तब देखी मुद्रिका मनोहर । राम-नाम-अंकित अति सुन्दर ॥
चकित चितव मुदरी पहिचानी । हरष बिषाद हृदयँ अकुलानी ॥
taba dekhī mudrikā manohara | rāma-nāma-aṃkita ati sundara ||
cakita citava mudarī pahicānī | haraṣa biṣāda hṛdayam̐ akulānī ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 13: The ring, and Rama's messenger revealed
7 verses · 13 of 60
What happens in this chapter
The ring, and Rama's messenger revealed
Sita knows the ring engraved with Rama's name, and joy and grief struggle in her: no one can defeat Raghurai, and maya could not make this. Then Hanuman, unseen, begins in a sweet voice to tell Ramachandra's virtues and the whole katha from the start, and her sorrow flees. Whoever poured this nectar in my ears, she says, why not show yourself? He comes near. I am Rama's messenger, mother, I swear by the Ocean of compassion; Rama gave this ring as a token for you. She asks how men and monkeys met, and he tells her. Hearing his loving words, she trusts him as the Lord's servant in thought, word and deed.
जीति को सकइ अजय रघुराई । माया तें असि रचि नहिं जाई ॥
सीता मन बिचार कर नाना । मधुर बचन बोलेउ हनुमाना ॥
jīti ko sakai ajaya raghurāī | māyā teṃ asi raci nahiṃ jāī ||
sītā mana bicāra kara nānā | madhura bacana boleu hanumānā ||
रामचन्द्र गुन बरनइ लागा । सुनतहिं सीता कर दुख भागा ॥
लागीँ सुनैं स्रवन मन लाई । आदिहु तेँ सब कथा सुनाई ॥
rāmacandra guna baranai lāgā | sunatahiṃ sītā kara dukha bhāgā ||
lāgīm̐ sunaiṃ sravana mana lāī | ādihu tem̐ saba kathā sunāī ||
स्रवनामृत जेहिं कथा सुनाई । कहिं सो प्रगट होत किन भाई ॥
तब हनुमन्त निकट चलि गयऊ । फिरि बैठी मन बिसमय भयऊ ॥
sravanāmṛta jehiṃ kathā sunāī | kahiṃ so pragaṭa hota kina bhāī ||
taba hanumanta nikaṭa cali gayaū | phiri baiṭhī mana bisamaya bhayaū ||
राम-दूत मैं मातु जानकी । सत्य सपथ करुनानिधान की ॥
यह मुद्रिका मातु मैँ आनी । दीन्हि राम तुम्ह कहँ सहिदानी ॥
rāma-dūta maiṃ mātu jānakī | satya sapatha karunānidhāna kī ||
yaha mudrikā mātu maim̐ ānī | dīnhi rāma tumha kaham̐ sahidānī ||
नर बानरहि सङ्ग कहु कैसें । कही कथा भइ सङ्गति जैसें ॥
nara bānarahi saṅga kahu kaiseṃ | kahī kathā bhai saṅgati jaiseṃ ||
कपि के बचन सप्रेम सुनि, उपजा मन विस्वास ।
जाना मन क्रम बचन यह, कृपासिन्धु कर दास ॥
kapi ke bacana saprema suni, upajā mana visvāsa |
jānā mana krama bacana yaha, kṛpāsindhu kara dāsa ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0