Doha 86
Śrī Rāma’s arrival at Śṛṅgaverapura; the Niṣāda chief’s services
जागे सकल लोग भएँ भोरू। गे रघुनाथ भयउ अति सोरू॥ रथ कर खोज कतहुँ नहिं पावहिं। राम राम कहि चहुँ दिसि धावहिं॥१॥
मनहुँ बारिनिधि बूड़ जहाजू। भयउ बिकल बड़ बनिक समाजू॥ एकहि एक देहिं उपदेसू। तजे राम हम जानि कलेसू॥२॥
निंदहिं आपु सराहहिं मीना। धिग जीवनु रघुबीर बिहीना॥ जौं पै प्रिय बियोगु बिधि कीन्हा। तौ कस मरनु न मागें दीन्हा॥३॥
एहि बिधि करत प्रलाप कलापा। आए अवध भरे परितापा॥ बिषम बियोगु न जाइ बखाना। अवधि आस सब राखहिं प्राना॥४॥
Meaning
All the people woke up at daybreak. “Śrī Raghunātha has gone!” so wailing, there was great uproar. Nowhere could they find the tracks of the chariot and ran about in all directions crying “Rāma, O Rāma!” (1) It seemed as if a bark had foundered in the ocean, as a result of which the group of merchants (that had boarded it) felt very much nervous. Everyone explained to one another how Śrī Rāma had forsaken them, perceiving their (citizens’) distress. (2) They condemned themselves and praised the fish (that died as soon as they were taken out of water), and said to one another; “Curse on our life without Śrī Rāma! If God has torn us from our beloved, why did He not vouchsafe death to us on our asking?” (3) Thus wailing in several ways they all returned to Ayodhyā full of remorse. The anguish of parting was terrible beyond words. Everyone survived in the hope of seeing Śrī Rāma on the expiry of the term of exile. (4)
राम दरस हित नेम ब्रत लगे करन नर नारि। मनहुँ कोक कोकी कमल दीन बिहीन तमारि॥८६॥
Meaning
Men and women alike started religious observances and fasts for ensuring Śrī Rāma’s return. They were as miserable as the male and female Cakravāka birds and the lotus flowers are in the absence of the sun. (86)
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