अस कहि रही चरन गहि रानी । प्रेम पंक जनु गिरा समानी ॥
सुनि सनेह सानी बर बानी । बहु बिधि राम सासु सनमानी ॥
asa kahi rahī carana gahi rānī | prema paṃka janu girā samānī ||
suni saneha sānī bara bānī | bahu bidhi rāma sāsu sanamānī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 337: Rama departs, the mothers cannot let go
5 verses · 337 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Rama departs, the mothers cannot let go
Having spoken, the queen holds Rama's feet and falls silent, as if her words had sunk into the mire of love. Rama honours his mother-in-law in many ways, asks leave with folded hands, bows again and again, and after her blessing leaves with his brothers. Holding his lovely image in their hearts, the queens grow faint with love. Then, steadying themselves, they call the princesses and embrace them over and over, walk with them a little, turn back, and embrace them again. The friends finally separate them, the way a cow is drawn away from her young calf. Men and women, friends and queens, all are overcome, and it seems that grief and parting have made Videha's city their home.
राम बिदा माँगा कर जोरी । कीन्ह प्रनाम बहोरि बहोरी ॥
पाइ असीस बहुरि सिर नाई । भाइन्ह सहित चले रघुराई ॥
rāma bidā mām̐gā kara jorī | kīnha pranāma bahori bahorī ||
pāi asīsa bahuri sira nāī | bhāinha sahita cale raghurāī ||
मञ्जु-मधुर-मूरति उर आनी । भई सनेह सिथिल सब रानी ॥
पुनि धीरज धरि कुँअरि हँकारी । बार बार भेटहिं महतारीं ॥
mañju-madhura-mūrati ura ānī | bhaī saneha sithila saba rānī ||
puni dhīraja dhari kum̐ari ham̐kārī | bāra bāra bheṭahiṃ mahatārīṃ ||
पहुँचावहिं फिरि मिलहिँ बहोरी । बढ़ी परसपर प्रीति न थोरी ॥
पुनि पुनि मिलत सखिन्ह बिलगाई । बाल बच्छ जिमि धेनु लवाई ॥
pahum̐cāvahiṃ phiri milahim̐ bahorī | bar̤hī parasapara prīti na thorī ||
puni puni milata sakhinha bilagāī | bāla baccha jimi dhenu lavāī ||
प्रेम-विबस नरनारि सब, सखिन्ह सहित रनिवास ।
मानहुँ कीन्ह विदेहपुर, करुनाँ-बिरहँ-निवास ॥
prema-vibasa naranāri saba, sakhinha sahita ranivāsa |
mānahum̐ kīnha videhapura, karunām̐-biraham̐-nivāsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0