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The Lord performs countless ashvamedha yajnas and gives many gifts to Brahmins; he guards the Vedic path and is beyond the gunas. Sita is always in accord with her husband, gentle and humble. She knows his greatness and serves his feet with her whole mind. Though the palace has many skilled servants, she does the household service with her own hands, in just the way that pleases him. She serves Kausalya and all her mothers-in-law without pride. She is the Mother of the world, praised by Uma, Lakshmi and Brahma; the devas long for her glance, yet her heart rests by nature on Rama's lotus feet.
कोटिन्ह बाजिमेध प्रभु कीन्हे । दान अनेक द्विजन्ह कहँ दीन्हे ॥
श्रुति पथ पालक धरम-धुरन्धर । गुनातीत अरु भोग-पुरन्दर ॥
koṭinha bājimedha prabhu kīnhe | dāna aneka dvijanha kaham̐ dīnhe ||
śruti patha pālaka dharama-dhurandhara | gunātīta aru bhoga-purandara ||
पति अनुकूल सदा रह सीता । सोभा खानि सुसील बिनीता ॥
जानति कृपासिन्धु प्रभुताई । सेवति चरन-कमल मन लाई ॥
pati anukūla sadā raha sītā | sobhā khāni susīla binītā ||
jānati kṛpāsindhu prabhutāī | sevati carana-kamala mana lāī ||
जद्यपि गृहँ सेवक सेवकिनी । बिपुल सकल सेवा-निधि गुनी ॥
निज कर गृह परिचरजा करई । रामचन्द्र आयसु अनुसरई ॥
jadyapi gṛham̐ sevaka sevakinī | bipula sakala sevā-nidhi gunī ||
nija kara gṛha paricarajā karaī | rāmacandra āyasu anusaraī ||
जेहि बिधि कृपासिन्धु सुख मानइ । सोइ कर श्री सेवा-विधि जानइ ॥
कौसल्यादि सासु गृह माहीं । सेवइ सबन्हि मान मद नाहीं ॥
jehi bidhi kṛpāsindhu sukha mānai | soi kara śrī sevā-vidhi jānai ||
kausalyādi sāsu gṛha māhīṃ | sevai sabanhi māna mada nāhīṃ ||
उमा रमा ब्रह्मादि बन्दिता । जगदम्बा सन्ततमनिन्दिता ॥
umā ramā brahmādi banditā | jagadambā santatamaninditā ||
जासु कृपा-कटाच्छ सुर, चाहत चितव न सोइ ।
राम-पदारविन्द रति, करति सुभावहि खोइ ॥
jāsu kṛpā-kaṭāccha sura, cāhata citava na soi |
rāma-padāravinda rati, karati subhāvahi khoi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
