बचन बिनीत मधुर रघुबर के । सर सम लगे मातु उर करके ॥
सहमि सूखि सुनि सीतलि बानी । जिमि जवास परें पावस पानी ॥
bacana binīta madhura raghubara ke | sara sama lage mātu ura karake ||
sahami sūkhi suni sītali bānī | jimi javāsa pareṃ pāvasa pānī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 54: Kausalya struck dumb by the news
5 verses · 54 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kausalya struck dumb by the news
Shri Rama's humble, sweet words pierce his mother's heart like arrows. Hearing that cool speech she shrinks and withers, as the javasa shrub dries up when the monsoon rain falls on it. Like a doe that hears a lion's roar, she trembles and weeps. Steadying herself and looking at her son's face, she speaks with a choked voice: Son, you are dear as life to your father, who rejoices every day at your conduct. He fixed an auspicious day to give you the kingdom; for what fault does he now send you to the forest? Who has become the fire that burns the Solar line? Reading Rama's look, a minister's son explains the matter, and hearing it she falls silent.
कहि न जाइ कछु हृदय बिषादू । मनहुँ मृगी सुनि केहरि-नादू ॥
नयन सजल तन थर थर काँपी । माजहि खाइ मीन जनु मापी ॥
kahi na jāi kachu hṛdaya biṣādū | manahum̐ mṛgī suni kehari-nādū ||
nayana sajala tana thara thara kām̐pī | mājahi khāi mīna janu māpī ||
धरि धीरज सुत-बदन निहारी । गदगद-बचन कहति महतारी ॥
तात पितहि तुम्ह प्रानपिआरे । देखि मुदित नित चरित तुम्हारे ॥
dhari dhīraja suta-badana nihārī | gadagada-bacana kahati mahatārī ||
tāta pitahi tumha prānapiāre | dekhi mudita nita carita tumhāre ||
राज देन कहँ सुभ दिन साधा । कहेउ जान बन केहिं अपराधा ॥
तात सुनावहु मोहि निदानू । को दिनकर-कुल भयउ कृसानू ॥
rāja dena kaham̐ subha dina sādhā | kaheu jāna bana kehiṃ aparādhā ||
tāta sunāvahu mohi nidānū | ko dinakara-kula bhayau kṛsānū ||
निरखि रामरुख सचिव-सुत, कारन कहेउ बुझाइ ।
सुनि प्रसङ्ग रहि मूक जिमि, दसा बरनि नहिं जाइ ॥
nirakhi rāmarukha saciva-suta, kārana kaheu bujhāi |
suni prasaṅga rahi mūka jimi, dasā barani nahiṃ jāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0