Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between king Dasaratha and Sumantra, Dasaratha's passing away - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between king Dasaratha and Sumantra, Dasaratha's passing away · Verse Chaupais 1865
Sanskrit Original
धरि धीरजु उठी बैठ भुआलू। कहु सुमंत्र कहँ राम कृपालू।। कहाँ लखनु कहँ रामु सनेही। कहँ प्रिय पुत्रबधू बैदेही।। बिलपत राउ बिकल बहु भाँती। भइ जुग सरिस सिराति न राती।। तापस अंध साप सुधि आई। कौसल्यहि सब कथा सुनाई।। भयउ बिकल बरनत इतिहासा। राम रहित धिग जीवन आसा।। सो तनु राखि करब मैं काहा। जेंहि न प्रेम पनु मोर निबाहा।। हा रघुनंदन प्रान पिरीते। तुम्ह बिनु जिअत बहुत दिन बीते।। हा जानकी लखन हा रघुबर। हा पितु हित चित चातक जलधर।
dhari dhīraju uṭhī baiṭha bhuālū. kahu sumaṃtra kahaom rāma kṛpālū.. kahāom lakhanu kahaom rāmu sanēhī. kahaom priya putrabadhū baidēhī.. bilapata rāu bikala bahu bhāomtī. bhai juga sarisa sirāti na rātī.. tāpasa aṃdha sāpa sudhi āī. kausalyahi saba kathā sunāī.. bhayau bikala baranata itihāsā. rāma rahita dhiga jīvana āsā.. sō tanu rākhi karaba maiṃ kāhā. jēṃhi na prēma panu mōra nibāhā.. hā raghunaṃdana prāna pirītē. tumha binu jiata bahuta dina bītē.. hā jānakī lakhana hā raghubara. hā pitu hita cita cātaka jaladhara.
Recovering himself the king got up and sat down. "Tell me, Sumantra, where is my gracious Rama? Where is Laksmana and where my loving Rama? Where is my beloved daughter-in-law, Vaidehi?" The restless monarch wailed in many ways; the night seemed to him like an age and he felt as though it would never end. He was reminded of the blind hermit's curse and he narrated the whole story to Kausalya. He was filled with agony as he related the circumstances*. "Fie on the hope of surviving without Rama. What shall I gain by preserving this body, which has failed to keep my vow of love? O delighter of Raghus, who are dear to me as life, already I have lived too long without you. Ah, Janaka's daughter and Laksmana, Ah, Chief of Raghu's line, who gladdened the loving heart of your father as a rain-cloud delights the Cataka bird."