बन हित कोल-किरात-किसोरी । रचीं बिरञ्चि बिषय-सुख-भोरी ॥
पाइन कृमि जिमि कठिन सुभाऊ । तिन्हहि कलेस न कानन काऊ ॥
bana hita kola-kirāta-kisorī | racīṃ birañci biṣaya-sukha-bhorī ||
pāina kṛmi jimi kaṭhina subhāū | tinhahi kalesa na kānana kāū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 60: The forest is not for Sita
5 verses · 60 of 326
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The forest is not for Sita
The Creator made the Kol and Kirata girls for the forest, Kausalya says, hardy by nature like worms in stone. Or the forest suits the wives of ascetics, who have given up every enjoyment for tapas. How will Sita live in the forest, son, when a monkey in a painting frightens her? Is the swan maiden who roams the lotus beds of the heavenly lake fit for a muddy pond? Consider this; whatever you command, I will teach Janaki accordingly. If Sita stays at home, it will be a great support to me. Hearing his mother's loving words Shri Rama satisfies her with dear and thoughtful words, then turns to counsel Janaki, setting out the merits and hardships of forest life.
कै तापस-तिय कानन-जोगू । जिन्ह तप हेतु तजा सब भोगू ॥
सिय बन बसिहि तात केहि भाँती । चित्र लिखित कपि देखि डेराती ॥
kai tāpasa-tiya kānana-jogū | jinha tapa hetu tajā saba bhogū ||
siya bana basihi tāta kehi bhām̐tī | citra likhita kapi dekhi ḍerātī ||
सुर-सर सुभग बनज-बन चारी । डाबर जोग कि हंस-कुमारी ॥
अस बिचारि जस आयसु होई । मैं सिख देउँ जानकिहि सोई ॥
sura-sara subhaga banaja-bana cārī | ḍābara joga ki haṃsa-kumārī ||
asa bicāri jasa āyasu hoī | maiṃ sikha deum̐ jānakihi soī ||
जौँ सिय भवन रहइ कह अम्बा । मोहि कहँ होइ बहुत अवलम्बा ॥
सुनि रघुबीर मातु प्रिय-बानी । सील-सनेह-सुधाँ जनु सानी ॥
jaum̐ siya bhavana rahai kaha ambā | mohi kaham̐ hoi bahuta avalambā ||
suni raghubīra mātu priya-bānī | sīla-saneha-sudhām̐ janu sānī ||
कहि प्रिय बचन बिबेक-मय, कीन्हि मातु परितोष ।
लगे प्रबोधन जानकिहि, प्रगटि बिपिन गुन-दोष ॥
kahi priya bacana bibeka-maya, kīnhi mātu paritoṣa |
lage prabodhana jānakihi, pragaṭi bipina guna-doṣa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0