काम कुसुम-धनु-सायक लीन्हे । सकल भुवन अपने बस कीन्हे ॥
देबि तजिअ संसय अस जानी । भञ्जब धनुष राम सुनु रानी ॥
kāma kusuma-dhanu-sāyaka līnhe | sakala bhuvana apane basa kīnhe ||
debi tajia saṃsaya asa jānī | bhañjaba dhanuṣa rāma sunu rānī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 257: Sita prays to Mahesh, Bhavani and Ganesha
5 verses · 257 of 361
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Sita prays to Mahesh, Bhavani and Ganesha
The friend ends: Kamadeva, with only a bow and arrows of flowers, has brought every world under his sway. Knowing this, Devi, give up your doubt; Rama will break the bow. Her words bring the queen faith, her grief goes and her love grows. Then Vaidehi, looking at Shri Rama, prays in fear to every deity. Anxious, she pleads silently: be gracious, Mahesh and Bhavani, make my service fruitful and lighten the bow's weight. O Ganapati, giver of boons, I have served you till today; hear me and make the bow very light. Gazing again and again at Raghuvira, she steadies herself and keeps propitiating the devas, her eyes full of tears of love and her body thrilling.
सखी बचन सुनि भइ परतीती । मिटा बिषाद बढ़ी अति प्रीती ॥
तब रामहिँ बिलोकि बैदेही । सभय हृदयँ बिनवति जेहि तेही ॥
sakhī bacana suni bhai paratītī | miṭā biṣāda bar̤hī ati prītī ||
taba rāmahim̐ biloki baidehī | sabhaya hṛdayam̐ binavati jehi tehī ||
मनहीं मन मनाव अकुलानी । होहु प्रसन्न महेस भवानी ॥
करहु सुफल आपनि सेवकाई । करि हित हरहु चाप गरुआई ॥
manahīṃ mana manāva akulānī | hohu prasanna mahesa bhavānī ||
karahu suphala āpani sevakāī | kari hita harahu cāpa garuāī ||
गन-नायक बर-दायक देवा । आजु लगें कीन्हिउँ तव सेवा ॥
बार बार बिनती सुनि मोरी । करहु चाप-गुरुता अति थोरी ॥
gana-nāyaka bara-dāyaka devā | āju lageṃ kīnhium̐ tava sevā ||
bāra bāra binatī suni morī | karahu cāpa-gurutā ati thorī ||
देखि देखि रघुबीर छबि, सुर मनाव धरि धीर ।
भरे बिलोचन प्रेम-जल, पुलकावली-सरीर ॥
dekhi dekhi raghubīra chabi, sura manāva dhari dhīra |
bhare bilocana prema-jala, pulakāvalī-sarīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0