निसि प्रबेस मुनि आयसु दीन्हा । सबहीं सन्ध्या-बदन कीन्हा ॥
कहत कथा इतिहास पुरानी । रुचिर रजनि जुग जाम सिरानी ॥
nisi prabesa muni āyasu dīnhā | sabahīṃ sandhyā-badana kīnhā ||
kahata kathā itihāsa purānī | rucira rajani juga jāma sirānī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 226: The brothers serve their guru's feet at night
5 verses · 226 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The brothers serve their guru's feet at night
Night falls and, at the muni's word, everyone performs the evening sandhya. Vishvamitra tells old kathas and itihasa until two watches of the lovely night have passed. When he lies down, Shri Rama and Lakshmana press his feet. Tulsidas marvels at it: the very feet that yogis and renunciants chase through japa and tapas are here bowed before a guru, as if love had conquered the two brothers. Only after the muni tells him again and again does Shri Rama go to rest. Lakshmana then presses his brother's feet with great tenderness, and Shri Rama keeps saying, sleep now, dear one. At dawn, hearing the cock crow, Lakshmana rises, yet Shri Rama, Lord of the world, is awake even before the guru.
मुनिबर सयन कीन्ह तब जाई । लगे चरन चापन दोउ भाई ॥
जिन्ह के चरन-सरोरुह लागी । करत बिबिध जप जोग बिरागी ॥
munibara sayana kīnha taba jāī | lage carana cāpana dou bhāī ||
jinha ke carana-saroruha lāgī | karata bibidha japa joga birāgī ||
तेइ दोउ बन्धु प्रेम जनु जीते । गुरु-पद-पदुम पलोटत प्रीते ॥
बार बार मुनि आज्ञा दीन्ही । रघुबर जाइ सयन तब कीन्ही ॥
tei dou bandhu prema janu jīte | guru-pada-paduma paloṭata prīte ||
bāra bāra muni ājñā dīnhī | raghubara jāi sayana taba kīnhī ||
चापत चरन लखन उर लाये । सभय सप्रेम परम सचु पाये ॥
पुनि पुनि प्रभु कह सोवहु ताता । पौढ़े धरि उर पद-जल जाता ॥
cāpata carana lakhana ura lāye | sabhaya saprema parama sacu pāye ||
puni puni prabhu kaha sovahu tātā | paur̤he dhari ura pada-jala jātā ||
उठे लखन निसि बिगत सुनि, अरुनसिखा धुनि कान ।
गुरु तेँ पहिलेहिं जगतपति, जागे राम सुजान ॥
uṭhe lakhana nisi bigata suni, arunasikhā dhuni kāna |
guru tem̐ pahilehiṃ jagatapati, jāge rāma sujāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0