सई तीर बसि चले बिहाने । सृंगबेरपुर सब निअराने ॥
समाचार सब सुने निषादा । हृदयँ बिचार करइ सबिषादा ॥
saī tīra basi cale bihāne | sṛṃgaberapura saba niarāne ||
samācāra saba sune niṣādā | hṛdayam̐ bicāra karai sabiṣādā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 189: Guha suspects Bharata comes to kill Rama
5 verses · 189 of 326
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Guha suspects Bharata comes to kill Rama
After a night on the Sai the host nears Shringaverapura. The Nishada chief Guha hears of it and broods anxiously. Why is Bharata going to the forest? There must be some deceit in his heart. If there were no crookedness, why bring an army along? He must think to kill Rama and Lakshmana and rule without a thorn. Bharata has not weighed statecraft; before it was only disgrace, now it will cost his life. Even if all gods and demons joined battle, none could defeat Rama. Yet no wonder if Bharata acts so; a poison vine never bears nectar fruit. Thinking this, Guha tells his kinsmen to be alert, to seize the boats and sink them, and to block the ghats.
कारन कवन भरत बन जाहीँ । है कछु कपट-भाउ मन माहीं ॥
जौं पै जियँ न होति कुटिलाई । तौ कत लीन्ह सङ्ग कटकाई ॥
kārana kavana bharata bana jāhīm̐ | hai kachu kapaṭa-bhāu mana māhīṃ ||
jauṃ pai jiyam̐ na hoti kuṭilāī | tau kata līnha saṅga kaṭakāī ||
जानहिँ सानुज रामहि मारी । करउँ अकंटक राज सुखारी ॥
भरत न राजनीति उर आनी । तब कलङ्क अब जीवन हानी ॥
jānahim̐ sānuja rāmahi mārī | karaum̐ akaṃṭaka rāja sukhārī ||
bharata na rājanīti ura ānī | taba kalaṅka aba jīvana hānī ||
सकल-सुरासुर जुरहिँ जुझारा । रामहि समर न जीतनिहारा ॥
का आचरज भरत अस करहीं । नहिँ बिष बेलि अमिय फल फरहीं ॥
sakala-surāsura jurahim̐ jujhārā | rāmahi samara na jītanihārā ||
kā ācaraja bharata asa karahīṃ | nahim̐ biṣa beli amiya phala pharahīṃ ||
अस बिचारि गुहँ ज्ञाति सन, कहेउ सजग सब होहु ।
हथवाँसहु बोरह तरनि, कीजिय घाटारोहु ॥
asa bicāri guham̐ jñāti sana, kaheu sajaga saba hohu |
hathavām̐sahu boraha tarani, kījiya ghāṭārohu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0