सुनि ससोच कह देबि सुमित्रा । बिधि गति बड़ि बिपरीत विचित्रा ॥
जो सृजि पालइ हरइ बहोरी । बाल केलि सम बिधि मति भोरी ॥
suni sasoca kaha debi sumitrā | bidhi gati bar̤i biparīta vicitrā ||
jo sṛji pālai harai bahorī | bāla keli sama bidhi mati bhorī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 282: Kaushalya's worry for Bharata
5 verses · 282 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Kaushalya's worry for Bharata
Sumitra answers: fate is contrary; it creates, sustains and then destroys, like a child at play. Kaushalya says no one is to blame. Joy, sorrow, loss and gain come under the sway of karma, and only the Creator knows its hard workings. The Lord's command rules creation, preservation and dissolution, of poison and of nectar alike. Grieving over it out of delusion is useless; this play of fate is unmoving and without beginning. Sita's mother says: true, you are the crown of the virtuous, queen of Avadh's lord. Kaushalya ends, choking: let Lakshmana, Rama and Sita go to the forest, that will end well; I worry for Bharata.
कौसल्या कह दोस न काहू । करम-बिबस दुख-सुख छति लाहू ॥
कठिन करम-गति जान विधाता । जो सुभ असुभ सकल फल दाता ॥
kausalyā kaha dosa na kāhū | karama-bibasa dukha-sukha chati lāhū ||
kaṭhina karama-gati jāna vidhātā | jo subha asubha sakala phala dātā ||
ईस रजाइ सीस सबही कें । उतपति थिति लय बिषहु अमी कें ॥
देबि मोह बस सोचिअ बादी । विधि प्रपञ्च अस अचल अनादी ॥
īsa rajāi sīsa sabahī keṃ | utapati thiti laya biṣahu amī keṃ ||
debi moha basa socia bādī | vidhi prapañca asa acala anādī ||
भूपति जिअब मरब उर आनी । सोचिअ सखि लखि निज हित हानी ॥
सीय मातु कह सत्य सुबानी । सुकृती-अवधि अवधपति-रानी ॥
bhūpati jiaba maraba ura ānī | socia sakhi lakhi nija hita hānī ||
sīya mātu kaha satya subānī | sukṛtī-avadhi avadhapati-rānī ||
लखन-राम-सिय जाहु बन, भल परिनाम न पोच ।
गहबरि हियँ कह कौसिला, मोहि भरत कर, सोच ॥
lakhana-rāma-siya jāhu bana, bhala parināma na poca |
gahabari hiyam̐ kaha kausilā, mohi bharata kara, soca ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0