Love
In the Ramcharitmanas, love becomes visible through care and attention. Goswami Tulsidas places Shabari's hospitality within Shri Ram's forest life, showing how an ordinary act can become an offering. For example, someone may put away a phone when a family member begins to speak. Giving full attention requires little money or preparation, yet it asks us to set aside our own preoccupation. Similarly, let love guide how we receive the person before us. Give that person the care the moment requires.
बरबस लिए उठाइ उर लाए कृपानिधान। भरत राम की मिलनि लखि बिसरे सबहि अपान॥२४०॥
The all-compassionate Lord perforce lifted Bharata and clasped him to His bosom. Everyone who witnessed the meeting of Bharata and Śrī Rāma lost all self-consciousness. (240)
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 240प्राननाथ करुनायतन सुंदर सुखद सुजान। तुम्ह बिनु रघुकुल कुमुद बिधु सुरपुर नरक समान॥६४॥
“O lord of my life, O abode of mercy, handsome, genial and wise, O moon for the lily-like race of Raghus, without you heaven would be as obnoxious as hell. (64)
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 64भरतहि होइ न राजमदु बिधि हरि हर पद पाइ। कबहुँ कि काँजी सीकरनि छीरसिंधु बिनसाइ॥२३१॥
“Bharata would never be intoxicated with sovereign power even if he attained to the position of Brahmā, Viṣṇu or Śiva. What! Can a few drops of Kāñjī* ever split the ocean of milk?” (231) * A sour and savoury drink prepared by dissolving powdered rye seeds into water and preserving it for a few days.
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 231जनु धेनु बालक बच्छ तजि गृहँ चरन बन परबस गईं। दिन अंत पुर रुख स्रवत थन हुंकार करि धावत भईं॥ अति प्रेम प्रभु सब मातु भेटीं बचन मृदु बहुबिधि कहे। गइ बिषम बिपति बियोगभव तिन्ह हरष सुख अगनित लहे॥
It seemed as though cows that had recently calved and had been forced to go out to the pasture for grazing, leaving their calves at home, had at the close of day rushed forth lowing towards the village with dripping teats. The Lord met all the mothers with utmost affection and spoke many a soft word to them. In this way the dire calamity that had come upon them as a result of separation from Śrī Rāma came to an end and they derived infinite joy and gratification.
Uttar Kand, Doha 6bकर सरोज सिर परसेउ कृपासिंधु रघुबीर। निरखि राम छबि धाम मुख बिगत भई सब पीर॥३०॥
Śrī Raghuvīra, the ocean of mercy, stroked Jaṭāyu’s head with His lotus hands. As the bird Jaṭāyu gazed on Śrī Rāma’s countenance, the epitome of loveliness, all his pain disappeared. (30)
Aranya Kand, Doha 30खग मृग परिजन नगरु बनु बलकल बिमल दुकूल। नाथ साथ सुरसदन सम परनसाल सुख मूल॥६५॥
“Birds and beasts will be my kindred; the forest, my city and the bark of trees, my spotless robes. And a hut of leaves in the company of my lord will be as comfortable as the abode of gods. (65)
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 65नाम पाहरू दिवस निसि ध्यान तुम्हार कपाट। लोचन निज पद जंत्रित जाहिं प्रान केहिं बाट॥३०॥
“Your Name keeps watch night and day, while Her continued thought of You acts as a pair of closed doors. She has Her eyes fastened on Her own feet which serves as a lock; Her life thus finds no outlet whereby to escape. (30)
Sunderkand, Doha 30प्रान प्रान के जीव के जिव सुख के सुख राम। तुम्ह तजि तात सोहात गृह जिन्हहि तिन्हहि बिधि बाम॥२९०॥
“Rāma! you are the life of life, the soul of soul and the joy of joy. Those who like to be in their home away from you, my child, are under the impact of an adverse fate. (290)
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 290चलत पयादें खात फल पिता दीन्ह तजि राजु। जात मनावन रघुबरहि भरत सरिस को आजु॥२२२॥
“Journeying on foot, living on fruits and relinquishing the sovereignty bestowed by his father, Bharata is proceeding to persuade Śrī Rāma to return. Who can equal Bharata today? (222)
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 222उतरु न आवत प्रेम बस गहे चरन अकुलाइ। नाथ दासु मैं स्वामि तुम्ह तजहु त काह बसाइ॥७१॥
Overwhelmed with emotion he could not answer, but clasped his Brother’s feet in anguish, “My lord, I am your slave and you my master; if you abandon me, what help! (71)
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 71देखन मिस मृग बिहग तरु फिरइ बहोरि बहोरि। निरखि निरखि रघुबीर छबि बाढ़इ प्रीति न थोरि॥२३४॥
Under the pretence of looking at a deer, bird or tree, Sītā turned again and again, and each time She gazed on the beauteous Śrī Rāma, Her love waxed not a little. (234)
Bal Kand, Doha 234जद्यपि जनमु कुमातु तें मैं सठु सदा सदोस। आपन जानि न त्यागिहहिं मोहि रघुबीर भरोस॥१८३॥
“Though I am born of a wicked mother and am myself a rogue and ever guilty, I am confident that Śrī Rāma will never forsake me knowing me as his own.” (183)
Ayodhya Kand, Doha 183
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