Ayodhya Kaanda Sri Rama takes up His abode at Citrakuta; the services of the Kolas and Bhilas - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Sri Rama takes up His abode at Citrakuta; the services of the Kolas and Bhilas · Verse Chaupais 1836
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सीय लखन जेहि बिधि सुखु लहहीं। सोइ रघुनाथ करहि सोइ कहहीं।। कहहिं पुरातन कथा कहानी। सुनहिं लखनु सिय अति सुखु मानी। जब जब रामु अवध सुधि करहीं। तब तब बारि बिलोचन भरहीं।। सुमिरि मातु पितु परिजन भाई। भरत सनेहु सीलु सेवकाई।। कृपासिंधु प्रभु होहिं दुखारी। धीरजु धरहिं कुसमउ बिचारी।। लखि सिय लखनु बिकल होइ जाहीं। जिमि पुरुषहि अनुसर परिछाहीं।। प्रिया बंधु गति लखि रघुनंदनु। धीर कृपाल भगत उर चंदनु।। लगे कहन कछु कथा पुनीता। सुनि सुखु लहहिं लखनु अरु सीता।।
sīya lakhana jēhi bidhi sukhu lahahīṃ. sōi raghunātha karahi sōi kahahīṃ.. kahahiṃ purātana kathā kahānī. sunahiṃ lakhanu siya ati sukhu mānī. jaba jaba rāmu avadha sudhi karahīṃ. taba taba bāri bilōcana bharahīṃ.. sumiri mātu pitu parijana bhāī. bharata sanēhu sīlu sēvakāī.. kṛpāsiṃdhu prabhu hōhiṃ dukhārī. dhīraju dharahiṃ kusamau bicārī.. lakhi siya lakhanu bikala hōi jāhīṃ. jimi puruṣahi anusara parichāhīṃ.. priyā baṃdhu gati lakhi raghunaṃdanu. dhīra kṛpāla bhagata ura caṃdanu.. lagē kahana kachu kathā punītā. suni sukhu lahahiṃ lakhanu aru sītā..
The Lord of Raghus would do and say only that which would please Sita and Laksmana. He would narrate old legends and stories, to which Laksmana and Sita would listen with great delight. Every time Sri Rama thought of Ayodhya His eyes filled with tears. The gracious Lord became sad when He recalled His father and mother, His family and brothers and particularly the affection, amiability and devotion of Bharata; but He recovered Himself when He realized that the time was unpropitious. Perceiving this, Sita and Laksmana felt distressed even as the shadow of a man behaves just like him. When He saw the condition of His beloved Consort and His brother (Laksmana), the selfpossessed and compassionate Rama, the Delighter of Raghus and the Soother of His devotees heart, began to narrate some sacred legends, hearing which Laksmana and Sita felt relieved.