उठे लखन प्रभु सोवत जानी । कहि सचिवहि सोवन मृदु बानी ॥
कछुक दूरि सजि बान-सरासन । जागन लगे बैठि बीरासन ॥
uṭhe lakhana prabhu sovata jānī | kahi sacivahi sovana mṛdu bānī ||
kachuka dūri saji bāna-sarāsana | jāgana lage baiṭhi bīrāsana ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 90: Lakshmana keeps watch; Guha recalls the palace
5 verses · 90 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Lakshmana keeps watch; Guha recalls the palace
Knowing the Lord asleep, Lakshmana rises, gently tells the minister to rest, and a little distance away sits in the warrior's posture with bow and arrows ready, keeping vigil. Guha posts trusted watchmen here and there, then sits beside Lakshmana with a quiver at his waist and his bow strung. Looking at the sleeping Lord, the Nishada is overcome by love and grief; his body thrills and tears flow as he speaks to Lakshmana. The king's palace, he says, is lovely beyond even Indra's home. Its jewelled pavilions look as if Kamadeva had built them with his own hands. There are clean, wondrous chambers full of fragrant flowers, fine couches and jewelled lamps, every ease in every way.
गुँह बोलाइ पाहरू प्रतीती । ठावँ ठाँव राखे अति प्रीती ॥
आपु लखन पहिं बैठेउ जाई । कटि भाथी सर चाप चढ़ाई ॥
gum̐ha bolāi pāharū pratītī | ṭhāvam̐ ṭhām̐va rākhe ati prītī ||
āpu lakhana pahiṃ baiṭheu jāī | kaṭi bhāthī sara cāpa car̤hāī ||
सोवत प्रभुहि निहारि निषादू । भयउ प्रेम-बस हृदय बिषादू ॥
तनु पुलकित जल लोचन बहई । बचन सप्रेम लखन सन कहई ॥
sovata prabhuhi nihāri niṣādū | bhayau prema-basa hṛdaya biṣādū ||
tanu pulakita jala locana bahaī | bacana saprema lakhana sana kahaī ||
भूपति भवन सुभायँ सुहावा । सुरपति सदनु न पटतर पावा ॥
मनिमय रचित चारु चौबारे । जनु रतिपति निज हाथ सँवारे ॥
bhūpati bhavana subhāyam̐ suhāvā | surapati sadanu na paṭatara pāvā ||
manimaya racita cāru caubāre | janu ratipati nija hātha sam̐vāre ||
सुचि सुबिचित्र सुभोगमय, सुमन सुगन्ध सुबास ।
पलंग-मज्जु मनि-दीप जहँ, सब बिधि सकल सुपास ॥
suci subicitra subhogamaya, sumana sugandha subāsa |
palaṃga-majju mani-dīpa jaham̐, saba bidhi sakala supāsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0