कीन्ही मातु मिस काल कुचाली । ईति भीति जस पाकत साली ॥
केहि बिधि होइ राम-अभिषेकू । मोहि अवकलत उपाउ न एकू ॥
kīnhī mātu misa kāla kucālī | īti bhīti jasa pākata sālī ||
kehi bidhi hoi rāma-abhiṣekū | mohi avakalata upāu na ekū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 253: Bharata's sleepless night of doubt
5 verses · 253 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata's sleepless night of doubt
Bharata thinks: fate played its trick using my mother, like a blight falling on ripe rice. How can Rama's coronation happen? I see no way. He would surely return at the guru's word, but the sage will speak only knowing Rama's wish. Rama would turn back at Mother Kaushalya's word, but will Rama's mother ever insist? If I insist, it is a grave wrong; a servant's duty is heavier than Shiva's mountain. No plan settles in his mind, and the night passes in thought. At dawn he bathes, bows to the Lord and sits, and the rishi sends for him. Bowing at the guru's feet, he sits on his word, and the assembly gathers.
अवसि फिरहिं गुरु आयसु मानी । मुनि पुनि कहब राम रुचि जानी ॥
मातु कहेहु बहुरहिं रघुराऊ । राम-जननि हठ करबि कि काऊ ॥
avasi phirahiṃ guru āyasu mānī | muni puni kahaba rāma ruci jānī ||
mātu kahehu bahurahiṃ raghurāū | rāma-janani haṭha karabi ki kāū ||
मोहि अनुचर कर केतिक बाता । तेहि महँ कुसमउ बाम विधाता ॥
जौँ हठ करउँ त निपट कुकरमू । हरगिरि तें गुरु सेवक धरमू ॥
mohi anucara kara ketika bātā | tehi maham̐ kusamau bāma vidhātā ||
jaum̐ haṭha karaum̐ ta nipaṭa kukaramū | haragiri teṃ guru sevaka dharamū ||
एकउ जुगुति न मन ठहरानी । सोचत भरतहि रैनि बिहानी ॥
प्रात नहाइ प्रभुहि सिर नाई । बैठत पठये रिषयँ बोलाई ॥
ekau juguti na mana ṭhaharānī | socata bharatahi raini bihānī ||
prāta nahāi prabhuhi sira nāī | baiṭhata paṭhaye riṣayam̐ bolāī ||
गुरु-पद-पदुम प्रनाम करि, बैठे आयसु पाइ ।
बिप्र-महाजन सचिव सब, जुरे सभासद आइ ॥
guru-pada-paduma pranāma kari, baiṭhe āyasu pāi |
bipra-mahājana saciva saba, jure sabhāsada āi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0