सुन्दर बन कुसुमित अति सोभा । गुञ्जत मधुप निकर मधु लोभा ॥
कन्द मूल फल पत्र सुहाये । भए बहुत जब तें प्रभु आये ॥
sundara bana kusumita ati sobhā | guñjata madhupa nikara madhu lobhā ||
kanda mūla phala patra suhāye | bhae bahuta jaba teṃ prabhu āye ||
Kishkindha Kanda
Chapter 13: Rama on the crystal rock as the rains begin
5 verses · 13 of 30
What happens in this chapter
Rama on the crystal rock as the rains begin
The forest on the hill blooms, bees hum greedy for honey, and since the Lord came, roots, fruits and leaves abound. Rama and Lakshmana stay on that matchless hill. Devas, siddhas and sages take the forms of bees, birds and deer to serve the Lord, and from the day Rama, Lord of Lakshmi, dwells there, the forest becomes auspicious. The two brothers sit at ease on a gleaming white crystal slab, and Rama tells his younger brother many things about bhakti, vairagya, statecraft and discernment. The rainy season comes; clouds fill the sky, and their thunder sounds lovely. Lakshmana, look, says Rama: the peacocks dance on seeing the clouds, as a householder given to detachment rejoices on seeing a devotee of Vishnu.
देखि मनोहर सैल अनूपा । रहे तहँ अनुज सहित सुरभूपा ॥
मधुकर-खग-मृग-तनु धरि देवा । करहिँ सिद्ध मुनि प्रभु के सेवा ॥
dekhi manohara saila anūpā | rahe taham̐ anuja sahita surabhūpā ||
madhukara-khaga-mṛga-tanu dhari devā | karahim̐ siddha muni prabhu ke sevā ||
मङ्गल-रूप भयउ बन तब तें । कीन्ह निवास रमापति जय तें ॥
फटिक-सिला अति सुभ्र सुहाई । सुख-आसीन तहाँ दोउ भाई ॥
maṅgala-rūpa bhayau bana taba teṃ | kīnha nivāsa ramāpati jaya teṃ ||
phaṭika-silā ati subhra suhāī | sukha-āsīna tahām̐ dou bhāī ||
कहत अनुज सन कथा अनेका । भगति बिरति नृप-नीति बिबेका ॥
बरषा काल मेघ नभ छाये । गरजत लागत परम-सुहाये ॥
kahata anuja sana kathā anekā | bhagati birati nṛpa-nīti bibekā ||
baraṣā kāla megha nabha chāye | garajata lāgata parama-suhāye ||
लछिमन देखु मोर-गन, नाचत बारिद पैखि ।
गृही बिरति-रत हरष जस, बिष्नु भगत कह देखि ॥
lachimana dekhu mora-gana, nācata bārida paikhi |
gṛhī birati-rata haraṣa jasa, biṣnu bhagata kaha dekhi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0