Ayodhya Kaanda Sri Rama greets the Yamuna; love of the villagers - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Sri Rama greets the Yamuna; love of the villagers · Verse Chaupais 1795
Sanskrit Original
नारि सनेह बिकल बस होहीं। चकई साँझ समय जनु सोहीं।। मृदु पद कमल कठिन मगु जानी। गहबरि हृदयँ कहहिं बर बानी।। परसत मृदुल चरन अरुनारे। सकुचति महि जिमि हृदय हमारे।। जौं जगदीस इन्हहि बनु दीन्हा। कस न सुमनमय मारगु कीन्हा।। जौं मागा पाइअ बिधि पाहीं। ए रखिअहिं सखि आँखिन्ह माहीं।। जे नर नारि न अवसर आए। तिन्ह सिय रामु न देखन पाए।। सुनि सुरुप बूझहिं अकुलाई। अब लगि गए कहाँ लगि भाई।। समरथ धाइ बिलोकहिं जाई। प्रमुदित फिरहिं जनमफलु पाई।।
nāri sanēha bikala basa hōhīṃ. cakaī sāomjha samaya janu sōhīṃ.. mṛdu pada kamala kaṭhina magu jānī. gahabari hṛdayaom kahahiṃ bara bānī.. parasata mṛdula carana arunārē. sakucati mahi jimi hṛdaya hamārē.. jauṃ jagadīsa inhahi banu dīnhā. kasa na sumanamaya māragu kīnhā.. jauṃ māgā pāia bidhi pāhīṃ. ē rakhiahiṃ sakhi āomkhinha māhīṃ.. jē nara nāri na avasara āē. tinha siya rāmu na dēkhana pāē.. suni surupa būjhahiṃ akulāī. aba lagi gaē kahāom lagi bhāī.. samaratha dhāi bilōkahiṃ jāī. pramudita phirahiṃ janamaphalu pāī..
Overmastered by love the women felt as uneasy as the female Cakravaka bird does at evening time. Reflecting on the tender lotus-like feet of the princes and the rough road they were required to tread, the women said in polite phrase with their heart stirred with deep feeling, "At the touch of their soft and rosy soles the earth shrinks even as our hearts. If the Lord of the universe chose to exile them into the woods, why did He not at the same time strew their path with flowers? If we can secure from Heaven the boon of our asking, let us keep these princes, O friend, within the lids of our eyes." Those men and women, who did not come in time, were unable to behold Sita and Rama. Hearing of their exquisite beauty they anxiously asked: "How far, brother, must have they gone by now?" The stronger of them ran on and saw the princes, and returned triumphant, attaining the end of their existence