Doha 54
बचन बिनीत मधुर रघुबर के। सर सम लगे मातु उर करके॥ सहमि सूखि सुनि सीतलि बानी। जिमि जवास परें पावस पानी॥१॥
कहि न जाइ कछु हृदय बिषादू। मनहुँ मृगी सुनि केहरि नादू॥ नयन सजल तन थर थर काँपी। माजहि खाइ मीन जनु मापी॥२॥
धरि धीरजु सुत बदनु निहारी। गदगद बचन कहति महतारी॥ तात पितहि तुम्ह प्रान पिआरे। देखि मुदित नित चरित तुम्हारे॥३॥
राजु देन कहुँ सुभ दिन साधा। कहेउ जान बन केहिं अपराधा॥ तात सुनावहु मोहि निदानू। को दिनकर कुल भयउ कृसानू॥४॥
Meaning
The gentle and sweet words of Śrī Rāma, the Chief of the Raghus, pierced the mother’s heart and rankled there. Alarmed to hear His serene speech, she turned pale in the same way as the Yavāsaka plant is blasted by a rain shower. (1) The agony of her heart was beyond description like that of a doe that has heard a lion’s roar. Her eyes were wet with tears and her body violently shook like a fish that had got inebriated by sucking the scum raised by the first monsoon shower. (2) Recovering herself and looking at her son’s face, the mother spoke in faltering accents, “My boy, you are dear as life to your father to whom it is a constant delight to watch your doings from day to day. (3) “He had got an auspicious day fixed for installing you as the Prince-Regent; for what offence has he asked you to proceed to the woods? Let me know the reason, my darling; who is it that has served as fire to consume the solar race?” (4)
निरखि राम रुख सचिवसुत कारनु कहेउ बुझाइ। सुनि प्रसंगु रहि मूक जिमि दसा बरनि नहिं जाइ॥५४॥
Meaning
Reading in Śrī Rāma’s eyes His tacit consent, Sumantra’s son (who had obviously accompanied the Prince) explained the reason: The mother was struck dumb, as it were, to hear the episode; the state of her mind could not be described in words. (54)
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