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Sita meets her kin, mother and father, and returns, pure in love. She bows to and embraces all her mothers-in-law; the poet's heart has no courage to describe that love. Hearing their counsel and receiving the blessings she wished for, Sita stays absorbed in the love of both families. Raghupati has fine palanquins brought and, consoling them, seats all the mothers. With horses, elephants and many carriages, Bharata's army moves off, everyone walking as if senseless, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in their hearts. Even the beasts go heavy-hearted. The Lord bows at the feet of the guru and his wife, and with Sita and Lakshmana turns back, in joy mixed with sorrow, to the leaf hut.
परिजन मातु पितहि मिलि सीता । फिरी मान-प्रिय प्रेम पुनीता ॥
करि प्रनामु भेंटी सब सासू । प्रीति कहत कबि हियँ न हुलासू ॥
parijana mātu pitahi mili sītā | phirī māna-priya prema punītā ||
kari pranāmu bheṃṭī saba sāsū | prīti kahata kabi hiyam̐ na hulāsū ||
सुनि सिख अभिमत आसिष पाई । रही सीय दुहुँ प्रीति समाई ॥
रघुपति पटु पालकीं मगाईं । करि प्रबोध सब मातु चढ़ाई ॥
suni sikha abhimata āsiṣa pāī | rahī sīya duhum̐ prīti samāī ||
raghupati paṭu pālakīṃ magāīṃ | kari prabodha saba mātu car̤hāī ||
बार बार हिलि मिलि दुहु भाई । सम सनेहँ जननी पहुँचाई ॥
साजि बाजि गज बाहन नाना । भरत भूप दल कीन्ह पयाना ॥
bāra bāra hili mili duhu bhāī | sama saneham̐ jananī pahum̐cāī ||
sāji bāji gaja bāhana nānā | bharata bhūpa dala kīnha payānā ||
हृदयँ राम सिय लखन समेता । चले जाहिँ सब लोग अचेता ॥
बसह बाजि गज पसु हियँ हारें । चले जाहिँ परबस मन मारें ॥
hṛdayam̐ rāma siya lakhana sametā | cale jāhim̐ saba loga acetā ||
basaha bāji gaja pasu hiyam̐ hāreṃ | cale jāhim̐ parabasa mana māreṃ ||
गुरु गुरु-तिय-पद बन्दि प्रभु, सीता लखन समेत ।
फिरे हरष बिसमय सहित, आये परन-निकेत ॥
guru guru-tiya-pada bandi prabhu, sītā lakhana sameta |
phire haraṣa bisamaya sahita, āye parana-niketa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
