रघुकुल-तिलक जारि दोउ हाथा । मुदित मातु-पद नायउ माथा ॥
दीन्हि असीस लाइ उर लीन्हे । भूषन-बसन निछावरि कीन्हे ॥
raghukula-tilaka jāri dou hāthā | mudita mātu-pada nāyau māthā ||
dīnhi asīsa lāi ura līnhe | bhūṣana-basana nichāvari kīnhe ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 52: Kausalya greets her son with joy
5 verses · 52 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kausalya greets her son with joy
Shri Rama, jewel of the Raghu line, joins his palms and bows his head at his mother's feet. Kausalya blesses him, draws him to her heart and waves jewels and garments over him in loving offering. Again and again she kisses his face; her eyes fill with tears of love and her body thrills. She takes him on her lap and holds him close, and milk flows from her breast in her tenderness. Her joy cannot be told; she is like a pauper raised to Kubera's place. Gazing at his lovely face, she asks sweetly when the auspicious hour of the coronation falls, the hour all the people long for as the thirsty chataka longs for rain under the Swati star in autumn.
बार बार मुख चुम्बति माता । नयन-नेह-जल पुलकित-गाता ॥
गोद राखि पुनि हृदयँ लगाये । स्त्रवत प्रेनरस पयद सुहाये ॥
bāra bāra mukha cumbati mātā | nayana-neha-jala pulakita-gātā ||
goda rākhi puni hṛdayam̐ lagāye | stravata prenarasa payada suhāye ||
प्रेम प्रमोद न कछु कहि जाई । रङ्क धनद-पदवी जनु पाई ॥
सादर सुन्दर बदन निहारी । बोली मधुर बचन महँतारी ॥
prema pramoda na kachu kahi jāī | raṅka dhanada-padavī janu pāī ||
sādara sundara badana nihārī | bolī madhura bacana maham̐tārī ||
कहहु तात जननी बलिहारी । कबहिं लगन मुद-मङ्गलकारी ॥
सुकृत-सील सुख सीवँ सुहाई । जनम-लाभ कइ अवधि अघाई ॥
kahahu tāta jananī balihārī | kabahiṃ lagana muda-maṅgalakārī ||
sukṛta-sīla sukha sīvam̐ suhāī | janama-lābha kai avadhi aghāī ||
जेहि चाहत नर नारि सब, अति आरत एहि भाँति ।
जिमि चातक चातकि तृषित, वृष्टि सरद-रितु स्वाति ॥
jehi cāhata nara nāri saba, ati ārata ehi bhām̐ti |
jimi cātaka cātaki tṛṣita, vṛṣṭi sarada-ritu svāti ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0