भरत बचन सुचि सुनि सुर हरषे । साधु सराहि सुमन सुर बरषे ॥
असमंजस-बस अवध-नेवासी । प्रमुदित मन तापस बन-बासी ॥
bharata bacana suci suni sura haraṣe | sādhu sarāhi sumana sura baraṣe ||
asamaṃjasa-basa avadha-nevāsī | pramudita mana tāpasa bana-bāsī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 270: Rama falls silent; Janaka's messengers arrive
5 verses · 270 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Rama falls silent; Janaka's messengers arrive
Hearing Bharata's pure words the devas rejoice, praise him, and rain flowers. The people of Ayodhya are caught in a dilemma, while the hermits and forest dwellers are glad at heart. Raghunatha, out of reserve, stays silent, and seeing the Lord so, the whole assembly is anxious. At that moment Janaka's messengers arrive. Hearing of them, the sage Vasishtha calls them near. They bow, look at Rama, and are pained to see his dress. The sage asks for news of King Videha's welfare. Abashed, they bow to the ground and the chief envoy speaks with joined hands. Master, your kind question has become our welfare. Otherwise, Lord, welfare went away with the lord of Kosala. Mithila and Ayodhya most of all, the whole world has become orphaned.
चुपहिं रहे रघुनाथ सँकोची । प्रभु गति देखि सभा सब सोची ॥
जनक-दूत तेहि अवसर आये । मुनि बसिष्ठँ सुनि निकट बोलाये ॥
cupahiṃ rahe raghunātha sam̐kocī | prabhu gati dekhi sabhā saba socī ||
janaka-dūta tehi avasara āye | muni basiṣṭham̐ suni nikaṭa bolāye ||
करि प्रनाम तिन्ह राम निहारे । बेष देखि भये निपट दुखारे ॥
दूतन्ह मुनिबर बूझी बाता । कहहु बिदेह भूप कुसलाता ॥
kari pranāma tinha rāma nihāre | beṣa dekhi bhaye nipaṭa dukhāre ||
dūtanha munibara būjhī bātā | kahahu bideha bhūpa kusalātā ||
सुनि सकुचाइ नाइ महि माथा । बोले चर-बर जोरें हाथा ॥
बूझब राउर सादर साँई । कुसल-हेतु सो भयउ गोसाँई ॥
suni sakucāi nāi mahi māthā | bole cara-bara joreṃ hāthā ||
būjhaba rāura sādara sām̐ī | kusala-hetu so bhayau gosām̐ī ||
नाहि त कोसल नाथ कें, साथ कुसल गइ नाथ ।
मिथिला अवध बिसेष तेँ, जग सब भयउ अनाथ ॥
nāhi ta kosala nātha keṃ, sātha kusala gai nātha |
mithilā avadha biseṣa tem̐, jaga saba bhayau anātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0