बहुरि सोच बस भे सिय-रवनू । कारन कवन भरत आगवनू ॥
एक आइ अस कहा बहोरी । सेन सङ्ग चतुरङ्ग न थोरी ॥
bahuri soca basa bhe siya-ravanū | kārana kavana bharata āgavanū ||
eka āi asa kahā bahorī | sena saṅga caturaṅga na thorī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 227: Rama troubled; Lakshmana asks leave to speak
5 verses · 227 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Rama troubled; Lakshmana asks leave to speak
Joy gives way to thought. Why has Bharata come? Then someone reports that a large fourfold army is with him. Rama is torn: on one side his father's word, on the other his regard for his brother. Weighing Bharata's nature, he cannot find what is right, until he settles on this: Bharata is good and wise and will do as told. Lakshmana sees the unease in his Lord's heart and speaks what he thinks fits the hour. Forgive me for speaking unasked, he says; a servant at such a time is not being bold. You know all. I speak only as I understand. My Lord is a friend to all, simple of heart, a treasure of gentleness, who trusts everyone as he trusts himself.
सो सुनि रामहि भा अति सोचू । इत पितु बच उत बन्धु सकोचू ॥
भरत सुभाउ समुझि मन माहीॅ । प्रभु-चित हित-थिति पावत नाहीॅ ॥
so suni rāmahi bhā ati socū | ita pitu baca uta bandhu sakocū ||
bharata subhāu samujhi mana māhīॅ | prabhu-cita hita-thiti pāvata nāhīॅ ||
समाधान तब भा यह जाने । भरत कहे महँ साधु सयाने ॥
लखन लखेउ प्रभु हृदयँ खभारू । कहत समय सम नीति-बिचारू ॥
samādhāna taba bhā yaha jāne | bharata kahe maham̐ sādhu sayāne ||
lakhana lakheu prabhu hṛdayam̐ khabhārū | kahata samaya sama nīti-bicārū ||
बिनु पूँछ कछु कहउँ गोसाँई । सेवक समयँ न ढीठ ढिठाई ॥
तुम्ह सर्वज्ञ-सिरोमनि स्वामी । आपनि समुझि कहइ अनुगामी ॥
binu pūm̐cha kachu kahaum̐ gosām̐ī | sevaka samayam̐ na ḍhīṭha ḍhiṭhāī ||
tumha sarvajña-siromani svāmī | āpani samujhi kahai anugāmī ||
नाथ सुहृद सुठि सरल-चित्त, सील-सनेह-निधान ।
सब पर प्रीति प्रतीति जियँ, जानिय आपु समान ॥
nātha suhṛda suṭhi sarala-citta, sīla-saneha-nidhāna |
saba para prīti pratīti jiyam̐, jāniya āpu samāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0