बन-देवी बन देव उदारा । करिहहिँ सासु ससुर सम सारा ॥
कुस-किसलय-साथरी सुहाई । प्रभु सँग मज्जु मनोज तुराई ॥
bana-devī bana deva udārā | karihahim̐ sāsu sasura sama sārā ||
kusa-kisalaya-sātharī suhāī | prabhu sam̐ga majju manoja turāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 66: Sita pleads to share the forest
5 verses · 66 of 326
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Sita pleads to share the forest
The generous gods and goddesses of the forest will care for me like parents-in-law, Sita says. A bed of kusha and young leaves beside my lord will be lovelier than Kamadeva's own quilt. Roots and fruit will be nectar. Seeing my lord's lotus feet moment by moment, I shall be as glad as the chakvi in daylight. You have told me many hardships of the forest, fears and griefs and torments, yet all of them together do not equal a speck of the pain of parting from you, treasure of mercy. Knowing this, crown of the wise, take me with you and do not leave me. If you keep me in Avadh until the term ends, know that my life will not remain.
कन्द-मूल-फल अमिय अहारू । अवध-सौध सत सरिस पहारू ॥
छिन छिन प्रभु-पद-कमल बिलोकि । रहिहउँ मुदित दिवस जिमि कोकी ॥
kanda-mūla-phala amiya ahārū | avadha-saudha sata sarisa pahārū ||
china china prabhu-pada-kamala biloki | rahihaum̐ mudita divasa jimi kokī ||
बन-दुख नाथ कहे बहुतेरे । भय विषाद परिताप घनेरे ॥
प्रभु-बियोग लवलेस समाना । सब मिलि होहिं न कृपानिधाना ॥
bana-dukha nātha kahe bahutere | bhaya viṣāda paritāpa ghanere ||
prabhu-biyoga lavalesa samānā | saba mili hohiṃ na kṛpānidhānā ||
अस जियँ जानि सुजान-सिरोमनि । लेइअ सङ्ग मोहि छाडिअ जनि ॥
बिनती बहुत करउँ का स्वामी । करुना-मय उर-अन्तरजामी ॥
asa jiyam̐ jāni sujāna-siromani | leia saṅga mohi chāḍia jani ||
binatī bahuta karaum̐ kā svāmī | karunā-maya ura-antarajāmī ||
राखिअ अवध जो अवधि लगि, रहत न जानिय प्रान ।
दीनबन्धु सुन्दर सुखद, सील-सनेह-निधान ॥
rākhia avadha jo avadhi lagi, rahata na jāniya prāna |
dīnabandhu sundara sukhada, sīla-saneha-nidhāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0