कछुक दिवस बीते एहि भाँती । जात न जानिय दिन अरु राता ॥
नाम-करन कर अवसर जानी । भूप बोलि पठये मुनि-ज्ञानी ॥
kachuka divasa bīte ehi bhām̐tī | jāta na jāniya dina aru rātā ||
nāma-karana kara avasara jānī | bhūpa boli paṭhaye muni-jñānī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 197: Vasishtha names the four brothers
5 verses · 197 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Vasishtha names the four brothers
Some days pass so happily that day and night go by unnoticed. At the time for naming, the king sends for the wise muni Vasishtha, worships him and asks for the names he has pondered. The children have many matchless names, the muni says, but he will speak as his understanding allows. The ocean of bliss, one drop of which fills the three worlds, who gives rest to all, shall be Rama. He who sustains the universe shall be Bharata. He whose remembrance destroys enemies shall be Shatrughna. And the home of auspicious marks, dear to Rama and support of the world, the guru names Lakshmana.
करि पूजा भूपति अस भाखा । धरिय नाम जो मुनि गुनि राखा ॥
इन्ह के नाम अनेक अनूपा । मैँ नृप कहब स्वमति अनुरूपा ॥
kari pūjā bhūpati asa bhākhā | dhariya nāma jo muni guni rākhā ||
inha ke nāma aneka anūpā | maim̐ nṛpa kahaba svamati anurūpā ||
जो आनन्द-सिन्धु सुख-रासी । सीकर तें त्रैलोक सुपासी ॥
सो सुख-धाम राम अस नामा । अखिल-लोक दायक बिश्रामा ॥
jo ānanda-sindhu sukha-rāsī | sīkara teṃ trailoka supāsī ||
so sukha-dhāma rāma asa nāmā | akhila-loka dāyaka biśrāmā ||
बिस्व-भरन-पोषन कर जोई । ता कर नाम भरत अस होई ॥
जा के सुमिरन तेँ रिपु-नासा । नाम सत्रुहन बेद प्रकासा ॥
bisva-bharana-poṣana kara joī | tā kara nāma bharata asa hoī ||
jā ke sumirana tem̐ ripu-nāsā | nāma satruhana beda prakāsā ||
लच्छन धाम राम-प्रिय, सकल जगत आधार ।
गुरु बसिष्ठ तेहि राखा, लछिमन नाम उदार ॥
lacchana dhāma rāma-priya, sakala jagata ādhāra |
guru basiṣṭha tehi rākhā, lachimana nāma udāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0