ब्याकुल राउ सिथिल सब गाता । करिनि कलपतरु मनहुँ निपाता ॥
कंठ सूख मुख आव न बानी । जनु पाठीन दीन बिनु पानी ॥
byākula rāu sithila saba gātā | karini kalapataru manahum̐ nipātā ||
kaṃṭha sūkha mukha āva na bānī | janu pāṭhīna dīna binu pānī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 35: Kaikeyi's poison; the king calls her possessed
5 verses · 35 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kaikeyi's poison; the king calls her possessed
The king lies limp, like a wishing-tree felled by a she-elephant. His throat is dry and no words come, like a fish gasping out of water. Kaikeyi speaks again, harsh and bitter, as if putting poison in a wound. If this was in your heart all along, on what strength did you say ask, ask? Can you laugh aloud and sulk at once, be called a giver and act the miser? Either drop your word or hold firm; do not weep like a helpless woman. For one true to his word, body, wife, son, home, wealth and land are counted as straw. Hearing these piercing words, the king says: you are not to blame. My time of death has seized you like a pishacha and speaks through you.
पुनि कह कटु कठोर कैकेई । मनहुँ घाय महुँ माहुर देई ॥
जौँ अंतहुँ अस करतबु रहेऊ । मागु मागु तुम्ह केहिं बल कहेऊ ॥
puni kaha kaṭu kaṭhora kaikeī | manahum̐ ghāya mahum̐ māhura deī ||
jaum̐ aṃtahum̐ asa karatabu raheū | māgu māgu tumha kehiṃ bala kaheū ||
दुइ कि होइ एक समय भुआला । हँसब ठठाइ फुलाउब गाला ॥
दानि कहाउब अरु कृपनाई । होइ कि खेम कुसल रौताई ॥
dui ki hoi eka samaya bhuālā | ham̐saba ṭhaṭhāi phulāuba gālā ||
dāni kahāuba aru kṛpanāī | hoi ki khema kusala rautāī ||
छाड़हु बचनु कि धीरजु धरहू । जनि अबला जिमि करुना करहू ॥
तनु तिय तनय धामु धनु धरनी । सत्यसन्ध कहुँ तृन सम बरनी ॥
chār̤ahu bacanu ki dhīraju dharahū | jani abalā jimi karunā karahū ||
tanu tiya tanaya dhāmu dhanu dharanī | satyasandha kahum̐ tṛna sama baranī ||
मरम बचन सुनि राउ कह, कहु कछु दोष न तोर ।
लागेउ तोहि पिसाच जिमि, काल कहावत मोरि ॥
marama bacana suni rāu kaha, kahu kachu doṣa na tora |
lāgeu tohi pisāca jimi, kāla kahāvata mori ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0