चारिउ भाइ सुभायँ सुहाये । नगर नारि नर देखन धाए ॥
कोउ कह चलन चहत हहिं आजू । कीन्ह बिदेह बिदा कर साजू ॥
cāriu bhāi subhāyam̐ suhāye | nagara nāri nara dekhana dhāe ||
kou kaha calana cahata hahiṃ ājū | kīnha bideha bidā kara sājū ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 335: The city's last look at the princes
5 verses · 335 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The city's last look at the princes
As the four brothers go, men and women of the city run to see them. Someone says they leave today, Videha has made all ready for the farewell. Look your fill at these four princes, dear guests; who knows by what merit the Creator made them guests of our eyes. Seeing them is for us what amrit is to a mortal, a wish-granting tree to one hungry from birth, or Hari's feet to a soul in hell. Gaze at Rama's beauty and keep it in your heart as a serpent keeps its jewel. Giving every eye its reward this way, the princes reach the palace. The queens' apartments rise in joy at the sight of these oceans of beauty, and the mothers-in-law wave lamps and make offerings.
लेहु नयन भरि रूप निहारी । प्रिय पाहुने भूप-सुत-चारी ॥
को जानइ केहि सुकृत सयानी । नयन अतिथि कीन्हे विधि आनी ॥
lehu nayana bhari rūpa nihārī | priya pāhune bhūpa-suta-cārī ||
ko jānai kehi sukṛta sayānī | nayana atithi kīnhe vidhi ānī ||
मरनसील जिमि पाव पिऊषा । सुरतरु लहइ जनम के भूखा ॥
पाव नारकी हरि-पद जैसें । इन्ह कर दरसन हम कहँ तैसे ॥
maranasīla jimi pāva piūṣā | surataru lahai janama ke bhūkhā ||
pāva nārakī hari-pada jaiseṃ | inha kara darasana hama kaham̐ taise ||
निरखि राम सोभा उर धरहू । निज-मन-फनि-मूरति-मनि करहू ॥
एहि बिधि सबहि नयन फल देता । गये कुअँर सब राज-निकेता ॥
nirakhi rāma sobhā ura dharahū | nija-mana-phani-mūrati-mani karahū ||
ehi bidhi sabahi nayana phala detā | gaye kuam̐ra saba rāja-niketā ||
रूप-सिन्धु सब बन्धु लखि, हरषि उठा रनिवासु ।
करहिँ निछावरि आरती, महा-मुदित मन सासु ॥
rūpa-sindhu saba bandhu lakhi, haraṣi uṭhā ranivāsu |
karahim̐ nichāvari āratī, mahā-mudita mana sāsu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0