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Rama piles up impossibilities. Darkness may swallow the noon sun, a cloud may fail to meet the sky, Agastya may drown in a cow's hoofprint, the earth may lose her patience, a mosquito's breath may blow away Meru; still, brother, pride of rule will not touch Bharata. I swear by you and by our father, there is no brother as pure as Bharata. The Creator mixes virtue and fault like milk and water. Bharata, a swan born in the lake of the Solar line, separated the two, drank the milk of virtue, left the water of fault, and lit the world with his fame. Speaking of Bharata's virtues, Rama sinks in an ocean of love. The devas, seeing his love for Bharata, praise him: who is as gracious as Rama?
तिमिरु तरुन तरनिहि मकु गिलई । गगन मग न मकु मेघहिं मिलई ॥
गो-पद जल बूड़हिँ घटजोनी । सहज छमा बरु छाड़ै छोनी ॥
timiru taruna taranihi maku gilaī | gagana maga na maku meghahiṃ milaī ||
go-pada jala būr̤ahim̐ ghaṭajonī | sahaja chamā baru chār̤ai chonī ||
मसक फूंक मकु मेरु उड़ाई । होइ न नृप-मद भरतहि भाई ॥
लखन तुम्हार सपथ पितु आना । सुचि सुबन्धु नहिँ भरत समाना ॥
masaka phūṃka maku meru ur̤āī | hoi na nṛpa-mada bharatahi bhāī ||
lakhana tumhāra sapatha pitu ānā | suci subandhu nahim̐ bharata samānā ||
सगुन-खीरु अवगुन-जल ताता । मिलइ रचइ परपञ्च विधाता ॥
भरत हंस रबि-बंस-तड़ागा । जनमि कीन्ह गुन-दोष-विभागा ॥
saguna-khīru avaguna-jala tātā | milai racai parapañca vidhātā ||
bharata haṃsa rabi-baṃsa-tar̤āgā | janami kīnha guna-doṣa-vibhāgā ||
गहि गुन-पय तजि अवगुन-बारी । निज जस जगत कीन्हि उजिआरी ॥
कहत भरत गुन-सील-सुभाऊ । प्रेम-पयोधि मगन रघुराऊ ॥
gahi guna-paya taji avaguna-bārī | nija jasa jagata kīnhi ujiārī ||
kahata bharata guna-sīla-subhāū | prema-payodhi magana raghurāū ||
सुनि रघुवर-बानी बिबुध, देखि भरत पर हेतु ।
सकल सराहत राम सो, प्रभु को कृपानिकेतु ॥
suni raghuvara-bānī bibudha, dekhi bharata para hetu |
sakala sarāhata rāma so, prabhu ko kṛpāniketu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
