हित हमार सियपति सेवकाई । सो हरि लीन्ह मातु-कुटिलाई ॥
मैं अनुमानि दीख मन माहीं । आन उपायँ मोर हित नाहीँ ॥
hita hamāra siyapati sevakāī | so hari līnha mātu-kuṭilāī ||
maiṃ anumāni dīkha mana māhīṃ | āna upāyam̐ mora hita nāhīm̐ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 178: My only good is serving Rama
5 verses · 178 of 326
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My only good is serving Rama
My good lies in serving the lord of Sita, Bharata says, and my mother's crookedness has stolen it. No other way can do me good. What is a kingdom, a crowd of sorrows, worth without the sight of Lakshmana, Rama and Sita? Ornaments are idle without clothes, renunciation without reflection on Brahman, pleasures for a sick body, japa and yoga without devotion to Hari, a fine body without life. Without Raghurai all that is mine is empty. Give me leave to go to Rama; this alone is my good. If you seek good by making me king, it is the dullness of affection speaking. You hope for happiness from the rule of Kaikeyi's crooked son, who turned from Rama and lost all shame.
सोक-समाज-राज केहि लेखें । लखन-राम-सिय-बिनु पद देखें ॥
बादि बसन बिनु भूषन भारू । बादि बिरति बिनु ब्रह्म-बिचारू ॥
soka-samāja-rāja kehi lekheṃ | lakhana-rāma-siya-binu pada dekheṃ ||
bādi basana binu bhūṣana bhārū | bādi birati binu brahma-bicārū ||
सरुज सरीर बादि बहु भोगा । बिनु हरिभगति जायँ जप जोगा ॥
जायँ जीव बिनु देह सुहाई । बादि मोर सब बिनु रघुराई ॥
saruja sarīra bādi bahu bhogā | binu haribhagati jāyam̐ japa jogā ||
jāyam̐ jīva binu deha suhāī | bādi mora saba binu raghurāī ||
जाउँ राम पहिँ आयसु देहू । एकहिं आँक मोर हित एहू ॥
मोहि नृप करि भल आपन चहहू । सोउ सनेह जड़ता बस कहहू ॥
jāum̐ rāma pahim̐ āyasu dehū | ekahiṃ ām̐ka mora hita ehū ||
mohi nṛpa kari bhala āpana cahahū | sou saneha jar̤atā basa kahahū ||
कैकेई सुअ कुटिलमति, राम-बिमुख गत-लाज ।
तुम्ह चाहत सुख मोह बस, मोहि से अधम कें राज ॥
kaikeī sua kuṭilamati, rāma-bimukha gata-lāja |
tumha cāhata sukha moha basa, mohi se adhama keṃ rāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0