होहु सँजोइल रोकहु घाटा । ठाटहु सकल मरै के ठाटा ॥
सनमुख लोह भरत सन लेऊँ । जियत न, सुरसरि उतरन देऊँ ॥
hohu sam̐joila rokahu ghāṭā | ṭhāṭahu sakala marai ke ṭhāṭā ||
sanamukha loha bharata sana leūm̐ | jiyata na, surasari utarana deūm̐ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 190: Guha resolves to die fighting for Rama
5 verses · 190 of 326
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Guha resolves to die fighting for Rama
Arm yourselves and hold the ghats, Guha orders; make every preparation to die. I will cross steel with Bharata face to face, and while I live he shall not cross the Ganga. Death in battle, on the Ganga's bank, for Rama's work, with this fleeting body: Bharata is a king's brother and I a lowly man, and such a death comes only by great fortune. If I give my life for Raghunath, I have a sweet in both hands. One who has no place among the saints and no mark among Rama's devotees lives as a burden on the earth, an axe to the tree of his mother's youth. Free of fear, Guha rouses all, remembers Rama and calls for quiver, bow and armour.
समर-मरन पुनि सुरसरि-तीरा । राम-काज छनभङ्ग-सरीरा ॥
भरत भाइ-नप मैं जन नीचू । बड़ें भाग असि पाइअ मीचू ॥
samara-marana puni surasari-tīrā | rāma-kāja chanabhaṅga-sarīrā ||
bharata bhāi-napa maiṃ jana nīcū | bar̤eṃ bhāga asi pāia mīcū ||
स्वामि काज करिहउँ रन रारी । जस धवलिहउँ भुवन दस चारी ॥
तजउँ प्रान रघुनाथ निहोरें । दुहूँ हाथ मुद, मोदक मोरें ॥
svāmi kāja karihaum̐ rana rārī | jasa dhavalihaum̐ bhuvana dasa cārī ||
tajaum̐ prāna raghunātha nihoreṃ | duhūm̐ hātha muda, modaka moreṃ ||
साधु समाज न जा कर लेखा । रामभगत महँ जासु न रेखा ॥
जायँ जियत जग सो महि भारू । जननी जौबन बिटप कुठारू ॥
sādhu samāja na jā kara lekhā | rāmabhagata maham̐ jāsu na rekhā ||
jāyam̐ jiyata jaga so mahi bhārū | jananī jaubana biṭapa kuṭhārū ||
बिगत बिषाद निषादपति, सबहि बढ़ाइ उछाह ।
सुमिरि राम मागेउ तुरत, तरकस धनुष सनाह ॥
bigata biṣāda niṣādapati, sabahi bar̤hāi uchāha |
sumiri rāma māgeu turata, tarakasa dhanuṣa sanāha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0