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 2046
Sanskrit Original
आरत लोग राम सबु जाना। करुनाकर सुजान भगवाना।। जो जेहि भायँ रहा अभिलाषी। तेहि तेहि कै तसि तसि रुख राखी।। सानुज मिलि पल महु सब काहू। कीन्ह दूरि दुखु दारुन दाहू।। यह बड़ि बातँ राम कै नाहीं। जिमि घट कोटि एक रबि छाहीं।। मिलि केवटिहि उमगि अनुरागा। पुरजन सकल सराहहिं भागा।। देखीं राम दुखित महतारीं। जनु सुबेलि अवलीं हिम मारीं।। प्रथम राम भेंटी कैकेई। सरल सुभायँ भगति मति भेई।। पग परि कीन्ह प्रबोधु बहोरी। काल करम बिधि सिर धरि खोरी।।
ārata lōga rāma sabu jānā. karunākara sujāna bhagavānā.. jō jēhi bhāyaom rahā abhilāṣī. tēhi tēhi kai tasi tasi rukha rākhī.. sānuja mili pala mahu saba kāhū. kīnha dūri dukhu dāruna dāhū.. yaha baḍai bātaom rāma kai nāhīṃ. jimi ghaṭa kōṭi ēka rabi chāhīṃ.. mili kēvaṭihi umagi anurāgā. purajana sakala sarāhahiṃ bhāgā.. dēkhīṃ rāma dukhita mahatārīṃ. janu subēli avalīṃ hima mārīṃ.. prathama rāma bhēṃṭī kaikēī. sarala subhāyaom bhagati mati bhēī.. paga pari kīnha prabōdhu bahōrī. kāla karama bidhi sira dhari khōrī..
Sri Rama, the all-compassionate and all-wise Lord, found all the people restless; and therefore, meeting the wish of everyone according to the sentiment each cherished in his heart. He and His younger brother met them all in an instant and relieved their distress and terrible agony. This was no great achievement for Sri Rama; the sun would as well cast its reflection in millions of jars (full of water) simultaneously. All the citizens met the Nisada chief with a heart overflowing with love and praised his good fortune. Sri Rama found all His mothers as stricken with grief as a row of tender creepers that had been smitten by frost. First of all He met Kaikeyi, and softened her mind by His guileless disposition and devotion. He fell at her feet and then soothed her attributing the blame to the wheel of time, destiny and Providence.