विषयी जीव पाइ प्रभुताई । मूढ़ मोह-बस होहिॅ जनाई ॥
भरत नीति-रत साधु सुजाना । प्रभु-पद-प्रेम सकल जग जाना ॥
viṣayī jīva pāi prabhutāī | mūr̤ha moha-basa hohiॅ janāī ||
bharata nīti-rata sādhu sujānā | prabhu-pada-prema sakala jaga jānā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 228: Lakshmana suspects Bharata of seeking the throne
5 verses · 228 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Lakshmana suspects Bharata of seeking the throne
Lakshmana goes on. Worldly men who gain power fall into delusion and show it. Bharata was known to all as just, good and devoted to your feet. Yet today, having got the throne, he has come breaking the bounds of dharma. A crooked brother, he watched for the bad hour, knew Rama was alone in the forest, plotted, gathered an army, and has come with Shatrughna to make his rule free of thorns. If there were no deceit in his heart, why bring chariots, horses and elephants? But who can blame Bharata? Power maddens the world. The Moon went to his guru's wife, Nahusha made brahmins carry his palanquin, and Vena turned against world and Veda.
तेऊ आज राज-पद पाई । चले धरम-मरजाद मेटाई ॥
कुटिल कुबन्धु कुअवसर ताकी । जानि राम बन-बास एकाकी ॥
teū āja rāja-pada pāī | cale dharama-marajāda meṭāī ||
kuṭila kubandhu kuavasara tākī | jāni rāma bana-bāsa ekākī ||
करि कुमन्त्र मन साजि समाजू । आये करइ अकंटक राजू ॥
कोटि प्रकार कलपि कुटिलाई । आये दल बटोरि दोउ भाई ॥
kari kumantra mana sāji samājū | āye karai akaṃṭaka rājū ||
koṭi prakāra kalapi kuṭilāī | āye dala baṭori dou bhāī ||
जौँ जियँ होति न कपट कुचाली । केहि सोहाति रथ-बाजि-गजाली ॥
भरतहि दोष देइ को जाये । जग बौराइ राज-पद पाये ॥
jaum̐ jiyam̐ hoti na kapaṭa kucālī | kehi sohāti ratha-bāji-gajālī ||
bharatahi doṣa dei ko jāye | jaga baurāi rāja-pada pāye ||
ससि गुरु-तिय-गामी नघुषु, चढ़ेउ भूमिसुर जान ।
लोक बेद तेँ बिमुख भा, अधम न बेन समान ॥
sasi guru-tiya-gāmī naghuṣu, car̤heu bhūmisura jāna |
loka beda tem̐ bimukha bhā, adhama na bena samāna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0