बिलपहिं बिकल भरत बिकल भाई । कौसल्याँ लिये हृदयँ लगाई ॥
भाँति अनेक भरत समुझाये । कहि बिबेक-मय बचन सुहाये ॥
bilapahiṃ bikala bharata bikala bhāī | kausalyām̐ liye hṛdayam̐ lagāī ||
bhām̐ti aneka bharata samujhāye | kahi bibeka-maya bacana suhāye ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 167: Bharata swears he had no part in it
5 verses · 167 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata swears he had no part in it
Kaushalya holds the weeping brothers close and calms Bharata with words of wisdom, and Bharata consoles the mothers with accounts from the Puranas and Vedas. Then, palms joined, in a voice clean of guile, he takes a terrible oath. The sin of one who kills mother, father or son, who burns a cowshed or a Brahmin village, who slays a woman or child, who poisons a friend or a king, every sin of deed, word and thought: may all of it fall on me, mother, if this plan had my consent. And may the Creator give me the end of those who leave the feet of Hari and Hara to worship terrible spirits.
भरतहुँ मातु सकल समुझाईं । कहि पुरान-श्रुति कथा सुहाईं ॥
छल बिहीन सुचि सरल सुबानी । बोले भरत जोरि जुग पानी ॥
bharatahum̐ mātu sakala samujhāīṃ | kahi purāna-śruti kathā suhāīṃ ||
chala bihīna suci sarala subānī | bole bharata jori juga pānī ||
जे अघ मातु-पिता-सुत मारें । गाइ गोठ महिसुर-पुर जारें ॥
जे अघ तिय-बालक-बध कीन्हें । मीत महीपति माहुर दीन्हें ॥
je agha mātu-pitā-suta māreṃ | gāi goṭha mahisura-pura jāreṃ ||
je agha tiya-bālaka-badha kīnheṃ | mīta mahīpati māhura dīnheṃ ||
जे पातक उपपातक अहहीं । करम बचन मन भव कबि कहहीं ॥
ते पातक मोहि होहु बिधाता । जौँ यह होइ मोर मत माता ॥
je pātaka upapātaka ahahīṃ | karama bacana mana bhava kabi kahahīṃ ||
te pātaka mohi hohu bidhātā | jaum̐ yaha hoi mora mata mātā ||
जे परिहरि हरि-हर-चरन, भजहिं भूतगन घोर ।
तिन्ह कइ गति मोहि देउ बिधि, जौँ जननी मत मोर ॥
je parihari hari-hara-carana, bhajahiṃ bhūtagana ghora |
tinha kai gati mohi deu bidhi, jaum̐ jananī mata mora ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0