सीय सकुच बस उतर न देई । सो सुनि तमकि उठी कैकेई ॥
मुनि-पट-भूषन-भाजन आनी । आगें धरि बोली मृदु बानी ॥
sīya sakuca basa utara na deī | so suni tamaki uṭhī kaikeī ||
muni-paṭa-bhūṣana-bhājana ānī | āgeṃ dhari bolī mṛdu bānī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 79: Kaikeyi brings the hermit's garments
5 verses · 79 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kaikeyi brings the hermit's garments
Sita, out of modesty, gives no answer. Hearing all this, Kaikeyi rises in a temper, brings a muni's garments and vessels, sets them before Rama and says softly: Raghuvira, you are dear to the king as life. He would let his merit, good name and next world perish rather than tell you to go. Knowing this, do as you think fit. Her words please Rama, but to the king they are arrows, and still his luckless life does not leave him. The people are distraught and the king faints; no one knows what to do. Rama at once puts on the muni's dress, bows to his parents, salutes the feet of the Brahmanas and the guru, and sets out with wife and brother, leaving everyone senseless.
नृपहि प्रान प्रिय तुम्ह रघुबीरा । सील सनेह न छाडिहि भीरा ॥
सुकृत सुजस परलोक नसाऊ । तुम्हहिँ जान बन कहिहि न काऊ ॥
nṛpahi prāna priya tumha raghubīrā | sīla saneha na chāḍihi bhīrā ||
sukṛta sujasa paraloka nasāū | tumhahim̐ jāna bana kahihi na kāū ||
अस बिचारि सोइ करहु जो भावा । राम जननि सिख सुनि सुख पावा ॥
भूपहि बचन बान सम लागे । करहिं न प्रान पयान अभागे ॥
asa bicāri soi karahu jo bhāvā | rāma janani sikha suni sukha pāvā ||
bhūpahi bacana bāna sama lāge | karahiṃ na prāna payāna abhāge ||
लोग बिकल मुरछित नरनाहू । काह करिअ कछु सूझ न काहू ॥
राम तुरत मुनि-बेष बनाई । चले जनक जननिहि सिर नाई ॥
loga bikala murachita naranāhū | kāha karia kachu sūjha na kāhū ||
rāma turata muni-beṣa banāī | cale janaka jananihi sira nāī ||
सजि बन-साज-समाज सब, बनिता बन्धु समेत ।
बन्दि विप्र-गुरु-चरन प्रभु, चले करि सबहि अचेत ॥
saji bana-sāja-samāja saba, banitā bandhu sameta |
bandi vipra-guru-carana prabhu, cale kari sabahi aceta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0