Doha 280
एहि बिधि बासर बीते चारी। रामु निरखि नर नारि सुखारी॥ दुहु समाज असि रुचि मन माहीं। बिनु सिय राम फिरब भल नाहीं॥१॥
सीता राम संग बनबासू। कोटि अमरपुर सरिस सुपासू॥ परिहरि लखन रामु बैदेही। जेहि घरु भाव बाम बिधि तेही॥२॥
दाहिन दइउ होइ जब सबही। राम समीप बसिअ बन तबही॥ मंदाकिनि मज्जनु तिहु काला। राम दरसु मुद मंगल माला॥३॥
अटनु राम गिरि बन तापस थल। असनु अमिअ सम कंद मूल फल॥ सुख समेत संबत दुइ साता। पल सम होहिं न जनिअहिं जाता॥४॥
Meaning
In this way four days rolled by; the people, both men and women, were gratified to see Śrī Rāma. In both camps the feeling uppermost in the heart of all was; “It is not good to return without Sītā and Śrī Rāma. (1) “Living in exile in the woods with Sītā and Śrī Rāma one would be millions of times more happy than in Amarāvatī (the city of immortals). Leaving the company of Lakṣmaṇa, Śrī Rāma and Jānakī, he who chooses to live at home is not favoured by Providence. (2) “The privilege of living in close proximity to Śrī Rāma can be had only when God is propitious to us all. Bathing in the Mandākinī thrice every day, the sight of Śrī Rāma, which is a perennial source of joy and blessedness, (3) “roaming about on the hill (Kāmadanātha) associated with the name of Śrī Rāma, in the forest adjoining the same and among the hermitages of ascetics situated thereabout, and living on bulbs, roots and fruits delicious like ambrosia! In this way fourteen years will be happily spent like a moment without even our knowing it. (4)
एहि सुख जोग न लोग सब कहहिं कहाँ अस भागु। सहज सुभायँ समाज दुहु राम चरन अनुरागु॥२८०॥
Meaning
“We do not deserve this happiness” all exclaimed, “our luck is not like that.” Such was the natural and spontaneous devotion to Śrī Rāma’s feet in both the camps. (280)
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