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Dohā 31 / 60

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चलत मोहि चूड़ामनि दीन्ही। रघुपति हृदयँ लाइ सोइ लीन्ही॥ नाथ जुगल लोचन भरि बारी। बचन कहे कछु जनककुमारी॥ अनुज समेत गहेहु प्रभु चरना। दीन बंधु प्रनतारति हरना॥ मन क्रम बचन चरन अनुरागी। केहि अपराध नाथ हौं त्यागी॥ अवगुन एक मोर मैं माना। बिछुरत प्रान कीन्ह पयाना॥ नाथ सो नयनन्हि को अपराधा। निसरत प्रान करिहिं हठि बाधा॥ बिरह अगिनि तनु तूल समीरा। स्वास जरइ छन माहिं सरीरा॥ नयन स्त्रवहि जलु निज हित लागी। जरैं पाव देह बिरहागी। सीता के अति बिपति बिसाला। बिनहिं कहें भलि दीनदयाला॥

calata mohi cūḍāmani dīnhī raghupati hṛdaya~ lāi soi līnhī nātha jugala locana bhari bārī bacana kahe kachu janakakumārī anuja sameta gahehu prabhu caranā dīna baṃdhu pranatārati haranā mana krama bacana carana anurāgī kehi aparādha nātha hauṃ tyāgī avaguna eka mora maiṃ mānā bichurata prāna na kīnha payānā nātha so nayananhi ko aparādhā nisarata prāna karihiṃ haṭhi bādhā biraha agini tanu tūla samīrā svāsa jarai chana māhiṃ sarīrā nayana stravahi jalu nija hita lāgī jaraiṃ na pāva deha birahāgī sītā ke ati bipati bisālā binahiṃ kaheṃ bhali dīnadayālā

Dohā

निमिष निमिष करुनानिधि जाहिं कलप सम बीति। बेगि चलिय प्रभु आनिअ भुज बल खल दल जीति॥31॥

nimiṣa nimiṣa karunānidhi jāhiṃ kalapa sama bīti begi caliya prabhu ānia bhuja bala khala dala jīti 31

Meaning"On parting she gave me the crest-jewel." Raghupati pressed it to his heart and took it. "Lord, filling both her eyes with tears, Janaka's daughter spoke some words: 'Clasp the Lord's feet with his brother — friend of the lowly, remover of the suppliant's distress; I am devoted to his feet in thought, word and deed — for what offence, Lord, have I been forsaken? One fault of mine I own — that at parting my life did not depart. But that, Lord, is the eyes' offence — they forcibly hinder the breath from going out. In the fire of separation the body is cotton, the breath the wind; in a moment the body should burn — yet the eyes shed tears for their own sake (to see him again), and so the body, though aflame, does not get to burn.'" Sita's distress is exceedingly great — better untold, O merciful-to-the-lowly. Moment by moment, O Ocean of Mercy, passes like an age (for her); come quickly, Lord, and bring her, conquering the wicked host by the might of your arm.
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What is the meaning of Sundarkand Dohā 31?
"On parting she gave me the crest-jewel." Raghupati pressed it to his heart and took it. "Lord, filling both her eyes with tears, Janaka's daughter spoke some words: 'Clasp the Lord's feet with his brother — friend of the lowly, remover of the suppliant's distress; I am devoted to his feet in thought, word and deed — for what offence, Lord, have I been forsaken? One fault of mine I own — that at parting my life did not depart. But that, Lord, is the eyes' offence — they forcibly hinder the breath from going out. In the fire of separation the body is cotton, the breath the wind; in a moment the body should burn — yet the eyes shed tears for their own sake (to see him again), and so the body, though aflame, does not get to burn.'" Sita's distress is exceedingly great — better untold, O merciful-to-the-lowly. Moment by moment, O Ocean of Mercy, passes like an age (for her); come quickly, Lord, and bring her, conquering the wicked host by the might of your arm.