The Departure for the Forest and Leaving Ayodhya Behind
The three set out for the forest as the people of Ayodhya follow them in grief. Later, Rama quietly departs while the citizens sleep, sparing them deeper attachment and sorrow.
Ayodhya Kand · Episode 14 / 49
Episode Text
सीय सकुच बस उतरु न देई। सो सुनि तमकि उठी कैकेई॥ मुनि पट भूषन भाजन आनी। आगें धरि बोली मृदु बानी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sīya sakuca basa utaru na deī। so suni tamaki uṭhī kaikeī॥ muni paṭa bhūṣana bhājana ānī। āgeṃ dhari bolī mṛdu bānī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Sita, out of modesty, gives no answer. Hearing this, Kaikeyi rose in anger. She brought the ascetic garments, ornaments, and vessels, placed them before them, and spoke in a gentle voice.
नृपहि प्रानप्रिय तुम्ह रघुबीरा। सील सनेह न छाड़िहि भीरा॥ सुकृतु सुजसु परलोकु नसाऊ। तुम्हहि जान बन कहिहि न काऊ॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nṛpahi prānapriya tumha raghubīrā। sīla saneha na chāṛihi bhīrā॥ sukṛtu sujasu paraloku nasāū। tumhahi jāna bana kahihi na kāū॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
O Raghubira, the king loves you as dearly as life itself. He will not abandon his gentleness and affection. Even if merit, good fame, and the next world were to be lost, he would never ask you to go to the forest.
अस बिचारि सोइ करहु जो भावा। राम जननि सिख सुनि सुखु पावा॥ भूपहि बचन बानसम लागे। करहिं न प्रान पयान अभागे॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
asa bicāri soi karahu jo bhāvā। rāma janani sikha suni sukhu pāvā॥ bhūpahi bacana bānasaṃ lage। karahiṃ na prāna payāna abhāge॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Think on this and do whatever pleases you. Hearing his mother's advice, Rama felt great joy. But the king found those words arrow-like. He thought, 'Why do these wretched breaths not leave me yet?'
लोग बिकल मुरुछित नरनाहू। काह करिअ कछु सूझ न काहू॥ रामु तुरत मुनि बेषु बनाई। चले जनक जननिहि सिरु नाई॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
loga bikala muruchita naranāhū। kāha kari'a kachu sūjha na kāhū॥ rāmu turata muni beṣu banāī। cale janaka jananihi siru nāī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
The people are distressed, and the king has fainted. No one can think what to do. Rama quickly took on the guise of an ascetic and departed, bowing to His father and mother.
सजि बन साजु समाजु सबु बनिता बंधु समेत। बंदि बिप्र गुर चरन प्रभु चले करि सबहि अचेत॥ ७९ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
saji bana sāju samāju sabu banitā baṃdhu sameta। bandi bipra gura carana prabhu cale kari sabahi aceta॥ 79 ॥
Meaning:
Having made ready all the things needed for the forest journey, Lord Rama, together with His wife Sita and His brother Lakshmana, bowed to the feet of the Brahmins and the guru and departed, leaving everyone stunned.
निकसि बसिष्ठ द्वार भए ठाढ़े। देखे लोग बिरह दव दाढ़े॥ कहि प्रिय बचन सकल समुझाए। बिप्र बृंद रघुबीर बोलाए॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nikasi basiṣṭha dvāra bhae ṭhāṛhe। dekhe loga biraha dava dāṛhe॥ kahi priya bacana sakala samujhāe। bipra bṛnda raghubīra bolāe॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Coming out and standing at Vasistha's door, Rama saw the people scorched by the fire of separation. He comforted them all with loving words, and then summoned the company of Brahmins.
गुर सन कहि बरषासन दीन्हे। आदर दान बिनय बस कीन्हे॥ जाचक दान मान संतोषे। मीत पुनीत प्रेम परितोषे॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
gura sana kahi baraṣāsana dīhne। ādaradāna binaya basa kīhne॥ jācaka dāna māna santoṣe। mīta punīta prema paritoṣe॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
At the guru's instruction, He gave them all provision for the year, and by honor, gifts, and humility He won them over. Then He satisfied the beggars with gifts and respect, and delighted His friends with pure love.
दासीं दास बोलाइ बहोरी। गुरहि सौंपि बोले कर जोरी॥ सब कै सार सँभार गोसाईं। करबि जनक जननी की नाईं॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dāsīṃ dāsa bolāi bahorī। gurahi sauṃpi bole kara jorī॥ saba kai sāra saṃbhāra gosāīṃ। karabi janaka jananī kī nāīṃ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Then He called the servants and maidservants again and handed them over to the guru, saying with folded hands, 'O Lord, please care for them all as a father and mother would.'
बारहिं बार जोरि जुग पानी। कहत रामु सब सन मृदु बानी॥ सोइ सब भाँति मोर हितकारी। जेहि तें रहै भुआल सुखारी॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bārahiṃ bāra jori juga pānī। kahata rāmu saba sana mṛdu bānī॥ soi saba bhāṃti mora hitakārī। jehi teṃ rahai bhuāla sukhārī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Again and again, with both hands joined, Rama spoke gently to everyone: 'He alone is my true well-wisher in every way through whom the king remains happy.'
मातु सकल मोरे बिरहँ जेहिं न होहिं दुख दीन। सोइ उपाउ तुम्ह करेहु सब पुर जन परम प्रबीन॥ ८० ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mātu sakala more birahaṃ jehiṃ na hohiṃ dukha dīna। soi upāu tumha karehu saba pura jana parama prabīna॥ 80 ॥
Meaning:
O supremely wise citizens of the city, please devise only such means that none of my mothers becomes sorrowful because of my separation.
एहि बिधि राम सबहि समुझावा। गुर पद पदुम हरषि सिरु नावा॥ गनपति गौरि गिरीसु मनाई। चले असीस पाइ रघुराई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ehi bidhi rāma sabahi samujhāvā। guru pada paduma haraṣi siru nāvā॥ ganapati gauri girīsu manāī। cale asīsa pāi raghurāī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
In this way Rama consoled everyone and, rejoicing, bowed his head at the lotus feet of his guru. Then, having propitiated Ganapati, Gauri, and Girīśa and received their blessings, Raghunath departed.
राम चलत अति भयउ बिषादू। सुनि न जाइ पुर आरत नादू॥ कुसगुन लंक अवध अति सोकू। हरष बिषाद बिबस सुरलोकू॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma calata ati bhayau biṣādū। suni na jāi pura ārata nādū॥ kusaguna laṃka avadha ati sokū। haraṣa biṣāda bibasa suralokū॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
When Rama departed, great sorrow arose. The cry of distress in the city could not even be heard. Ill omens appeared in Lanka, Ayodhya was filled with deep grief, and in the heavenly worlds all were bound by both joy and sorrow. [The joy was at the thought that the demons would now be destroyed, and the sorrow was due to the grief of the people of Ayodhya.]
गइ मुरुछा तब भूपति जागे। बोलि सुमंत्रु कहन अस लागे॥ रामु चले बन प्रान न जाहीं। केहि सुख लागि रहत तन माहीं॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
gai muruchā taba bhūpati jāge। boli sumaṃtru kahana asa lāge॥ rāmu cale bana prāna na jāhīṃ। kehi sukha lāgi rahata tana māhīṃ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
When the fainting spell passed, the king awoke and, calling Sumantra, began to say: 'Rama has gone to the forest, yet my life does not depart. For what joy do these breaths still remain in this body?'
एहि तें कवन ब्यथा बलवाना। जो दुखु पाइ तजहिं तनु प्राना॥ पुनि धरि धीर कहइ नरनाहू। लै रथु संग सखा तुम्ह जाहू॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ehi teṃ kavana byathā balavānā। jo dukhu pāi tajahiṃ tanu prānā॥ puni dhari dhīra kahai naranāhū। lai rathu saṃga sakhā tumha jāhū॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
What grief can be stronger than this, that when such sorrow comes, the soul and life should leave the body? Then, steadying himself, the king said: 'O friend, take the chariot and go with Rama.'
सुठि सुकुमार कुमार दोउ जनकसुता सुकुमारि। रथ चढ़ाइ देखराइ बनु फिरेहु गएँ दिन चारि॥ ८१ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suṭhi sukumāra kumāra dou janakasutā sukumāri। ratha caṛhāi dekhāi bana phirehu gaeṃ dina cāri॥ 81 ॥
Meaning:
The two princes are most delicate, and Janakasuta is delicate too. Put them on the chariot, show them the forest, and return after four days.
जौं नहिं फिरहिं धीर दोउ भाई। सत्यसंध दृढ़ब्रत रघुराई॥ तौ तुम्ह बिनय करेहु कर जोरी। फेरिअ प्रभु मिथिलेसकिसोरी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jauṃ nahiṃ phirahīṃ dhīra dou bhāī। satyasandha dṛḍhabrata raghurāī॥ tau tumha binaya karehu kara jorī। feria prabhu mithilesakisorī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
If the two steadfast brothers do not return—for Raghunath is true to his vow and firm in his resolve—then, with folded hands, make this entreaty: 'O Lord, restore Princess of Mithila, Sita.'
जब सिय कानन देखि डेराई। कहेहु मोरि सिख अवसरु पाई॥ सासु ससुर अस कहेउ सँदेसू। पुत्रि फिरिअ बन बहुत कलेसू॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jaba siya kānana dekhi ḍerāī। kahehu mori sikha avasaru pāī॥ sāsu sasura asa kaheu saṃdesū। putri phiria bana bahuta kalesū॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
When Sita becomes afraid on seeing the forest, then, finding the opportunity, tell her my advice: 'Your mother-in-law and father-in-law have sent this message: Daughter, return from the forest; there is much hardship there.'
पितुगृह कबहुँ कबहुँ ससुरारी। रहेहु जहाँ रुचि होइ तुम्हारी॥ एहि बिधि करेहु उपाय कदंबा। फिरइ त होइ प्रान अवलंबा॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pitugṛha kabahuṃ kabahuṃ sasurārī। rahehu jahāṃ ruci hoi tumhārī॥ ehi bidhi karehu upāya kadambā। phirai ta hoi prāna avalaṃbā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
At one time stay in your father's house, at another in your in-laws' house—wherever your heart desires. In this way, find some means, O Kadamba; if she returns, then life will have support again.
नाहिं त मोर मरनु परिनामा। कछु न बसाइ भएँ बिधि बामा॥ अस कहि मुरुछि परा महि राऊ। रामु लखनु सिय आनि देखाऊ॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nāhiṃ ta mora maranu parināmā। kachu na basāi bhaeṃ bidhi bāmā॥ asa kahi muruchi parā mahi rāū। rāmu lakhanu siya āni dekhāū॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Otherwise, in the end, death will be my fate. If the decree of Providence goes against one, nothing is in one's control. Saying this, the king fell unconscious upon the ground: 'Bring Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita and let me see them!'
पाइ रजायसु नाइ सिरु रथु अति बेग बनाइ। गयउ जहाँ बाहेर नगर सीय सहित दोउ भाइ॥ ८२ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pāi rajāyasu nāi sira rathu ati bega banāi। gayau jahāṃ bāhera nagara sīya sahita dou bhāi॥ 82 ॥
Meaning:
Receiving the king's command, bowing his head, and quickly harnessing the chariot, Sumantra went to the place outside the city where the two brothers were with Sita.
तब सुमंत्र नृप बचन सुनाए। करि बिनती रथ रामु चढ़ाए॥ चढ़ि रथ सीय सहित दोउ भाई। चले हृदयँ अवधहि सिरु नाई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taba sumaṃtra nṛpa bacana sunāe। kari binatī ratha rāmu caṛhāe॥ caṛhi ratha sīya sahita dou bhāī। cale hṛdayaṃ avadhahi siru nāī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Then Sumantra, having gone there, conveyed the king's words and, making supplication, seated Rama in the chariot. Mounting the chariot with Sita, the two brothers departed, bowing their hearts to Ayodhya.
चलत रामु लखि अवध अनाथा। बिकल लोग सब लागे साथा॥ कृपासिंधु बहुबिधि समुझावहिं। फिरहिं प्रेम बस पुनि फिरि आवहिं॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
calata rāmu lakhi avadha anāthā। bikala loga saba lāge sāthā॥ kṛpāsiṃdhu bahubidhi samujhāvahiṃ। phirahiṃ prema basa puni phiri āvahiṃ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
When they saw Rama leaving and Ayodhya becoming orphaned, all the people were overwhelmed and joined him. The ocean of mercy, Rama, tried to persuade them in many ways; they would turn back toward Ayodhya, but then, driven by love, they would return again.
लागति अवध भयावनि भारी। मानहुँ कालराति अँधिआरी॥ घोर जंतु सम पुर नर नारी। डरपहिं एकहि एक निहारी॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
lāgati avadha bhayāvani bhārī। mānahuṃ kālarāti aṃdhiārī॥ ghora jantu sama pura nara nārī। ḍarapahiṃ ekahi eka nihārī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Ayodhya appeared terribly fearsome, as though it were the dark night of death itself. The men and women of the city, like dreadful creatures, trembled on seeing one another.
घर मसान परिजन जनु भूता। सुत हित मीत मनहुँ जमदूता॥ बागन्ह बिटप बेलि कुम्हिलाहीं। सरित सरोबर देखि न जाहीं॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ghara masāna parijana janu bhūtā। suta hita mīta manahuṃ jamadūtā॥ bāganha biṭapa beli kumhilāhīṃ। sarita sarobara dekhi na jāhīṃ॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
The house seemed like a cremation ground; relatives appeared like ghosts; sons, well-wishers, and friends seemed like messengers of Yama. In the gardens, trees and vines were withering; rivers and ponds were so dreadful that one could not even look at them.
हय गय कोटिन्ह केलिमृग पुरपसु चातक मोर। पिक रथांग सुक सारिका सारस हंस चकोर॥ ८३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
haya gaya koṭinha kelimṛga purapasu cātaka mora। pika rathāṃga suka sārikā sāras haṃsa cakor॥ 83 ॥
Meaning:
Millions of horses and elephants, pet deer, the city’s animals, cuckoos, peacocks, koels, chakravaka birds, parrots, mynas, cranes, swans, and chakors—
राम बियोग बिकल सब ठाढ़े। जहँ तहँ मनहुँ चित्र लिखि काढ़े॥ नगरु सफल बनु गहबर भारी। खग मृग बिपुल सकल नर नारी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma biyoga bikala saba ṭhāṛhe। jahaṃ tahaṃ manahuṃ citra likhi kāṛhe॥ nagaru saphala bana gahabara bhārī। khaga mṛga vipula sakala nara nārī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
All stood stricken by separation from Rama, as though drawn and painted in a picture wherever they stood. The city seemed like a vast, fruitful forest full of thick growth, with countless birds and beasts, and all the men and women of the city.
बिधि कैकई किरातिनि कीन्ही। जेहिं दव दुसह दसहुँ दिसि दीन्ही॥ सहि न सके रघुबर बिरहागी। चले लोग सब ब्याकुल भागी॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bidhi kaikai kirātini kīnī। jehiṃ dava dusaha dasahuṃ disi dīnhī॥ sahi na sake raghubara birahāgī। chalae loga saba byākula bhāgī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Providence made Kaikeyi a huntress who set an unbearable wildfire in all ten directions. No one could bear the fire of separation from Raghubar. Everyone, overwhelmed, fled away.
सबहिं बिचारु कीन्ह मन माहीं। राम लखन सिय बिनु सुखु नाहीं॥ जहाँ रामु तहँ सबुइ समाजू। बिनु रघुबीर अवध नहिं काजू॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sabahiṃ bicāru kīnha mana māhīṃ। rāma lakhana siya binu sukhu nāhīṃ॥ jahāṃ rāmu tahāṃ sabui samājū। binu raghubīra avadha nahiṃ kājū॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
All reflected in their hearts: 'Without Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita, there is no happiness. Wherever Rama is, there is the whole assembly. Without Raghubir, there is no purpose for us in Ayodhya.'
चले साथ अस मंत्रु दृढ़ाई। सुर दुर्लभ सुख सदन बिहाई॥ राम चरन पंकज प्रिय जिन्हही। बिषय भोग बस करहिं कि तिन्हही॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
cale sātha asa mantru dṛḍhāī। sura durlabha sukha sadana bihāī॥ rāma carana paṃkaja priya jinhahī। biṣaya bhoga basa karahiṃ ki tinhahī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Having firmly resolved thus, they left homes filled with joys hard even for the gods to attain and set out with Rama. Can sense pleasures ever enslave those to whom the lotus feet of Rama are dear?
बालक बृद्ध बिहाइ गृहँ लगे लोग सब साथ। तमसा तीर निवासु किय प्रथम दिवस रघुनाथ॥ ८४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bālaka bṛddha bihāi gṛhaṃ lage loga saba sātha। tamasā tīra nivāsu kiya prathama divasa raghunātha॥ 84 ॥
Meaning:
Leaving the children and the aged in their homes, all the people set out together. On the first day, Raghunath made his stay on the bank of the Tamasa River.
रघुपति प्रजा प्रेमबस देखी। सदय हृदयँ दुखु भयउ बिसेषी॥ करुनामय रघुनाथ गोसाँई। बेगि पाइअहिं पीर पराई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
raghupati prajā prema basa dekhī। sadaya hṛdayaṃ dukhu bhayau biśeṣī॥ karuṇāmaya raghunātha gosāṃī। begi pāiahim pīra parāī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Seeing the people moved by love, Raghupati's compassionate heart was deeply pained. The merciful Lord Raghunath is such that he immediately feels another's pain—that is, seeing another's suffering, he is instantly afflicted himself.
कहि सप्रेम मृदु बचन सुहाए। बहुबिधि राम लोग समुझाए॥ किए धरम उपदेस घनेरे। लोग प्रेम बस फिरहिं न फेरे॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kahi saprema mṛdu bacana suhāe। bahubidhi rāma loga samujhāe॥ kie dharama upadesa ghanere। loga prema basa phirahiṃ na phere॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Speaking lovingly, in gentle and beautiful words, Rama explained things to the people in many ways. He gave many teachings on dharma; yet, out of love, the people would not turn back.
सीलु सनेहु छाड़ि नहिं जाई। असमंजस बस भे रघुराई॥ लोग सोग श्रम बस गए सोई। कछुक देवमायाँ मति मोई॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sīlu sanehu chāṛi nahiṃ jāī। asamaṃjasa basa bhe raghurāī॥ loga soga śrama basa gae soī। kachuka devamāyāṃ mati moī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Virtue and affection cannot be set aside. Raghurāi was caught in indecision. Weighed down by grief and exhaustion, the people fell asleep, and some were also deluded by the spell of the gods' māyā.
जबहिं जाम जुग जामिनि बीती। राम सचिव सन कहेउ सप्रीती॥ खोज मारि रथु हाँकहु ताता। आन उपायँ बनिहि नहिं बाता॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jabahiṃ jāma juga jāmini bītī। rāma saciva sana kaheu saprītī॥ khoja māri rathu hāṃkahu tātā। āna upāyaṃ banihi nahiṃ bātā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
When two watches of the night had passed, Rama, with affection, said to his minister Sumantra: 'Father, drive the chariot so that its tracks are hidden. There is no other way this can be done.'
राम लखन सिय जान चढ़ि संभु चरन सिरु नाइ। सचिवँ चलायउ तुरत रथु इत उत खोज दुराइ॥ ८५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma lakhana siya jāna caṛhi saṃbhu carana siru nāi। sacivaṃ calāyau turata rathu ita uta khoja durāi॥ 85 ॥
Meaning:
With his head bowed at Shiva's feet, Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita mounted the chariot. The minister at once set the chariot in motion, concealing its tracks here and there.
जागे सकल लोग भएँ भोरू। गे रघुनाथ भयउ अति सोरू॥ रथ कर खोज कतहुँ नहिं पावहिं। राम राम कहि चहुँ दिसि धावहिं॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jāge sakala loga bhaeṃ bhorū। ge raghunātha bhayau ati sorū॥ ratha kara khoja katahuṃ nahiṃ pāvahīṃ। rāma rāma kahi cahuṃ disi dhāvahīṃ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
At daybreak everyone awoke, and there was a great uproar that Lord Raghunātha had gone. Unable to find the chariot anywhere, they ran about in all directions crying, “Rama! Rama!”
मनहुँ बारिनिधि बूड़ जहाजू। भयउ बिकल बड़ बनिक समाजू॥ एकहि एक देहिं उपदेसू। तजे राम हम जानि कलेसू॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
manahuṃ bārinidhi būḍa jahājū। bhayau bikal baḍa banika samājū॥ eka hi eka dehīṃ upadesū। taje rāma hama jāni kalesū॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
It was as if a ship had sunk in the ocean, and the whole company of merchants had become deeply distraught. They counsel one another, saying that Rama has left them, knowing they would suffer hardship.
निंदहिं आपु सराहहिं मीना। धिग जीवनु रघुबीर बिहीना॥ जौं पै प्रिय बियोगु बिधि कीन्हा। तौ कस मरनु न मागें दीन्हा॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nindahiṃ āpu sarāhahiṃ mīnā। dhig jīvanu raghubīra bihīnā॥ joṃ pai priya biyogu bidhi kīnhā। tau kasa maranu na māṃgeṃ dīnhā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
They reproach themselves and praise the fish. They say, “Woe to life without Raghubīra! If fate has ordained separation from the beloved, why then was death not granted when we asked for it?”
एहि बिधि करत प्रलाप कलापा। आए अवध भरे परितापा॥ बिषम बियोगु न जाइ बखाना। अवधि आस सब राखहिं प्राना॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ehi bidhi karata pralāpa kalāpā। āe avadha bhare paritāpā॥ biṣama biyogu na jāi bakhānā। avadhi āsa saba rākhahiṃ prānā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Thus lamenting in many ways, they came to Ayodhya, filled with grief. The state of their terrible separation cannot be described. They are keeping themselves alive only in hope of the fourteen-year term being completed.
राम दरस हित नेम ब्रत लगे करन नर नारि। मनहुँ कोक कोकी कमल दीन बिहीन तमारि॥ ८६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma darasa hita nema brata lage karana nara nāri। manahuṃ kok kokī kamala dīna bihīna tamāri॥ 86 ॥
Meaning:
Men and women began observing vows and disciplines for the sight of Rama, and became as forlorn as the kok, kokī, and the lotus without the sun.