बिसरे गृह सपनेहुँ सुधि नाहीँ । जिमिपर-द्रोह सन्त मन माही ॥
तब रघुपति सब सखा बोलाये । आइ सबन्हि सादर सिरु नाए ॥
bisare gṛha sapanehum̐ sudhi nāhīm̐ | jimipara-droha santa mana māhī ||
taba raghupati saba sakhā bolāye | āi sabanhi sādara siru nāe ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 16: Rama sends his friends home
5 verses · 16 of 130
What happens in this chapter
Rama sends his friends home
The monkeys have forgotten their homes as completely as a saint's heart forgets ill will. Then Raghupati calls his friends, seats them close and speaks gently. You served me beyond measure; how can I praise you to your face? You left the comforts of home for my sake, so you are very dear to me. My brothers, kingdom, wealth, Vaidehi, my body, home and kin are all dear, but none as dear as you. I do not speak falsely. Everyone loves a servant, that is the world's way, but my love for my own servants is greater still. Now go home. Worship me with a firm rule, know me as present everywhere and the well-wisher of all, and love me.
परम प्रीति समीप बैठारे । भगत सुखद मृदु बचन उचारे ॥
तुम्ह अति कीन्ह मोरि सेवकाई । मुख पर केहि बिधि करौँ बड़ाई ॥
parama prīti samīpa baiṭhāre | bhagata sukhada mṛdu bacana ucāre ||
tumha ati kīnha mori sevakāī | mukha para kehi bidhi karaum̐ bar̤āī ||
तातें मोहि तुम्ह अति प्रिय लागे । मम हित लागि भवन सुख त्यागे ॥
अनुज राज सम्पति बैदेही । देह गेह परिवार सनेही ॥
tāteṃ mohi tumha ati priya lāge | mama hita lāgi bhavana sukha tyāge ||
anuja rāja sampati baidehī | deha geha parivāra sanehī ||
सब मम प्रिय नहिँ तुम्हहिँ समाना । मृषा न कहउँ मोर यह माना ॥
सब के प्रिय सेवक यह नीती । मोरें अधिक दास पर प्रीती ॥
saba mama priya nahim̐ tumhahim̐ samānā | mṛṣā na kahaum̐ mora yaha mānā ||
saba ke priya sevaka yaha nītī | moreṃ adhika dāsa para prītī ||
अब गृह जाहु सखा सब, भजेहु मोहि दृढ़ नेम ।
सदा सर्बगत सर्बहित, जानि करेहु अति प्रेम ॥
aba gṛha jāhu sakhā saba, bhajehu mohi dṛr̤ha nema |
sadā sarbagata sarbahita, jāni karehu ati prema ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0