नतरु जाहिँ बन तीनिउँ भाई । बहुरिअ सीय सहित रघुराई ॥
जेहि बिधि प्रभु प्रसन्न मन होई । करुना सागर कीजिअ सोई ॥
nataru jāhim̐ bana tīnium̐ bhāī | bahuria sīya sahita raghurāī ||
jehi bidhi prabhu prasanna mana hoī | karunā sāgara kījia soī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 269: Bharata leaves the decision to Rama
5 verses · 269 of 326
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Bharata leaves the decision to Rama
Or else let all three brothers go to the forest, and Raghurai return with Sita. Ocean of compassion, do whatever pleases your heart. You have laid the whole weight on me, but I have no sense of policy or dharma; a man in distress has no clear mind. A servant who answers back on hearing his master's command shames shame itself. Now, gracious one, I like only the course in which my master's mind feels no strain. I swear by your feet: there is one way for the world's good. Let the Lord, glad and free of hesitation, give each his command; all will carry it out on their heads, and every tangle will be undone.
देवँ दीन्ह सब मोहि अभारु । मोरें नीति न धरम बिचारु ॥
कहउँ बचन सब स्वारथ हेतू । रहत न आरत कें चित चेतू ॥
devam̐ dīnha saba mohi abhāru | moreṃ nīti na dharama bicāru ||
kahaum̐ bacana saba svāratha hetū | rahata na ārata keṃ cita cetū ||
उत्तर देइ सुनि स्वामि रजाई । सो सेवक लखि लाज लजाई ॥
अस मैं अवगुन-उदधि-अगाधू । स्वामि-सनेहँ सराहत साधू ॥
uttara dei suni svāmi rajāī | so sevaka lakhi lāja lajāī ||
asa maiṃ avaguna-udadhi-agādhū | svāmi-saneham̐ sarāhata sādhū ||
अब कृपाल मोहि सो मत भावा । सकुच स्वामि मन जाइँ न पावा ॥
प्रभु-पद-सपथ कहउँ सति भाऊ । जग-मंगल-हित एक उपाऊ ॥
aba kṛpāla mohi so mata bhāvā | sakuca svāmi mana jāim̐ na pāvā ||
prabhu-pada-sapatha kahaum̐ sati bhāū | jaga-maṃgala-hita eka upāū ||
प्रभु प्रसन्न मन सकुच तजि, जो जेहि आयसु देब ।
सो सिर धरि धरि करिहि सब, मिटिहि अनट अवरेब ॥
prabhu prasanna mana sakuca taji, jo jehi āyasu deba |
so sira dhari dhari karihi saba, miṭihi anaṭa avareba ||
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