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Ravana had asked for death only at a man's hand, and the Lord meant to keep Brahma's word true. Shiva thinks: if I do not go, I will regret it, yet no plan seems right. Just then ten-headed Ravana comes with base Maricha, who turns into a deceitful deer, and the fool carries off Vaidehi by trickery, not knowing the Lord's power. Returning with his brother after killing the deer, the Lord sees the empty ashram and his eyes fill with tears. Like an ordinary man stricken by separation, he searches the forest. He who knows neither union nor parting is seen bearing grief. The doha: only the wise grasp Raghupati's wondrous deeds; the deluded think otherwise.
रावन मरन मनुज कर जाचा । प्रभु बिधि बचन कीन्ह चह साँचा ॥
जौँ नहिँ जाउँ रहइ पछितावा । करत बिचार न बनत बनावा ॥
rāvana marana manuja kara jācā | prabhu bidhi bacana kīnha caha sām̐cā ||
jaum̐ nahim̐ jāum̐ rahai pachitāvā | karata bicāra na banata banāvā ||
एहि बिधि भये सोचबस ईसा । तेही समय जाइ दससीसा ॥
लीन्ह नीच मारीचहि सङ्गा । भयउ तुरत सोइ कपट-कुरङ्गा ॥
ehi bidhi bhaye socabasa īsā | tehī samaya jāi dasasīsā ||
līnha nīca mārīcahi saṅgā | bhayau turata soi kapaṭa-kuraṅgā ||
करि छल मूढ़ हरी बैदेही । प्रभु प्रभाउ तस बिदित न तेही ॥
मृग बधि बन्धु सहित हरि आये । आस्रम देखि नयन जल छाये ॥
kari chala mūr̤ha harī baidehī | prabhu prabhāu tasa bidita na tehī ||
mṛga badhi bandhu sahita hari āye | āsrama dekhi nayana jala chāye ||
बिरह बिकल नर इव रघुराई । खोजत बिपिन फिरत दोउ भाई ॥
कबहूँ जोग बियोग न जा के । देखा प्रगट दुसह दुख ताकें ॥
biraha bikala nara iva raghurāī | khojata bipina phirata dou bhāī ||
kabahūm̐ joga biyoga na jā ke | dekhā pragaṭa dusaha dukha tākeṃ ||
अति बिचित्र रघुपति चरित, जानहिँ परम सुजान ।
जे मतिमन्द बिमोह बस, हृदयँ धरहिँ कछु आन ॥
ati bicitra raghupati carita, jānahim̐ parama sujāna |
je matimanda bimoha basa, hṛdayam̐ dharahim̐ kachu āna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
