लखि सनेह कातरि महतारी । बचन न पाव विकल भइ भारी ॥
राम प्रबोधु कीन्ह बिधि नाना । समउ सनेह न जाइ बखाना ॥
lakhi saneha kātari mahatārī | bacana na pāva vikala bhai bhārī ||
rāma prabodhu kīnha bidhi nānā | samau saneha na jāi bakhānā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 69: Kausalya blesses Sita
5 verses · 69 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kausalya blesses Sita
Seeing his mother so stricken with love that she can find no words, Shri Rama consoles her in many ways. Then Janaki touches her mother-in-law's feet and says: Hear me, mother, I am most unfortunate. Just when it was time to serve you, fate has given me the forest and left my wish unfulfilled. Put away your distress, but do not withdraw your love; my karma is hard, and no blame lies on me. Hearing Sita, Kausalya is overwhelmed. Again and again she clasps her to her heart, then gathers herself and gives counsel and blessing: may your married fortune stay unbroken as long as the waters of the Ganga and Yamuna flow. Sita bows at her feet again and again and goes.
तब जानकी सासु पग लागी । सुनिय माय मैं परम अभागी ॥
सेवा समय दैव बन दीन्हा । मोर मनोरथ सफल न कीन्हा ॥
taba jānakī sāsu paga lāgī | suniya māya maiṃ parama abhāgī ||
sevā samaya daiva bana dīnhā | mora manoratha saphala na kīnhā ||
तजब छोभ जनि छाड़िअ छोहू । करम कठिन कछु दोष न मोहू ॥
सुनि सिय बचन सासु अकुलानी । दसा कवनि बिधि कहउँ बखानी ॥
tajaba chobha jani chār̤ia chohū | karama kaṭhina kachu doṣa na mohū ||
suni siya bacana sāsu akulānī | dasā kavani bidhi kahaum̐ bakhānī ||
बारहिं बार लाइ उर लीन्ही । धरि धीरज सिख आसिष दीन्ही ॥
अचल होउ अहिवात तुम्हारा । जब लगि गङ्ग-जमुन-जल धारा ॥
bārahiṃ bāra lāi ura līnhī | dhari dhīraja sikha āsiṣa dīnhī ||
acala hou ahivāta tumhārā | jaba lagi gaṅga-jamuna-jala dhārā ||
सीतहि सासु असीस सिख, दीन्हि अनेक प्रकार ।
चली नाइ पद-पदुम सिर, अति हित बारहिँ बार ॥
sītahi sāsu asīsa sikha, dīnhi aneka prakāra |
calī nāi pada-paduma sira, ati hita bārahim̐ bāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0