रहसी रानि राम रुख पाई । बोली कपट-सनेह जनाई ॥
सपथ तुम्हार भरत कइ आना । हेतु न दूसर मैं कछु जाना ॥
rahasī rāni rāma rukha pāī | bolī kapaṭa-saneha janāī ||
sapatha tumhāra bharata kai ānā | hetu na dūsara maiṃ kachu jānā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 43: Kaikeyi's feigned affection, the king stirs
5 verses · 43 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kaikeyi's feigned affection, the king stirs
Pleased by Shri Rama's readiness, Kaikeyi speaks with a show of love. By his oath and Bharata's, she says, she knows no other cause. He is incapable of fault, the joy of his parents and brothers, and true to their word. Let him reason with his father so that no disgrace falls on the king in old age, for it is wrong to slight one whose merit gave him such a son. Fair words from that mouth seem like Gaya and the other tirthas standing in Magadha. Yet Rama found all his mother's words pleasing, as any water turns lovely once it joins the Ganga. The king's swoon lifts; remembering Rama he turns on his side, and the minister gently announces Rama's arrival.
तुम्ह अपराध जोग नहिँ ताता । जननी जनक बन्धु सुख दाता ॥
राम सत्य सब जो कछु कहहू । तुम्ह पितु-मातु बचन-रत अहहू ॥
tumha aparādha joga nahim̐ tātā | jananī janaka bandhu sukha dātā ||
rāma satya saba jo kachu kahahū | tumha pitu-mātu bacana-rata ahahū ||
पितहि बुझाइ कहहु बलि सोई । चौथे पन जेहिं अजस न होई ॥
तुम्ह सम सुअन सुकृत जेहिं दीन्हे । उचित न तासु निरादर कीन्हे ॥
pitahi bujhāi kahahu bali soī | cauthe pana jehiṃ ajasa na hoī ||
tumha sama suana sukṛta jehiṃ dīnhe | ucita na tāsu nirādara kīnhe ||
लागहिँ कुमुख बचन सुभ कैसे । मगहँ गयादिक तीरथ जैसे ॥
रामहि मातु बचन सब भाये । जिमि सुरसरि-गत सलिल सुहाये ॥
lāgahim̐ kumukha bacana subha kaise | magaham̐ gayādika tīratha jaise ||
rāmahi mātu bacana saba bhāye | jimi surasari-gata salila suhāye ||
गइ मुरुछा रामहि सुमिरि, नृप फिरि करवट लीन्ह ।
सचिव राम आगमन कहि, बिनय समय सम कीन्ह ॥
gai muruchā rāmahi sumiri, nṛpa phiri karavaṭa līnha |
saciva rāma āgamana kahi, binaya samaya sama kīnha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0