राम बचन सुनि सभय समाजू । जनु जलनिधि महुँ बिकल जहाजू ॥
सुनि गुरु गिरा सुमगंल-मूला । भयउ मनहुँ मारुत अनुकूला ॥
rāma bacana suni sabhaya samājū | janu jalanidhi mahum̐ bikala jahājū ||
suni guru girā sumagaṃla-mūlā | bhayau manahum̐ māruta anukūlā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 249: The people roam the beauty of Chitrakoot
5 verses · 249 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The people roam the beauty of Chitrakoot
At Rama's words the company was afraid, like a ship tossing at sea; the guru's reply came like a favourable wind. Now the people bathe three times a day in the holy river whose very sight destroys sin. They gaze their fill at Rama, form of all blessing, prostrating again and again. They go to see Rama's hill and forest, where every joy is and no sorrow. Waterfalls pour nectar-sweet water, and a breeze cool, gentle and fragrant takes away the three afflictions. Countless kinds of trees, creepers and grasses bear fruit, flowers and leaves. There are lovely rocks and soothing shade; who could describe the forest's beauty? Lotuses bloom in the ponds, birds call and bees hum, and deer and birds of many colours wander without enmity.
पावन पयँ तिहुँ काल नहाहीं । जो बिलोकि अंघ-ओघ नसाहीं ॥
मगंल-मूरति लोचन भरि भरि । निरखहिं हरषि दंडवत करि करि ॥
pāvana payam̐ tihum̐ kāla nahāhīṃ | jo biloki aṃgha-ogha nasāhīṃ ||
magaṃla-mūrati locana bhari bhari | nirakhahiṃ haraṣi daṃḍavata kari kari ||
राम-सैल-बन देखन जाहीं । जहँ सुख सकल सकल दुख नाहीं ॥
झरना झरहिं सुधा सम बारी । त्रिबिधि ताप हर त्रिबिधि बयारी ॥
rāma-saila-bana dekhana jāhīṃ | jaham̐ sukha sakala sakala dukha nāhīṃ ||
jharanā jharahiṃ sudhā sama bārī | tribidhi tāpa hara tribidhi bayārī ||
बिटप बेलि तृन अगनित जाती । फल प्रसून पल्लव बहु भाँती ॥
सुन्दर सिला सुखद तरु छाहीं । जाइ बरनि बन छबि केहि पाहीं ॥
biṭapa beli tṛna aganita jātī | phala prasūna pallava bahu bhām̐tī ||
sundara silā sukhada taru chāhīṃ | jāi barani bana chabi kehi pāhīṃ ||
सरनि-सरोरुह जल बिहग, कूजत गुञ्जत भृङ्ग ।
बैर-बिगत बिहरत बिपिन, मृग बिहँग बहुरंग ॥
sarani-saroruha jala bihaga, kūjata guñjata bhṛṅga |
baira-bigata biharata bipina, mṛga biham̐ga bahuraṃga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0