दीन्हि असीस सासु मृदु बानी । अति सुकुमारि देखि अकुलानी ॥
बैठि नमित मुख सोचति सीता । रूप-रासि पति-प्रेम पुनीता ॥
dīnhi asīsa sāsu mṛdu bānī | ati sukumāri dekhi akulānī ||
baiṭhi namita mukha socati sītā | rūpa-rāsi pati-prema punītā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 58: Sita's silent grief at Kausalya's feet
5 verses · 58 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Sita's silent grief at Kausalya's feet
Kausalya blesses Sita softly and grows anxious seeing how delicate she is. Sita sits with bowed face, lovely and pure in her love for her husband, and wonders: my lord means to go to the forest; whose merit will win his company, my body with my life, or my life alone? She scratches the ground with her toenail, and her anklets jingle as if pleading not to be left behind. Tears fall from her lovely eyes. Rama's mother speaks: Sita is very tender and dear to her parents-in-law and to all the family. Her father Janaka is the jewel of kings, her father-in-law the sun of the Solar line, her husband the moon that opens the lilies of that clan.
चलन चहत बन जीवननाथू । केहि सुकृती सन होइहि साथू ॥
की तनु-प्रान कि केवल प्राना । बिधि करतब कछु जाइ न जाना ॥
calana cahata bana jīvananāthū | kehi sukṛtī sana hoihi sāthū ||
kī tanu-prāna ki kevala prānā | bidhi karataba kachu jāi na jānā ||
चारु चरन नख लेखति धरनी । नूपुर-मुखर मधुर कवि बरनी ॥
मनहुँ प्रेम-बस बिनती करहीँ । हमहि सीय-पद जनि परिहरहीं ॥
cāru carana nakha lekhati dharanī | nūpura-mukhara madhura kavi baranī ||
manahum̐ prema-basa binatī karahīm̐ | hamahi sīya-pada jani pariharahīṃ ||
मज्जु बिलोचन मोचति बारी । बोली देखि राम-महतारी ॥
तात सुनहु सिय अति सुकुमारी । सासु ससुर परिजनहि पियारी ॥
majju bilocana mocati bārī | bolī dekhi rāma-mahatārī ||
tāta sunahu siya ati sukumārī | sāsu sasura parijanahi piyārī ||
पिता जनक भूपाल-मनि, ससुर भानुकुल-भानु ।
पति रबिकुल-कैरव-बिपिन, बिधु गुन-रूप-निधान ॥
pitā janaka bhūpāla-mani, sasura bhānukula-bhānu |
pati rabikula-kairava-bipina, bidhu guna-rūpa-nidhāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0