राम-प्रताप नाथ बल तोरे । करहिँ कटक बिनु भट बिनु घोरे ॥
जीवत पाउं न पाछें धरहीँ । रुंड मुंडमय-मेदिनि करहीं ॥
rāma-pratāpa nātha bala tore | karahim̐ kaṭaka binu bhaṭa binu ghore ||
jīvata pāuṃ na pācheṃ dharahīm̐ | ruṃḍa muṃḍamaya-medini karahīṃ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 192: An omen and an old man's counsel
5 verses · 192 of 326
What happens in this chapter
An omen and an old man's counsel
By Rama's glory and your strength, lord, the warriors boast, we will leave the army without men or horses; while we live we will not step back. Pleased, Guha orders the war drum beaten. As he speaks, someone sneezes on the left, and the omen-readers say the field looks favourable. But an old man weighs the omen and says: meet Bharata, there will be no fight. Bharata is going to persuade Rama back; the omen says there is no quarrel. Guha agrees: the old man speaks well. Fools act in haste and repent. To fight without learning Bharata's nature and conduct would be a great harm. Gather and hold the ghats, he says. I will go and meet him, learn whether he is friend, foe or neither, and then act.
देखि निषाद-नाथ भल टोलू । कहेउ बजाउ जुझाऊ, ढोलू ॥
एतना कहत छींक भइ बाँए । कहेउ सगुनिअन्ह खेत सुहायें ॥
dekhi niṣāda-nātha bhala ṭolū | kaheu bajāu jujhāū, ḍholū ||
etanā kahata chīṃka bhai bām̐e | kaheu sagunianha kheta suhāyeṃ ||
बूढ़ एक कह सगुन बिचारी । भरतहि मिलिअ न होइहि रारी ॥
रामहि भरत मनावन जाहीं । सगुन कहइ अस विग्रह नाहीं ॥
būr̤ha eka kaha saguna bicārī | bharatahi milia na hoihi rārī ||
rāmahi bharata manāvana jāhīṃ | saguna kahai asa vigraha nāhīṃ ||
सुनि गुह कहइ नीक कह बूढ़ा । सहसा कर पछिताहिँ बिमूढा ॥
भरत सुभाउ सील बिनु बूझें । बड़ि हित हानि जानि बिनु जूझें ॥
suni guha kahai nīka kaha būr̤hā | sahasā kara pachitāhim̐ bimūḍhā ||
bharata subhāu sīla binu būjheṃ | bar̤i hita hāni jāni binu jūjheṃ ||
गहहु घाट घट समिटि सब, लेउँ मरम मिलि जाइ ।
बूझि मित्र अरि मध्य गति, तस तब करिहउँ आइ ॥
gahahu ghāṭa ghaṭa samiṭi saba, leum̐ marama mili jāi |
būjhi mitra ari madhya gati, tasa taba karihaum̐ āi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0