सरल सुभाय मायँ हियँ लाये । अति हित मनहुँ राम फिरि आये ॥
भेंटेउ बहुरि लखन-लघु-भाई । सोक-सनेह न हृदयँ समाई ॥
sarala subhāya māyam̐ hiyam̐ lāye | ati hita manahum̐ rāma phiri āye ||
bheṃṭeu bahuri lakhana-laghu-bhāī | soka-saneha na hṛdayam̐ samāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 165: Kaushalya comforts Bharata as her own Rama
5 verses · 165 of 326
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Kaushalya comforts Bharata as her own Rama
Kaushalya draws Bharata to her heart with such plain tenderness that it seems Rama himself has come back. She embraces Shatrughna too. All who watch say only Rama's mother could be like this. She seats Bharata in her lap, wipes his tears and speaks gently. Bear it, child; see that the time is evil and set sorrow aside. Do not carry loss or self-reproach, for the course of time and karma cannot be undone. Blame no one. Fate has turned against me, and who knows what more it wants, since it keeps me alive. Then she recalls how Rama, at his father's word, put off silks for bark cloth, with neither dismay nor joy.
देखि सुभाउ कहत सब कोई । राम-मातु अस काहे न होई ॥
माताँ भरत गोद बैठारे । आँसु पौंछि मृदु बचन उचारे ॥
dekhi subhāu kahata saba koī | rāma-mātu asa kāhe na hoī ||
mātām̐ bharata goda baiṭhāre | ām̐su pauṃchi mṛdu bacana ucāre ||
अजहुँ बच्छ बलि धीरज धरहू । कुसमउ समुझि सोक परिहरहू ॥
जनि मानहु हियँ हानि गलानी । काल-करम-गति अघटित जानी ॥
ajahum̐ baccha bali dhīraja dharahū | kusamau samujhi soka pariharahū ||
jani mānahu hiyam̐ hāni galānī | kāla-karama-gati aghaṭita jānī ||
काहुहि दोस देहु जनि ताता । भा मोहि सब विधि बाम बिधाता ॥
जो एतेहुँ दुख मोहि जिआवा । अजहुँ को जानइ का तेहि भावा ॥
kāhuhi dosa dehu jani tātā | bhā mohi saba vidhi bāma bidhātā ||
jo etehum̐ dukha mohi jiāvā | ajahum̐ ko jānai kā tehi bhāvā ||
पितु आयसु भूषन बसन, तात तजे रघुबीर ।
बिसमउ हरष न हृदयँ कछु, पहिरे बलकल चीर ॥
pitu āyasu bhūṣana basana, tāta taje raghubīra |
bisamau haraṣa na hṛdayam̐ kachu, pahire balakala cīra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0