Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 182: The burning that only Rama's feet can quench

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The burning that only Rama's feet can quench

The guru is an ocean of wisdom, Bharata goes on, to whom the universe is like a berry in the palm, and even he prepares my tilak; when fate turns, everyone turns. Apart from Sita and Rama, no one in the world will say this was not my plan. I will hear it and bear it gladly, for where there is water there is mud in the end. One unbearable fire burns in my heart: because of me Sita and Rama suffer. Lakshmana won the true fruit of life, leaving all to set his mind on Rama's feet. My birth was only for sending Raghubar to the forest. With bowed head I tell you all my wretched state: without seeing Raghunath's feet, the burning in my heart will not go.

182.1

गुरु बिबेक सागर जग जाना । जिन्हहि बिस्व कर बदर समाना ॥
मो कहँ तिलक साज सज सोऊ । भये विधि बिमुख बिमुख सब कोऊ ॥

guru bibeka sāgara jaga jānā | jinhahi bisva kara badara samānā ||
mo kaham̐ tilaka sāja saja soū | bhaye vidhi bimukha bimukha saba koū ||

182.2

परिहरि राम सीय जग माहीं । कोउ न कहिहि मोर मत नाहीँ ॥
सो मैं सुनब सहब सुख मानी । अंतहुँ कीच तहाँ जहँ पानी ॥

parihari rāma sīya jaga māhīṃ | kou na kahihi mora mata nāhīm̐ ||
so maiṃ sunaba sahaba sukha mānī | aṃtahum̐ kīca tahām̐ jaham̐ pānī ||

182.3

हर न मोहि जग कहिहि कि पोचू । परलोकहु कर नाहि न सोचू ॥
एका उर बस दुसह दवारी । मोहि लगि भे सिय राम दुखारी ॥

hara na mohi jaga kahihi ki pocū | paralokahu kara nāhi na socū ||
ekā ura basa dusaha davārī | mohi lagi bhe siya rāma dukhārī ||

182.4

जीवन लाहु लखन भल पावा । सब तजि राम-चरन मन लावा ॥
भार जनम रघुबर बन लागी । झूठ काह पछिताउँ अभागी ॥

jīvana lāhu lakhana bhala pāvā | saba taji rāma-carana mana lāvā ||
bhāra janama raghubara bana lāgī | jhūṭha kāha pachitāum̐ abhāgī ||

दो॰ 182Doha

आपनि दारुन दीनता, कहउँ सबहि सिर नाइ ।
देखें बिनु रघुनाथ पद, जिय के जरनि न जाइ ॥

āpani dāruna dīnatā, kahaum̐ sabahi sira nāi |
dekheṃ binu raghunātha pada, jiya ke jarani na jāi ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0