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 1620
Sanskrit Original
ब्याकुल राउ सिथिल सब गाता। करिनि कलपतरु मनहुँ निपाता।। कंठु सूख मुख आव न बानी। जनु पाठीनु दीन बिनु पानी।। पुनि कह कटु कठोर कैकेई। मनहुँ घाय महुँ माहुर देई।। जौं अंतहुँ अस करतबु रहेऊ। मागु मागु तुम्ह केहिं बल कहेऊ।। दुइ कि होइ एक समय भुआला। हँसब ठठाइ फुलाउब गाला।। दानि कहाउब अरु कृपनाई। होइ कि खेम कुसल रौताई।। छाड़हु बचनु कि धीरजु धरहू। जनि अबला जिमि करुना करहू।। तनु तिय तनय धामु धनु धरनी। सत्यसंध कहुँ तृन सम बरनी।।
byākula rāu sithila saba gātā. karini kalapataru manahu nipātā.. kaṃṭhu sūkha mukha āva na bānī. janu pāṭhīnu dīna binu pānī.. puni kaha kaṭu kaṭhōra kaikēī. manahu ghāya mahu māhura dēī.. jauṃ aṃtahu asa karatabu rahēū. māgu māgu tumha kēhiṃ bala kahēū.. dui ki hōi ēka samaya bhuālā. haomsaba ṭhaṭhāi phulāuba gālā.. dāni kahāuba aru kṛpanāī. hōi ki khēma kusala rautāī.. chāḍahu bacanu ki dhīraju dharahū. jani abalā jimi karunā karahū.. tanu tiya tanaya dhāmu dhanu dharanī. satyasaṃdha kahu tṛna sama baranī..
The king was stricken with grief and his limbs began to droop; it looked as if a wish-yielding tree had been knocked down by a female elephant. His throat was dry and speech failed his lips; he felt miserable like a fish out of water. Kaikeyi plied him once more with pungent and harsh words, injecting poison as it were into his wound, "If this was what you intended doing in the long run, what emboldened you to say 'Ask, ask'? Can both these things happen at the same time, O sovereign of the earth-to laugh a boisterous laugh and to look grave, to enjoy the reputation of being generous and yet be stingy? Is it possible to remain unscathed while playing the hero? Either go back upon your word or forbear; pray do not wail like a woman. Life and wife, sons, home, wealth and land have been spoken of as no better than a straw in the eyes of a man who is true to his word."