तात बात मैं सकल सँवारी । भइ मन्थरा सहाय बिचारी ॥
कछुक काज बिधि बीच बिगारेउ । भूपति सुरपति-पुर पगु धारेउ ॥
tāta bāta maiṃ sakala sam̐vārī | bhai mantharā sahāya bicārī ||
kachuka kāja bidhi bīca bigāreu | bhūpati surapati-pura pagu dhāreu ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 160: Bharata learns of his father's death
5 verses · 160 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata learns of his father's death
Kaikeyi says: son, I had arranged everything, with poor Manthara's help, but fate spoiled things a little midway: the king has gone to the city of Indra. Hearing this, Bharata is overwhelmed, like an elephant cowering at a lion's roar. Crying 'Father, father, ah father!' he falls to the ground in anguish: I could not even see you as you left, and you did not entrust me to Rama. Recovering, he asks the cause of his father's death. Kaikeyi answers as if cutting into a wound and pouring in poison: gladly she tells all her crooked doings from the start. In the doha, hearing of Shri Rama's going to the forest, Bharata forgets even his father's death; knowing himself to be the cause, he stands stunned and silent.
सुनत भरत भये बिबस बिषादा । जनु सहमेउ करि केहरि नादा ॥
तात तात हा तात पुकारी । परे भूमितल ब्याकुल भारी ॥
sunata bharata bhaye bibasa biṣādā | janu sahameu kari kehari nādā ||
tāta tāta hā tāta pukārī | pare bhūmitala byākula bhārī ||
चलत न देखन पायउँ तोही । तात न रामहि सौंपेहु मोही ॥
बहुरि धीर धरि उठे सँभारी । कहु पितु मरन हेतु महतारी ॥
calata na dekhana pāyaum̐ tohī | tāta na rāmahi sauṃpehu mohī ||
bahuri dhīra dhari uṭhe sam̐bhārī | kahu pitu marana hetu mahatārī ||
सुनि सुत बचन कहति कैकेई । मरम पाँछि जनु माहुर देई ॥
आदिहु तेँ सब आपनि करनी । कुटिल कठोर मुदित मन बरनी ॥
suni suta bacana kahati kaikeī | marama pām̐chi janu māhura deī ||
ādihu tem̐ saba āpani karanī | kuṭila kaṭhora mudita mana baranī ||
भरतहि बिसरेउ पितु-मरन, सुनत राम-बन-गौन ।
हेतु अपनपउ जानि जियँ, थकित रहे धरि मौन ॥
bharatahi bisareu pitu-marana, sunata rāma-bana-gauna |
hetu apanapau jāni jiyam̐, thakita rahe dhari mauna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0