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 2036
Sanskrit Original
सखा समेत मनोहर जोटा। लखेउ न लखन सघन बन ओटा।। भरत दीख प्रभु आश्रमु पावन। सकल सुमंगल सदनु सुहावन।। करत प्रबेस मिटे दुख दावा। जनु जोगीं परमारथु पावा।। देखे भरत लखन प्रभु आगे। पूँछे बचन कहत अनुरागे।। सीस जटा कटि मुनि पट बाँधें। तून कसें कर सरु धनु काँधें।। बेदी पर मुनि साधु समाजू। सीय सहित राजत रघुराजू।। बलकल बसन जटिल तनु स्यामा। जनु मुनि बेष कीन्ह रति कामा।। कर कमलनि धनु सायकु फेरत। जिय की जरनि हरत हँसि हेरत।।
sakhā samēta manōhara jōṭā. lakhēu na lakhana saghana bana ōṭā.. bharata dīkha prabhu āśramu pāvana. sakala sumaṃgala sadanu suhāvana.. karata prabēsa miṭē dukha dāvā. janu jōgīṃ paramārathu pāvā.. dēkhē bharata lakhana prabhu āgē. pūomchē bacana kahata anurāgē.. sīsa jaṭā kaṭi muni paṭa bāomdhēṃ. tūna kasēṃ kara saru dhanu kāomdhēṃ.. bēdī para muni sādhu samājū. sīya sahita rājata raghurājū.. balakala basana jaṭila tanu syāmā. janu muni bēṣa kīnha rati kāmā.. kara kamalani dhanu sāyaku phērata. jiya kī jarani harata haomsi hērata..
The two charming brothers and their friend (Guha) could not be seen by Laksmana, screened as they were by a dense thicket. Bharata, however, saw the holy and lovely hermitage of his lord, which was an abode of all fair blessings. Even as he entered it his woe and affliction disappeared; it seemed as though a Yogi (mystic) had realized the supreme truth. Bharata saw Laksmana standing before the Lord and affectionately answering His queries. He wore matted hair on his head and had a hermit's robe girt about his loins. Besides there was a quiver fastened to his waist and he bore an arrow in his hand and a bow slung across his shoulder. On the altar in the midst of an assembly of hermits and holy men shone Sita and the Lord of Raghus, who was clad in the bark of trees and had matted hair on His head and a swarthy complexion; it seemed as though Rati and the god of love had appeared there in hermit's garb. He was revolving His bow and arrow between His lotus hands and would dispel by one smiling glance the anguish of one's soul.