Doha 25
Dialogue between king Daśaratha and Kaikeyī; Daśaratha’s lamentation; Sumantra goes to the palace and, returning from it, sends Śrī Rāma to His father
कोपभवन सुनि सकुचेउ राऊ। भय बस अगहुड़ परइ न पाऊ॥ सुरपति बसइ बाहँबल जाकें। नरपति सकल रहहिं रुख ताकें॥१॥
सो सुनि तिय रिस गयउ सुखाई। देखहु काम प्रताप बड़ाई॥ सूल कुलिस असि अँगवनिहारे। ते रतिनाथ सुमन सर मारे॥२॥
सभय नरेसु प्रिया पहिं गयऊ। देखि दसा दुखु दारुन भयऊ॥ भूमि सयन पटु मोट पुराना। दिए डारि तन भूषन नाना॥३॥
कुमतिहि कसि कुबेषता फाबी। अनअहिवातु सूच जनु भाबी॥ जाइ निकट नृपु कह मृदु बानी। प्रानप्रिया केहि हेतु रिसानी॥४॥
Meaning
The king was taken aback when he heard of the sulking-room. His feet refused to move forward on account of some apprehension. He, under whose powerful arm the lord of celestials dwelt secure and whose goodwill was sought even by all rulers of men,(1) was stunned at the news of his wife’s anger: look at the mighty power of conjugal love. Even those who have endured the blows of a spear, thunderbolt or sword, have been vanquished by the flowery shafts of Rati’s lord, the god of Love. (2) The king timidly approached his beloved queen and was terribly distressed to perceive her condition. She was lying on the floor in an old and coarse attire, having cast away all the ornaments on her person. (3) Her wretched garb so eminently befitted her, foreboding, as it were, her impending widowhood. Drawing close to her, the king asked in soft accents, “Why are you angry, my soul’s delight?” (4)
केहि हेतु रानि रिसानि परसत पानि पतिहि नेवारई। मानहुँ सरोष भुअंग भामिनि बिषम भाँति निहारई॥ दोउ बासना रसना दसन बर मरम ठाहरु देखई। तुलसी नृपति भवतब्यता बस काम कौतुक लेखई॥
Meaning
As the king touched her with his hand saying “Why are you angry, my queen?”, Kaikeyī threw it aside and flashed upon him a furious glance like an enraged serpent with the two (above-mentioned) cravings of her heart for its bifurcated tongue and the boons (that had been promised to her by the king) for its fangs, spying out a vital part. As fate would have it, says Tulasīdāsa, the king took it all as an amorous sport.
बार बार कह राउ सुमुखि सुलोचनि पिकबचनि। कारन मोहि सुनाउ गजगामिनि निज कोप कर॥२५॥
Meaning
Said the king again and again, “Tell me the cause of your anger, O fair-faced, bright-eyed dame with a voice melodious as the notes of a cuckoo and a gait resembling that of an elephant. (25)
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