बोरति ज्ञान-बिराग करारे । बचन ससोक मिलत नद नारे ॥
सोच उसास समीर तंरगा । धीरज तट तरुबर कर भङ्गा ॥
borati jñāna-birāga karāre | bacana sasoka milata nada nāre ||
soca usāsa samīra taṃragā | dhīraja taṭa tarubara kara bhaṅgā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 276: The river of grief meets the hermitage
6 verses · 276 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The river of grief meets the hermitage
The image runs on. This river of karuna drowns the banks of knowledge and detachment; grieving words are its streams, sighs its waves, and it snaps the trees of steadiness. Fear and confusion are its whirlpools. Learned boatmen with great boats cannot row it or find its depth, and the forest Kols and Kiratas watch like weary travellers. Reaching the hermitage, it makes the ocean itself heave. Both royal parties lose knowledge, patience and decorum, weep as they praise Dasharatha, and blame cruel fate. Seeing Videha's state, gods, siddhas and yogis admit no one can cross the river of love. Vasishtha asks Janaka to hold firm.
बिषम विषाद तोरावति धारा । भय भ्रम भवँर अवर्त अपारा ॥
केवट-बुध बिद्या बडि नावा । सकहिँ न खेइ अइक नहिँ आवा ॥
biṣama viṣāda torāvati dhārā | bhaya bhrama bhavam̐ra avarta apārā ||
kevaṭa-budha bidyā baḍi nāvā | sakahim̐ na khei aika nahim̐ āvā ||
बनचर कोल किरात बिचारे । थके बिलोकि पथिक हियँ हारे ॥
आस्रम-उदधि मिली जब जाई । मनहुँ उठेउ अम्बुधि अकुलाई ॥
banacara kola kirāta bicāre | thake biloki pathika hiyam̐ hāre ||
āsrama-udadhi milī jaba jāī | manahum̐ uṭheu ambudhi akulāī ||
सोक बिकल दोउ राज-समाजा । रहा न ज्ञान न धीरज लाजा ॥
भूप-रूप-गुन-सील सराही । रोवहिं सोक-सिन्धु अवगाही ॥
soka bikala dou rāja-samājā | rahā na jñāna na dhīraja lājā ||
bhūpa-rūpa-guna-sīla sarāhī | rovahiṃ soka-sindhu avagāhī ||
अवगाहि सोक-समुद्र सोचहिँ, नारि नर व्याकुल महा ।
दै दोष सकल सरोष बोलहिँ, बाम बिधि कीन्हो कहा ॥
सुर सिद्ध तापस जोगि जन मुनि, देखि दसा बिदेह की ।
तुलसी न समरथ कोउ जो तरि, सकइ सरित सनेह की ॥
avagāhi soka-samudra socahim̐, nāri nara vyākula mahā |
dai doṣa sakala saroṣa bolahim̐, bāma bidhi kīnho kahā ||
sura siddha tāpasa jogi jana muni, dekhi dasā bideha kī |
tulasī na samaratha kou jo tari, sakai sarita saneha kī ||
किये अमित उपदेस, जहँ तहँ लोगन्ह मुनिवरन्ह ।
धीरज धरिअ नरेस, कहेउ बसिष्ठ विदेह सन ॥
kiye amita upadesa, jaham̐ taham̐ loganha munivaranha |
dhīraja dharia naresa, kaheu basiṣṭha videha sana ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0