मिलेहि माझ बिधि बात बेगारी । जहँ तहँ देहिँ कैकेइहि गारी ॥
एहि पापिनिहिँ बूझि का परेऊ । छाइ भवन पर पावकु धरेऊ ॥
milehi mājha bidhi bāta begārī | jaham̐ taham̐ dehim̐ kaikeihi gārī ||
ehi pāpinihim̐ būjhi kā pareū | chāi bhavana para pāvaku dhareū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 47: The citizens curse Kaikeyi
5 verses · 47 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The citizens curse Kaikeyi
The people of Avadh say fate has ruined everything at the last moment, and everywhere they revile Kaikeyi. What possessed this sinful woman to set fire to her own thatched house? She would pluck out her eyes and still hope to see; she throws away nectar to taste poison. Crooked, harsh and luckless, she has become the fire in the bamboo grove of the Raghu clan. Rama was always dear to her as life, so why this wickedness? Then they repeat what poets say of a woman's nature, that it is past finding out: one might grasp one's own reflection, yet not know a woman's ways. What can fire not burn, what can a strong woman not do, and whom does Time not devour?
निज कर नयन काढ़ि चह दीखा । डारि सुधा विष चाहत चीखा ॥
कुटिल कठोर कुबुद्धि अभागी । भइ रघुबंस-बेनु बन आगी ॥
nija kara nayana kār̤hi caha dīkhā | ḍāri sudhā viṣa cāhata cīkhā ||
kuṭila kaṭhora kubuddhi abhāgī | bhai raghubaṃsa-benu bana āgī ||
पालव बैठि पेड़ एहिं काटा । सुख महँ सोक-ठाट धरि ठाटा ॥
सदा राम एहि प्रान समाना । कारन कवन कुटिल-पल ठाना ॥
pālava baiṭhi per̤a ehiṃ kāṭā | sukha maham̐ soka-ṭhāṭa dhari ṭhāṭā ||
sadā rāma ehi prāna samānā | kārana kavana kuṭila-pala ṭhānā ||
सत्य कहहिँ कवि नारि सुभाऊ । सब विधि अगह अगाध दुराऊ ॥
निज प्रतिबिम्ब बरुक गहि जाई । जानि न जाइ नारि गति भाई ॥
satya kahahim̐ kavi nāri subhāū | saba vidhi agaha agādha durāū ||
nija pratibimba baruka gahi jāī | jāni na jāi nāri gati bhāī ||
काह न पावक जारि सक, का न समुद्र समाइ ।
का न करइ अबला प्रबल, केहि जग काल न खाइ ॥
kāha na pāvaka jāri saka, kā na samudra samāi |
kā na karai abalā prabala, kehi jaga kāla na khāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0