जौँ परिहरहिं मलिन मन जानी । जौँ सन मोनहिँ मानी ॥
मोरें सरन रामहि की पनहीं । राम सुस्वामि दोष सब जनहीं ॥
jaum̐ pariharahiṃ malina mana jānī | jaum̐ sana monahim̐ mānī ||
moreṃ sarana rāmahi kī panahīṃ | rāma susvāmi doṣa saba janahīṃ ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 234: Bharata's hesitant steps toward Rama
5 verses · 234 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata's hesitant steps toward Rama
Bharata's thought continues. Whether Rama casts me off as foul-hearted or keeps me as a servant, my refuge is Rama's sandals; Rama is a good master and the fault is mine. Let the world praise the chataka and the fish for their vow and love; I will be like them. So thinking, he walks on, limbs slack with shame and love. His mother's wrong turns him back; the strength of devotion pushes him on. When he recalls Rama's nature, his feet hurry. His state is like a water-beetle in a current, now carried back, now pressing forward. Seeing his grief and love, Guha forgets his body. Good omens begin, and Guha reads them: grief will end and joy will come, though sorrow follows at the close.
जग जस-भाजन चातक मीना । नेम पेम निज निपुन नबीना ॥
अस मन गुनत चले मग जाता । सकुच सनेहँ सिथिल सब गाता ॥
jaga jasa-bhājana cātaka mīnā | nema pema nija nipuna nabīnā ||
asa mana gunata cale maga jātā | sakuca saneham̐ sithila saba gātā ||
फेरत मनहिँ मातु-कृत खोरी । चलत भगति-बल धीरज-धोरी ॥
जब समुझत रघुनाथ सुभाऊ । तब पथ परत उताइल पाऊ ॥
pherata manahim̐ mātu-kṛta khorī | calata bhagati-bala dhīraja-dhorī ||
jaba samujhata raghunātha subhāū | taba patha parata utāila pāū ||
भरत दसा तेहि अवसर कैसी । जल प्रबाहँ जल-अलि गति जैसी ॥
देखि भरत कर सोच सनेहू । भा निषाद तेहि समयँ विदेहू ॥
bharata dasā tehi avasara kaisī | jala prabāham̐ jala-ali gati jaisī ||
dekhi bharata kara soca sanehū | bhā niṣāda tehi samayam̐ videhū ||
लगे होन मङ्गल सगुन, सुनि गुनि कहत निषाद ।
मिटिहि सोच होइहि हरष, पुनि परिनाम बिषाद ॥
lage hona maṅgala saguna, suni guni kahata niṣāda |
miṭihi soca hoihi haraṣa, puni parināma biṣāda ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0