Ayodhya Kaanda Sumantra returns to Ayodhya and finds the city a picture of grief - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Sumantra returns to Ayodhya and finds the city a picture of grief · Verse Chaupais 1846
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पुछिहहिं दीन दुखित सब माता। कहब काह मैं तिन्हहि बिधाता।। पूछिहि जबहिं लखन महतारी। कहिहउँ कवन सँदेस सुखारी।। राम जननि जब आइहि धाई। सुमिरि बच्छु जिमि धेनु लवाई।। पूँछत उतरु देब मैं तेही। गे बनु राम लखनु बैदेही।। जोइ पूँछिहि तेहि ऊतरु देबा।जाइ अवध अब यहु सुखु लेबा।। पूँछिहि जबहिं राउ दुख दीना। जिवनु जासु रघुनाथ अधीना।। देहउँ उतरु कौनु मुहु लाई। आयउँ कुसल कुअँर पहुँचाई।। सुनत लखन सिय राम सँदेसू। तृन जिमि तनु परिहरिहि नरेसू।।
puchihahiṃ dīna dukhita saba mātā. kahaba kāha maiṃ tinhahi bidhātā.. pūchihi jabahiṃ lakhana mahatārī. kahihau kavana saomdēsa sukhārī.. rāma janani jaba āihi dhāī. sumiri bacchu jimi dhēnu lavāī.. pūomchata utaru dēba maiṃ tēhī. gē banu rāma lakhanu baidēhī.. jōi pūomchihi tēhi ūtaru dēbā.jāi avadha aba yahu sukhu lēbā.. pūomchihi jabahiṃ rāu dukha dīnā. jivanu jāsu raghunātha adhīnā.. dēhau utaru kaunu muhu lāī. āyau kusala kuaomra pahucāī.. sunata lakhana siya rāma saomdēsū. tṛna jimi tanu pariharihi narēsū..
When all the helpless and afflicted mothers question me, good God, what shall I say to them? When Laksmana's mother (Sumitra) puts questions to me, what glad tidings shall I convey to her? And when Rama's mother (Kausalya) comes running like a cow that has recently borne a calf and has her thoughts fixed on it," the only answer I can make to her queries will be "Rama, Laksmana and Sita (Videha's Daughter) have left for the woods." Whosoever question me must be answered; this is the treat I shall have on reaching Ayodhya. Again, when the king who is oppressed by grief and whose life hangs on Rama, puts questions to me, with what face shall I tell him in reply that having safely escorted the princes I have come back? The moment he hears the news of Laksmana, Sita and Rama the king will drop his body like a piece of straw.