दूरि ते ताहि सबन्हि सिर नावा । पूछें निज वृत्तान्त सुनावा ॥
तेहिं तब कहा करहु जल पाना । खाहु सुरस सुन्दर फल नाना ॥
dūri te tāhi sabanhi sira nāvā | pūcheṃ nija vṛttānta sunāvā ||
tehiṃ taba kahā karahu jala pānā | khāhu surasa sundara phala nānā ||
Kishkindha Kanda
Chapter 25: Swayamprabha sends the monkeys to the shore
5 verses · 25 of 30
What happens in this chapter
Swayamprabha sends the monkeys to the shore
From a distance the monkeys bow to the ascetic woman, and when she asks, they tell her their purpose. She tells them to drink water and eat the many sweet, juicy fruits. Then she tells them her own story and says, I will now go to where Raghurai is. Close your eyes and you will be out of the cave; you will find Sita, do not lose heart. They shut their eyes, open them, and stand on the seashore. She goes to Raghunatha, bows her head at His lotus feet and prays to Him in many ways, and the Lord grants her unfailing bhakti. Taking His command on her head, holding in her heart the feet that Brahma and Shiva worship, she goes to Badarivan.
मज्जन कीन्ह मधुर फल खाये । तासु निकट पुनि सब चलि आये ॥
तेहिं सब आपनि कथा सुनाई । मैं अब जाब जहाँ, रघुराई ॥
majjana kīnha madhura phala khāye | tāsu nikaṭa puni saba cali āye ||
tehiṃ saba āpani kathā sunāī | maiṃ aba jāba jahām̐, raghurāī ||
मूदहु नयन बिबर तजि जाहू । पैहहु सीतहि जनि पछिताहू ॥
नयन मूदि पुनि देखहिँ बीरा । ठाढ़े सकल सिन्धु कें तीरा ॥
mūdahu nayana bibara taji jāhū | paihahu sītahi jani pachitāhū ||
nayana mūdi puni dekhahim̐ bīrā | ṭhār̤he sakala sindhu keṃ tīrā ||
सो पुनि गई जहाँ रघुनाथा । जाइ कमल-पद नाएसि माथा ॥
नाना भाँति बिनय तेहिं कीन्ही । अनपायनी भगति प्रभु दीन्ही ॥
so puni gaī jahām̐ raghunāthā | jāi kamala-pada nāesi māthā ||
nānā bhām̐ti binaya tehiṃ kīnhī | anapāyanī bhagati prabhu dīnhī ||
बदरीबन कहूँ सो गई, प्रभु अज्ञा धरि सीस ।
उर धरि राम-चरन जुग, जे बन्दत-अज-ईस ॥
badarībana kahūm̐ so gaī, prabhu ajñā dhari sīsa |
ura dhari rāma-carana juga, je bandata-aja-īsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0