Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 209: Bharata's fame a moon that never sets

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Bharata's fame a moon that never sets

Your fame, son, is a spotless new moon, Bharadvaja says, and Raghubar's servants are its lilies and chakor birds. It has risen forever and will never set, never wane, and in the sky of the world it will double day by day. Giving joy night and day, it will never be swallowed by the Rahu of Kaikeyi's deed. Full of the nectar of love for Rama, it bears no flaw of insult to the guru. Rama's devotees can now drink their fill, for you have made nectar easy to find on earth. King Bhagiratha brought down the Ganga; Dasharatha's virtues are past telling. Rama himself was born to them in love, Rama whom Shiva's inner eyes never tire of seeing.

209.1

नव-बिधु-बिमल तात जस तोरा । रघुबर-किङ्कर-कुमुद चकोरा ॥
उदित सदा अँथइहि कबहूँ ना । घटिहि न जग नभ दिन दिन दूना ॥

nava-bidhu-bimala tāta jasa torā | raghubara-kiṅkara-kumuda cakorā ||
udita sadā am̐thaihi kabahūm̐ nā | ghaṭihi na jaga nabha dina dina dūnā ||

209.2

कोक तिलोक प्रीति अति करिहीं । प्रभु प्रताप-रबि छबिहि न हरिहीॅ ॥
निसि दिन सुखद सदा सब काहू । ग्रसिहि न कैकइ करतब राहू ॥

koka tiloka prīti ati karihīṃ | prabhu pratāpa-rabi chabihi na harihīॅ ||
nisi dina sukhada sadā saba kāhū | grasihi na kaikai karataba rāhū ||

209.3

पूरन राम सुपेम पियूषा । गुरु-अपमान दोष नहिँ दूषा ॥
राम भगत अब अमिय अघाहूँ । कीन्हेहु सुलभ सुधा बसुधाहूँ ॥

pūrana rāma supema piyūṣā | guru-apamāna doṣa nahim̐ dūṣā ||
rāma bhagata aba amiya aghāhūm̐ | kīnhehu sulabha sudhā basudhāhūm̐ ||

209.4

भूप भगीरथ सुरसरि आनी । सुमिरत सकल सुमङ्गल-खानी ॥
दसरथ-गुन-गन बरनि न जाहीँ । अधिक कहा जेहि सम जग नाहीँ ॥

bhūpa bhagīratha surasari ānī | sumirata sakala sumaṅgala-khānī ||
dasaratha-guna-gana barani na jāhīm̐ | adhika kahā jehi sama jaga nāhīm̐ ||

दो॰ 209Doha

जासु सनेह सकोच बस, राम प्रगट भये आइ ।
जे हर-हिय-नयननि कबहुँ, निरखे नहीं अघाइ ॥

jāsu saneha sakoca basa, rāma pragaṭa bhaye āi |
je hara-hiya-nayanani kabahum̐, nirakhe nahīṃ aghāi ||

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