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Tulsidas bows to holy Ayodhya and the Sarayu, which washes away Kali's sins, and to the people of the city, whom the Lord loved dearly; he even removed the sins of those who spoke ill of Sita and settled them in a world without grief. He bows to Kausalya as the eastern quarter where the moon of Raghupati rose, a joy to the world and frost on the lotuses of the wicked. In deed, mind and word he bows to King Dasharatha and all his queens, and asks their grace as their son's servant. In making Rama's parents, Brahma himself grew great. The soratha honours Dasharatha, whose love was so true that parted from Rama he gave up his body like straw.
बन्दउँ अवध पुरी अति पावनि । सरजू-सरि कलि-कलुष-नसावनि ॥
प्रनवउँ पुर-नर-नारि बहोरी । ममता जिन्ह पर प्रभुहि न थोरी ॥
bandaum̐ avadha purī ati pāvani | sarajū-sari kali-kaluṣa-nasāvani ||
pranavaum̐ pura-nara-nāri bahorī | mamatā jinha para prabhuhi na thorī ||
सिय-निन्दक अघ-ओघ नसाये । लोक बिसोक बनाइ बसाये ॥
बन्दउँ कौसल्या दिसि प्राची । कीरति जासु सकल जग माची ॥
siya-nindaka agha-ogha nasāye | loka bisoka banāi basāye ||
bandaum̐ kausalyā disi prācī | kīrati jāsu sakala jaga mācī ||
प्रगटेउ जहँ रघुपति ससि चारू । बिस्व-सुखद खल-कमल-तुसारू ॥
दसरथ राउ सहित सब रानी । सुकृत-सुमङ्गल मूरति मानी ॥
pragaṭeu jaham̐ raghupati sasi cārū | bisva-sukhada khala-kamala-tusārū ||
dasaratha rāu sahita saba rānī | sukṛta-sumaṅgala mūrati mānī ||
करउँ प्रनाम करम-मन-बानी । करहु कृपा सुत-सेवक जानी ॥
जिन्हहिँ बिरचि बड़ भयउ विधाता । महिमा-अवधि राम-पितु-माता ॥
karaum̐ pranāma karama-mana-bānī | karahu kṛpā suta-sevaka jānī ||
jinhahim̐ biraci bar̤a bhayau vidhātā | mahimā-avadhi rāma-pitu-mātā ||
बन्दउँ अवध भुआल, सत्य प्रेम जेहि राम पद ।
बिछुरत दीनदयाल, प्रिय तनु तृन इव परिहरेउ ॥
bandaum̐ avadha bhuāla, satya prema jehi rāma pada |
bichurata dīnadayāla, priya tanu tṛna iva parihareu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
