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हाट बाट नहिं जाइ निहारी। जनु पुर दहँ दिसि लागि दवारी॥ आवत सुत सुनि कैकयनंदिनि। हरषी रबिकुल जलरुह चंदिनि॥१॥
सजि आरती मुदित उठि धाई। द्वारेहिं भेंटि भवन लेइ आई॥ भरत दुखित परिवारु निहारा। मानहुँ तुहिन बनज बनु मारा॥२॥
कैकेई हरषित एहि भाँती। मनहुँ मुदित दव लाइ किराती॥ सुतहि ससोच देखि मनु मारें। पूँछति नैहर कुसल हमारें॥३॥
सकल कुसल कहि भरत सुनाई। पूँछी निज कुल कुसल भलाई॥ कहु कहँ तात कहाँ सब माता। कहँ सिय राम लखन प्रिय भ्राता॥४॥
Meaning
The bazars and the streets repelled the sight as though a wild conflagration had broken out in the city on all sides. Kaikeyī, who was to the solar race what the moon is to the lotuses, was rejoiced to hear of her son’s arrival. (1) Preparing lamp lights for waving round Bharat to welcome him, she sprang up and ran, glad at heart, and meeting him at the very door, conducted him and Śatrughna into her apartments. Bharata saw that the household wore a wretched appearance like a bed of lotuses blasted by frost; (2) Kaikeyī alone was as happy as a Bhīla woman who had set a whole forest ablaze. Seeing her son melancholy and depressed in spirits, she asked him: “Is all well at my parents’ house?” (3) Bharata assured her that everything was well and then enquired after the health and welfare of his own family: “Tell me, where is my father and where all mothers, and where is Sītā and my beloved brothers, Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa?” (4)
सुनि सुत बचन सनेहमय कपट नीर भरि नैन। भरत श्रवन मन सूल सम पापिनि बोली बैन॥१५९॥
Meaning
On hearing her son’s affectionate words, the sinful woman brought crocodile tears to her eyes and spoke words that pierced Bharata’s ears and soul as so many shafts. (159)
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