Doha 49
रावन मरन मनुज कर जाचा। प्रभु बिधि बचनु कीन्ह चह साचा॥ जौं नहिं जाउँ रहइ पछितावा। करत बिचारु न बनत बनावा॥१॥
एहि बिधि भए सोचबस ईसा। तेही समय जाइ दससीसा॥ लीन्ह नीच मारीचहि संगा। भयउ तुरत सोइ कपट कुरंगा॥२॥
करि छलु मूढ़ हरी बैदेही। प्रभु प्रभाउ तस बिदित न तेही॥ मृग बधि बंधु सहित हरि आए। आश्रमु देखि नयन जल छाए॥३॥
बिरह बिकल नर इव रघुराई। खोजत बिपिन फिरत दोउ भाई॥ कबहूँ जोग बियोग न जाकें। देखा प्रगट बिरह दुखु ताकें॥४॥
Meaning
“Rāvaṇa (the demon king of Laṅkā) had sought from Brahmā the boon of his death at the hands of a human being; and the Lord would have the words of Brahmā come true. If I do not go to meet Him, I shall ever regret it.” Śiva pondered thus, but found no solution to the puzzle. (1) The Lord was thus lost in a reverie. Meanwhile, the vile Rāvaṇa took with him the demon Mārīca, who forthwith assumed the illusory form of a deer. (2) The fool Rāvaṇa carried off King Videha’s daughter, Sītā, by fraud; the Lord’s real might was not known to him. Having killed the antelope, Śrī Hari returned with His brother Lakṣmaṇa; His eyes were filled with tears when He saw the cottage empty. (3) Śrī Raghunātha felt desolate at the loss like a mortal man, and the two brothers roamed about in the woods in search of Sītā. He who knows neither union nor separation showed unmistakable signs of grief caused by separation. (4)
अति बिचित्र रघुपति चरित जानहिं परम सुजान। जे मतिमंद बिमोह बस हृदयँ धरहिं कछु आन॥४९॥
Meaning
Exceedingly mysterious are the ways of Śrī Raghunātha; the truly wise alone can comprehend them. The dull-witted in their height of folly imagine something quite different.(49)
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