अस बिचारि केहि देइअ दोसू । व्यरथ काहि पर कीजिअ रोसू ॥
तात बिचार केहि करहु मन माहीं । सोच जोग दशरथ-नृपु नाहीं ॥
asa bicāri kehi deia dosū | vyaratha kāhi para kījia rosū ||
tāta bicāra kehi karahu mana māhīṃ | soca joga daśaratha-nṛpu nāhīṃ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 172: Whom we should really grieve for
5 verses · 172 of 326
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Whom we should really grieve for
Whom then should we blame, Vasishtha asks, and on whom should anger fall in vain? King Dasharatha is no one to grieve for. Then he names those who are. A Brahmin without the Veda, sunk in pleasures. A king who knows no polity and does not hold his people dear as life. A rich Vaishya who is a miser and honours neither guest nor Shiva. A Shudra who insults Brahmins and is proud of his learning. A wife who deceives her husband. A brahmachari who drops his vow and disobeys his guru. A householder who in delusion leaves the path of duty, and a renunciate tangled in worldly affairs, without discernment or dispassion.
सोचिअ विप्र जो बेद-बिहीना । तजि निज-धरम विषय लयलीना ॥
सोचिअ नृपति जो नीति न जाना । सोचिय नृपति जो नीति न प्रजा प्रिय प्रान समाना ॥
socia vipra jo beda-bihīnā | taji nija-dharama viṣaya layalīnā ||
socia nṛpati jo nīti na jānā | sociya nṛpati jo nīti na prajā priya prāna samānā ||
सोचिअ बयस कृपन धनवानू । जो न अतिथि-सिव-भगति सुजानू ॥
सोचिअ सूद्रु विप्र अवमानी । मुखर मान-प्रिय ज्ञान-गुमानी ॥
socia bayasa kṛpana dhanavānū | jo na atithi-siva-bhagati sujānū ||
socia sūdru vipra avamānī | mukhara māna-priya jñāna-gumānī ||
सोचिअ पुनि पति-बञ्चक नारी । कुटिल कलह-प्रिय इच्छा चारी ॥
सोचिअ बटु निज-ब्रतु परिहरई । जो नहिं गुरु आयसु अनुसरई ॥
socia puni pati-bañcaka nārī | kuṭila kalaha-priya icchā cārī ||
socia baṭu nija-bratu pariharaī | jo nahiṃ guru āyasu anusaraī ||
सोचिय गृही जो मोह बस, करइ करम-पथ त्याग ।
सोचिअ जती प्रपञ्च-रत, बिगत बिबेक-बिराग ॥
sociya gṛhī jo moha basa, karai karama-patha tyāga |
socia jatī prapañca-rata, bigata bibeka-birāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0