रानि राय सन अवसरु पाई । अपनी भाँति कहब समुझाई ॥
रखिअहिं लखन भरत गबनहिं बन । जौँ यह मत मानै महीप मन ॥
rāni rāya sana avasaru pāī | apanī bhām̐ti kahaba samujhāī ||
rakhiahiṃ lakhana bharata gabanahiṃ bana | jaum̐ yaha mata mānai mahīpa mana ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 284: Kaushalya proposes Lakshmana return, Bharata stay
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Kaushalya proposes Lakshmana return, Bharata stay
Kaushalya asks Sunaina, when she finds the moment, to put it to Janaka in her own way: let Lakshmana be kept back and let Bharata go to the forest. If the king's mind accepts this, let him find a careful way to bring it about. My worry for Bharata is heavy, she says; there is a hidden love in his heart, and I do not think he will survive staying at home. The queens melt in compassion. Flowers rain from the sky with cries of blessed, blessed; siddhas and munis go slack with love. Sumitra notes that night is far gone. Kaushalya rises with love and begs Sunaina to go to her tent: our support now is the Lord, or the king of Mithila.
तौ भल जतन करब सुबिचारी । मेरे सोच भरत कर भारी ॥
गूढ़ सनेह भरत मन माही । रहें नीक मोहि लागत नाहीॅं ॥
tau bhala jatana karaba subicārī | mere soca bharata kara bhārī ||
gūr̤ha saneha bharata mana māhī | raheṃ nīka mohi lāgata nāhīॅṃ ||
लखि सुभाउ सुनि सरल सुबानी । सब भइँ मग़न करुन रस रानी ॥
नभ प्रसून भरि धन्य धन्य धुनि । सिथिल सनेहँ सिद्ध जोगी मुनि ॥
lakhi subhāu suni sarala subānī | saba bhaim̐ maġana karuna rasa rānī ||
nabha prasūna bhari dhanya dhanya dhuni | sithila saneham̐ siddha jogī muni ||
सब रनिवास बिथकि लखि रहेऊ । तब धरि धीर सुमित्राँ कहेऊ ॥
देबि दंड जुग जामिनि बीती । राम-मातु सुनि उठी सप्रीती ॥
saba ranivāsa bithaki lakhi raheū | taba dhari dhīra sumitrām̐ kaheū ||
debi daṃḍa juga jāmini bītī | rāma-mātu suni uṭhī saprītī ||
बेगि पाउ धारिअ थलहि, कह सनेहँ सतिभाय ।
हमरें तौ अब ईस-गति, कै मिथिलेस सहाय ॥
begi pāu dhāria thalahi, kaha saneham̐ satibhāya |
hamareṃ tau aba īsa-gati, kai mithilesa sahāya ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0