Tulasidasa Charitam I Vol III Book IX Chp 9 Shlokas 14 - 18
श्रीरत्नावल्युवाच
एवं निशान्तरे स्वामिन् किमत्रागतवानसि |
त्वां दृष्ट्वा परमश्रान्तं दुनोमि करुणानिधे ||
श्रीतुलसीदास उवाच
अविज्ञातेन केनापि पितृगेहङ्गतां स्मरन् |
चिन्तयापि भयेनाहमेवमत्रागतोस्मि हि ||
श्रीरत्नावल्युवाच
क्ष्वशुरस्ते द्रष्टुकामः सुतां मां भ्रातरं मम |
आनेतुं प्रेषयामास तेन ह्यात्रागतास्म्यहम् ||
पथिकेन तु केनापि गन्तुमर्हाम्याहं कथम् |
मम चित्तमविज्ञाय दुःखितोसि वृथा ननु ||
श्रीतुलसीदास उवाच
कथञ्चिदपि रात्रौ त्वं नात्र प्रस्थातुमर्हसि |
मया भर्त्रा तथाप्येवं कर्तव्यं रक्षणं खलु ||
Ratnavali (Tulasidasa’s wife) said
Why have you come at the midnight like this? I feel very sad to see you so much exhausted.
Shri Tulasidasa replied
I have come here with great anxiety and fear at the very thought that you had started with a stranger to your mother’s house.
Ratnavali said
Your father-in-law had sent my brother to meet me. I came here only with him. Will I come with some way-farer? You have unnecessarily undergone all these troubles, not understanding me clearly.
Shri Tulasidasa replied
Whatever be it, you should not have started at the night time. As your husband, I have a duty to protect you.
