राजकुअँर तेहि अवसर आये । मनहुँ मनोहरता तन छाये ॥
गुन-सागर नागर बर बीरा । सुन्दर स्यामल गौर सरीरा ॥
rājakuam̐ra tehi avasara āye | manahum̐ manoharatā tana chāye ||
guna-sāgara nāgara bara bīrā | sundara syāmala gaura sarīrā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 241: Each onlooker sees the Lord by his own bhava
5 verses · 241 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Each onlooker sees the Lord by his own bhava
At that moment the two princes arrive, as though charm itself had taken bodily form, oceans of virtue, refined and heroic, one dark and one fair. Among the assembled kings they shine like two full moons among the stars. Here Tulsidas states a teaching: each person saw the Lord's form according to the feeling in his own heart. Warrior kings saw heroism itself in a body. Crooked kings were frightened, as if they faced a terrible form. Asuras disguised as kings saw him plainly as Death. The townsfolk saw the two brothers as ornaments of mankind, a delight to the eyes. The women looked with gladdened hearts, each after her own liking, as though the mood of love itself had taken an incomparable form.
राज-समाज विराजत रुरे । उडुगन महँ जनु जुग बिधु पूरे ॥
जिन्ह कै रही भावना जैसी । प्रभु मूरति तिन्ह देखी तिन्ह तैसी ॥
rāja-samāja virājata rure | uḍugana maham̐ janu juga bidhu pūre ||
jinha kai rahī bhāvanā jaisī | prabhu mūrati tinha dekhī tinha taisī ||
देखहिँ भूप महा-रन-धीरा । मनहुँ बीर रसु धरें सरीरा ॥
डरे कुटिल नृप प्रभुहि निहारी । मनहुँ भयानक मूरति भारी ॥
dekhahim̐ bhūpa mahā-rana-dhīrā | manahum̐ bīra rasu dhareṃ sarīrā ||
ḍare kuṭila nṛpa prabhuhi nihārī | manahum̐ bhayānaka mūrati bhārī ||
रहे असुर छल छोनिप बेखा । तिन्ह प्रभु प्रगट काल सम देखा ॥
पुरबासिन्ह देखे दोउ भाई । नर-भूषन लोचन सुखदाई ॥
rahe asura chala chonipa bekhā | tinha prabhu pragaṭa kāla sama dekhā ||
purabāsinha dekhe dou bhāī | nara-bhūṣana locana sukhadāī ||
नारि बिलोकहिँ हरषि हियँ, निज निज रुचि अनुरूप ।
जनु सोहत सिङ्गार धरि, मूरति परम अनूप ॥
nāri bilokahim̐ haraṣi hiyam̐, nija nija ruci anurūpa |
janu sohata siṅgāra dhari, mūrati parama anūpa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0