सुनि मुनि बचन भरत हिय सोचू । भयउ कुअवसर कठिन सँकोचू ॥
जानि गरुइ गुरु गिरा बहोरी । चरन-बन्दि बोले कर जोरी ॥
suni muni bacana bharata hiya socū | bhayau kuavasara kaṭhina sam̐kocū ||
jāni garui guru girā bahorī | carana-bandi bole kara jorī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 213: The sage commands a feast for Bharata
5 verses · 213 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The sage commands a feast for Bharata
Hearing the sage, Bharata is troubled; at such a time, hospitality puts him in a hard corner. But knowing a guru's word is weighty, he bows and says with joined palms: to obey your order is my highest dharma. Pleased, the sage calls his pure servants and disciples: we must host Bharata; go and bring roots and fruit. They bow and go gladly about their tasks. The sage reflects that the guest is great and the invitation large, and the worship must match a god. Hearing his wish, the Riddhis and Siddhis, with Anima and the other powers, arrive: command us, master. Bharata is stricken by Rama's absence, the sage says gladly; host him, his brother and all his company, and take away their weariness.
सिर धरि आयसु करिय तुम्हारा । परम धरम यह नाथ हमारा ॥
भरत बचन मुनिबर मन भाये । सुचि सेवक सिष निकट बोलाये ॥
sira dhari āyasu kariya tumhārā | parama dharama yaha nātha hamārā ||
bharata bacana munibara mana bhāye | suci sevaka siṣa nikaṭa bolāye ||
चाहिए कीन्हि भरत पहुनाई । कन्द मूल फल आनहु जाई ॥
भलेहि नाथ कहि तिन्ह सिर नाये । प्रमुदित निज निज काज सिधाये ॥
cāhie kīnhi bharata pahunāī | kanda mūla phala ānahu jāī ||
bhalehi nātha kahi tinha sira nāye | pramudita nija nija kāja sidhāye ||
मुनिहि सोच पाहुन बड़ नेवता । तसि पूजा चाहिय जस देवता ॥
सुनि रिधि सिधि अनिमादिक आई । आयसु होइ सो करहिँ गोसाई ॥
munihi soca pāhuna bar̤a nevatā | tasi pūjā cāhiya jasa devatā ||
suni ridhi sidhi animādika āī | āyasu hoi so karahim̐ gosāī ||
राम-बिरह व्याकुल भरत, सानुज सहित समाज ।
पहुनाई करि हरहु श्रम, कहा मुदित मुनिराज ॥
rāma-biraha vyākula bharata, sānuja sahita samāja |
pahunāī kari harahu śrama, kahā mudita munirāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0