Ayodhya Kaanda Sri Rama, Sita and Laksmana proceed to the woods and slip past the citizens buried in slumber - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Sri Rama, Sita and Laksmana proceed to the woods and slip past the citizens buried in slumber · Verse Chaupais 1712
Sanskrit Original
निकसि बसिष्ठ द्वार भए ठाढ़े। देखे लोग बिरह दव दाढ़े।। कहि प्रिय बचन सकल समुझाए। बिप्र बृंद रघुबीर बोलाए।। गुर सन कहि बरषासन दीन्हे। आदर दान बिनय बस कीन्हे।। जाचक दान मान संतोषे। मीत पुनीत प्रेम परितोषे।। दासीं दास बोलाइ बहोरी। गुरहि सौंपि बोले कर जोरी।। सब कै सार सँभार गोसाईं। करबि जनक जननी की नाई।। बारहिं बार जोरि जुग पानी। कहत रामु सब सन मृदु बानी।। सोइ सब भाँति मोर हितकारी। जेहि तें रहै भुआल सुखारी।।
nikasi basiṣṭha dvāra bhaē ṭhāḍhaē. dēkhē lōga biraha dava dāḍhaē.. kahi priya bacana sakala samujhāē. bipra bṛṃda raghubīra bōlāē.. gura sana kahi baraṣāsana dīnhē. ādara dāna binaya basa kīnhē.. jācaka dāna māna saṃtōṣē. mīta punīta prēma paritōṣē.. dāsīṃ dāsa bōlāi bahōrī. gurahi sauṃpi bōlē kara jōrī.. saba kai sāra saombhāra gōsāīṃ. karabi janaka jananī kī nāī.. bārahiṃ bāra jōri juga pānī. kahata rāmu saba sana mṛdu bānī.. sōi saba bhāomti mōra hitakārī. jēhi tēṃ rahai bhuāla sukhārī..
Issuing out of the palace the party halted at Vasistha's door and found the people scorched with the fire of impending separation. The Hero of Raghu's race comforted all with soothing words and then summoned hosts of Brahmanas. He requested His preceptor to give them subsistence for a year and captivated their hearts through courtesy, gift and humility. He gratified mendicants with gifts and attentions and sated His friends with pure love. He then called His men-servants and maid-servants and entrusting them to the care of His Guru spoke to him with joined palms, "My lord, pray look after them and tend them as their own father and mother." Again and again, with joined palms, Sri Rama addressed each one present there in soft accents, "He alone is friendly to me in every way, through whose good offices the king derives solace."