मैं पुनि पुत्रवधू प्रिय पाई । रूप-रासि गुन-सील सुहाई ॥
नयन पुतरि करि प्रीति बढ़ाई । राखेउँ प्रान जानिकिहिं लाई ॥
maiṃ puni putravadhū priya pāī | rūpa-rāsi guna-sīla suhāī ||
nayana putari kari prīti bar̤hāī | rākheum̐ prāna jānikihiṃ lāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 59: Kausalya pleads that Sita stay
5 verses · 59 of 326
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Kausalya pleads that Sita stay
Kausalya continues: I gained a beloved daughter-in-law, full of beauty, virtue and grace. I made her the apple of my eye and kept my life bound to Janaki. I tended her like a wish-granting creeper; now, as she flowers, fate has turned. Sita has moved only from couch and seat to lap and swing, never setting foot on hard ground. I guard her like a life-giving herb and never ask her even to trim a lamp wick. That same Sita wishes to go with you to the forest; what is your command, Raghunatha? How can the chakori, who delights in moonbeams, turn her eyes to face the sun? Elephants, lions and rakshasas roam the forest. Does a precious life-giving herb belong in a garden of poison?
कलपबेलि जिमि बहु बिधि लाली । सींचि सनेह-सलिल प्रतिपाली ॥
फूलत फलत भयउ विधि बामा । जानि न जाइ काह परिनामा ॥
kalapabeli jimi bahu bidhi lālī | sīṃci saneha-salila pratipālī ||
phūlata phalata bhayau vidhi bāmā | jāni na jāi kāha parināmā ||
पलँग-पीठ तजि गोद हिंड़ोरा । सियँ न दीन्ह पग अवनि कठोरा ॥
जिअनमूरि जिमि जोगवत रहऊँ । दीप-वाति नहिँ टारन कहऊँ ॥
palam̐ga-pīṭha taji goda hiṃr̤orā | siyam̐ na dīnha paga avani kaṭhorā ||
jianamūri jimi jogavata rahaūm̐ | dīpa-vāti nahim̐ ṭārana kahaūm̐ ||
सोइ सिय चलन चहति बन साथा । आयसु काह होइ रघुनाथा ॥
चन्द किरन रस रसिक चकोरी । रबि-रुख नयन सकइ किमि जोरी ॥
soi siya calana cahati bana sāthā | āyasu kāha hoi raghunāthā ||
canda kirana rasa rasika cakorī | rabi-rukha nayana sakai kimi jorī ||
करि केहरि निसिचर चरहिँ, दुष्ट-जन्तु बन भूरि ।
विष-बाटिकाँ कि सोह सुत, सुभग सजीवनि-मूरि ॥
kari kehari nisicara carahim̐, duṣṭa-jantu bana bhūri |
viṣa-bāṭikām̐ ki soha suta, subhaga sajīvani-mūri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0