Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 223: The road folk bless their luck at seeing Bharata

5 verses · 223 of 326

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The road folk bless their luck at seeing Bharata

The women go on. Bharata's conduct, told or heard, takes away sorrow and fault. Why should Rama's brother not be like this? Seeing him with Shatrughna, we count ourselves blessed. Some lament that he is no son fit for a mother like Kaikeyi. Another says the queen is not to blame; fate has been kind to us. Where are we, low women of humble family, living in a poor village, and where is this sight, the fruit of great merit? Every house feels wonder, as if a wish-granting tree had sprung up in a desert. For the road folk, seeing Bharata is like Prayag made easy for people of distant Simhala.

223.1

भायप भगति भरत आचरनू । कहत सुनत दुख-दूषन-हरनू ॥
जो किछु कहब थोर सखि सोई । राम-मातु अस काहे न होई ॥

bhāyapa bhagati bharata ācaranū | kahata sunata dukha-dūṣana-haranū ||
jo kichu kahaba thora sakhi soī | rāma-mātu asa kāhe na hoī ||

223.2

हम सब सानुज भरतहि देखें । भइन्ह धन्य जुबती-जन लेखें ॥
सुनि गुन देखि दसा पछिताहीँ । कैकइ जननि जोग सुत नाहीॅ ॥

hama saba sānuja bharatahi dekheṃ | bhainha dhanya jubatī-jana lekheṃ ||
suni guna dekhi dasā pachitāhīm̐ | kaikai janani joga suta nāhīॅ ||

223.3

कोउ कह दूषन रानिहि नाहिन । बिधि सबु कीन्ह हमहि जो दाहिन ॥
कहँ हम लोक-बेद-विधि हीनी । लघु-तिय कुल-करतूति मलीनी ॥

kou kaha dūṣana rānihi nāhina | bidhi sabu kīnha hamahi jo dāhina ||
kaham̐ hama loka-beda-vidhi hīnī | laghu-tiya kula-karatūti malīnī ||

223.4

बसहिँ कुदेस कुगाँव कुबामा । कहँ यह दरस पुन्य-परिनामा ॥
अस अनन्द अचरज प्रति-ग्रामा । जनु मरुभूमि कलपतरु जामा ॥

basahim̐ kudesa kugām̐va kubāmā | kaham̐ yaha darasa punya-parināmā ||
asa ananda acaraja prati-grāmā | janu marubhūmi kalapataru jāmā ||

दो॰ 223Doha

भरत दरस देखत खुलेउ, मग-लोगन्ह कर भाग ।
जनु सिंघलबासिन्ह भयउ, बिधि-बस सुलभ प्रयाग ॥

bharata darasa dekhata khuleu, maga-loganha kara bhāga |
janu siṃghalabāsinha bhayau, bidhi-basa sulabha prayāga ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0