Doha 12
A description of the rainy season
उमा राम सम हित जग माहीं। गुरु पितु मातु बंधु प्रभु नाहीं॥ सुर नर मुनि सब कै यह रीती। स्वारथ लागि करहिं सब प्रीती॥१॥
बालि त्रास ब्याकुल दिन राती। तन बहु ब्रन चिंताँ जर छाती॥ सोइ सुग्रीव कीन्ह कपिराऊ। अति कृपाल रघुबीर सुभाऊ॥२॥
जानतहूँ अस प्रभु परिहरहीं। काहे न बिपति जाल नर परहीं॥ पुनि सुग्रीवहि लीन्ह बोलाई। बहु प्रकार नृपनीति सिखाई॥३॥
कह प्रभु सुनु सुग्रीव हरीसा। पुर न जाउँ दस चारि बरीसा॥ गत ग्रीषम बरषा रितु आई। रहिहउँ निकट सैल पर छाई॥४॥
अंगद सहित करहु तुम्ह राजू। संतत हृदयँ धरेहु मम काजू॥ जब सुग्रीव भवन फिरि आए। रामु प्रबरषन गिरि पर छाए॥५॥
Meaning
Umā, there is no such benefactor as Śrī Rāma in this world—neither preceptor, nor father, nor mother, nor brother, nor master. Gods, men and sages all as a rule have some selfish motive behind their love. (1) The same Sugrīva, who remained terribly unnerved day and night in fear of Bāli, who had many a sore on his body and whose breast ever burnt with the fire of anxiety, was made the king of monkeys! Śrī Rāma is extremely compassionate by nature. (2) No wonder that men who knowingly abandon such a lord should be caught in the meshes of calamity. The Lord then sent for Sugrīva and instructed him in the various principles of statecraft. (3) Said the Lord, “Listen, O Sugrīva, lord of the monkeys: I won’t enter a town for fourteen years. The hot season is now over and the rains have set in. I will, therefore, encamp on the hills not far from you. (4) “You and Aṅgada rule over the kingdom, and ever look after my task with all your attention.” When Sugrīva returned home, Śrī Rāma took up His abode on the Pravarṣaṇa hills. (5)
प्रथमहिं देवन्ह गिरि गुहा राखेउ रुचिर बनाइ। राम कृपानिधि कछु दिन बास करहिंगे आइ॥१२॥
Meaning
The gods had already kept ready for Him a charming cave in the mountain in the hope that the all-merciful Śrī Rāma would come and stay there for some time. (12)
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