बैषानस सोइ सोचै जोगु । तप बिहाइ जेहि भावइ भोगू ॥
सोचिअ पिसुन अकारन-क्रोधी । जननि जनक गुर बन्धु बिरोधी ॥
baiṣānasa soi socai jogu | tapa bihāi jehi bhāvai bhogū ||
socia pisuna akārana-krodhī | janani janaka gura bandhu birodhī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 173: No king was ever like Dasharatha
5 verses · 173 of 326
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No king was ever like Dasharatha
Vasishtha finishes his list. Grieve for the vanaprastha who leaves tapas for enjoyment, for the slanderer angry without cause, for one who opposes mother, father, guru and brother. Grieve most for one who harms others and feeds only his own body, merciless, and for one who will not give up guile toward the devotees of Hari. But the king of Kosala is not to be mourned. His glory is plain across the fourteen worlds. There has never been, is not, and will not be a king like your father, Bharata. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra and the guardians of the quarters all sing his praise. Tell me, son, how can anyone praise enough a man whose sons are Rama, Lakshmana, you and Shatrughna?
सब बिधि सोचिअ पर-अपकारी । निज-तनु-पोषक निरदय भारी ॥
सोचनीय सबही विधि सोई । जो न छाडि छल हरिजन हाई ॥
saba bidhi socia para-apakārī | nija-tanu-poṣaka niradaya bhārī ||
socanīya sabahī vidhi soī | jo na chāḍi chala harijana hāī ||
सोचनीय नहिँ कोसलराऊ । भुवन चारि दस प्रगट प्रभाऊ ॥
भयउ न अहइ न अब होनिहारा । भूप भरत जस पिता तुम्हारा ॥
socanīya nahim̐ kosalarāū | bhuvana cāri dasa pragaṭa prabhāū ||
bhayau na ahai na aba honihārā | bhūpa bharata jasa pitā tumhārā ||
बिधि हरि हरु सुरपति दिसिनाथा । बरनहिँ सब दसरथ गुन-गाथा ॥
bidhi hari haru surapati disināthā | baranahim̐ saba dasaratha guna-gāthā ||
कहहु तात केहि भाँति कोउ, करिहि बड़ाई तासु ।
राम लखन तुम्ह सत्रुहन, सरिस सुअन सुचि जासु ॥
kahahu tāta kehi bhām̐ti kou, karihi bar̤āī tāsu |
rāma lakhana tumha satruhana, sarisa suana suci jāsu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0