Doha 68
Dialogue between Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
अस कहि सीय बिकल भइ भारी। बचन बियोगु न सकी सँभारी॥ देखि दसा रघुपति जियँ जाना। हठि राखें नहिं राखिहि प्राना॥१॥
कहेउ कृपाल भानुकुलनाथा। परिहरि सोचु चलहु बन साथा॥ नहिं बिषाद कर अवसरु आजू। बेगि करहु बन गवन समाजू॥२॥
कहि प्रिय बचन प्रिया समुझाई। लगे मातु पद आसिष पाई॥ बेगि प्रजा दुख मेटब आई। जननी निठुर बिसरि जनि जाई॥३॥
फिरिहि दसा बिधि बहुरि कि मोरी। देखिहउँ नयन मनोहर जोरी॥ सुदिन सुघरी तात कब होइहि। जननी जिअत बदन बिधु जोइहि॥४॥
Meaning
So saying, Sītā was overwhelmed with anguish; She could not bear Her lord’s separation even in words. Seeing Her condition, Śrī Raghunātha was convinced in His heart of hearts that if left behind against Her will She would not survive. (1) The all-merciful Śrī Rāma, therefore, said: “Give up anxiety and accompany me to the forest. Despair is out of place today. So, get ready for the journey to the woods at once.” (2) Consoling His beloved Consort with these endearing words, the Lord threw Himself at His mother’s feet and received her blessings. “Pray, return soon and relieve the people’s distress and see that your heartless mother is not forgotten. (3) “Shall the tide of my fortune ever turn, O goodness, that I may behold the charming pair with my own eyes again? When, my dear son, will arrive the auspicious day and blessed hour that your mother shall live to see your moon-like countenance? (4)
बहुरि बच्छ कहि लालु कहि रघुपति रघुबर तात। कबहिं बोलाइ लगाइ हियँ हरषि निरखिहउँ गात॥६८॥
Meaning
“When again shall I call you ‘my darling’, ‘my pet child’, ‘O Raghupati, ‘O Raghuvara, ‘my boy’, and summoning you, clasp you to my bosom and gaze upon your limbs with delight?” (68)
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