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Sundarkand

Dohā 13 / 60

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तब देखी मुद्रिका मनोहर। राम नाम अंकित अति सुंदर॥ चकित चितव मुदरी पहिचानी। हरष बिषाद हृदयँ अकुलानी॥ जीति को सकइ अजय रघुराई। माया तें असि रचि नहिं जाई॥ सीता मन बिचार कर नाना। मधुर बचन बोलेउ हनुमाना॥ रामचंद्र गुन बरनैं लागा। सुनतहिं सीता कर दुख भागा॥ लागीं सुनैं श्रवन मन लाई। आदिहु तें सब कथा सुनाई॥ श्रवनामृत जेहिं कथा सुहाई। कहि सो प्रगट होति किन भाई॥ तब हनुमंत निकट चलि गयऊ। फिरि बैंठीं मन बिसमय भयऊ॥ राम दूत मैं मातु जानकी। सत्य सपथ करुनानिधान की॥ यह मुद्रिका मातु मैं आनी। दीन्हि राम तुम्ह कहँ सहिदानी॥ नर बानरहि संग कहु कैसें। कहि कथा भइ संगति जैसें॥

taba dekhī mudrikā manohara rāma nāma aṃkita ati suṃdara cakita citava mudarī pahicānī haraṣa biṣāda hṛdaya~ akulānī jīti ko sakai ajaya raghurāī māyā teṃ asi raci nahiṃ jāī sītā mana bicāra kara nānā madhura bacana boleu hanumānā rāmacaṃdra guna baranaiṃ lāgā sunatahiṃ sītā kara dukha bhāgā lāgīṃ sunaiṃ śravana mana lāī ādihu teṃ saba kathā sunāī śravanāmṛta jehiṃ kathā suhāī kahi so pragaṭa hoti kina bhāī taba hanumaṃta nikaṭa cali gayaū phiri baiṃṭhīṃ mana bisamaya bhayaū rāma dūta maiṃ mātu jānakī satya sapatha karunānidhāna kī yaha mudrikā mātu maiṃ ānī dīnhi rāma tumha kaha~ sahidānī nara bānarahi saṃga kahu kaiseṃ kahi kathā bhai saṃgati jaiseṃ

Dohā

कपि के बचन सप्रेम सुनि उपजा मन बिस्वास॥ जाना मन क्रम बचन यह कृपासिंधु कर दास॥13॥

kapi ke bacana saprema suni upajā mana bisvāsa jānā mana krama bacana yaha kṛpāsiṃdhu kara dāsa 13

MeaningThen she saw the lovely ring, marked with Rama's name, exceedingly beautiful. Astonished, she gazed and, recognizing it, joy and sorrow troubled her heart: "Who can conquer the unconquerable Raghuraja? Such a thing cannot be fashioned by maya." As Sita pondered, Hanuman spoke sweet words and began to recount Ramachandra's virtues; as she listened, Sita's grief fled. She listened with mind and ears intent as he told the whole tale from the beginning. "He whose lovely story is nectar to the ears — why does he not appear, brother?" Then Hanuman drew near; she turned and sat down, her mind filled with wonder. "I am Rama's messenger, Mother Janaki — true by the oath of the Ocean of Mercy. This ring I have brought, Mother; Rama gave it to you as a token. How (came about) the company of a man and a monkey? — I will tell." He told how the alliance came to be. Hearing the monkey's loving words, trust arose in her mind; she knew in thought, word and deed that he was the servant of the Ocean of Mercy.
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Then she saw the lovely ring, marked with Rama's name, exceedingly beautiful. Astonished, she gazed and, recognizing it, joy and sorrow troubled her heart: "Who can conquer the unconquerable Raghuraja? Such a thing cannot be fashioned by maya." As Sita pondered, Hanuman spoke sweet words and began to recount Ramachandra's virtues; as she listened, Sita's grief fled. She listened with mind and ears intent as he told the whole tale from the beginning. "He whose lovely story is nectar to the ears — why does he not appear, brother?" Then Hanuman drew near; she turned and sat down, her mind filled with wonder. "I am Rama's messenger, Mother Janaki — true by the oath of the Ocean of Mercy. This ring I have brought, Mother; Rama gave it to you as a token. How (came about) the company of a man and a monkey? — I will tell." He told how the alliance came to be. Hearing the monkey's loving words, trust arose in her mind; she knew in thought, word and deed that he was the servant of the Ocean of Mercy.