सभा सकुच बस भरत निहारी । रामबन्धु धरि धीरज भारी ॥
कुसमउ देखि सनेह सँभारा । बढ़त बिन्धि जिमि घटज निवारा ॥
sabhā sakuca basa bharata nihārī | rāmabandhu dhari dhīraja bhārī ||
kusamau dekhi saneha sam̐bhārā | bar̤hata bindhi jimi ghaṭaja nivārā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 297: Bharata steadies himself to speak
5 verses · 297 of 326
What happens in this chapter
Bharata steadies himself to speak
Seeing the assembly caught in hesitation, Rama's brother gathers great courage. Seeing the hour is wrong, he checks his love, as Agastya checked the Vindhya when it rose. Grief, like the demon Hiranyaksha, had carried off the earth of his mind; now the great boar of Bharata's discernment lifts it out with ease. Bowing to all, he asks: forgive me today if I do great wrong, speaking hard words with a soft mouth. He remembers lovely Sharada in his heart, and she comes from the lake of his mind to his lotus mouth. Bharata's speech is a graceful swan, rich in clear discernment, dharma and right policy. Remembering Sita and Raghuraj, he begins.
सोक कनकलोचन मति छोनी । हरी बिमल गुन-गन जगजोनी ॥
भरत-बिबेक बराहँ बिसाला । अनायास उधरी तेहि काला ॥
soka kanakalocana mati chonī | harī bimala guna-gana jagajonī ||
bharata-bibeka barāham̐ bisālā | anāyāsa udharī tehi kālā ||
करि प्रनाम सब कहँ कर जोरे । राम राउ गुरु साधु निहोरे ॥
छमब आजु अति अनुचित मोरा । कहउँ बदन मृदु बचन कठोरा ॥
kari pranāma saba kaham̐ kara jore | rāma rāu guru sādhu nihore ||
chamaba āju ati anucita morā | kahaum̐ badana mṛdu bacana kaṭhorā ||
हियँ सुमिरी सारदा सुहाई । मानस तैं मुख-पङ्कज आई ॥
बिमल बिबेक धरम नय साली । भरत भारती मञ्जु मराली ॥
hiyam̐ sumirī sāradā suhāī | mānasa taiṃ mukha-paṅkaja āī ||
bimala bibeka dharama naya sālī | bharata bhāratī mañju marālī ||
निरखि बिबेक बिलोचनन्हि, सिथिल सनेहँ समाज ।
करि प्रनाम बोले भरत, सुमिरि सीय-रघुराज ॥
nirakhi bibeka bilocananhi, sithila saneham̐ samāja |
kari pranāma bole bharata, sumiri sīya-raghurāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0