जगु भय मगन गगन भइ बानी । लखन बाहु-बल बिपुल बखानी ॥
तात प्रताप प्रभाउ तुम्हारा । को कहि सकइ को जान निहारा ॥
jagu bhaya magana gagana bhai bānī | lakhana bāhu-bala bipula bakhānī ||
tāta pratāpa prabhāu tumhārā | ko kahi sakai ko jāna nihārā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 231: A voice from the sky; Rama vouches for Bharata
5 verses · 231 of 326
What happens in this chapter
A voice from the sky; Rama vouches for Bharata
A voice from the sky praises Lakshmana's might: who can tell or know your power? Yet whatever is to be done, right or wrong, everyone says do it after thought. Those who act in haste and repent are not wise, say the Vedas and the learned. Lakshmana is abashed, and Rama and Sita honour him. Rama says: brother, you spoke good policy. The pride of rule is the hardest of all; kings who sip it go mad, those who have not served the company of saints. But hear, Lakshmana. Nowhere in creation has anyone heard or seen one like Bharata. Even gaining the seat of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, Bharata would feel no pride. Can a drop of sour gruel spoil the ocean of milk?
अनुचित उचित काज कछु होऊ । समुझि करिअ भल कह सब कोऊ ॥
सहसा करि पाछे पछिताहीँ । कहहिँ बेद-बुध ते बुध नाहीॅ ॥
anucita ucita kāja kachu hoū | samujhi karia bhala kaha saba koū ||
sahasā kari pāche pachitāhīm̐ | kahahim̐ beda-budha te budha nāhīॅ ||
सुनि सुर-बचन लखन सकुचाने । राम-सीयँ सादर सनमाने ॥
कही तात तुम्ह नीति सुहाई । सब तेँ कठिन राज मद भाई ॥
suni sura-bacana lakhana sakucāne | rāma-sīyam̐ sādara sanamāne ||
kahī tāta tumha nīti suhāī | saba tem̐ kaṭhina rāja mada bhāī ||
जो अचवँत नृप मातहिं तेई । नाहिँ न साधु-समा जेहिं सेई ॥
सुनहु लखन भल भरत सरीसा । बिधि प्रपञ्च महँ सुना न दीसा ॥
jo acavam̐ta nṛpa mātahiṃ teī | nāhim̐ na sādhu-samā jehiṃ seī ||
sunahu lakhana bhala bharata sarīsā | bidhi prapañca maham̐ sunā na dīsā ||
भरतहि होइ न राजमद, विधि हरि हर पद पाइ ।
कबहुँ कि काँजी सीकरनि, छीरसिन्धु बिनसाइ ॥
bharatahi hoi na rājamada, vidhi hari hara pada pāi |
kabahum̐ ki kām̐jī sīkarani, chīrasindhu binasāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0