Doha 60
Dialogue between Sītā and Śrī Rāma
बन हित कोल किरात किसोरी। रचीं बिरंचि बिषय सुख भोरी॥ पाहनकृमि जिमि कठिन सुभाऊ। तिन्हहि कलेसु न कानन काऊ॥१॥
कै तापस तिय कानन जोगू। जिन्ह तप हेतु तजा सब भोगू॥ सिय बन बसिहि तात केहि भाँती। चित्रलिखित कपि देखि डेराती॥२॥
सुरसर सुभग बनज बन चारी। डाबर जोगु कि हंसकुमारी॥ अस बिचारि जस आयसु होई। मैं सिख देउँ जानकिहि सोई॥३॥
जौं सिय भवन रहै कह अंबा। मोहि कहँ होइ बहुत अवलंबा॥ सुनि रघुबीर मातु प्रिय बानी। सील सनेह सुधाँ जनु सानी॥४॥
Meaning
“For residing in the forest God has created Kola* and Kirāta girls, who are unaware of sensuous pleasures. Adamantine by nature like the insect living on stone, they never experience any hardship in the woods. (1) * The names of two well-known hilly tribes. “Another class fit for the forest are the hermit-women, who have renounced all pleasures for the sake of penance. But how, my son, will Sītā live in the forest—she who gets frightened to see even the picture of a monkey? (2) “Is a female cygnet, who disports in the lovely lotus-beds of the Mānasa lake, fit for a muddy puddle? First ponder this; then as you order I will instruct Jānakī accordingly.(3) “If she stays at home,” the mother continued, “that will mean a great solace to me.” When Śrī Raghunātha heard this endearing speech of His mother, imbued as it was with the nectar of grace and affection— (4)
कहि प्रिय बचन बिबेकमय कीन्हि मातु परितोष। लगे प्रबोधन जानकिहि प्रगटि बिपिन गुन दोष॥६०॥
Meaning
He comforted His mother by addressing tender and dispassionate words to her; and then He started exhorting Jānakī by narrating to Her the advantages and disadvantages of forest life. (60) [PAUSE 14 FOR A THIRTY-DAY RECITATION]
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