प्रमुदित तीरथराज-निवासी । बैषानस बटु गृही उदासी ॥
कहहिॅ परसपर मिलि दस पाँचा । भरत सनेह सीलु सुचि साँचा ॥
pramudita tīratharāja-nivāsī | baiṣānasa baṭu gṛhī udāsī ||
kahahiॅ parasapara mili dasa pām̐cā | bharata saneha sīlu suci sām̐cā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 206: Bharadvaja receives Bharata with love
5 verses · 206 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharadvaja receives Bharata with love
The dwellers of Prayag, hermits, students, householders and renunciates, are delighted and tell each other in small groups that Bharata is loving, gentle, pure and true. Hearing them recount Rama's virtues, he comes to the great sage Bharadvaja. The sage sees him prostrating and counts him his own good fortune in bodily form. He runs, lifts him, holds him to his heart and blesses him. Given a seat, Bharata sits with bowed head, shrinking as if he would hide in the house of modesty. The sage sees his gentle shame and speaks before he can be questioned. Listen, Bharata, we have heard everything. No one can prevail over fate. Do not grieve over your mother's deed; Kaikeyi is not at fault, for Sarasvati stole her wits.
सुनत राम गुन ग्राम सुहाये । भरद्वाज मुनिबर पहिँ आये ॥
दंड प्रनाम करत मुनि देखे । मूरतिमंत भाग्य निज लेखे ॥
sunata rāma guna grāma suhāye | bharadvāja munibara pahim̐ āye ||
daṃḍa pranāma karata muni dekhe | mūratimaṃta bhāgya nija lekhe ||
धाइ उठाइ लाइ उर लीन्हे । दीन्हि असीस कृतारथॅ कीन्हे ॥
आसन दीन्ह नाइ सिर बैठे । चहत सकुच गृहँ जनु भजि पैठे ॥
dhāi uṭhāi lāi ura līnhe | dīnhi asīsa kṛtārathaॅ kīnhe ||
āsana dīnha nāi sira baiṭhe | cahata sakuca gṛham̐ janu bhaji paiṭhe ||
मुनि पूँछब कछु यह बड़ सोचू । बोले रिषि लखि सील सँकोचू ॥
सुनहु भरत हम सब सुधि पाई । विधि करतब पर किछु न बसाई ॥
muni pūm̐chaba kachu yaha bar̤a socū | bole riṣi lakhi sīla sam̐kocū ||
sunahu bharata hama saba sudhi pāī | vidhi karataba para kichu na basāī ||
तुम्ह गलानि जियँ जनि करहु, समुझि मातु करतूति ।
तात कैकइहि दोष नहिँ, गई गिरा मति धूति ॥
tumha galāni jiyam̐ jani karahu, samujhi mātu karatūti |
tāta kaikaihi doṣa nahim̐, gaī girā mati dhūti ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0