bathes in the holy river. That day the Lord keeps a fast without even water, and though the sage says otherwise, no one else drinks water either. At dawn Raghunandana carries out, with faith and devotion, all the rites the sage directs.
नृप कर सुरपुर-गवन सुनावा । सुनि रघुनाथ दुसह दुख पावा ॥
मरन-हेतु निज-नेह बिचारी । भे अति बिकल धीर-धुर-धारी ॥
nṛpa kara surapura-gavana sunāvā | suni raghunātha dusaha dukha pāvā ||
marana-hetu nija-neha bicārī | bhe ati bikala dhīra-dhura-dhārī ||
कुलिस-कठोर सुनत कटु बानी । बिलपत लखन सीय सब रानी ॥
सोक बिकल अति सकल समाजू । मानहुँ राज अकाजेउ आजू ॥
kulisa-kaṭhora sunata kaṭu bānī | bilapata lakhana sīya saba rānī ||
soka bikala ati sakala samājū | mānahum̐ rāja akājeu ājū ||
मुनिबर बहुरि राम समुझाये । सहित समाज सुसरित नहाये ॥
व्रत निरम्बु तेहि दिन प्रभु कीन्हा । मुनिहु कहें जल काहु न लीन्हा ॥
munibara bahuri rāma samujhāye | sahita samāja susarita nahāye ||
vrata nirambu tehi dina prabhu kīnhā | munihu kaheṃ jala kāhu na līnhā ||
भोर भये रघुनन्दनहिं, जो मुनि आयसु दीन्ह ।
श्रद्धा भगति समेत प्रभु, सो सब सादर कीन्ह ॥
bhora bhaye raghunandanahiṃ, jo muni āyasu dīnha |
śraddhā bhagati sameta prabhu, so saba sādara kīnha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0