मातु पिता भगिनी प्रिय भाई । प्रिय परिवार सुह्रद समुदाई ॥
सासु ससुर गुरु सजन सहाई । सुत सुन्दर सुसील सुखदाई ॥
mātu pitā bhaginī priya bhāī | priya parivāra suhrada samudāī ||
sāsu sasura guru sajana sahāī | suta sundara susīla sukhadāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 65: Without her lord, all is sorrow
5 verses · 65 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Without her lord, all is sorrow
Mother, father, brother, friends, parents-in-law, guru, even a fine son, Sita says: without her husband a wife finds every bond hotter than the sun. Body, wealth, home, land, city and kingdom, without a husband all of it is a gathering of grief. Pleasures are like disease, ornaments a burden, and the world like the torments of Yama. Without you, lord of my life, nothing anywhere gives me joy. As a body without life, a river without water, so is a woman without her husband. With you every joy is mine, gazing on your face bright as the autumn moon. Birds and beasts will be my family, the forest my city, bark my fine silk, and a leaf hut with you a heavenly palace.
जहँ लगि नाथ नेह अरु नाते । पिय बिनु तियहि तरनिहु ते ताते ॥
तन धन धाम धरनि पुर राजू । पति बिहीन सब सोक समाजू ॥
jaham̐ lagi nātha neha aru nāte | piya binu tiyahi taranihu te tāte ||
tana dhana dhāma dharani pura rājū | pati bihīna saba soka samājū ||
भोग रोगसम भूषन भारू । जम-जातना सरिस संसारू ॥
प्राननाथ तुम्ह बिनु जग माहीँ । मो कहँ सुखद कतहुँ कछु नाहीं ॥
bhoga rogasama bhūṣana bhārū | jama-jātanā sarisa saṃsārū ||
prānanātha tumha binu jaga māhīm̐ | mo kaham̐ sukhada katahum̐ kachu nāhīṃ ||
जिय बिनु देह नदी बिनु बारी । तैसिअ नाथ पुरुष बिनु नारी ॥
नाथ सकल सुख साथ तुम्हारें । सरद-बिमल-बिधु-बदन निहारें ॥
jiya binu deha nadī binu bārī | taisia nātha puruṣa binu nārī ||
nātha sakala sukha sātha tumhāreṃ | sarada-bimala-bidhu-badana nihāreṃ ||
खग-मृग-परिजन नगर-घन, बलकल बिमल दुकूल ।
नाथ साथ सुर-सदन सम, परन-साल सुख-मूल ॥
khaga-mṛga-parijana nagara-ghana, balakala bimala dukūla |
nātha sātha sura-sadana sama, parana-sāla sukha-mūla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0