फिरत बिपिन आस्रम एक देखा । तहँ बस नृपति कपट-मुनि बेखा ॥
जासु देस नृप लीन्ह छड़ाई । समर सेन तजि गयउ पराई ॥
phirata bipina āsrama eka dekhā | taham̐ basa nṛpati kapaṭa-muni bekhā ||
jāsu desa nṛpa līnha char̤āī | samara sena taji gayau parāī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 158: The defeated king in false guise
5 verses · 158 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The defeated king in false guise
Wandering in the forest, the king came upon an ashrama. There lived, dressed as a muni, a king whose land Pratapbhanu had seized and who had fled the battle, leaving his army. Ashamed, he had not gone home, and too proud to submit. Swallowing his anger like a pauper, he lived in the forest in an ascetic's garb. Pratapbhanu went up to him, and the false ascetic recognised him at once. The thirsty king did not recognise him; seeing his fine garb, he took him for a great muni. He got down from his horse and bowed but shrewdly kept back his name. Seeing him thirsty, the ascetic showed him a lake, and the king gladly bathed and drank, his horse too.
समय प्रताप-भानु कर जानी । आपन अति असमय अनुमानी ॥
गयउ न गृह मन बहुत गलानी । मिला न राजहि नृप अभिमानी ॥
samaya pratāpa-bhānu kara jānī | āpana ati asamaya anumānī ||
gayau na gṛha mana bahuta galānī | milā na rājahi nṛpa abhimānī ||
रिस उर मारि रङ्क जिमि राजा । बिपिन बसइ तापस कें साजा ॥
तासु समीप गवन नृप कीन्हा । यह प्रताप-रवि तेहि तब चीन्हा ॥
risa ura māri raṅka jimi rājā | bipina basai tāpasa keṃ sājā ||
tāsu samīpa gavana nṛpa kīnhā | yaha pratāpa-ravi tehi taba cīnhā ||
राउ तृषित नहिँ सो पहिचाना । देखि सुबेष महामुनि जाना ॥
उतरि तुरग तेँ कीन्ह प्रनामा । परम चतुर न कहेउ निज नामा ॥
rāu tṛṣita nahim̐ so pahicānā | dekhi subeṣa mahāmuni jānā ||
utari turaga tem̐ kīnha pranāmā | parama catura na kaheu nija nāmā ||
भूपति तृषित बिलोकि तेहिं, सरवर दीन्ह देखाइ ।
भज्जन पान समेत हय, कीन्ह नृपति हरषाइ ॥
bhūpati tṛṣita biloki tehiṃ, saravara dīnha dekhāi |
bhajjana pāna sameta haya, kīnha nṛpati haraṣāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0