जानतहूँ अस स्वामि बिसारी । फिरहिँ ते काहे न होहिँ दुखारी ॥
एहि बिधि कहत राम-गुन-ग्रामा । पावा अनिर्वाच्य बिस्रामा ॥
jānatahūm̐ asa svāmi bisārī | phirahim̐ te kāhe na hohim̐ dukhārī ||
ehi bidhi kahata rāma-guna-grāmā | pāvā anirvācya bisrāmā ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 8: Hanuman finds Sita in the Ashoka grove
5 verses · 8 of 60
What happens in this chapter
Hanuman finds Sita in the Ashoka grove
Those who know such a master and still forget Him, says Hanuman, how can they escape sorrow? Talking of Rama's virtues, both find a rest beyond words. Vibhishana then tells how Janaka's daughter is kept in Lanka. Brother, says Hanuman, I wish to see Mother Janaki. Vibhishana explains the way, and Hanuman takes leave. In the same tiny form he reaches the Ashoka grove. Seeing Sita, he bows in his mind and sits on while a watch of the night passes. Her body is thin, her hair one matted braid, and in her heart she repeats Raghupati's virtues. Her eyes rest on her own feet, her mind on Rama's. Seeing Janaki so stricken, the son of the Wind is pained.
पुनि सब कथा बिभीषन कही । जेहि बिधि जनक-सुता तहँ रही ॥
तब हनुमन्त कहा सुनु भ्राता । देखा चहउँ जानकी माता ॥
puni saba kathā bibhīṣana kahī | jehi bidhi janaka-sutā taham̐ rahī ||
taba hanumanta kahā sunu bhrātā | dekhā cahaum̐ jānakī mātā ||
जुगुति बिभीषन सकल सुनाई । चलेउ पवन-सुत बिदा कराई ॥
करि सोइ रूप गयउ पुनि तहवाँ । बन असोक सीता रह जहवाँ ॥
juguti bibhīṣana sakala sunāī | caleu pavana-suta bidā karāī ||
kari soi rūpa gayau puni tahavām̐ | bana asoka sītā raha jahavām̐ ||
देखि मनहिँ महँ कीन्ह प्रनामा । बैठेहिं बीति जात निसि जामा ॥
कृस तनु सीस जटा एक बेनी । जपति हृदयँ रघुपति गुन श्रेणी ॥
dekhi manahim̐ maham̐ kīnha pranāmā | baiṭhehiṃ bīti jāta nisi jāmā ||
kṛsa tanu sīsa jaṭā eka benī | japati hṛdayam̐ raghupati guna śreṇī ||
निज पद नयन दिये मन, राम-चरन महँ लीन ।
परम दुखी भा पवन-सुत, देखि जानकी दीन ॥
nija pada nayana diye mana, rāma-carana maham̐ līna |
parama dukhī bhā pavana-suta, dekhi jānakī dīna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0