नर-अहार रजनीचर चरहीं । कपट-बेष बिधि कोटिक करहीं ॥
लागइ अति पहार कर पानी । बिपिन बिपति नहिँ जाइ बखानी ॥
nara-ahāra rajanīcara carahīṃ | kapaṭa-beṣa bidhi koṭika karahīṃ ||
lāgai ati pahāra kara pānī | bipina bipati nahim̐ jāi bakhānī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 63: The forest unfit for a delicate princess
5 verses · 63 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The forest unfit for a delicate princess
Man-eating rakshasas roam there, Shri Rama says, taking countless false forms. Mountain water brings sickness. Terrible serpents and wild birds live there, and bands of night-roamers who carry off men and women. Even the brave grow afraid when they remember the deep woods, and you, fawn-eyed one, are timid by nature. If you, who walk with a swan's grace, went to the forest, people would blame me. Can a swan raised on the nectar-like water of Manasarovara live in the salt sea? Think on this and stay home, moon-faced one, for the forest brings heavy sorrow. One who does not take to heart the counsel of a friend, guru or master repents bitterly and surely suffers harm.
व्याल-कराल बिहँग बन घोरा । निसिचर-निकर नारि-नर-चोरा ॥
डरपहिं धीर गहन सुधि आये । मृगलोचनि तुम्ह भीरु सुभाये ॥
vyāla-karāla biham̐ga bana ghorā | nisicara-nikara nāri-nara-corā ||
ḍarapahiṃ dhīra gahana sudhi āye | mṛgalocani tumha bhīru subhāye ||
हंस-गवनि तुम्ह कानन जोगू । सुनि अपजस मोहि देइहि लोगू ॥
मानस-सलिल-सुधाँ प्रतिपाली । जिअइ कि लवन-पयोधि मराली ॥
haṃsa-gavani tumha kānana jogū | suni apajasa mohi deihi logū ||
mānasa-salila-sudhām̐ pratipālī | jiai ki lavana-payodhi marālī ||
नव-रसाल-बन बिहरनसीला । सोह कि कोकिल-बिपिन करीला ॥
रहहु भवन अस हृदयँ बिचारी । चन्द-बदनि दुख कानन भारी ॥
nava-rasāla-bana biharanasīlā | soha ki kokila-bipina karīlā ||
rahahu bhavana asa hṛdayam̐ bicārī | canda-badani dukha kānana bhārī ||
सहज सुहृद-गुरु-स्वामि सिख, जो न करइ सिर मानि ।
सो पछिताइ अघाइ उर, अवसि होइ हित-हानि ॥
sahaja suhṛda-guru-svāmi sikha, jo na karai sira māni |
so pachitāi aghāi ura, avasi hoi hita-hāni ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0