पहुँचे दूत राम-पुर पावन । हरषे नगर बिलोकि सुहावन ॥
भूप-द्वार तिन्ह खबरि जनाई । दसरथ नृप सुनि लिये बोलाई ॥
pahum̐ce dūta rāma-pura pāvana | haraṣe nagara biloki suhāvana ||
bhūpa-dvāra tinha khabari janāī | dasaratha nṛpa suni liye bolāī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 290: Janaka's letter reaches Dasharatha
5 verses · 290 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Janaka's letter reaches Dasharatha
The envoys reach Shri Rama's holy city and rejoice at its beauty. Called in by King Dasharatha, they hand him the letter, and he rises to take it himself. Reading it, his eyes fill with tears, his body thrills and his heart overflows. With Rama and Lakshmana in his heart and the letter in his hand, he stays silent, unable to say anything good or bad. Then, steadying himself, he reads it aloud, and the court rejoices at the true news. Bharata, playing nearby, hears of it and comes with his friends and brother. Shy with love he asks: father, where has the letter come from? Are my two dear brothers well, and in which land? At these tender words the king reads it again.
करि प्रनाम तिन्ह पाती दीन्ही । मुदित महीप आप उठि लीन्ही ॥
बारि-बिलोचन बाचत पाती । पुलक गात आई भरि छाती ॥
kari pranāma tinha pātī dīnhī | mudita mahīpa āpa uṭhi līnhī ||
bāri-bilocana bācata pātī | pulaka gāta āī bhari chātī ||
राम-लखन-उर कर-नर-चीठी । रहि गये कहत न खाटी मीठी ॥
पुनि धरि धीर पत्रिका बाँची । हरषी सभा बात सुनि साँची ॥
rāma-lakhana-ura kara-nara-cīṭhī | rahi gaye kahata na khāṭī mīṭhī ||
puni dhari dhīra patrikā bām̐cī | haraṣī sabhā bāta suni sām̐cī ||
खेलत रहे तहाँ सुधि पाई । आये भरत सहित हित भाई ॥
पूछत अति सनेहँ सकुचाई । तात कहाँ से पाती आई ॥
khelata rahe tahām̐ sudhi pāī | āye bharata sahita hita bhāī ||
pūchata ati saneham̐ sakucāī | tāta kahām̐ se pātī āī ||
कुसल प्रान प्रिय बन्धु दोउ, अहहिँ कहहु केहिं देस ।
सुनि सनेह-साने-बचन, बाची बहुरि नरेस ॥
kusala prāna priya bandhu dou, ahahim̐ kahahu kehiṃ desa |
suni saneha-sāne-bacana, bācī bahuri naresa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0