6 verses · 36 of 60
Since Lanka burned, every rakshasa house says the clan is doomed: if the messenger was so strong, what will his master's coming bring? Hearing this from her maids, Mandodari is sorely troubled. In private she clasps Ravana's feet. My lord, give up this quarrel with Hari. Rakshasa wives miscarry at the thought of what his messenger did; if you want any good, send his wife back with your ministers. Sita has come like a frosty night on the lotus grove of your clan; unless she is returned, not even Shambhu or Brahma can save you. Rama's arrows are serpents, the rakshasas frogs; act before they are swallowed.
उहाँ निसाचर रहहिं ससङ्का । जब तें जारि गयउ कपि लड्डा ॥
निज निज गृहँ सब करहिँ विचारा । नहिं निसिचर कुल केर उबारा ॥
uhām̐ nisācara rahahiṃ sasaṅkā | jaba teṃ jāri gayau kapi laḍḍā ||
nija nija gṛham̐ saba karahim̐ vicārā | nahiṃ nisicara kula kera ubārā ||
जासु दूत बल बरनि न जाई । तेहि आये पुर कवन भलाई ॥
दूतन्हि सन सुनि पुरजन बानी । मन्दोदरी अधिक अकुलानी ॥
jāsu dūta bala barani na jāī | tehi āye pura kavana bhalāī ||
dūtanhi sana suni purajana bānī | mandodarī adhika akulānī ||
रहसि जोरि कर पति पद लागी । बोली बचन नीति-रस पागी ॥
कन्त करष हरि सन परिहरहू । मोर कहा अति हित हियँ धरहु ॥
rahasi jori kara pati pada lāgī | bolī bacana nīti-rasa pāgī ||
kanta karaṣa hari sana pariharahū | mora kahā ati hita hiyam̐ dharahu ||
समुझत जासु दूत कइ करनी । स्रवहिं गर्भ रजनीचर-धरनी ॥
तासु नारि निज सचिव बोलाई । पठवहु कन्त जौँ चहहु भलाई ॥
samujhata jāsu dūta kai karanī | sravahiṃ garbha rajanīcara-dharanī ||
tāsu nāri nija saciva bolāī | paṭhavahu kanta jaum̐ cahahu bhalāī ||
तब कुल कमल-विपिन दुखदाई । सीता सीत-निसा सम आई ॥
सुनहु नाथ सीता बिनु दीन्हें । हित न तुम्हार सम्भु अज कीन्हें ॥
taba kula kamala-vipina dukhadāī | sītā sīta-nisā sama āī ||
sunahu nātha sītā binu dīnheṃ | hita na tumhāra sambhu aja kīnheṃ ||
राम बान अहि गन सरिस, निकर निसाचर भेक ।
जब लगि ग्रसत न तब लगि, जतन करहु तजि टेक ॥
rāma bāna ahi gana sarisa, nikara nisācara bheka |
jaba lagi grasata na taba lagi, jatana karahu taji ṭeka ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
