भूप बचन सुनि सहज सुहाये । जरित कनक-मनि पलँग डसाये ॥
सुभग सुरभि पय फेन समाना । कोमल कलित सुपेतीं नाना ॥
bhūpa bacana suni sahaja suhāye | jarita kanaka-mani palam̐ga ḍasāye ||
subhaga surabhi paya phena samānā | komala kalita supetīṃ nānā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 356: The mothers ask about Tataka and Subahu
5 verses · 356 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The mothers ask about Tataka and Subahu
Hearing the king's gentle words, the queens have beds of gold set with gems spread with soft white sheets like the foam of cow's milk, with fine pillows, fragrant incense, jewelled lamps and lovely canopies, all past describing. Preparing a beautiful bed, they lovingly lay Rama down on it. Rama tells his brothers again and again to go to rest, and each lies down on his own bed. Seeing his dark, tender, lovely limbs, all the mothers ask with love: son, on the road you met the dreadful Tataka; how did you kill her? And the fierce night-roaming warriors, Maricha and Subahu, who counted no one in battle, how did you slay them and their helpers?
उपबरहन-बर बरनि न जाहीँ । खग-सुगन्ध मनि-मन्दिर माहीं ॥
रतन दीप सुठि चारु चँदोवा । कहत न बनइ जान जेहिं जोवा ॥
upabarahana-bara barani na jāhīm̐ | khaga-sugandha mani-mandira māhīṃ ||
ratana dīpa suṭhi cāru cam̐dovā | kahata na banai jāna jehiṃ jovā ||
सेज रुचिर रचि रामु उठाये । प्रेम-समेत पलँग पौढ़ाये ॥
आज्ञा पुनि पुनि भाइन्ह दीन्ही । निज निज सेज सयन तिन्ह कीन्ही ॥
seja rucira raci rāmu uṭhāye | prema-sameta palam̐ga paur̤hāye ||
ājñā puni puni bhāinha dīnhī | nija nija seja sayana tinha kīnhī ||
देखि स्याम मृदु मञ्जुल गाता । कहहिँ सप्रेम बचन सब माता ॥
मारग जात भयावनि भारी । केहि बिधि तात ताड़का भारी ॥
dekhi syāma mṛdu mañjula gātā | kahahim̐ saprema bacana saba mātā ||
māraga jāta bhayāvani bhārī | kehi bidhi tāta tār̤akā bhārī ||
घोर निसाचर बिकट भट, समर गनहिँ नहिं काहु ।
मारे सहित सहाय किमि, खल मारीच सुबाहु ॥
ghora nisācara bikaṭa bhaṭa, samara ganahim̐ nahiṃ kāhu |
māre sahita sahāya kimi, khala mārīca subāhu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0