कहउँ साँच सब सुनि पतिआहू । चाहिअ धरमसील नरनाहू ॥
मोहि राज हठि देइहहु जबहीं । रसा रसातल जाइहि तबहीं ॥
kahaum̐ sām̐ca saba suni patiāhū | cāhia dharamasīla naranāhū ||
mohi rāja haṭhi deihahu jabahīṃ | rasā rasātala jāihi tabahīṃ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 179: Bharata calls himself the root of all wrong
5 verses · 179 of 326
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Bharata calls himself the root of all wrong
I speak the truth, Bharata says; believe me. A kingdom needs a righteous king. The day you force the throne on me, the earth will sink into the nether world. Who is such a house of sin as I, for whose sake Sita and Rama went to the forest? The king sent Rama away and, parted from him, went to heaven, while I, the cause of it all, sit here listening. Seeing the house without Raghubir, my life stays on and bears the world's mockery. Rama is pure and has no taste for pleasures; I am greedy for land and enjoyment. My heart has outdone the thunderbolt. The effect is harder than its cause: iron, harsher than bone, thunderbolt and stone, comes from them.
मोहि समान को पाप निवासू । जेहि लगि सीय-राम-बनबासू ॥
रायँ राम कह कानन दीन्हा । बिछुरत गमन अमरपुर कीन्हा ॥
mohi samāna ko pāpa nivāsū | jehi lagi sīya-rāma-banabāsū ||
rāyam̐ rāma kaha kānana dīnhā | bichurata gamana amarapura kīnhā ||
मैं सठ सब अनरथ कर हेतू । बैठ बात सब सुनउँ सचेतू ॥
बिनु रघुबीर बिलोकि अबासू । रहे प्रान सहि जग उपहासू ॥
maiṃ saṭha saba anaratha kara hetū | baiṭha bāta saba sunaum̐ sacetū ||
binu raghubīra biloki abāsū | rahe prāna sahi jaga upahāsū ||
राम पुनीत विषय-रस रूखे । लोलुप भूमि भोग के भूखे ॥
कहँ लगि-कहौं हृदय कठिनाई । निदरि कुलिस जेहिं लही बड़ाई ॥
rāma punīta viṣaya-rasa rūkhe | lolupa bhūmi bhoga ke bhūkhe ||
kaham̐ lagi-kahauṃ hṛdaya kaṭhināī | nidari kulisa jehiṃ lahī bar̤āī ||
कारन तें कारज कठिन, होइ दोस नहि मोर ।
कुलिस अस्थि तेँ उपल तेँ, लोह कराल कठोर ॥
kārana teṃ kāraja kaṭhina, hoi dosa nahi mora |
kulisa asthi tem̐ upala tem̐, loha karāla kaṭhora ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0