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Sita goes on. I have seen my father's splendour, his footstool touched by kings' jewelled crowns, yet that home of comforts does not please me without my beloved. My father-in-law is emperor of Kosala, known in all fourteen worlds, whom Indra comes forward to receive and seats on half his throne. Such a father-in-law, Ayodhya as home, a loving family, mothers-in-law like my mother: without the dust of Raghupati's feet none of these gives joy even in a dream. Hard paths, mountains, elephants and lions, rivers, Kols and Kiratas, deer and birds, all are pleasant with my lord. Fall at my elders' feet for me and tell them not to grieve; I am happy in the forest.
पितु-बैभव-बिलास मैं डीठा । नृप-मनि-मुकुट मिलित पद पीठा ॥
सुख-निधान अस पितु-गृह मोरें । पिय बिहीन मन भाव न मारे ॥
pitu-baibhava-bilāsa maiṃ ḍīṭhā | nṛpa-mani-mukuṭa milita pada pīṭhā ||
sukha-nidhāna asa pitu-gṛha moreṃ | piya bihīna mana bhāva na māre ||
ससुर चक्कवइ कोसलराऊ । भुवन चारि-दस प्रगट प्रभाऊ ॥
आगें होइ जेहि सुरपति लेई । अरध सिंहासन आसन देई ॥
sasura cakkavai kosalarāū | bhuvana cāri-dasa pragaṭa prabhāū ||
āgeṃ hoi jehi surapati leī | aradha siṃhāsana āsana deī ||
ससुर एतादृस अवध निवासू । प्रिय परिवार मातु सम सासू ॥
बिनु रघुपति-पद-पदुम-परागा । मोहि कोउ सपनेहुँ सुखद न लागा ॥
sasura etādṛsa avadha nivāsū | priya parivāra mātu sama sāsū ||
binu raghupati-pada-paduma-parāgā | mohi kou sapanehum̐ sukhada na lāgā ||
अगम पन्थ बन भूमि पहारा । करि केहरि सर सरित अपारा ॥
कोल किरात कुरङ्ग बिहङ्गा । मोहि सब सुखद प्रानपति सङ्गा ॥
agama pantha bana bhūmi pahārā | kari kehari sara sarita apārā ||
kola kirāta kuraṅga bihaṅgā | mohi saba sukhada prānapati saṅgā ||
सासु ससुर सन मोरि हुँति, बिनय करबि परि पायँ ।
मोर सोचु जनि करिअ कछु, मैं बन सुखी सुभायँ ॥
sāsu sasura sana mori hum̐ti, binaya karabi pari pāyam̐ |
mora socu jani karia kachu, maiṃ bana sukhī subhāyam̐ ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
