Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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ìIf they live on bulbs, roots and fruits alone, foods such as ambrosia exist in vain.î
Some people remarked: ìNaturally charming as they are, these princes must have
appeared on earth of their own accord and were not made by God. In all the fourteen
spheres ransack if you will the entire range of Godís creation described at length in the
Vedas as perceptible by the ears, eyes and mind; but where can you find such a man
and such a woman as these? At their very sight Brahmåís mind got enamoured of them
and he proceeded to make their match. He toiled much, but none of his products could
even approach the prototype; and due to that jealousy he has brought these princes to
the woods and hid them.î Others said, ìWe do not claim to know much, but account
ourselves supremely blessed. They too are meritorious in our opinion, who see these
princes or have seen them or shall see them.î (1ó4)
ŒÙ0ó∞Á„U Á’Áœ ∑§Á„U ∑§Á„U ’øŸ Á¬˝ÿ ‹apple®„U ŸÿŸ ÷Á⁄U ŸË⁄U–
Á∑§Á◊ øÁ‹„U®„U ◊Ê⁄Uª •ª◊ ‚ÈÁ∆U ‚È∑ȧ◊Ê⁄U ‚⁄UË⁄UH.120H
Do.: ehi bidhi kahi kahi bacana priya lehiÚ nayana bhari n∂ra,
kimi calihahiÚ måraga agama su¢hi sukumåra sar∂ra.120.
ìMaking such fond remarks they filled their eyes with tears and added, Most
delicate of frame, how shall they be able to traverse such an impassable road?î (120)
øı0óŸÊÁ⁄U ‚Ÿapple„U Á’∑§‹ ’‚ „UÙ„UË¥ – ø∑§ßZ ‚Ê°¤Ê ‚◊ÿ ¡ŸÈ ‚Ù„UË¥H
◊ÎŒÈ ¬Œ ∑§◊‹ ∑§Á∆UŸ ◊ªÈ ¡ÊŸË– ª„U’Á⁄U NUŒÿ° ∑§„U®„U ’⁄U ’ÊŸËH.1H
¬⁄U‚à ◊Όȋ ø⁄UŸ •L§ŸÊ⁄appleU – ‚∑ȧøÁà ◊Á„U Á¡Á◊ NUŒÿ „U◊Ê⁄appleUH
¡ı¥ ¡ªŒË‚ ßã„UÁ„U ’ŸÈ ŒËã„UÊ – ∑§‚ Ÿ ‚È◊Ÿ◊ÿ ◊Ê⁄UªÈ ∑§Ëã„UÊH.2H
¡ı¥ ◊ÊªÊ ¬Êß• Á’Áœ ¬Ê„UË¥ – ∞ ⁄UÁπ•®„U ‚Áπ •Ê°Áπã„U ◊Ê„UË¥H
¡apple Ÿ⁄U ŸÊÁ⁄U Ÿ •fl‚⁄U •Ê∞ – ÁÃã„U Á‚ÿ ⁄UÊ◊È Ÿ ŒappleπŸ ¬Ê∞H.3H
‚ÈÁŸ ‚ÈM§¬È ’ͤʮ„U •∑ȧ‹Ê߸ – •’ ‹Áª ª∞ ∑§„UÊ° ‹Áª ÷Ê߸H
‚◊⁄UÕ œÊß Á’‹Ù∑§®„U ¡Ê߸ – ¬˝◊ÈÁŒÃ Á»§⁄U®„U ¡Ÿ◊»§‹È ¬Ê߸H.4H
Cau.: nåri saneha bikala basa hoh∂°, caka∂° så° jha samaya janu soh∂°.
mædu pada kamala ka¢hina magu jån∂, gahabari hædaya° kahahiÚ bara bån∂.1.
parasata mædula carana arunåre, sakucati mahi jimi hædaya hamåre.
jau° jagad∂sa inhahi banu d∂nhå, kasa na sumanamaya måragu k∂nhå.2.
jau° mågå påia bidhi påh∂°, e rakhiahiÚ sakhi å° khinha måh∂°.
je nara nåri na avasara åe, tinha siya råmu na dekhana påe.3.
suni surµupu bµujhahiÚ akulå∂, aba lagi gae kahå° lagi bhå∂.
samaratha dhåi bilokahiÚ jå∂, pramudita phirahiÚ janamaphalu på∂.4.
Overmastered by love the women felt as uneasy as the female Cakravåka bird
does at evening time. Reflecting on the tender lotus-like feet of the princes and the rough
road they were required to tread, the women said in polite phrase with their heart stirred
with deep feeling, ìAt the touch of their soft and rosy soles the earth shrinks even as our
hearts. If the Lord of the universe chose to exile them into the woods, why did He not
at the same time strew their path with flowers? If we can secure from Heaven the boon
of our asking, let us keep these princes, O friend, within the lids of our eyes.î Those men