एहि बिधि सकल मनोरथ करहीँ । बचन सप्रेम सुनत मन हरहीं ॥
सीय मातु तेहि समय पठाईं । दासीं देखि सुअवसर आईं ॥
ehi bidhi sakala manoratha karahīm̐ | bacana saprema sunata mana harahīṃ ||
sīya mātu tehi samaya paṭhāīṃ | dāsīṃ dekhi suavasara āīṃ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 281: Sunaina comes to Kaushalya's tent
5 verses · 281 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Sunaina comes to Kaushalya's tent
So everyone dreams aloud, and their loving words charm the listener. Then Sita's mother sends a maid, who finds the right moment. Learning that Sita's mothers-in-law are free, the queens of Janaka come. Kaushalya receives them with honour and gives them seats fitting the hour. The courtesy and affection on both sides would melt a thunderbolt. Thrilled, limp, eyes streaming, they sit scratching the earth with their nails, lost in grief, each like an image of love for Sita and Rama, as if compassion had taken many forms to mourn. Sita's mother speaks: fate's mind is crooked; it breaks milk foam with a diamond chisel. Its doings are all poison where we hoped for nectar; crows, owls and herons everywhere, and swans only in Manasarovar.
सावकास सुनि सब सिय सासू । आयउ जनकराज रनिवासू ॥
कौसल्याँ सादर सनमानी । आसन दिये समय सम आनी ॥
sāvakāsa suni saba siya sāsū | āyau janakarāja ranivāsū ||
kausalyām̐ sādara sanamānī | āsana diye samaya sama ānī ||
सील सनेह सकल दुहुँ ओरा । द्रवहिँ देखि सुनि कुलिस कठोरा ॥
पुलक सिथिल तन बारि बिलोचन । महि नख लिखन लगीँ सब सोचन ॥
sīla saneha sakala duhum̐ orā | dravahim̐ dekhi suni kulisa kaṭhorā ||
pulaka sithila tana bāri bilocana | mahi nakha likhana lagīm̐ saba socana ||
सब सिय-शम प्रेम कि सि मूरति । जनु करुना बहु बेष बिसूरति ॥
सीय-मातु कह बिधि बुधि बाँकी । जो पय-फेन फोर पबि टाँकी ॥
saba siya-śama prema ki si mūrati | janu karunā bahu beṣa bisūrati ||
sīya-mātu kaha bidhi budhi bām̐kī | jo paya-phena phora pabi ṭām̐kī ||
सुनिय सुधा देखिय गरल, सब करतूति कराल ।
जहँ तहँ काक उलूक बक, मानस सकृत मराल ॥
suniya sudhā dekhiya garala, saba karatūti karāla |
jaham̐ taham̐ kāka ulūka baka, mānasa sakṛta marāla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0