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Sita ends: with my lord and my heroic brother-in-law bearing bow and quiver, I feel no weariness on the road, so do not grieve for me. Hearing her calm words, Sumantra is stricken like a serpent that has lost its jewel; he can neither see nor hear nor speak. Rama consoles him in many ways, yet his heart finds no peace. He tries many ways to go along, and Raghunandana answers each fittingly. Rama's command cannot be undone; the course of karma is hard. Bowing to the feet of all three, Sumantra turns back like a merchant who has lost his capital. The horses keep looking back towards Rama and neighing, and the Nishadas beat their heads in grief.
प्राननाथ प्रिय देवर साथा । बीर-धुरीन धरें धनु भाथा ॥
नहिँ मग सम भ्रम दुख मन मोरें । मोहि लगि सोचु करिअ जनि भोरें ॥
prānanātha priya devara sāthā | bīra-dhurīna dhareṃ dhanu bhāthā ||
nahim̐ maga sama bhrama dukha mana moreṃ | mohi lagi socu karia jani bhoreṃ ||
सुनि सुमन्त्र सिय-सीतलि-बानी । भयउ बिकल जनु फनि-मनि-हानी ॥
नयन सूझ नहिँ सुनइ न काना । कहि न सकइ कछु अति अकुलाना ॥
suni sumantra siya-sītali-bānī | bhayau bikala janu phani-mani-hānī ||
nayana sūjha nahim̐ sunai na kānā | kahi na sakai kachu ati akulānā ||
राम प्रबोध कीन्ह बहु भाँती । तदपि होति नहिँ सीतल छाती ॥
जतन अनेक साथ हित कीन्हे । उचित उतर रघुनन्दन दीन्हे ॥
rāma prabodha kīnha bahu bhām̐tī | tadapi hoti nahim̐ sītala chātī ||
jatana aneka sātha hita kīnhe | ucita utara raghunandana dīnhe ||
मेटि जाइ नहिँ राम रजाई । कठिन करम गति कछु न बसाई ॥
राम-लखन सिय पद सिर नाई । फिरेउ बनिक जिमि मूर गवाँई ॥
meṭi jāi nahim̐ rāma rajāī | kaṭhina karama gati kachu na basāī ||
rāma-lakhana siya pada sira nāī | phireu banika jimi mūra gavām̐ī ||
रथ हाँकेउ हय राम-तन, हेरि हेरि हिहिनाहिं ।
देखि निषाद बिषाद-बस, धुनहिँ सीस पछिताहिँ ॥
ratha hām̐keu haya rāma-tana, heri heri hihināhiṃ |
dekhi niṣāda biṣāda-basa, dhunahim̐ sīsa pachitāhim̐ ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
