Doha 121
नारि सनेह बिकल बस होहीं। चकईं साँझ समय जनु सोहीं॥ मृदु पद कमल कठिन मगु जानी। गहबरि हृदयँ कहहिं बर बानी॥१॥
परसत मृदुल चरन अरुनारे। सकुचति महि जिमि हृदय हमारे॥ जौं जगदीस इन्हहि बनु दीन्हा। कस न सुमनमय मारगु कीन्हा॥२॥
जौं मागा पाइअ बिधि पाहीं। ए रखिअहिं सखि आँखिन्ह माहीं॥ जे नर नारि न अवसर आए। तिन्ह सिय रामु न देखन पाए॥३॥
सुनि सुरूपु बूझहिं अकुलाई। अब लगि गए कहाँ लगि भाई॥ समरथ धाइ बिलोकहिं जाई। प्रमुदित फिरहिं जनमफलु पाई॥४॥
Meaning
Overwhelmed by love the women felt as uneasy as the female Cakravāka bird does at evening time. Reflecting on the tender lotus-like feet of the princes and the rough road they were required to tread, the women said in polite words with their hearts moved with deep feelings, (1) “At the touch of their soft and rosy soles the earth shrinks even as our hearts. If the Lord of the universe chose to exile them into the woods, why did He not at the same time strew their path with flowers? (2) “If we can secure from Heaven the boon of our liking, let us keep these princes, O friend, within the lids of our eyes.” Those men and women, who did not come in time, were unable to behold Sītā and Śrī Rāma. (3) Hearing of their exquisite beauty they eagerly asked: “How far, brother, might have they gone by now?” The stronger of them ran on and saw the princes, and returned triumphant, attaining the supreme end of their existence. (4)
अबला बालक बृद्ध जन कर मीजहिं पछिताहिं। होहिं प्रेमबस लोग इमि रामु जहाँ जहँ जाहिं॥१२१॥
Meaning
Women, children and the aged, however, wrung their hands and lamented. In this way the people were overwhelmed with love wherever Śrī Rāma went. (121)
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