Doha 70
समाचार जब लछिमन पाए। ब्याकुल बिलख बदन उठि धाए॥ कंप पुलक तन नयन सनीरा। गहे चरन अति प्रेम अधीरा॥१॥
कहि न सकत कछु चितवत ठाढ़े। मीनु दीन जनु जल तें काढ़े॥ सोचु हृदयँ बिधि का होनिहारा। सबु सुखु सुकृतु सिरान हमारा॥२॥
मो कहुँ काह कहब रघुनाथा। रखिहहिं भवन कि लेहहिं साथा॥ राम बिलोकि बंधु कर जोरें। देह गेह सब सन तृनु तोरें॥३॥
बोले बचनु राम नय नागर। सील सनेह सरल सुख सागर॥ तात प्रेम बस जनि कदराहू। समुझि हृदयँ परिनाम उछाहू॥४॥
Meaning
When Lakṣmaṇa got the news he was very much upset and ran with a doleful face. Trembling all over with his hair standing on end and eyes full of tears, he clasped Śrī Rāma’s feet, much excited with emotion. (1) He was unable to speak and stood gazing piteously like a fish taken out of water. There was anxiety in his heart. ‘What is going to happen, O good heavens?’ he said to himself. ‘All my joy and merits (पुण्य) are over now. (2) ‘What will Śrī Raghunātha command me to do? Will he leave me at home or take me alongwith him?’ When Śrī Rāma saw His brother standing with folded hands, having severed all attachment to his body, home and all others, (3) He addressed him in the following words, well-versed as He was in the rules of correct behaviour and an ocean of amiability, love, simplicity and joy: “Pray, do not lose your composure out of affection, dear brother, and be convinced in your heart of hearts that the end will be a happy one. (4)
मातु पिता गुरु स्वामि सिख सिर धरि करहिं सुभायँ। लहेउ लाभु तिन्ह जनम कर नतरु जनमु जग जायँ॥७०॥
Meaning
“Those who reverently and unconstrainedly follow the advice of their father and mother, preceptor and master have reaped the fruit of their birth or else their coming into this world has been in vain. (70)
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