धन्य जनम जगतीतल तासू । पितहि प्रमोद चरित सुनि जासू ॥
चारि पदारथ करतल ता के । प्रिय पितु-मातु प्रान सम जा के ॥
dhanya janama jagatītala tāsū | pitahi pramoda carita suni jāsū ||
cāri padāratha karatala tā ke | priya pitu-mātu prāna sama jā ke ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 46: Shri Rama departs, Ayodhya hears the news
5 verses · 46 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Shri Rama departs, Ayodhya hears the news
Shri Rama tells his father that blessed is the son whose conduct gladdens his father, and that the four aims of life lie in the palm of one who loves his parents as his life. Obeying the command he will win the fruit of his birth and return soon. He will take leave of his mother, come back to touch his father's feet, and set out for the forest. He goes, and the king, sunk in grief, makes no reply. The news runs through the city like a scorpion's sting climbing through the body. Men and women are stricken, like trees that see a forest fire; whoever hears it beats his head. Mouths dry and eyes flow, as if an army of sorrow had marched into Avadh beating its drums.
आयसु पालि जनम-फल पाई । ऐहउँ बेगिहिं, होउ रजाई ॥
बिदा मातु सन आवउँ मागी । चलिहउँ बनहिँ बहुरि पग लागी ॥
āyasu pāli janama-phala pāī | aihaum̐ begihiṃ, hou rajāī ||
bidā mātu sana āvaum̐ māgī | calihaum̐ banahim̐ bahuri paga lāgī ||
अस कहि राम गवन तब कीन्हा । भूप सोक-बस उत्तर न दीन्हा ॥
नगर व्यापि गइ बात सुतीछी । छुअत चढ़ी जनु, सब तन बीछी ॥
asa kahi rāma gavana taba kīnhā | bhūpa soka-basa uttara na dīnhā ||
nagara vyāpi gai bāta sutīchī | chuata car̤hī janu, saba tana bīchī ||
सुनि भये बिकल सकल नर नारी । बेलि बिटप जिमि देखि दवारी ॥
जो जहँ सुनइ धुनइ सिर सोई । बड़ बिषाद नहिँ धीरज होई ॥
suni bhaye bikala sakala nara nārī | beli biṭapa jimi dekhi davārī ||
jo jaham̐ sunai dhunai sira soī | bar̤a biṣāda nahim̐ dhīraja hoī ||
सुख सुखाहिँ लोचन स्त्रवहि, सोकु न हृदयँ समाइ ।
मनहुँ करुन-रस-कटकई, उतरी अवध बजाइ ॥
sukha sukhāhim̐ locana stravahi, soku na hṛdayam̐ samāi |
manahum̐ karuna-rasa-kaṭakaī, utarī avadha bajāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0