एहि-बिधि बासर बीते चारी । राम निरखि नर नारि सुखारी ॥
दुहु समाज असि रुचि मन माहीं । बिनु सिय-नाम फिरब भल नाहीँ ॥
ehi-bidhi bāsara bīte cārī | rāma nirakhi nara nāri sukhārī ||
duhu samāja asi ruci mana māhīṃ | binu siya-nāma phiraba bhala nāhīm̐ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 280: Fourteen years with Rama would pass like moments
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Fourteen years with Rama would pass like moments
Four days pass like this, men and women happy just to look at Rama. In both camps one wish is quietly held: we would rather not go back without Sita and Rama. Living in the forest with them is comfort worth crores of heavens; whoever leaves Lakshmana, Rama and Vaidehi to go home has fate against him. When providence is kind to all of us, then we shall live near Rama in the forest: bathing in the Mandakini three times a day, Rama's darshan a garland of joy, walking among Rama's hills and hermitages, eating roots and fruit sweet as amrit. Fourteen years would go by like a moment. Yet they say, we are not worthy of such bliss. Both companies simply love Rama's feet.
सीता सङ्घ सङ्ग-बनबासू । कोटि अमरपुर सरिस सुपासू ॥
परिहरि लखन-राम-वैदेही । जेहि घर भाव बाम बिधि तेही ॥
sītā saṅgha saṅga-banabāsū | koṭi amarapura sarisa supāsū ||
parihari lakhana-rāma-vaidehī | jehi ghara bhāva bāma bidhi tehī ||
दाहिन दइउ होइ जब सबहीं । राम समीप बसिअ बन तबही ॥
मन्दाकिनि मज्जन तिहुँ काला । राम दरसु मुद मङ्गल माला ॥
dāhina daiu hoi jaba sabahīṃ | rāma samīpa basia bana tabahī ||
mandākini majjana tihum̐ kālā | rāma darasu muda maṅgala mālā ||
अटनु राम गिरि बन तापस थल । असन अमिय सम कन्द मूल फल ॥
सुख समेत सम्बत दुइ साता । पल सम होहिँ न जनिअहिं जाता ॥
aṭanu rāma giri bana tāpasa thala | asana amiya sama kanda mūla phala ||
sukha sameta sambata dui sātā | pala sama hohim̐ na janiahiṃ jātā ||
एहि सुख जोग न लोग सब, कहहिँ कहाँ अस भाग ।
सहज सुभायँ समाज दुहुँ, राम-चरन अनुराग ॥
ehi sukha joga na loga saba, kahahim̐ kahām̐ asa bhāga |
sahaja subhāyam̐ samāja duhum̐, rāma-carana anurāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0