Doha 146
पुछिहहिं दीन दुखित सब माता। कहब काह मैं तिन्हहि बिधाता॥ पूछिहि जबहिं लखन महतारी। कहिहउँ कवन सँदेस सुखारी॥१॥
राम जननि जब आइहि धाई। सुमिरि बच्छु जिमि धेनु लवाई॥ पूँछत उतरु देब मैं तेही। गे बनु राम लखनु बैदेही॥२॥
जोइ पूँछिहि तेहि ऊतरु देबा। जाइ अवध अब यहु सुखु लेबा॥ पूँछिहि जबहिं राउ दुख दीना। जिवनु जासु रघुनाथ अधीना॥३॥
देहउँ उतरु कौनु मुहु लाई। आयउँ कुसल कुअँर पहुँचाई॥ सुनत लखन सिय राम सँदेसू। तृन जिमि तनु परिहरिहि नरेसू॥४॥
Meaning
‘When all the helpless and afflicted mothers question me, good God! what shall I say to them? When Lakṣmaṇa’s mother, Sumitrā, puts questions to me, what glad tidings shall I convey to her? (1) ‘And when Rāma’s mother Kausalyā comes running like a cow that has recently calved and has her thoughts fixed on it’s calf, the only answer I can make to her queries will be “Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā have left for the woods.’ (2) ‘Whosoever questions me, must be answered; this is the treat I shall have on reaching Ayodhyā. Again, when the king, who is oppressed by grief and whose life hangs on Śrī Rāma, puts questions to me, (3) ‘with what face shall I tell him in reply that having safely escorted the princes to the woods, I have come back? The moment he hears the news of Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā and Śrī Rāma, the king will drop his body like a piece of straw. (4)
हृदउ न बिदरेउ पंक जिमि बिछुरत प्रीतमु नीरु। जानत हौं मोहि दीन्ह बिधि यहु जातना सरीरु॥१४६॥
Meaning
‘The swampy ground of my heart did not crack even though the moisture in the shape of my most beloved Śrī Rāma has left. From this I conclude that in this very frame God has endowed me with a body* fit for suffering the tortures of hell.’ (146) * It is mentioned in the scriptures that sinners who are condemned to hell are endowed with a subtle body (known by the name of Yātanā-Śarīra), which though subjected to tortures in various forms is wonderfully tenacious and does not perish till the sinner has served the sentence.
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