अस कहि कुटिल भई उठि ठाढ़ी । मानहुँ रोष-तरङ्गिनि बाढ़ी ॥
पाप-पहार प्रगट भइ सोई । भरी क्रोध-जल जाइ न जोई ॥
asa kahi kuṭila bhaī uṭhi ṭhār̤hī | mānahum̐ roṣa-taraṅgini bār̤hī ||
pāpa-pahāra pragaṭa bhai soī | bharī krodha-jala jāi na joī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 34: Kaikeyi's rage rises; the king falls
5 verses · 34 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kaikeyi's rage rises; the king falls
Saying this the crooked queen stands up, like a river of wrath in flood. Rising from the mountain of sin, it is full of the water of anger. The two boons are its banks, stubbornness its current, Manthara's words its whirlpools; it tears out the roots of the tree that is the king and rushes towards the sea of calamity. Dasharatha sees it is real: death, in the guise of a woman, dances over his head. He clasps her feet and pleads: do not be the axe to the solar line. Ask for my head and I will give it now, but do not kill me with separation from Rama. Seeing the sickness incurable, the king falls to the ground beating his head, crying in anguish, Rama, Rama, Raghunatha.
दोउ बर कूल कठिन हठ धारा । भँवर कूबरी-बचन-प्रचारा ॥
ढाहत सूप-रूप-तरु मूला । चली बिपति-बारिधि अनुकूला ॥
dou bara kūla kaṭhina haṭha dhārā | bham̐vara kūbarī-bacana-pracārā ||
ḍhāhata sūpa-rūpa-taru mūlā | calī bipati-bāridhi anukūlā ||
लखी नरेस बात सच साँची । तिय मिस मीच सीस पर नाची ॥
गहि पद विनय कीन्ह बैठारी । जनि दिनकर-कुल होसि कुठारी ॥
lakhī naresa bāta saca sām̐cī | tiya misa mīca sīsa para nācī ||
gahi pada vinaya kīnha baiṭhārī | jani dinakara-kula hosi kuṭhārī ||
माँगु माथ अबहीं देउँ तोही । राम-बिरहँ जनि मारसि मोही ॥
राखु राम कह जेहि तेहि भाँती । नाहिँ त जरिहि जनम भरि छाती ॥
mām̐gu mātha abahīṃ deum̐ tohī | rāma-biraham̐ jani mārasi mohī ||
rākhu rāma kaha jehi tehi bhām̐tī | nāhim̐ ta jarihi janama bhari chātī ||
देखी ब्याधि असाध नृप, परेउ धरनि धुनि माथ ।
कहत परम आरत बचन, राम राम रघुनाथ ॥
dekhī byādhi asādha nṛpa, pareu dharani dhuni mātha |
kahata parama ārata bacana, rāma rāma raghunātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0