रघुपति प्रजा प्रेम-बस देखी । सदय हृदयँ दुख भयउ बिसेखी ॥
करुनामय रघुनाथ गोसाँई । बेगि पाइअहिं पीर पराई ॥
raghupati prajā prema-basa dekhī | sadaya hṛdayam̐ dukha bhayau bisekhī ||
karunāmaya raghunātha gosām̐ī | begi pāiahiṃ pīra parāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 85: Rama slips away while the people sleep
5 verses · 85 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Rama slips away while the people sleep
Shri Rama sees how love binds his people and his tender heart aches, for the compassionate Lord quickly feels another's pain. He speaks gently, explains in many ways and gives much counsel on dharma, yet their love will not let them turn back. Rama is caught in a dilemma, unable to abandon either his courtesy or their affection. Worn out by grief and walking, the people fall asleep, their minds clouded a little by the devas' maya. When two watches of the night have passed, Rama asks Sumantra to drive on and hide the tracks, since nothing else will serve. Bowing to Shambhu, the three mount the chariot, and the minister drives off at once, confusing the wheel marks this way and that.
कहि सप्रेम मृदु बचन सुहाये । बहु बिधि राम लोग समुझाये ॥
किये धरम-उपदेस घनेरे । लोग प्रेम बस फिरहिँ न फेरे ॥
kahi saprema mṛdu bacana suhāye | bahu bidhi rāma loga samujhāye ||
kiye dharama-upadesa ghanere | loga prema basa phirahim̐ na phere ||
सील-सनेह छाड़ि नहिं जाई । असमञ्जस-बस भे रघुराई ॥
लोग सोग-श्रम-बस गये सोई । कछुक देव-माया मति मोई ॥
sīla-saneha chār̤i nahiṃ jāī | asamañjasa-basa bhe raghurāī ||
loga soga-śrama-basa gaye soī | kachuka deva-māyā mati moī ||
जबहिं जाम जुग, जामिनि बीती । राम सचिव सन कहेउ सप्रीती ॥
खोज मारि रथ हाँकहु ताता । आन उपायँ बनिहि नहिँ बाता ॥
jabahiṃ jāma juga, jāmini bītī | rāma saciva sana kaheu saprītī ||
khoja māri ratha hām̐kahu tātā | āna upāyam̐ banihi nahim̐ bātā ||
राम-लखन-सिय जान चढ़ि, सम्भु चरन सिर नाइ ।
सचिवँ चलायउ तुरत रथ, इत उत खोज दुराइ ॥
rāma-lakhana-siya jāna car̤hi, sambhu carana sira nāi |
sacivam̐ calāyau turata ratha, ita uta khoja durāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0