5 verses · 82 of 326
If the two steadfast brothers will not return, Dasharatha says, for Raghuraja is firm in his vow, then join your palms and plead: Lord, send back the princess of Mithila. When Sita grows afraid of the forest, tell her that her parents-in-law say: daughter, come back, the forest is full of hardship. Stay sometimes at your father's house and sometimes with us, wherever you like. If she returns, my life will have a support. Otherwise I shall die. Saying this, the king falls fainting to the ground: bring Rama, Lakshmana and Sita and let me see them. Sumantra bows, readies a swift chariot and goes outside the city where the two brothers wait with Sita.
जौ नहिँ फिरहिँ धीर दोउ भाई । सत्यसन्ध दृढ़ब्रत रघुराई ॥
तौ तुम्ह बिनय करेहु कर जोरी । फेरिअ प्रभु मिथिलेस-किसोरी ॥
jau nahim̐ phirahim̐ dhīra dou bhāī | satyasandha dṛr̤habrata raghurāī ||
tau tumha binaya karehu kara jorī | pheria prabhu mithilesa-kisorī ||
जब सिय कानन देखि डेराई । कहेहु मोरि सिख अवसर पाई ॥
सासु ससुर अस कहेउ सँदेसू । पुत्रि फिरिअ बन बहुत कलेसू ॥
jaba siya kānana dekhi ḍerāī | kahehu mori sikha avasara pāī ||
sāsu sasura asa kaheu sam̐desū | putri phiria bana bahuta kalesū ||
पितु गृह कबहुँ कबहुँ ससुरारी । रहेहु जहाँ रुचि होइ तुम्हारी ॥
एहि बिधि करेहु उपाय कदम्बा । फिरइ त होइ प्रान अवलम्बा ॥
pitu gṛha kabahum̐ kabahum̐ sasurārī | rahehu jahām̐ ruci hoi tumhārī ||
ehi bidhi karehu upāya kadambā | phirai ta hoi prāna avalambā ||
नाहिँ त मोर मरन परिनामा । कछु न बसाइ भये विधि बामा ॥
अस कहि मुरुछि परा महि राऊ । राम लखन सिय आनि देखाऊ ॥
nāhim̐ ta mora marana parināmā | kachu na basāi bhaye vidhi bāmā ||
asa kahi muruchi parā mahi rāū | rāma lakhana siya āni dekhāū ||
पाइ रजायसु नाइ सिर, रथ अति बेग बनाइ ।
गयउ जहाँ बाहेर नगर, सीय सहित दोउ भाइ ॥
pāi rajāyasu nāi sira, ratha ati bega banāi |
gayau jahām̐ bāhera nagara, sīya sahita dou bhāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
