गुरु अनुराग भरत पर देखी । राम-हृदय आनन्द बिसेखी ॥
भरतहि धरम-धुरन्धर जानी । निज-सेवक-तन-मानस बानी ॥
guru anurāga bharata para dekhī | rāma-hṛdaya ānanda bisekhī ||
bharatahi dharama-dhurandhara jānī | nija-sevaka-tana-mānasa bānī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 259: Rama praises Bharata and invites him to speak
5 verses · 259 of 326
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Rama praises Bharata and invites him to speak
Seeing the guru's love for Bharata, Rama's heart is glad. Knowing Bharata as the upholder of dharma, his own servant in body, mind and speech, he answers in line with the guru's word. Lord, I swear by my father's feet, there has never been a brother like Bharata in the world. Those who love the guru's feet are fortunate by world and Veda; who can tell the fortune of one you love so? Then, abashed at praising his younger brother to his face, Rama says: whatever Bharata says, doing that is good, and falls silent. The sage tells Bharata: son, set aside all hesitation and speak your heart to your gracious, loving brother.
बोले गुरु आयसु अनुकूला । बचन मञ्जु मृदु मगंल-मूला ॥
नाथ सपथ पितु-चरन दोहाई । भयउ न भुवन भरत सम भाई ॥
bole guru āyasu anukūlā | bacana mañju mṛdu magaṃla-mūlā ||
nātha sapatha pitu-carana dohāī | bhayau na bhuvana bharata sama bhāī ||
जे गुरु-पद-अम्बुज अनुरागी । ते लोकहुँ बेदहुँ बड़भागी ॥
राउर जा पर अस अनुरागू । को कहि सकइ भरत कर भागू ॥
je guru-pada-ambuja anurāgī | te lokahum̐ bedahum̐ bar̤abhāgī ||
rāura jā para asa anurāgū | ko kahi sakai bharata kara bhāgū ||
लखि लघु-बन्धु बुद्धि सकुचाई । करत बदन पर भरत बड़ाई ॥
भरतु कहहिं सोइ किये भलाई । अस कहि राम रहे अरगाई ॥
lakhi laghu-bandhu buddhi sakucāī | karata badana para bharata bar̤āī ||
bharatu kahahiṃ soi kiye bhalāī | asa kahi rāma rahe aragāī ||
तब मुनि बोले भरत सन, सब सकोच तजि तात ।
कृपासिन्धु प्रिय बन्धु सन, कहहु हृदय कै बात ॥
taba muni bole bharata sana, saba sakoca taji tāta |
kṛpāsindhu priya bandhu sana, kahahu hṛdaya kai bāta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0