मातु समीप कहत सकुचाहीँ । बोले समउ समुझि मन माहीं ॥
राजकुमारि सिखावन सुनहू । आन भाँति जियँ जनि कछु गुनहू ॥
mātu samīpa kahata sakucāhīm̐ | bole samau samujhi mana māhīṃ ||
rājakumāri sikhāvana sunahū | āna bhām̐ti jiyam̐ jani kachu gunahū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 61: Shri Rama asks Sita to stay home
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Shri Rama asks Sita to stay home
Shy to speak to his wife before his mother, Shri Rama weighs the moment and says: Princess, hear my counsel. If you want your good and mine, heed me and stay at home. Serving your mother-in-law is my wish for you, and in every way home is better for you, my lady. No dharma is higher than serving the feet of one's parents-in-law with reverence. Whenever mother remembers me, her simple mind will be overcome with love; then, my lovely one, tell her old sacred kathas and comfort her with soft words. I swear a hundred times, I keep you here for mother's sake. The fruit of dharma approved by guru and Veda comes without hardship; Galava and King Nahusha suffered every trouble through obstinacy.
आपन मोर नीक जौं चहहू । बचन हमार मानि गृह रह हूँ ॥
आयसु मोर सासु सेवकाई । सब बिधि भामिनि भवन भलाई ॥
āpana mora nīka jauṃ cahahū | bacana hamāra māni gṛha raha hūm̐ ||
āyasu mora sāsu sevakāī | saba bidhi bhāmini bhavana bhalāī ||
एहि ते अधिक धरम नहिं दूजा । सादर सासु-ससुर-पद-पूजा ॥
जब जब मातु करिहि सुधि मोरी । होइहि प्रेम-विकल मति भोरी ॥
ehi te adhika dharama nahiṃ dūjā | sādara sāsu-sasura-pada-pūjā ||
jaba jaba mātu karihi sudhi morī | hoihi prema-vikala mati bhorī ||
तब तब तुम्ह कहि कथा पुरानी । सुन्दरि समुझाएहु मृदु-बानी ॥
कहउँ सुभायँ सपथ सत मोही । सुमुखि मातु-हित राखउँ तोही ॥
taba taba tumha kahi kathā purānī | sundari samujhāehu mṛdu-bānī ||
kahaum̐ subhāyam̐ sapatha sata mohī | sumukhi mātu-hita rākhaum̐ tohī ||
गुरु-श्रुति सम्मत धरम-फल, पाइअ बिनहिँ कलेस ।
हठ-बस सब सङ्कट सहे, गालव नहुष-नरेस ॥
guru-śruti sammata dharama-phala, pāia binahim̐ kalesa |
haṭha-basa saba saṅkaṭa sahe, gālava nahuṣa-naresa ||
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