मुनि पाती पुलके दोउ भ्राता । अधिक सनेह समात न गाता ॥
प्रीति पुनीत भरत कै देखी । सकल सभाँ सुख लहे उ बिसेखी ॥
muni pātī pulake dou bhrātā | adhika saneha samāta na gātā ||
prīti punīta bharata kai dekhī | sakala sabhām̐ sukha lahe u bisekhī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 291: Dasharatha questions the envoys
5 verses · 291 of 361
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Dasharatha questions the envoys
Hearing the letter, Bharata and his brother thrill with love too great for their bodies to hold, and the whole court is glad to see Bharata's pure affection. The king seats the envoys near him and speaks sweetly. Brothers, you saw my two boys; are they well? One dark, one fair, carrying bows and quivers, in their early youth, with the muni Kaushika: do you know them? Tell me their nature. Since the day the muni took them away, only today have I had true news. Tell me how Videha came to know them. The envoys smile at his loving words and say: hear, crown jewel of kings, no one is as blessed as you, whose sons Rama and Lakshmana adorn the world.
तब नृप दूत निकट बैठारे । मधुर मनोहर बचन उचारे ॥
भैया कहहु कुसल दोउ बारे । तुम्ह नीकें निज नयन निहारे ॥
taba nṛpa dūta nikaṭa baiṭhāre | madhura manohara bacana ucāre ||
bhaiyā kahahu kusala dou bāre | tumha nīkeṃ nija nayana nihāre ||
स्यामल गौर धरें धनु भाथा । बय-किसोर कौसिक मुनि साथा ॥
पहिचानहु तुम्ह कहहु सुभाऊ । प्रेम-बिबस पुनि पुनि कहि राऊ ॥
syāmala gaura dhareṃ dhanu bhāthā | baya-kisora kausika muni sāthā ||
pahicānahu tumha kahahu subhāū | prema-bibasa puni puni kahi rāū ||
जा दिन तैं मुनि गयउ लवाई । तब तेँ आजु साँचि सुधि पाई ॥
कहहु बिदेह कवनि विधि जाने । सुनि प्रिय बचन दूत मुसुकाने ॥
jā dina taiṃ muni gayau lavāī | taba tem̐ āju sām̐ci sudhi pāī ||
kahahu bideha kavani vidhi jāne | suni priya bacana dūta musukāne ||
सुनहु महीपति मुकुट-मनि, तुम्ह सम धन्य न कोउ ।
राम लखन जिन्ह के तनय, बिस्व-विभूषन दोउ ॥
sunahu mahīpati mukuṭa-mani, tumha sama dhanya na kou |
rāma lakhana jinha ke tanaya, bisva-vibhūṣana dou ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0