निधरक बैठि कहइ कटु बानी । सुनत कठिनता अति अकुलानी ॥
जीभ कमान बचन सर नाना । मनहुँ महिप मृदु लच्छ समाना ॥
nidharaka baiṭhi kahai kaṭu bānī | sunata kaṭhinatā ati akulānī ||
jībha kamāna bacana sara nānā | manahum̐ mahipa mṛdu laccha samānā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 41: Rama smiles and welcomes the forest
5 verses · 41 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Rama smiles and welcomes the forest
Kaikeyi sits unabashed speaking bitter words, so harsh that harshness itself is shaken. Her tongue is a bow, her words many arrows, and the king the soft target, as if cruelty had taken a body to practise archery. She tells Raghupati everything. Rama, sun of the solar line and treasury of joy, smiles inwardly and speaks words free of every fault, soft and lovely, ornaments of speech. Hear, mother: that son is blessed who loves the words of his father and mother. A son who satisfies his parents is rare in all the world. In the forest I shall meet munis; it is for my good in every way. On top of that it is my father's command and has your consent, mother.
जनु कठोर-पन धरें सरीरू । सिखइ धनुष-विद्या बर बीरू ॥
सब प्रसङ्ग रघुपतिहि सुनाई । बैठि मनहुँ तनु धरि निठुराई ॥
janu kaṭhora-pana dhareṃ sarīrū | sikhai dhanuṣa-vidyā bara bīrū ||
saba prasaṅga raghupatihi sunāī | baiṭhi manahum̐ tanu dhari niṭhurāī ||
मन मुसकाइ भानुकुल-भानु । राम सहज आनन्द-निधानू ॥
बोले बचन बिगत सब दूषन । मृदु, मञ्जुल जनु बाग-विभूषन ॥
mana musakāi bhānukula-bhānu | rāma sahaja ānanda-nidhānū ||
bole bacana bigata saba dūṣana | mṛdu, mañjula janu bāga-vibhūṣana ||
सुनु जननी सोइ सुत बड़-भागी । जो पितु मातु बचन अनुरागी ॥
तनय मातु पितु तोषनिहारा । दुर्लभ जननि सकल संसारा ॥
sunu jananī soi suta bar̤a-bhāgī | jo pitu mātu bacana anurāgī ||
tanaya mātu pitu toṣanihārā | durlabha janani sakala saṃsārā ||
मुनिगन मिलनु बिसेषि बन, सबहि भाँति हित मोर ।
तेहि महँ पितु आयसु बहुरि संमत जननी तोर ॥
munigana milanu biseṣi bana, sabahi bhām̐ti hita mora |
tehi maham̐ pitu āyasu bahuri saṃmata jananī tora ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0