Doha 24
सुनहु प्रिया ब्रत रुचिर सुसीला। मैं कछु करबि ललित नरलीला॥ तुम्ह पावक महुँ करहु निवासा। जौ लगि करौं निसाचर नासा॥१॥
जबहिं राम सब कहा बखानी। प्रभु पद धरि हियँ अनल समानी॥ निज प्रतिबिंब राखि तहँ सीता। तैसइ सील रूप सुबिनीता॥२॥
लछिमनहूँ यह मरमु न जाना। जो कछु चरित रचा भगवाना॥ दसमुख गयउ जहाँ मारीचा। नाइ माथ स्वारथ रत नीचा॥३॥
नवनि नीच कै अति दुखदाई। जिमि अंकुस धनु उरग बिलाई॥ भयदायक खल कै प्रिय बानी। जिमि अकाल के कुसुम भवानी॥४॥
Meaning
“Listen, my darling, who have been staunch in the holy vow of fidelity to me and are so virtuous of conduct: I am going to enact lovely human sport. Abide in fire till I have completed the destruction of the demons.” (1) No sooner had Śrī Rāma told Her everything in detail than She impressed the image of the Lord’s feet in Her heart and entered into the fire, leaving with Him only a shadow of Hers, though precisely of the same appearance and the same amiable and gentle disposition. (2) Lakṣmaṇa, too, did not know the secret of what the Lord had done in his absence. The ten-headed Rāvaṇa approached Mārīca and bowed his head to him, selfish and vile as he was. (3) The meekness of a mean creature is a source of great trouble like the bending of a goad, bow, snake or cat. The friendly speech of a villain is as dangerous, Bhavānī, as the flowers that blossom out of season. (4)
करि पूजा मारीच तब सादर पूछी बात। कवन हेतु मन ब्यग्र अति अकसर आयहु तात॥२४॥
Meaning
After doing him homage Mārīca respectfully enquired of him his errand: “Wherefore, dear friend, are you so much disturbed in mind that you have come all the way alone?” (24)
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