Saral subhay mayam hiyam lae

Chaupai 1, Under Doha 165 · Ayodhya Kand

Chaupai Text

सरल सुभाय मायँ हियँ लाए। अति हित मनहुँ राम फिरि आए॥ भेंटेउ बहुरि लखन लघु भाई। सोकु सनेहु न हृदयँ समाई॥ १ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

sarala subhāya māyaṃ hiyaṃ lāe। ati hita manahuṃ rāma phiri āe॥ bheṭeu bahuri lakhana laghu bhāī। soku sanehu na hṛdayaṃ samāī॥ 1 ॥

Meaning

With her simple-hearted nature, the mother took Bharata into her bosom, as though Rama Himself had returned. Then she embraced the younger brother Lakshmana again. Grief and affection could not be contained in her heart.

Context

This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 165 from Ayodhya Kand, in the episode “Bharata and Kaushalya, Dashrath's Funeral Rites”. The episode describes Bharata's grief-filled meeting with Kaushalya and King Dasharatha's funeral rites guided by sage Vashishtha.

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