Doha 109b
The gods sing the Lord’s glories; Indra rains down nectar on the dead
प्रभु के बचन सीस धरि सीता। बोली मन क्रम बचन पुनीता॥ लछिमन होहु धरम के नेगी। पावक प्रगट करहु तुम्ह बेगी॥१॥
सुनि लछिमन सीता कै बानी। बिरह बिबेक धरम निति सानी॥ लोचन सजल जोरि कर दोऊ। प्रभु सन कछु कहि सकत न ओऊ॥२॥
देखि राम रुख लछिमन धाए। पावक प्रगटि काठ बहु लाए॥ पावक प्रबल देखि बैदेही। हृदयँ हरष नहिं भय कछु तेही॥३॥
जौं मन बच क्रम मम उर माहीं। तजि रघुबीर आन गति नाहीं॥ तौ कृसानु सब कै गति जाना। मो कहुँ होउ श्रीखंड समाना॥४॥
Meaning
Sītā, however, bowed to the Lord’s command—pure as She was in thought, word and deed—and said, “Lakṣmaṇa, help me in the performance of this sacred rite and quickly kindle for me a fire.” (1) When Lakṣmaṇa heard Sītā’s words, full of anguish caused by separation (from Her Lord) and imbued with critical insight, piety and prudence, tears rushed to his eyes and he folded his hands in prayer; but he too could not speak a word to the Lord. (2) Reading Śrī Rāma’s tacit approval in His looks, however, Lakṣmaṇa ran and after kindling a fire brought plenty of firewood. Jānakī rejoiced at heart to perceive the blazing fire and did not flinch at all. (3) “If in thought, word and deed I have never set my heart on anyone other than Śrī Raghuvīra, may the God presiding over fire, who knows the working of all minds, become cool like sandal-paste to me.” (4)
श्रीखंड सम पावक प्रबेस कियो सुमिरि प्रभु मैथिली। जय कोसलेस महेस बंदित चरन रति अति निर्मली॥ प्रतिबिंब अरु लौकिक कलंक प्रचंड पावक महुँ जरे। प्रभु चरित काहुँ न लखे नभ सुर सिद्ध मुनि देखहिं खरे॥१॥
धरि रूप पावक पानि गहि श्री सत्य श्रुति जग बिदित जो। जिमि छीरसागर इंदिरा रामहि समर्पी आनि सो॥ सो राम बाम बिभाग राजति रुचिर अति सोभा भली। नव नील नीरज निकट मानहुँ कनक पंकज की कली॥२॥
Meaning
With Her thoughts fixed on Lord Śrī Rāma, Jānakī entered the flames as though they were cool like sandal-paste, exclaiming “Glory to the Lord of Kosala, whose feet are adored by the great Lord Śiva with the purest devotion!” Both Her shadow-form as well as the social stigma (occasioned by Her forced residence at Rāvaṇa’s) were consumed in the blazing fire; but no one could know the secret of the Lord’s doings. Even the gods, Siddhas and sages stood gazing from the celestial regions. (1) Fire assumed a bodily form and, taking by the hand the real Śrī (Sītā), celebrated alike in the Vedas and the world, escorted and presented Her to Śrī Rāma even as the Ocean of milk presented Goddess Indirā (Lakṣmī) to Lord Viṣṇu. Standing on the left side of Śrī Rāma, Sītā shone resplendent in Her exquisite beauty like the bud of a gold lily beside a fresh blue lotus. (2)
बरषहिं सुमन हरषि सुर बाजहिं गगन निसान। गावहिं किंनर सुरबधू नाचहिं चढ़ीं बिमान॥१०९ (क)॥
जनकसुता समेत प्रभु सोभा अमित अपार। देखि भालु कपि हरषे जय रघुपति सुख सार॥१०९ (ख)॥
Meaning
The gods in their delight rained down flowers and kettledrums were beaten in the airspace. The Kinnaras sang their melodies and the celestial nymphs danced, all mounted on their aerial cars. (109 A) The beauty of the Lord reunited with Sītā was beyond all measure and boundless. The bears and monkeys rejoiced at the sight and shouted “Glory to Śrī Raghunātha, the essence of bliss.” (109 B)
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