Rama's Lament and Lakshmana's Revival
Seeing Lakshmana's condition, Rama laments in deep love. Hanuman returns with the herb, and Lakshmana rises restored.
Lanka Kand · Episode 16 / 37
Episode Text
उहाँ राम लछिमनहि निहारी। बोले बचन मनुज अनुसारी॥ अर्ध राति गइ कपि नहिं आयउ। राम उठाइ अनुज उर लायउ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
uhāṃ rāma lachimanahi nihārī। bole bacana manuja anusārī॥ ardha rāti gai kapi nahiṃ āyau। rāma uṭhāi anuja ura lāyau॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
There, seeing Lakshmana, Rama spoke as an ordinary human being would: 'Half the night has passed, and the monkey has not returned.' Saying this, Rama lifted his younger brother and held him to his heart.
सकहु न दुखित देखि मोहि काऊ। बंधु सदा तव मृदुल सुभाऊ॥ मम हित लागि तजेहु पितु माता। सहेहु बिपिन हिम आतप बाता॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sakahu na dukhita dekhi mohi kāū। bandhu sadā tava mṛdula subhāū॥ mama hita lāgi tajehu pitu mātā। sahehu bipina hima ātapa bātā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
You could never bear to see me unhappy, O brother; your nature has always been tender. For my sake you gave up father and mother, and endured the forest, the cold, the heat, and the wind.
सो अनुराग कहाँ अब भाई। उठहु न सुनि मम बच बिकलाई॥ जौं जनतेउँ बन बंधु बिछोहू। पिता बचन मनतेउँ नहिं ओहू॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
so anurāga kahāṃ aba bhāī। uṭhahu na suni mama baca bikalāī॥ jauṃ janateuṃ bana bandhu bichohū। pitā bacana manateuṃ nahiṃ ohū॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
O brother, where is that affection now? Why do you not rise, hearing my anguished words? Had I known that separation from my brother in the forest would come, I would not have obeyed my father's command either.
सुत बित नारि भवन परिवारा। होहिं जाहिं जग बारहिं बारा॥ अस बिचारि जियँ जागहु ताता। मिलइ न जगत सहोदर भ्राता॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
suta bita nāri bhavana parivārā। hoṃhi jāhiṃ jaga bārahiṃ bārā॥ asa bicāri jiyaṃ jāgahu tātā। milai na jagata sahodara bhrātā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Sons, wealth, wife, house, and family come and go again and again in this world; but a brother born of the same mother is not found again and again. Reflecting on this in your heart, O dear one, wake up.
जथा पंख बिनु खग अति दीना। मनि बिनु फनि करिबर कर हीना॥ अस मम जिवन बंधु बिनु तोही। जौं जड़ दैव जिआवै मोही॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jathā paṃkha binu khaga ati dīnā। mani binu phani karibara kara hīnā॥ asa mama jivana bandhu binu tohī। jauṃ jaḍa daiva jiāvai mohī॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
Just as a bird without wings, a serpent without a jewel, or a noble elephant without its trunk becomes utterly helpless, so, O brother, would my life be without you. If some inert fate were to keep me alive, my life would still be like that.
जैहउँ अवध कवन मुहु लाई। नारि हेतु प्रिय भाइ गँवाई॥ बरु अपजस सहतेउँ जग माहीं। नारि हानि बिसेष छति नाहीं॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jaihauṃ avadha kavana muhu lāī। nāri hetu priya bhāi gaṃvāī॥ baru apajasa sahateuṃ jaga māhīṃ। nāri hāni viseṣa chati nāhīṃ॥ 6 ॥
Meaning:
With what face shall I return to Ayodhya, having lost my dear brother for the sake of a woman? I would rather bear disgrace in the world. The loss of a woman is no great loss.
अब अपलोकु सोकु सुत तोरा। सहिहि निठुर कठोर उर मोरा॥ निज जननी के एक कुमारा। तात तासु तुम्ह प्रान अधारा॥ ७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aba apaloku soku suta torā। sahihi niṭhura kaṭhora ura morā॥ nija jananī ke eka kumārā। tātā tāsu tumha prāna adhārā॥ 7 ॥
Meaning:
Now, O son, my ruthless and hard heart will bear both this disgrace and your sorrow. Dear one, you are your mother's only son and the support of her life.
सौंपेसि मोहि तुम्हहि गहि पानी। सब बिधि सुखद परम हित जानी॥ उतरु काह दैहउँ तेहि जाई। उठि किन मोहि सिखावहु भाई॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sauṃpesi mohi tumhahi gahi pānī। saba bidhi sukhada parama hita jānī॥ utaru kāha daihauṃ tehi jāī। uṭhi kina mohi sikhāvahu bhāī॥ 8 ॥
Meaning:
Knowing it to be in every way pleasing and of the highest good, he had placed you in my care with his own hand. What answer shall I give him now when I go there? O brother, why do you not rise and instruct me?
बहु बिधि सोचत सोच बिमोचन। स्रवत सलिल राजिव दल लोचन॥ उमा एक अखंड रघुराई। नर गति भगत कृपाल देखाई॥ ९ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bahu bidhi socata soca bimocana। sravata salila rājiva dala locana॥ umā eka akhaṇḍa raghurāī। nara gati bhagata kṛpāla dekhāī॥ 9 ॥
Meaning:
Rama, the remover of all sorrow, was worrying in many ways; tears were flowing from his lotus-petal eyes. [Shiva says:] O Uma, Sri Raghuraya is one and indivisible, beyond separation. In compassion to his devotees, the Lord has shown the condition of a human being through his divine play.
प्रभु प्रलाप सुनि कान बिकल भए बानर निकर। आइ गयउ हनुमान जिमि करुना महँ बीर रस॥ ६१ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
prabhu pralāpa suni kāna bikala bhae bānara nikara। āi gayau hanumāna jimi karuṇā mahaṃ bīra rasa॥ 61 ॥
Meaning:
Hearing the Lord's lamentation with their own ears, the troop of monkeys became distraught. Then Hanuman arrived, just as heroism arises within compassion.
हरषि राम भेटेउ हनुमाना। अति कृतग्य प्रभु परम सुजाना॥ तुरत बैद तब कीन्हि उपाई। उठि बैठे लछिमन हरषाई॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
harṣi rāma bheṭeu hanumānā। ati kṛtagya prabhu parama sujānā॥ turata baida taba kīnhi upāī। uṭhi baiṭhe lachimana harṣāī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Rama joyfully embraced Hanuman. The Lord is supremely wise and deeply grateful. Then the physician immediately made his remedy, and Lakshmana rose up delighted.
हृदयँ लाइ प्रभु भेंटेउ भ्राता। हरषे सकल भालु कपि ब्राता॥ कपि पुनि बैद तहाँ पहुँचावा। जेहि बिधि तबहिं ताहि लइ आवा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
hṛdayaṃ lāi prabhu bheṭeu bhrātā। harṣe sakala bhālu kapi brātā॥ kapi puni baida tahāṃ pahucāvā। jehi bidhi tabahiṃ tāhi lai āvā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
The Lord embraced his brother to his heart. All the bears and monkey brothers rejoiced. Then Hanuman took the physician there again in the same manner as he had brought him before.