इस प्रसाद असीस तुम्हारी । सुत सुतबधू देवसरि-बारी ॥
राम सपथ मैं कीन्ह न काऊ । सो करि कहउँ सखी सति भाऊ ॥
isa prasāda asīsa tumhārī | suta sutabadhū devasari-bārī ||
rāma sapatha maiṃ kīnha na kāū | so kari kahaum̐ sakhī sati bhāū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 283: Kaushalya swears by Rama to Bharata's worth
5 verses · 283 of 326
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Kaushalya swears by Rama to Bharata's worth
By your grace and blessing, Kaushalya tells Sunaina, my sons and daughters-in-law are pure as Ganga water. I have never sworn by Rama before; now I do, friend, and speak the plain truth. Bharata's character, virtue, humility and greatness, his brotherliness, devotion, trustworthiness and goodness, would make even Sharada falter to describe; can an oyster shell empty the ocean? I have always known Bharata to be the lamp of the family, and the king told me so again and again. Gold is known on the touchstone, a gem by its assayer, a man by time and his own nature. Hearing these words, pure as the Ganga, all the queens grow faint with love.
भरत सील गुन बिनय बड़ाई । भायप भगति भरोस भलाई ॥
कहत सारदहु कर मति हीचे । सागर सीपि कि जाहिँ उलीचे ॥
bharata sīla guna binaya bar̤āī | bhāyapa bhagati bharosa bhalāī ||
kahata sāradahu kara mati hīce | sāgara sīpi ki jāhim̐ ulīce ||
जानउँ सदा भरत कुल दीपा । बार बार मोहि कहेउ महीपा ॥
कसें कनक मनि पारिखि पाये । पुरुष परिखिअहिं समयँ सुभाये ॥
jānaum̐ sadā bharata kula dīpā | bāra bāra mohi kaheu mahīpā ||
kaseṃ kanaka mani pārikhi pāye | puruṣa parikhiahiṃ samayam̐ subhāye ||
अनुचित आजु कहब अस मोरा । लोक सनेहँ सयानप थोरा ॥
सुनि सुरसरि सम पावनि बानी । भईँ सनेह बिकल सब रानी ॥
anucita āju kahaba asa morā | loka saneham̐ sayānapa thorā ||
suni surasari sama pāvani bānī | bhaīm̐ saneha bikala saba rānī ||
कौसल्या कह धीर धरि, सुनहु देबि मिथिलेसि ।
को बिबेकनिधि बल्लभहि, तुम्हहिँ सकइ उपदेसि ॥
kausalyā kaha dhīra dhari, sunahu debi mithilesi |
ko bibekanidhi ballabhahi, tumhahim̐ sakai upadesi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0