भाइ सचिव गुरु पुरजन साधा । आगें गवन कीन्ह रघुनाथा ॥
गिरिवर, दीख जनकपति जबहीं । करि प्रनाम रथ त्यागेउ तबहीं ॥
bhāi saciva guru purajana sādhā | āgeṃ gavana kīnha raghunāthā ||
girivara, dīkha janakapati jabahīṃ | kari pranāma ratha tyāgeu tabahīṃ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 275: Janaka meets Rama at Chitrakoot
5 verses · 275 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Janaka meets Rama at Chitrakoot
With brothers, ministers, guru and citizens, Shri Rama goes ahead to receive him. Janaka, the moment he sees the great hill, bows and leaves his chariot. So great is the longing for Rama's darshan that no one in his party feels the road; their minds are with Raghubar and Vaidehi, and without the mind who notices the body? The two parties meet with reverence. Janaka bows at the feet of the munis, Rama bows to the rishis, then with his brothers embraces the king and leads his company in. The doha pictures the hermitage as an ocean of shanta rasa, and Janaka's host as a river of grief drawn towards it.
राम-दरस लालसा उछाहू । पथ-श्रम लेस कलेस न काहू ॥
मन तहँ जहँ रघुबर बैदेही । बिनु मन तन दुख-सुख सुधि केही ॥
rāma-darasa lālasā uchāhū | patha-śrama lesa kalesa na kāhū ||
mana taham̐ jaham̐ raghubara baidehī | binu mana tana dukha-sukha sudhi kehī ||
आवत जनक चले एहि भाँती । सहित समाज प्रेम-मति माती ॥
आये निकट देखि अनुरागे । सादर मिलन परसपर लागे ॥
āvata janaka cale ehi bhām̐tī | sahita samāja prema-mati mātī ||
āye nikaṭa dekhi anurāge | sādara milana parasapara lāge ||
लगे जनक मुनिजन-पद बन्दन । रिषिन्ह प्रनाम कीन्ह रघुनन्दन ॥
भाइन्ह सहित राम मिलि राजहि । चले लवाइ समेत समाजहि ॥
lage janaka munijana-pada bandana | riṣinha pranāma kīnha raghunandana ||
bhāinha sahita rāma mili rājahi | cale lavāi sameta samājahi ||
आस्रम-सागर सान्त रस, पूरन पावन पाथ ।
सेन मनहुँ करुना-सरित, लिये जाहिँ रघुनाथ ॥
āsrama-sāgara sānta rasa, pūrana pāvana pātha |
sena manahum̐ karunā-sarita, liye jāhim̐ raghunātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0