Doha 148
अति आरति सब पूँछहिं रानी। उतरु न आव बिकल भइ बानी॥ सुनइ न श्रवन नयन नहिं सूझा। कहहु कहाँ नृपु तेहि तेहि बूझा॥१॥
दासिन्ह दीख सचिव बिकलाई। कौसल्या गृहँ गईं लवाई॥ जाइ सुमंत्र दीख कस राजा। अमिअ रहित जनु चंदु बिराजा॥२॥
आसन सयन बिभूषन हीना। परेउ भूमितल निपट मलीना॥ लेइ उसासु सोच एहि भाँती। सुरपुर तें जनु खँसेउ जजाती॥३॥
लेत सोच भरि छिनु छिनु छाती। जनु जरि पंख परेउ संपाती॥ राम राम कह राम सनेही। पुनि कह राम लखन बैदेही॥४॥
Meaning
In deep agony all the queens questioned him; but no reply came from him, his voice failed him. His ears could not hear, nor could his eyes see; he asked whomsoever he met: “Tell me, where is the king?” (1) Seeing his agitated mind, the maid-servants conducted him to Kausalyā’s apartments. Arriving there Sumantra found the king as pale and lustreless as the moon without nectar. (2) Without a seat, couch or ornaments he lay on the ground in a most wretched condition. Heaving a sigh he lamented even as Yayāti* when he had fallen from the abode of gods: (3) * As a reward for the many sacrifices performed by him during his life-time King Yayāti ascended to heaven. Indra received him most courteously and encouraged him to speak highly of his own meritorious acts. In this way he unwittingly exhausted all his merits and was hurled back to the mortal plane. With his heart bursting with grief every moment, he looked like Sampātī* who had dropped from the heavens on account of his wings having been singed. That great lover of Rāma cried “Rāma, Rāma” and again “Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā.” (4) * For the story of Sampātī see the Caupāīs following Dohā 26 in Kiṣkindhā-Kāṇḍa.
देखि सचिवँ जय जीव कहि कीन्हेउ दंड प्रनामु। सुनत उठेउ ब्याकुल नृपति कहु सुमंत्र कहँ रामु॥१४८॥
Meaning
The minister, on seeing the king, exclaimed, “Be victorious and live long!” and made obeisance to him by falling prostrate on the ground. The moment he heard this, the king rose in bewilderment and said, “Tell me, Sumantra, where is Rāma?” (148)
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