सुनि मृदु बचन मनोहर पिय के । लोचन ललित भरे जल सिय के ॥
सीतल-सिख दाहक भइ कैसे । चकइहि सरद-चन्द-निसि जैसे ॥
suni mṛdu bacana manohara piya ke | locana lalita bhare jala siya ke ||
sītala-sikha dāhaka bhai kaise | cakaihi sarada-canda-nisi jaise ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 64: Sita answers: no grief like separation
5 verses · 64 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Sita answers: no grief like separation
Hearing her beloved's gentle words, Sita's lovely eyes fill with tears. The cool counsel burns her, as the clear autumn moonlit night burns the chakvi bird. She cannot answer, distraught that her pure and loving lord means to leave her. Forcibly holding back her tears and steadying her heart, the daughter of the Earth touches her mother-in-law's feet and says with joined palms: Forgive my great boldness, mother. My lord has given me the counsel he thinks best for me, but I have weighed it in my mind and found no sorrow in the world equal to separation from one's husband. My lord, home of compassion, wise and giver of joy, moon of the Raghu lilies, without you heaven itself would be like hell.
उत्तर न आव बिकल बैदेही । तजन चहत सुचि स्वामि सनेही ॥
बरबस रोकि बिलोचन बारी । धरि धीरज उर अवनिकुमारी ॥
uttara na āva bikala baidehī | tajana cahata suci svāmi sanehī ||
barabasa roki bilocana bārī | dhari dhīraja ura avanikumārī ||
लागि सासु पग कह कर जोरी । छमबि देबि बड़ि अबिनय मोरी ॥
दीन्हि प्रानपति मोहि सिख सोई । जेहि बिधि मोर परम हित होई ॥
lāgi sāsu paga kaha kara jorī | chamabi debi bar̤i abinaya morī ||
dīnhi prānapati mohi sikha soī | jehi bidhi mora parama hita hoī ||
मैं पुनि समुझि दीख मन माहीं । पिय बियोग सम दुख जग नाहीं ॥
maiṃ puni samujhi dīkha mana māhīṃ | piya biyoga sama dukha jaga nāhīṃ ||
प्राननाथ करुनायतन, सुन्दर सुखद सुजान ।
तुम्ह बिनु रघुकुल-कुमुद बिधु, सुरपुर-नरक समान ॥
prānanātha karunāyatana, sundara sukhada sujāna |
tumha binu raghukula-kumuda bidhu, surapura-naraka samāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0