रायँ राम राखन हित लागी । बहुत उपाय किये छल त्यागी ॥
लखी राम रुख रहत न जाने । धरम धुरन्धर धीर सयाने ॥
rāyam̐ rāma rākhana hita lāgī | bahuta upāya kiye chala tyāgī ||
lakhī rāma rukha rahata na jāne | dharama dhurandhara dhīra sayāne ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 78: The king and the women counsel Sita
5 verses · 78 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The king and the women counsel Sita
The king tries many honest ways to keep Rama back, but sees from Rama's look that he will not stay, steady, wise and firm in dharma. Then he draws Sita to his heart and counsels her with great tenderness, describing the unbearable hardships of the forest and the comforts of home with her parents-in-law and father. But Sita's mind is set on Rama's feet; home does not seem easy to her, nor the forest hard. Others too counsel her, dwelling on the dangers of the forest. The wise wives of the minister and of the guru say lovingly: you were not given exile; do as your father-in-law, guru and mother-in-law say. Their cool, kind, sweet advice does not please Sita, as the autumn moonlight distresses the chakvi.
तब नप सीय लाइ उर लीन्ही । अति हित बहुत भाँति सिख दीन्ही ॥
कहि बन के दुख दुसह सुनाये । सासु ससुर पितु सुख समुझाये ॥
taba napa sīya lāi ura līnhī | ati hita bahuta bhām̐ti sikha dīnhī ||
kahi bana ke dukha dusaha sunāye | sāsu sasura pitu sukha samujhāye ||
सिय मन राम-चरन अनुरागा । घरु न सुगमु बनु बिषमु न लागा ॥
औरउ सबहिँ सीय समुझाई । कहि कहि बिपिन बिपति अधिकाई ॥
siya mana rāma-carana anurāgā | gharu na sugamu banu biṣamu na lāgā ||
aurau sabahim̐ sīya samujhāī | kahi kahi bipina bipati adhikāī ||
सचिव-नारि गुरु-नारि सयानी । सहित सनेह कहहिं मृदु बानी ॥
तुम्ह कहँ तो न दीन्ह बनबासू । करहु जो कहहिं ससुर-गुरु-सासू ॥
saciva-nāri guru-nāri sayānī | sahita saneha kahahiṃ mṛdu bānī ||
tumha kaham̐ to na dīnha banabāsū | karahu jo kahahiṃ sasura-guru-sāsū ||
सिख सीतलि हित मधुर मृदु, सुनि सीतहि न सोहानि ।
सरद-चन्द-चंदनि लगत, जनु चकई अकुलानि ॥
sikha sītali hita madhura mṛdu, suni sītahi na sohāni |
sarada-canda-caṃdani lagata, janu cakaī akulāni ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0