पितु-हित भरत कीन्हि जसि करनी । सो मुख लाख जाइ नहिँ बरनी ॥
सुदिन सोधि मुनिबर तब आये । सचिव महाजन सकल बोलाये ॥
pitu-hita bharata kīnhi jasi karanī | so mukha lākha jāi nahim̐ baranī ||
sudina sodhi munibara taba āye | saciva mahājana sakala bolāye ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 171: Vasishtha calls the assembly and speaks of fate
5 verses · 171 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Vasishtha calls the assembly and speaks of fate
What Bharata did for his father could not be told with a hundred thousand mouths. On an auspicious day Vasishtha summons the ministers and citizens to the royal assembly and sends for the two brothers. Seating Bharata beside him, he speaks words of polity and dharma. First he tells the whole matter, how crooked Kaikeyi acted, and praises the king's vow of truth, for he gave up his body and kept his love. Speaking of Rama's virtues and nature, the sage's eyes fill and his body thrills; he describes the love of Lakshmana and Sita and is lost in grief. Listen, Bharata, he says, destiny is strong. Loss and gain, life and death, fame and infamy lie with the Creator.
बैठे राजसभाँ सब जाई । पठये, बोलि भरत दोउ भाई ॥
भरतु बसिष्ठ निकट बैठारे । नीति-धरम-मय बचन उचारे ॥
baiṭhe rājasabhām̐ saba jāī | paṭhaye, boli bharata dou bhāī ||
bharatu basiṣṭha nikaṭa baiṭhāre | nīti-dharama-maya bacana ucāre ||
प्रथम कथा सब मुनिबर बरनी । कैकइ कुटिल कीन्हि जसि करनी ॥
भूप धरम-व्रत सत्य सराहा । जेहिं तनु परिहरि प्रेम निबाहा ॥
prathama kathā saba munibara baranī | kaikai kuṭila kīnhi jasi karanī ||
bhūpa dharama-vrata satya sarāhā | jehiṃ tanu parihari prema nibāhā ||
कहत राम-गुन-सील-सुभाऊ । सजल-नयन पुलकेउ मुनिराऊ ॥
बहुरि लखन-सिय प्रीति बखानी । सोक सनेह मगन मुनि-ज्ञानी ॥
kahata rāma-guna-sīla-subhāū | sajala-nayana pulakeu munirāū ||
bahuri lakhana-siya prīti bakhānī | soka saneha magana muni-jñānī ||
सुनहु भरत भावी प्रबल, बिलखि कहेउ मुनिनाथ ।
हानि लाभु जीवन मरन, जस अपजस विधि हाथ ॥
sunahu bharata bhāvī prabala, bilakhi kaheu muninātha |
hāni lābhu jīvana marana, jasa apajasa vidhi hātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0