5 verses · 26 of 326
Who has wronged you, beloved? asks the king. Who has two heads, whom does Yama want? Tell me which pauper to make a king, which king to banish. I could kill your enemy were he immortal; what are mere men and women? You know my nature: my mind is a chakora living on the moon of your face. My life, my sons, all I own, my household and subjects are in your power. If I deceive you, may a hundred oaths of Rama bind me. Smile, ask what you wish, adorn yourself, and put off this wretched dress. Weighing that great oath, the dull-minded queen rises smiling and puts on her jewels, like a huntress setting her snare on sighting the deer.
अनहित तोर प्रिया केइँ कीन्हा । केहि दुइ सिर केहि जमु चह लीन्हा ॥
कहु केहि रङ्कहि करउँ नरेसू । कहु केहि नृपहि निकासौं देसू ॥
anahita tora priyā keim̐ kīnhā | kehi dui sira kehi jamu caha līnhā ||
kahu kehi raṅkahi karaum̐ naresū | kahu kehi nṛpahi nikāsauṃ desū ||
सकउँ तोर अरि अमरउ मारी । काह कीट बपुरे नर नारी ॥
जानसि मोर सुभाव बरोरू । मन तव आनन-चन्द चकोरू ॥
sakaum̐ tora ari amarau mārī | kāha kīṭa bapure nara nārī ||
jānasi mora subhāva barorū | mana tava ānana-canda cakorū ||
प्रिया प्रान-सुत-सरबस मोरें । परिजन-प्रजा-सकल बस तोरें ॥
जौँ कछु कहउँ कपट करि तोही । भामिनि राम सपथ सत मोही ॥
priyā prāna-suta-sarabasa moreṃ | parijana-prajā-sakala basa toreṃ ||
jaum̐ kachu kahaum̐ kapaṭa kari tohī | bhāmini rāma sapatha sata mohī ||
बिहँसि माँगु मनभावति बाता । भूषन सजहि मनोहर गाता ॥
घरी कुघरी समुझि जियँ देखू । बेगि प्रिया परिहरहि कुबेखू ॥
biham̐si mām̐gu manabhāvati bātā | bhūṣana sajahi manohara gātā ||
gharī kugharī samujhi jiyam̐ dekhū | begi priyā pariharahi kubekhū ||
यह सुनि मन गुनि सपथ बड़ि, बिहँसि उठी भति-मन्द ।
भूषन सजति बिलोकि मृग, मनहुँ किरातिनि फन्द ॥
yaha suni mana guni sapatha bar̤i, biham̐si uṭhī bhati-manda |
bhūṣana sajati biloki mṛga, manahum̐ kirātini phanda ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
