Doha 84
राम बियोग बिकल सब ठाढ़े। जहँ तहँ मनहुँ चित्र लिखि काढ़े॥ नगरु सफल बनु गहबर भारी। खग मृग बिपुल सकल नर नारी॥१॥
बिधि कैकई किरातिनि कीन्ही। जेहिं दव दुसह दसहुँ दिसि दीन्ही॥ सहि न सके रघुबर बिरहागी। चले लोग सब ब्याकुल भागी॥२॥
सबहिं बिचारु कीन्ह मन माहीं। राम लखन सिय बिनु सुखु नाहीं॥ जहाँ रामु तहँ सबुइ समाजू। बिनु रघुबीर अवध नहिं काजू॥३॥
चले साथ अस मंत्रु दृढ़ाई। सुर दुर्लभ सुख सदन बिहाई॥ राम चरन पंकज प्रिय जिन्हही। बिषय भोग बस करहिं कि तिन्हही॥४॥
Meaning
all stood restless due to their separation from Śrī Rāma; they looked like so many pictures drawn here and there. The city resembled an extensive and thick forest full of fruits and the many men and women residing therein represented so many birds and beasts (i.e., Ayodhyā bestowed the four fruits, viz., prosperity, religious merit, pleasures, final emancipation on its citizens, who happily enjoyed these bounties). (1) God assigned Kaikeyī the role of a Bhīla woman who set the whole forest on a fierce blaze. The people could not bear the fire of separation from Śrī Rāma, and they all ran in distress. (2) They all came to this conclusion in their mind: ‘There can be no happiness without Śrī Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā. The whole community will live where Śrī Rāma takes up his abode; without Śrī Rāma we have no business to be in Ayodhyā.’ (3) Having thus firmly resolved they followed Him forsaking their happy homes, which were the envy of gods. Can the pleasures of sense overpower those who hold the lotus feet of Śrī Rāma dear to their heart? (4)
बालक बृद्ध बिहाइ गृहँ लगे लोग सब साथ। तमसा तीर निवासु किय प्रथम दिवस रघुनाथ॥८४॥
Meaning
Leaving the children and aged people in their homes, all the citizens joined Śrī Rāma in his journey. Śrī Raghunātha made His first day’s halt on the bank of the Tamasā. (84)
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