Doha 207
Viśvāmitra visits king Daśaratha and asks for Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
मुनि आगमन सुना जब राजा। मिलन गयउ लै बिप्र समाजा॥ करि दंडवत मुनिहि सनमानी। निज आसन बैठारेन्हि आनी॥१॥
चरन पखारि कीन्हि अति पूजा। मो सम आजु धन्य नहिं दूजा॥ बिबिध भाँति भोजन करवावा। मुनिबर हृदयँ हरष अति पावा॥२॥
पुनि चरननि मेले सुत चारी। राम देखि मुनि देह बिसारी॥ भए मगन देखत मुख सोभा। जनु चकोर पूरन ससि लोभा॥३॥
तब मन हरषि बचन कह राऊ। मुनि अस कृपा न कीन्हिहु काऊ॥ केहि कारन आगमन तुम्हारा। कहहु सो करत न लावउँ बारा॥४॥
असुर समूह सतावहिं मोही। मैं जाचन आयउँ नृप तोही॥ अनुज समेत देहु रघुनाथा। निसिचर बध मैं होब सनाथा॥५॥
Meaning
When the king heard of the sage’s arrival he went out to meet him with a host of Brāhmaṇas. Prostrating himself on the ground, the king reverently brought him in and seated him on his own throne. (1) Then, washing the sage’s feet, he paid him great honour and said, “No one else is so blessed as I am today.” The king next entertained him with various kinds of food and the great sage was much delighted at heart. (2) He then bid his four sons to bow in salutation at the sage’s feet. At the sight of Śrī Rāma the sage forgot all his own self. He was deeply enraptured as he gazed on the beauty of Śrī Rāma’s countenance even as the Cakora bird is enamoured of the full moon. (3) Gladdened at heart, the king then addressed the following words to him, “Revered sir, you have never shown such kindness to me before. Tell me how you have deigned to visit us; I will carry out your orders instantaneously.” (4) “Hosts of demons molest me, O king; I have, therefore, come to ask something of you. Let me have the Lord of Raghus, Śrī Rāma, with His younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa; with the extermination of the demons I will feel secure. (5)
देहु भूप मन हरषित तजहु मोह अग्यान। धर्म सुजस प्रभु तुम्ह कौं इन्ह कहँ अति कल्यान॥२०७॥
Meaning
“Entrust them to me, O king, with a cheerful heart; let no infatuation or ignorance stand in your way. You will earn religious merit and fair renown thereby, and your sons will be highly blessed.” (207)
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