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 1720
Sanskrit Original
राम बियोग बिकल सब ठाढ़े। जहँ तहँ मनहुँ चित्र लिखि काढ़े।। नगरु सफल बनु गहबर भारी। खग मृग बिपुल सकल नर नारी।। बिधि कैकेई किरातिनि कीन्ही। जेंहि दव दुसह दसहुँ दिसि दीन्ही।। सहि न सके रघुबर बिरहागी। चले लोग सब ब्याकुल भागी।। सबहिं बिचार कीन्ह मन माहीं। राम लखन सिय बिनु सुखु नाहीं।। जहाँ रामु तहँ सबुइ समाजू। बिनु रघुबीर अवध नहिं काजू।। चले साथ अस मंत्रु दृढ़ाई। सुर दुर्लभ सुख सदन बिहाई।। राम चरन पंकज प्रिय जिन्हही। बिषय भोग बस करहिं कि तिन्हही।।
rāma biyōga bikala saba ṭhāḍhaē. jahaom tahaom manahu citra likhi kāḍhaē.. nagaru saphala banu gahabara bhārī. khaga mṛga bipula sakala nara nārī.. bidhi kaikēī kirātini kīnhī. jēṃhi dava dusaha dasahu disi dīnhī.. sahi na sakē raghubara birahāgī. calē lōga saba byākula bhāgī.. sabahiṃ bicāra kīnha mana māhīṃ. rāma lakhana siya binu sukhu nāhīṃ.. jahāom rāmu tahaom sabui samājū. binu raghubīra avadha nahiṃ kājū.. calē sātha asa maṃtru dṛḍhaāī. sura durlabha sukha sadana bihāī.. rāma carana paṃkaja priya jinhahī. biṣaya bhōga basa karahiṃ ki tinhahī..
All stood restless due to their separation from Sri Rama; they looked like so many pictures drawn here and there. The city resembled an extensive and thick forest full of fruits and the many men and women residing therein represented so many birds and beasts. God assigned Kaikeyi the role of a Bhila woman who set the whole forest in a fierce blaze. The people could not bear the fire of separation from the Chief of Raghus and they all ran away in distress. They all came to this conclusion in their mind: "There can be no happiness without Rama, Laksmana and Sita. The whole community will live where Rama takes up his abode; without the Hero of Raghu's race we have no business in Ayodhya." Having thus firmly resolved they followed Him forsaking their happy homes, which were the envy of gods. Can the pleasures of sense overpower those who hold the lotus feet of Sri Rama dear to their heart?