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Thrilled, eyes full, Bharata gathers great patience and speaks. Lord, you are dear and worshipful to me as my father; even mother and father are not the well-wishers the family guru is. Know me as your child, servant and follower of orders, and instruct me. That you should ask me, in this assembly and place, makes me, silent and soiled, speak like a madman. A small mouth says a big thing; forgive me, seeing fate is against me. The dharma of service is hard. Duty to the master clashes with self-interest; enmity is blind and love does not reason. Keep Rama's wish and his vow of dharma, know me dependent, and decide by everyone's consent, for the good of all.
सुनि तन पुलकि नयन भरि बारी । बोले भरत धीर धरि भारी ॥
प्रभु प्रिय पूज्य पिता सम आपू । कुलगुरु सम हित माय न बापू ॥
suni tana pulaki nayana bhari bārī | bole bharata dhīra dhari bhārī ||
prabhu priya pūjya pitā sama āpū | kulaguru sama hita māya na bāpū ||
कौसिकादि मुनि सचिव समाजू । ग्यान अम्बुनिधि आपुन आजू ॥
सिसु-सेवक आयसु अनुगामी । जानि मोहि सिख देइअ स्वामी ॥
kausikādi muni saciva samājū | gyāna ambunidhi āpuna ājū ||
sisu-sevaka āyasu anugāmī | jāni mohi sikha deia svāmī ||
एहिं समाज थल बूझब राउर । मौन मलिन मैं बोलब बाउर ॥
छोटे बदन कहउँ बड़ि बाता । छमब तात लखि धाम बिधाता ॥
ehiṃ samāja thala būjhaba rāura | mauna malina maiṃ bolaba bāura ||
choṭe badana kahaum̐ bar̤i bātā | chamaba tāta lakhi dhāma bidhātā ||
आगम निगम प्रसिद्ध पुराना । सेवा-धरम कठिन जग जाना ॥
स्वामि-धरम स्वारथहि बिरोधू । बैर-अन्ध प्रेमहिं न प्रबोधू ॥
āgama nigama prasiddha purānā | sevā-dharama kaṭhina jaga jānā ||
svāmi-dharama svārathahi birodhū | baira-andha premahiṃ na prabodhū ||
राखि राम रुख धरम-व्रत, पराधीन मोहि जानि ।
सब कें सम्मत सर्व हित, करिय पेमु पहिचानि ॥
rākhi rāma rukha dharama-vrata, parādhīna mohi jāni |
saba keṃ sammata sarva hita, kariya pemu pahicāni ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
