सीता सचिव सहित दोउ भाई । सृङ्गबेरपुर पहुँचे जाई ॥
उतरे राम देवसरि देखी । कीन्ह दंडवत हरष बिसेखी ॥
sītā saciva sahita dou bhāī | sṛṅgaberapura pahum̐ce jāī ||
utare rāma devasari dekhī | kīnha daṃḍavata haraṣa bisekhī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 87: Arrival at Shringaverapura and the Ganga
5 verses · 87 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Arrival at Shringaverapura and the Ganga
With Sita and the minister, the two brothers reach Shringaverapura. Seeing the river of the devas, Shri Rama steps down and prostrates before her with great joy. Lakshmana, Sumantra and Sita bow too. The Ganga is the root of every blessing and remover of all pain. Telling many sacred accounts, Rama watches her waves and describes her greatness to the minister, his brother and his beloved. He bathes, the weariness of the road leaves him, and he drinks the pure water happily. Tulsidas adds that he whose remembrance removes all weariness shows tiredness only as worldly custom. Pure being, consciousness and bliss, the banner of the Solar line, he acts as a man, and these deeds become a bridge across samsara.
लखन सचिवँ सियँ किये प्रनामा । सबहिँ सहित सुख पायउ रामा ॥
गङ्ग सकल मुद-मङ्गल-मूला । सब सुख-करनि हरनि सब सूला ॥
lakhana sacivam̐ siyam̐ kiye pranāmā | sabahim̐ sahita sukha pāyau rāmā ||
gaṅga sakala muda-maṅgala-mūlā | saba sukha-karani harani saba sūlā ||
कहि कहि कोटिक कथा प्रसङ्गा । राम बिलोकहिँ गङ्ग-तरङ्गा ॥
सचिवहि अनुजहि प्रियहि सुनाई । बिबुध नदी महिमा अधिकाई ॥
kahi kahi koṭika kathā prasaṅgā | rāma bilokahim̐ gaṅga-taraṅgā ||
sacivahi anujahi priyahi sunāī | bibudha nadī mahimā adhikāī ||
मज्जन कीन्ह पन्थ स्त्रम गयऊ । सुचि जल पिअत मुदित मन भयऊ ॥
सुमिरत जाहि मिटइ श्रम-भारू । तेहि श्रम यह लौकिक व्यवहारू ॥
majjana kīnha pantha strama gayaū | suci jala piata mudita mana bhayaū ||
sumirata jāhi miṭai śrama-bhārū | tehi śrama yaha laukika vyavahārū ||
सुद्ध सच्चिदानन्द-मय, कन्द भानुकुल-केतु ।
चरित करत नर अनुहरत, संसृति-सागर-सेतु ॥
suddha saccidānanda-maya, kanda bhānukula-ketu |
carita karata nara anuharata, saṃsṛti-sāgara-setu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0