कोन्हि प्रीति कछु बीच न राखा । लछिमन राम चरित सब भाखा ॥
कह सुग्रीव नयन भरि बारी । मिलिहि नाथ मिथिलेसकुमारी ॥
konhi prīti kachu bīca na rākhā | lachimana rāma carita saba bhākhā ||
kaha sugrīva nayana bhari bārī | milihi nātha mithilesakumārī ||
Kishkindha Kanda
Chapter 5: Sita's cloth and Sugriva's promise
5 verses · 5 of 30
What happens in this chapter
Sita's cloth and Sugriva's promise
The friendship is made with nothing held back, and Lakshmana tells all of Rama's story. With tears in his eyes Sugriva says, Lord, the daughter of Mithila's king will surely be found. Once I sat here with my ministers and saw her carried through the sky, helpless and weeping, crying Rama, Rama, ha Rama. Seeing us she let fall a cloth. Rama asks for it at once and presses it to His chest in deep grief. Sugriva comforts Him: give up sorrow, Raghuvira, and take heart; I will serve You in every way until Janaki comes back. Hearing His friend, the ocean of mercy is glad, and asks Sugriva in turn why he lives in the forest.
मन्त्रिन्ह सहित इहाँ एक बारा । बैठ रहेउँ मैं करत बिचारा ॥
गगन-पन्थ देखी मैं जाता । परबस परी बहुत बिलपाता ॥
mantrinha sahita ihām̐ eka bārā | baiṭha raheum̐ maiṃ karata bicārā ||
gagana-pantha dekhī maiṃ jātā | parabasa parī bahuta bilapātā ||
राम राम हा राम पुकारी । हमहि देखि दीन्हेउ पट डारी ॥
माँगा राम तुरत तेहिं दीन्हा । पट उर लाइ सोच अति कीन्हा ॥
rāma rāma hā rāma pukārī | hamahi dekhi dīnheu paṭa ḍārī ||
mām̐gā rāma turata tehiṃ dīnhā | paṭa ura lāi soca ati kīnhā ||
कह सुग्रीव सुनहु रघुबीरा । तजहु सोच मन आनहु धीरा ॥
सब प्रकार करिहउँ सेवकाई । जेहि बिधि मिलिहि जानकी आई ॥
kaha sugrīva sunahu raghubīrā | tajahu soca mana ānahu dhīrā ||
saba prakāra karihaum̐ sevakāī | jehi bidhi milihi jānakī āī ||
सखा बचन सुनि हरषे कृपासिधु बलसींव ।
कारन कवन बसहु बन, मोहि कहहु सुग्रीव ॥
sakhā bacana suni haraṣe kṛpāsidhu balasīṃva |
kārana kavana basahu bana, mohi kahahu sugrīva ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0