Ayodhya Kaanda Bharata takes a dip in the Mandakini and arrives at Citrakuta; Bharata and others meet one another, mourn the kingís death and perform his Sraddha (obsequies) - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Bharata takes a dip in the Mandakini and arrives at Citrakuta; Bharata and others meet one another, mourn the kingís death and perform his Sraddha (obsequies) · Verse Chaupais 2032
Sanskrit Original
तब केवट ऊँचें चढ़ि धाई। कहेउ भरत सन भुजा उठाई।। नाथ देखिअहिं बिटप बिसाला। पाकरि जंबु रसाल तमाला।। जिन्ह तरुबरन्ह मध्य बटु सोहा। मंजु बिसाल देखि मनु मोहा।। नील सघन पल्ल्व फल लाला। अबिरल छाहँ सुखद सब काला।। मानहुँ तिमिर अरुनमय रासी। बिरची बिधि सँकेलि सुषमा सी।। ए तरु सरित समीप गोसाँई। रघुबर परनकुटी जहँ छाई।। तुलसी तरुबर बिबिध सुहाए। कहुँ कहुँ सियँ कहुँ लखन लगाए।। बट छायाँ बेदिका बनाई। सियँ निज पानि सरोज सुहाई।।
taba kēvaṭa ūomcēṃ caḍhai dhāī. kahēu bharata sana bhujā uṭhāī.. nātha dēkhiahiṃ biṭapa bisālā. pākari jaṃbu rasāla tamālā.. jinha tarubaranha madhya baṭu sōhā. maṃju bisāla dēkhi manu mōhā.. nīla saghana pallva phala lālā. abirala chāhaom sukhada saba kālā.. mānahu timira arunamaya rāsī. biracī bidhi saomkēli suṣamā sī.. ē taru sarita samīpa gōsāomī. raghubara paranakuṭī jahaom chāī.. tulasī tarubara bibidha suhāē. kahu kahu siyaom kahu lakhana lagāē.. baṭa chāyāom bēdikā banāī. siyaom nija pāni sarōja suhāī..
In the meantime the Nisada chief ran and climbed up an eminence, and lifting his arm, exclaimed to Bharata; "My lord, look at those huge and noble trees of Pakara (the citron-leaved Indian fig tree), Jambu (the black plum), Mango and Tamala, in the midst of which stands out a beautiful and stately banyan, which is so charming to behold with its dark and dense foliage, red fruit and unbroken shade, which is pleasant throughout the year, as if God had brought together all that was exquisitely beautiful and given it the shape of a dark and rosy mass. The trees in question, my lord, stand close to the riverside where the Chief of Raghus has erected His hut of leaves. In front of it you will find a variety of charming basil shrubs planted here by Sita and there by Laksmana. And in the shade of the banyan tree there is a lovely altar raised by Sita with Her own lotus hands-