Doha 83
तब सुमंत्र नृप बचन सुनाए। करि बिनती रथ रामु चढ़ाए॥ चढ़ि रथ सीय सहित दोउ भाई। चले हृदयँ अवधहि सिरु नाई॥१॥
चलत रामु लखि अवध अनाथा। बिकल लोग सब लागे साथा॥ कृपासिंधु बहुबिधि समुझावहिं। फिरहिं प्रेम बस पुनि फिरि आवहिं॥२॥
लागति अवध भयावनि भारी। मानहुँ कालराति अँधिआरी॥ घोर जंतु सम पुर नर नारी। डरपहिं एकहि एक निहारी॥३॥
घर मसान परिजन जनु भूता। सुत हित मीत मनहुँ जमदूता॥ बागन्ह बिटप बेलि कुम्हिलाहीं। सरित सरोबर देखि न जाहीं॥४॥
Meaning
Then Sumantra delivered to them the king’s message and with humble submission persuaded Śrī Rāma to ascend the chariot. Having mounted the chariot, Sītā and the two brothers set out on their journey, mentally bowing their head to Ayodhyā. (1) Finding Ayodhyā masterless with the departure of Śrī Rāma, all those who had assembled there followed in their wake with a perturbed mind. Śrī Rāma persuaded them in many ways, an ocean of compassion that He was, and the crowd turned homewards. But dragged by the affection they bore for Him, they came back again. (2) Ayodhyā presented a most dismal appearance as though it were the dark night of final dissolution of the universe. The men and women of the city looked like ghastly creatures and were frightened to look at one another. (3) Their houses appeared like so many crematories, their retainers like ghosts, and their sons, relations and friends like messengers of death. Trees and creepers in the gardens withered, while streams and ponds repelled the eyes. (4)
हय गय कोटिन्ह केलिमृग पुरपसु चातक मोर। पिक रथांग सुक सारिका सारस हंस चकोर॥८३॥
Meaning
The numberless horses and elephants, animals kept for pleasure, cattle of the city, Cātaka birds, peacocks, cuckoos, Cakravākas, parrots and Mainās, cranes, swans and Cakoras, (83)
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