तब नरनाहँ बसिष्ठ बोलाये । राम-धाम सिख देन पठाये ॥
गुर आगमनु सुनत रघुनाथा । द्वार आइ पद नायउ माथा ॥
taba naranāham̐ basiṣṭha bolāye | rāma-dhāma sikha dena paṭhāye ||
gura āgamanu sunata raghunāthā | dvāra āi pada nāyau māthā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 9: Vasishtha visits Rama, who receives him humbly
5 verses · 9 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Vasishtha visits Rama, who receives him humbly
The king sends Vasishtha to Rama's palace to instruct him. Hearing the guru has come, Rama meets him at the door and bows at his feet. He offers arghya, brings him in and honours him with the sixteenfold worship. With Sita he clasps his feet again and speaks with joined hands. A master's coming to a servant's house is the root of blessing, he says, yet by right custom the master should lovingly summon the servant and send him on the errand. Setting lordship aside, you have shown love, and today this house is made holy. Command me and I will do it; a servant's gain is service. The muni praises him: how could you not speak so, jewel of the solar line?
सादर अरघ देइ घर आने । सोरह भाँति पूजि सनमाने ॥
गहे चरन सिय-सहित बहोरी । बोले राम कमल-कर जोरी ॥
sādara aragha dei ghara āne | soraha bhām̐ti pūji sanamāne ||
gahe carana siya-sahita bahorī | bole rāma kamala-kara jorī ||
सेवक सदन स्वामि आगमनू । मङ्गल-मूल अमङ्गल-दमनू ॥
तदपि उचित जन बोलि सप्रीती । पठइअ काज नाथ असि नीती ॥
sevaka sadana svāmi āgamanū | maṅgala-mūla amaṅgala-damanū ||
tadapi ucita jana boli saprītī | paṭhaia kāja nātha asi nītī ||
प्रभुता तजि प्रभु कीन्ह सनेहू । भयउ पुनीत आजु यह गेहू ॥
आयसु होइ सो करउँ गोसाँई । सेवक लहइ स्वामि सेवकाई ॥
prabhutā taji prabhu kīnha sanehū | bhayau punīta āju yaha gehū ||
āyasu hoi so karaum̐ gosām̐ī | sevaka lahai svāmi sevakāī ||
सुनि सनेह साने बचन, मुनि रघुबरहि प्रसंस ।
राम कस न तुम्ह कहहु अस, हंस-बंस-अवतंस ॥
suni saneha sāne bacana, muni raghubarahi prasaṃsa |
rāma kasa na tumha kahahu asa, haṃsa-baṃsa-avataṃsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0