Doha 147
Dialogue between king Daśaratha and Sumantra, Daśaratha’s passing away
एहि बिधि करत पंथ पछितावा। तमसा तीर तुरत रथु आवा॥ बिदा किए करि बिनय निषादा। फिरे पायँ परि बिकल बिषादा॥१॥
पैठत नगर सचिव सकुचाई। जनु मारेसि गुर बाँभन गाई॥ बैठि बिटप तर दिवसु गवाँवा। साँझ समय तब अवसरु पावा॥२॥
अवध प्रबेसु कीन्ह अँधिआरें। पैठ भवन रथु राखि दुआरें॥ जिन्ह जिन्ह समाचार सुनि पाए। भूप द्वार रथु देखन आए॥३॥
रथु पहिचानि बिकल लखि घोरे। गरहिं गात जिमि आतप ओरे॥ नगर नारि नर ब्याकुल कैसें। निघटत नीर मीनगन जैसें॥४॥
Meaning
While Sumantra was thus lamenting on the way, his chariot presently reached the bank of the Tamasā river. He politely sent away the Niṣādas, who bowed at his feet and returned with a heart stricken with grief. (1) The minister hesitated to enter the city as if he had murdered his own preceptor, killed a Brāhmaṇa or butchered a cow. He passed the day sitting under a tree and found his occasion only when it was dusk. (2) He entered Ayodhyā in the dark and slunk into the palace leaving the chariot at the gate. All who heard the news flocked to the entrance of the royal palace to see the chariot. (3) When they recognized the chariot and found the horses restless with their body wasting away as hail in the sun, the citizens, both men and women, were sore distressed as fish when the water runs short. (4)
सचिव आगमनु सुनत सबु बिकल भयउ रनिवासु। भवनु भयंकरु लाग तेहि मानहुँ प्रेत निवासु॥१४७॥
Meaning
The moment they heard of the minister’s arrival, the whole gynaeceum was restless. To him the palace looked as dreary as though it were an abode of ghosts. (147)
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