Sundara Kanda

Chapter 30: Jambavan praises Hanuman, Rama asks of Sita

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Jambavan praises Hanuman, Rama asks of Sita

Jambavan speaks: Raghurai, one on whom you show mercy is always well; devas, men and munis are pleased with him, and his fame shines in the three worlds. By your grace all is done and our lives are fulfilled. What the son of the Wind has done a thousand mouths could not tell. Then he recounts Hanuman's deeds. Delighted, the Treasure of mercy clasps Hanuman to His heart: tell me, son, how does Janaki live and guard her life? Hanuman answers in the doha: your name is her sentry day and night, her meditation on you the door, her eyes locked on her own feet. By what road could life escape?

30.1

जामवन्त कह सुनु रघुराया । जा पर नाथ करहु तुम्ह दाया ॥
ताहि सदा सुभ कुसल निरन्तर । सुर नर मुनि प्रसन्न ता ऊपर ॥

jāmavanta kaha sunu raghurāyā | jā para nātha karahu tumha dāyā ||
tāhi sadā subha kusala nirantara | sura nara muni prasanna tā ūpara ||

30.2

सोइ बिजई बिनई गुन-सागर । तासु सुजस त्रय लोक उजागर ॥
प्रभु कीं कृपा भयउ सब काजू । जनम हमार सुफल भा आजू ॥

soi bijaī binaī guna-sāgara | tāsu sujasa traya loka ujāgara ||
prabhu kīṃ kṛpā bhayau saba kājū | janama hamāra suphala bhā ājū ||

30.3

नाथ पवन-सुत कीन्हि जो करनी । सहसहुँ मुख न जाइ सो बरनी ॥
पवन-तनय के चरित सुहाये । जामवन्त रघुपतिहि सुनाये ॥

nātha pavana-suta kīnhi jo karanī | sahasahum̐ mukha na jāi so baranī ||
pavana-tanaya ke carita suhāye | jāmavanta raghupatihi sunāye ||

30.4

सुनत कृपानिधि मन अति भाये । पुनि हनुमान हरषि हियँ लाये ॥
कहहु तात केहि भाँति जानकी । रहति करति रच्छा स्व प्रान की ॥

sunata kṛpānidhi mana ati bhāye | puni hanumāna haraṣi hiyam̐ lāye ||
kahahu tāta kehi bhām̐ti jānakī | rahati karati racchā sva prāna kī ||

दो॰ 30Doha

नाम पाहरु दिवस निसि, ध्यान तुम्हार कपाट ।
लोचन निज पद जन्त्रित, जाहिँ प्रान केहिं बाट ॥

nāma pāharu divasa nisi, dhyāna tumhāra kapāṭa |
locana nija pada jantrita, jāhim̐ prāna kehiṃ bāṭa ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0