आवत देखि अधिक रव बाजी । चलेउ बराह मरुत-गति भाजी ॥
तुरत कीन्ह नृप सर सन्धाना । महि मिलि गयउ बिलोकत बाना ॥
āvata dekhi adhika rava bājī | caleu barāha maruta-gati bhājī ||
turata kīnha nṛpa sara sandhānā | mahi mili gayau bilokata bānā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 157: Lost in the forest, faint with thirst
5 verses · 157 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Lost in the forest, faint with thirst
Seeing the horse coming fast, the boar fled with the speed of wind. The king quickly fitted an arrow, and at the sight of it the boar pressed itself to the ground. Now showing itself, now hiding, it ran, and the angry king kept after it. It went far into dense forest where neither elephant nor horse could pass. Seeing how determined he was, the boar fled into a deep mountain cave. Finding it out of reach, the king was sorry and turned back, but lost his way in the great forest. Weary, hungry and thirsty, he and his horse searched desperately for a river or lake, and without water he fell senseless.
तकि तकि तीर महीस चलावा । करि छल सुअर सरीर बचावा ॥
प्रगटत दुरत जाइ मृग भागा । रिस बस भूप चलेउ सँग लागा ॥
taki taki tīra mahīsa calāvā | kari chala suara sarīra bacāvā ||
pragaṭata durata jāi mṛga bhāgā | risa basa bhūpa caleu sam̐ga lāgā ||
गयउ दूरि घन-गहन बराहू । जहँ नाहिन गज बाजि निबाहू ॥
अति अकेल बन बिपुल कलेसू । तदपि न मृग-मग तजइ नरेसू ॥
gayau dūri ghana-gahana barāhū | jaham̐ nāhina gaja bāji nibāhū ||
ati akela bana bipula kalesū | tadapi na mṛga-maga tajai naresū ||
कोल बिलोकि भूप बड़ धीरा । भागि पैठ गिरिगुहाँ गभीरा ॥
अगम देखि नृप अति पछिताई । फिरेउ महाबन परेउ भुलाई ॥
kola biloki bhūpa bar̤a dhīrā | bhāgi paiṭha giriguhām̐ gabhīrā ||
agama dekhi nṛpa ati pachitāī | phireu mahābana pareu bhulāī ||
खेद-खिन्न छुद्धित तृषित, राजा बाजि समेत ।
खोजत ब्याकुल सरित सर, जल बिनु भयउ अचेत ॥
kheda-khinna chuddhita tṛṣita, rājā bāji sameta |
khojata byākula sarita sara, jala binu bhayau aceta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0