पुर जन नारि मगन अति प्रीती । बासर जाहिँ पलक सम बीती ॥
सीय सासु प्रति बेष बनाई । सादर करइ सरित सेवकाई ॥
pura jana nāri magana ati prītī | bāsara jāhim̐ palaka sama bītī ||
sīya sāsu prati beṣa banāī | sādara karai sarita sevakāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 252: Sita serves every mother; Kaikeyi repents
5 verses · 252 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Sita serves every mother; Kaikeyi repents
Townsmen and women are lost in love, and days pass like a blink. Sita takes a separate form for each mother-in-law and serves each with respect. No one but Rama sees the secret; all maya lies within Sita's maya. The mothers, won by her service, bless and counsel her. Seeing Sita and the two brothers so simple, the crooked queen repents to the full. Kaikeyi begs earth and Yama, but the earth gives no gap and fate gives no death. Poets say, as world and Veda know, those turned from Rama find no place even in hell. One doubt sits in every mind: will Rama go back to Ayodhya or not? Bharata cannot sleep at night or eat by day, troubled like a fish in shrinking water, sunk in mud.
लखा न मरमु राम बिनु काहूँ । माया सब सिय-माया माहूँ ॥
सीयँ सासु सेवा बस कीन्हीँ । तिन्ह लहि सुख सिख आसिष दीन्हीँ ॥
lakhā na maramu rāma binu kāhūm̐ | māyā saba siya-māyā māhūm̐ ||
sīyam̐ sāsu sevā basa kīnhīm̐ | tinha lahi sukha sikha āsiṣa dīnhīm̐ ||
लखि सिय सहित सरल दोउ भाई । कुटिल रानि पछितानि अघाई ॥
अवनि जमहि जाचति कैकेई । महि न बीच बिधि मीच न देई ॥
lakhi siya sahita sarala dou bhāī | kuṭila rāni pachitāni aghāī ||
avani jamahi jācati kaikeī | mahi na bīca bidhi mīca na deī ||
लोकहु बेद बिदित कबि कहहीं । राम-बिमुख थल नरक न लहहीं ॥
यह संसउ सब के मन माहीं । राम गवन विधि अवध कि नाहीं ॥
lokahu beda bidita kabi kahahīṃ | rāma-bimukha thala naraka na lahahīṃ ||
yaha saṃsau saba ke mana māhīṃ | rāma gavana vidhi avadha ki nāhīṃ ||
निसि न नींद नहिं भूख दिन, भरत बिकल सुठि सोच ।
नीच कीच बिच मगन जस, मीनहि सलिल सँकोच ॥
nisi na nīṃda nahiṃ bhūkha dina, bharata bikala suṭhi soca |
nīca kīca bica magana jasa, mīnahi salila sam̐koca ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0