धरि धीरज, एक आलि सयानी । सीता सन बोली गहि पानी ॥
बहुरि गौरि कर ध्यान करेहू । भूप-किसोर देखि किन लेहू ॥
dhari dhīraja, eka āli sayānī | sītā sana bolī gahi pānī ||
bahuri gauri kara dhyāna karehū | bhūpa-kisora dekhi kina lehū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 234: Sita looks back again and again
5 verses · 234 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Sita looks back again and again
One wise friend steadies herself, takes Sita's hand and teases her: meditate on Gauri later, why not look at the prince now? Shyly Sita opens her eyes and sees the two lions of the Raghu line. Seeing Shri Rama from head to toe, she remembers her father's vow and her heart is shaken. The friends grow afraid and say it is late. One, smiling inwardly, says they will come again at this hour tomorrow, and Sita is abashed at the hidden meaning. Fearing her mother, she gathers courage, keeps Shri Rama in her heart and turns back, bound by her father's will. Yet on the pretext of looking at deer, birds and trees, she keeps turning to gaze at him.
सकुचि सीयँ तब नयन उघारे । सनमुख दोउ रघु सिंह निहारे ॥
नख-सिख देखि राम कै सोभा । सुमिरि पिता पन मन अति छोभा ॥
sakuci sīyam̐ taba nayana ughāre | sanamukha dou raghu siṃha nihāre ||
nakha-sikha dekhi rāma kai sobhā | sumiri pitā pana mana ati chobhā ||
परबस सखिन्ह लखी जब सीता । भयउ गहरु सब कहहिँ सभीता ॥
पुनि आउब एहि बेरिआँ काली । अस कहि मन बिहसी एक आली ॥
parabasa sakhinha lakhī jaba sītā | bhayau gaharu saba kahahim̐ sabhītā ||
puni āuba ehi beriām̐ kālī | asa kahi mana bihasī eka ālī ||
गूढ़ गिरा सुनि सिय सकुचानी । भयउ बिलम्ब मातु भय मानी ॥
धरि बड़ धीर राम उर आनी । फिरी अपनपौ पितु बस जानी ॥
gūr̤ha girā suni siya sakucānī | bhayau bilamba mātu bhaya mānī ||
dhari bar̤a dhīra rāma ura ānī | phirī apanapau pitu basa jānī ||
देखन मिस मृग बिहँग तरु, फिरइ बहोरि बहोरि ।
निरखि निरखि रघुबीर छबि, बाढ़इ प्रीति न थोरि ॥
dekhana misa mṛga biham̐ga taru, phirai bahori bahori |
nirakhi nirakhi raghubīra chabi, bār̤hai prīti na thori ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0