जे महिसुर दसरथ पुर बासी । जे मिथिलापति नगर निवासी ॥
हंस बंस गुरु जनक पुरोधा । जिन्ह जग मग परमारथ सोधा ॥
je mahisura dasaratha pura bāsī | je mithilāpati nagara nivāsī ||
haṃsa baṃsa guru janaka purodhā | jinha jaga maga paramāratha sodhā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 278: Counsel in the assembly; fruits from the forest
5 verses · 278 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Counsel in the assembly; fruits from the forest
The Brahmins of Ayodhya and Mithila, Vasishtha the guru of the solar line and Shatananda, Janaka's priest, men who walk the paramartha path, begin to give counsel on dharma, policy, detachment and discernment. Vishvamitra tells old kathas and steadies the whole gathering with sweet words. Then Shri Rama says to him: Lord, everyone went without water yesterday. The muni agrees; two and a half watches of this day are already gone. Reading the rishi's mind, Janaka says grain food is not fitting here, and the king's word pleases all; with leave they go to bathe. Just then the forest people arrive with fruits, flowers, leaves and roots of many kinds, carried in loaded kanwar baskets.
लगे कहन उपदेस अनेका । सहित धरम नय बिरति बिबेका ॥
कौसिक कहि कहि कथा पुरानीं । समुझाई सब सभा सुबानीं ॥
lage kahana upadesa anekā | sahita dharama naya birati bibekā ||
kausika kahi kahi kathā purānīṃ | samujhāī saba sabhā subānīṃ ||
तब रघुनाथ कोसिकहि कहेऊ । नाथ कालि जल बिनु सब रहेऊ ॥
मुनि कह उचित कहत रघुराई । गयउ बीति दिन पहर अढ़ाई ॥
taba raghunātha kosikahi kaheū | nātha kāli jala binu saba raheū ||
muni kaha ucita kahata raghurāī | gayau bīti dina pahara ar̤hāī ||
रिषि रुख लखि कह तिरहुति राजू । इहाँ उचित नहिँ असन अनाजू ॥
कहा भूप भल सबहि सोहाना । पाइ रजायसु चले नहाना ॥
riṣi rukha lakhi kaha tirahuti rājū | ihām̐ ucita nahim̐ asana anājū ||
kahā bhūpa bhala sabahi sohānā | pāi rajāyasu cale nahānā ||
तेहि अवसर फल फूल दल, मूल अनेक प्रकार ।
लइ आये बनचर बिपुल, भरि भरि काँवरि भार ॥
tehi avasara phala phūla dala, mūla aneka prakāra |
lai āye banacara bipula, bhari bhari kām̐vari bhāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0