Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between king Dasaratha and Kaikeyi; Dasaratha's lamentation; Sumantra goes to the palace and, returning from it, sends Sri Rama to His father - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between king Dasaratha and Kaikeyi; Dasaratha's lamentation; Sumantra goes to the palace and, returning from it, sends Sri Rama to His father · Verse Chaupais 1606
Sanskrit Original
जानेउँ मरमु राउ हँसि कहई। तुम्हहि कोहाब परम प्रिय अहई।। थाति राखि न मागिहु काऊ। बिसरि गयउ मोहि भोर सुभाऊ।। झूठेहुँ हमहि दोषु जनि देहू। दुइ कै चारि मागि मकु लेहू।। रघुकुल रीति सदा चलि आई। प्रान जाहुँ बरु बचनु न जाई।। नहिं असत्य सम पातक पुंजा। गिरि सम होहिं कि कोटिक गुंजा।। सत्यमूल सब सुकृत सुहाए। बेद पुरान बिदित मनु गाए।। तेहि पर राम सपथ करि आई। सुकृत सनेह अवधि रघुराई।। बात दृढ़ाइ कुमति हँसि बोली। कुमत कुबिहग कुलह जनु खोली।।
jānēu maramu rāu haomsi kahaī. tumhahi kōhāba parama priya ahaī.. thāti rākhi na māgihu kāū. bisari gayau mōhi bhōra subhāū.. jhūṭhēhu hamahi dōṣu jani dēhū. dui kai cāri māgi maku lēhū.. raghukula rīti sadā cali āī. prāna jāhu baru bacanu na jāī.. nahiṃ asatya sama pātaka puṃjā. giri sama hōhiṃ ki kōṭika guṃjā.. satyamūla saba sukṛta suhāē. bēda purāna bidita manu gāē.. tēhi para rāma sapatha kari āī. sukṛta sanēha avadhi raghurāī.. bāta dṛḍhaāi kumati haomsi bōlī. kumata kubihaga kulaha janu khōlī..
"I have now understood the whole mystery," said the king with a smile; "You are extremely fond of being angry. You kept the boons in reserve and never asked for them; as for myself, I forgot all about them, being oblivious by nature. Pray do not level a false charge against me; you might as well ask four boons instead of two. It has always been the rule with the race of Raghu that one's plighted word must be redeemed even at the cost of one's life. Even a multitude of sins cannot be matched with a lie. Can millions of tiny Gunja seeds ever stand comparison with a mountain? Veracity is the root of all noble virtues, as is well-known in the Vedas and Puranas and has been declared by Manu (the first law-giver of the world, the author of Manusmrti). Over and above this I have unwittingly sworn by Rama, the Lord of Raghus, who is the very perfection of virtue and the highest embodiment of affection." Having thus bound him to his word the evil-minded queen smilingly said, removing as it were the cap from the eyes of her hawk-like plot.*