देखि राम छबि कोउ एक कहई । जोग जानकिहि यह बर अहई ॥
जौँ सखि इन्हहिँ देख नरनाहू । पन परिहरि हठि करइ बिबाहू ॥
dekhi rāma chabi kou eka kahaī | joga jānakihi yaha bara ahaī ||
jaum̐ sakhi inhahim̐ dekha naranāhū | pana parihari haṭhi karai bibāhū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 222: The women wish Rama for Sita
5 verses · 222 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The women wish Rama for Sita
Seeing Rama's beauty, one says: this is the groom fit for Janaki. If the king sees Him, friend, he will drop his vow and insist on this marriage. Another says the king has honoured them, but fate keeps him clinging to his vow. A third says: if Providence is good, then Janaki will surely get this groom; there is no doubt. If fate brings this union about, everyone will be fulfilled. That is why we long for it, friend, so that He may come here now and then through this tie. Otherwise, listen, His darshan is far beyond us; such a meeting happens only when great merit has been earned in past lives.
कोउ कह ये भूपति पहिचाने । मुनि समेत सादर सनमाने ॥
सखि परन्तु पन राउ न तजई । बिधि-बस हठि अबिबेकहि भजई ॥
kou kaha ye bhūpati pahicāne | muni sameta sādara sanamāne ||
sakhi parantu pana rāu na tajaī | bidhi-basa haṭhi abibekahi bhajaī ||
कोउ कह जौँ भल अहइ बिधाता । सब कहँ सुनिय उचित फलदाता ॥
तौ जानकिहि मिलिहि बर एहू । नाहिन आलि इहाँ सन्देहू ॥
kou kaha jaum̐ bhala ahai bidhātā | saba kaham̐ suniya ucita phaladātā ||
tau jānakihi milihi bara ehū | nāhina āli ihām̐ sandehū ||
जौँ बिधि-बस अस बनइ सँजोगू । तौ कृतकृत्य होहिँ सब लोगू ॥
सखि हमरें आरति अति तातें । कबहुँक ये आवहिँ एहि नातें ॥
jaum̐ bidhi-basa asa banai sam̐jogū | tau kṛtakṛtya hohim̐ saba logū ||
sakhi hamareṃ ārati ati tāteṃ | kabahum̐ka ye āvahim̐ ehi nāteṃ ||
नाहिँ त हम कहँ सुनहु सखि, इन्ह कर दरसन दूरि ।
यह सङ्घट तब होइ जब, पुन्य पुराकृत भूरि ॥
nāhim̐ ta hama kaham̐ sunahu sakhi, inha kara darasana dūri |
yaha saṅghaṭa taba hoi jaba, punya purākṛta bhūri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0