कैकेई-भव तनु अनुरागे । पाँवर प्रान अघाई अभागे ॥
जौं प्रिय-बिरहँ प्रान प्रिय लागे । देखब सुनब बहुत अब आगे ॥
kaikeī-bhava tanu anurāge | pām̐vara prāna aghāī abhāge ||
jauṃ priya-biraham̐ prāna priya lāge | dekhaba sunaba bahuta aba āge ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 180: What could Kaikeyi's son call good now
5 verses · 180 of 326
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What could Kaikeyi's son call good now
This wretched life, Bharata says, clings to a body born of Kaikeyi. If life stays dear in separation from the beloved, there is more to see ahead. Kaikeyi gave the forest to Lakshmana, Rama and Sita, did her husband the favour of sending him to heaven, took widowhood and infamy for herself and gave the people grief. To me she gave happiness, fame and a kingdom; she has done everyone's work. What could be better, and now you offer me the tilak too? Born of Kaikeyi's womb, nothing is unfitting for me. Fate has settled my affairs; why do the elders help it along? A man seized by a planet, then by wind, then stung by a scorpion, is given wine: what cure is that?
लखन-राम सिय कह बन दीन्हा । पठइ अमरपुर पति हित कीन्हा ॥
लीन्ह बिधवपन अपजस आपू । दीन्हेउ प्रजहि सोक सन्तापू ॥
lakhana-rāma siya kaha bana dīnhā | paṭhai amarapura pati hita kīnhā ||
līnha bidhavapana apajasa āpū | dīnheu prajahi soka santāpū ||
मोहि दीन्ह सुख सुजस सुराजू । कीन्ह कैकेईं सब कर काजू ॥
एहि तेँ मोर काह अब नीका । तेहि पर देन कहहु तुम्ह टीका ॥
mohi dīnha sukha sujasa surājū | kīnha kaikeīṃ saba kara kājū ||
ehi tem̐ mora kāha aba nīkā | tehi para dena kahahu tumha ṭīkā ||
कैकइ जठर जनमि जग माहीं । यह मोहि कहँ कछु अनुचित नाहीं ॥
मोरि बात सब बिधिहिं बनाई । प्रजा पाँच कत करहु सहाई ॥
kaikai jaṭhara janami jaga māhīṃ | yaha mohi kaham̐ kachu anucita nāhīṃ ||
mori bāta saba bidhihiṃ banāī | prajā pām̐ca kata karahu sahāī ||
ग्रह ग्रहीत पुनि बात बस, तेहि पुनि बीछी मार ।
ताहि पिआइअ बारुनी, कहहु कवन उपचार ॥
graha grahīta puni bāta basa, tehi puni bīchī māra |
tāhi piāia bārunī, kahahu kavana upacāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0