राम राम रट बिकल भुआलू । जनु बिनु पङ्ख बिहँग बेहालू ॥
हृदयँ मनाव भोर जनि होई । रामहि जाइ कहइ जनि कोई ॥
rāma rāma raṭa bikala bhuālū | janu binu paṅkha biham̐ga behālū ||
hṛdayam̐ manāva bhora jani hoī | rāmahi jāi kahai jani koī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 37: A night of anguish; dawn breaks
5 verses · 37 of 326
What happens in this chapter
A night of anguish; dawn breaks
The king, crying Rama, Rama, is as helpless as a bird without wings. He prays that dawn will not come and that no one will go and tell Rama. O Sun, guru of the Raghu line, do not rise; seeing Ayodhya your heart will ache. While he laments, morning breaks; at the door sound vina, flute and conch. Bards recite and singers praise him, and to the king each word is an arrow. No festive sound pleases him, as ornaments do not please a widow bound for the pyre. That night no one in the city slept, so eager were they to see Rama. At the gate servants and ministers, seeing the sun up, ask why the lord of Ayodhya has not yet woken.
उदय करहु जनि रबि रघुकुल-गुर । अवध बिलोकि सूल होइहि उर ॥
भूप प्रीति कैकइ-कठिनाई । उभय अवधि विधि रची बनाई ॥
udaya karahu jani rabi raghukula-gura | avadha biloki sūla hoihi ura ||
bhūpa prīti kaikai-kaṭhināī | ubhaya avadhi vidhi racī banāī ||
बिलपत नृपहि भयउ भिनुसारा । बीना-बेनु-सङ्ख धुनि द्वारा ॥
पढ़हिं भाट गुन गावहिं गायक । सुनत नृपहि जनु लागहिँ सायक ॥
bilapata nṛpahi bhayau bhinusārā | bīnā-benu-saṅkha dhuni dvārā ||
par̤hahiṃ bhāṭa guna gāvahiṃ gāyaka | sunata nṛpahi janu lāgahim̐ sāyaka ||
मङ्गल सकल सोहाहिँ न कैसें । सहगामिनिहि विभूषन जैसें ॥
तेहिं निसि नींद परी नहिं काहू । राम दरस लालसा उछाहू ॥
maṅgala sakala sohāhim̐ na kaiseṃ | sahagāminihi vibhūṣana jaiseṃ ||
tehiṃ nisi nīṃda parī nahiṃ kāhū | rāma darasa lālasā uchāhū ||
द्वार और सेवक सचिव, कहहिं उदित रबि देखि ।
जागेउ अजहुँ न अवधपति, कारन कवन बिसेखि ॥
dvāra aura sevaka saciva, kahahiṃ udita rabi dekhi |
jāgeu ajahum̐ na avadhapati, kārana kavana bisekhi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0