कोल किरात भिल्ल बन बासी । मधु सुचि सुन्दर स्वाद सुधा सी ॥
भरि भरि परन-पुटीं रचि रूरी । कन्द मूल फल अङ्कुर-जूरी ॥
kola kirāta bhilla bana bāsī | madhu suci sundara svāda sudhā sī ||
bhari bhari parana-puṭīṃ raci rūrī | kanda mūla phala aṅkura-jūrī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 250: Forest folk bring gifts to the Ayodhya people
5 verses · 250 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Forest folk bring gifts to the Ayodhya people
Kols, Kiratas, Bhils and other forest dwellers fill neat leaf cups with pure, nectar-sweet honey, and bring bunches of roots, fruit and shoots. They give them to all with humble bows, telling the taste, kind, virtue and name of each. The people offer much in return, but they refuse, swearing by Rama. Lost in love, they speak softly, and the good recognise their love. You are blessed and we are lowly Nishadas; we have had your darshan by Rama's grace. Your sight is as hard for us as the Ganga's stream for a desert. Gracious Rama favours the poor; his household and subjects should be like their king. Knowing this, put aside reserve, see our love, be kind, and take these fruits, grasses and shoots to make us fulfilled.
सबहि देहिं करि बिनय प्रनामा । कहि कहि स्वाद भेद गुन नामा ॥
देहिं लोग बहु मोल न लेहीं । फेरत राम दोहाई देहीं ॥
sabahi dehiṃ kari binaya pranāmā | kahi kahi svāda bheda guna nāmā ||
dehiṃ loga bahu mola na lehīṃ | pherata rāma dohāī dehīṃ ||
कहहिँ सनेह मगन मृदु बानी । मानत साधु पेम पहिचानी ॥
तुम्ह सुकृती हम नीच निषादा । पावा दरसन राम प्रसादा ॥
kahahim̐ saneha magana mṛdu bānī | mānata sādhu pema pahicānī ||
tumha sukṛtī hama nīca niṣādā | pāvā darasana rāma prasādā ||
हमहिँ अगम अति दरस तुम्हारा । जस मरु-धरनि देवधुनि-धारा ॥
राम-कृपाल गरीब नेवाजा । परिजन प्रजउ चहिय जस राजा ॥
hamahim̐ agama ati darasa tumhārā | jasa maru-dharani devadhuni-dhārā ||
rāma-kṛpāla garība nevājā | parijana prajau cahiya jasa rājā ||
यह जिय जानि सकोच तजि, करिय छोह लखि नेहु ।
हमहिं कृतारथ करन लगि, फल-तृन-अङ्कुर लेहु ॥
yaha jiya jāni sakoca taji, kariya choha lakhi nehu |
hamahiṃ kṛtāratha karana lagi, phala-tṛna-aṅkura lehu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0