Doha 118
पारबती सम पतिप्रिय होहू। देबि न हम पर छाड़ब छोहू॥ पुनि पुनि बिनय करिअ कर जोरी। जौं एहि मारग फिरिअ बहोरी॥१॥
दरसनु देब जानि निज दासी। लखीं सीयँ सब प्रेम पिआसी॥ मधुर बचन कहि कहि परितोषीं। जनु कुमुदिनीं कौमुदीं पोषीं॥२॥
तबहिं लखन रघुबर रुख जानी। पूँछेउ मगु लोगन्हि मृदु बानी॥ सुनत नारि नर भए दुखारी। पुलकित गात बिलोचन बारी॥३॥
मिटा मोदु मन भए मलीने। बिधि निधि दीन्ह लेत जनु छीने॥ समुझि करम गति धीरजु कीन्हा। सोधि सुगम मगु तिन्ह कहि दीन्हा॥४॥
Meaning
“Be you as dear to your lord as Pārvatī to Śiva; yet cease not to be kind to us, O noble lady. Again and again we pray with folded hands: should you return by this very route,(1) “allow us to see you, remembering us as your handmaids.” Sītā found them all athirst with love and comforted them with many soothing words even as lilies are refreshed by moonlight. (2) Presently, reading Śrī Rāma’s mind, Lakṣmaṇa gently asked the villagers about the road they should take. The moment they heard this, the villagers, both men and women, became sad; a sensation ran through their bodies and tears rushed to their eyes. (3) Their joy disappeared and they felt depressed at heart as though God was snatching back the treasure He had bestowed upon them. Reflecting on the ways of Fate they took courage and fixing upon the easiest road they gave it out to Him. (4)
लखन जानकी सहित तब गवनु कीन्ह रघुनाथ। फेरे सब प्रिय बचन कहि लिए लाइ मन साथ॥११८॥
Meaning
Accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and Jānakī, Śrī Raghunātha, then proceeded on His way. (As people tried to follow Him) He sent them back with soothing words, though He took their hearts with Him, as it were. (118)
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