भरत बचन सुनि देखि सुभाऊ । सहित समाज सराहत राऊ ॥
सुगम अगम मृदु मञ्जु कठोरे । अरथ अमित अति आखर थोरे ॥
bharata bacana suni dekhi subhāū | sahita samāja sarāhata rāū ||
sugama agama mṛdu mañju kaṭhore | aratha amita ati ākhara thore ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 294: Indra fears Bharata's love for Rama
5 verses · 294 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Indra fears Bharata's love for Rama
Hearing Bharata and seeing his nature, the king and the assembly praise him. His words are easy yet deep, soft yet firm, few in letters and boundless in meaning; like a face in a mirror, they cannot be grasped. Janaka, Bharata, the muni and the saints go to Rama, the moon to the lilies of the gods. The gods first note the guru's state, then Videha's special love, then Bharata full of devotion to Rama, and the selfish gods lose heart. Everyone they see is steeped in love of Rama, and Indra falls into untold anxiety. Rama is bound by love and modesty, he says; let us join and work some contrivance, or our cause is lost.
ज्यौ मुख मुकुर मुकुर निज पानी । गहि न जाइ अस अदभुत बानी ॥
भूप भरत मुनि साधु समाजू । गे जहँ बिबुध-कुमुद-द्विजराजू ॥
jyau mukha mukura mukura nija pānī | gahi na jāi asa adabhuta bānī ||
bhūpa bharata muni sādhu samājū | ge jaham̐ bibudha-kumuda-dvijarājū ||
सुनि सुनि सोच बिकल सब लोगा । मनहुँ मीन-गन नव जल जोगा ॥
देवँ प्रथम कुल-गुरु गति देखी । निरखि बिदेह सनेह बिसेखी ॥
suni suni soca bikala saba logā | manahum̐ mīna-gana nava jala jogā ||
devam̐ prathama kula-guru gati dekhī | nirakhi bideha saneha bisekhī ||
राम भगति-मय भरत निहारे । सुर स्वारथी हहरि हियँ हारे ॥
सब कोउ राम-प्रेम-मय पेखा । भउ अलेख सोच बस लेखा ॥
rāma bhagati-maya bharata nihāre | sura svārathī hahari hiyam̐ hāre ||
saba kou rāma-prema-maya pekhā | bhau alekha soca basa lekhā ||
राम सनेह सकोच बस, कह ससोच सुरराज ।
रचहु प्रपञ्चहि पञ्च मिलि, नाहिँ त भयउ अकाज ॥
rāma saneha sakoca basa, kaha sasoca surarāja |
racahu prapañcahi pañca mili, nāhim̐ ta bhayau akāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0