Ayodhya Kanda

Chapter 305: Rama: the guru's grace will protect all

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Rama: the guru's grace will protect all

You know the way of the Sun's line, Rama says: our father true to his word, his fame and love, the time, this company, the honour owed to elders. I trust you in every way, yet I speak as the hour requires. Brother, with Father gone, our affairs have been held together only by the guru family's grace; otherwise the people, citizens, household and we ourselves would all have been ruined. If the sun set out of time, who in the world would not suffer? Fate struck such a blow, but the muni and Mithila's king have saved everything. The kingdom, honour, dharma, land, wealth and home, the guru's power will protect all, and it will end well.

305.1

जानहु तात तरनि-कुल रीती । सत्यसन्ध पितु कीरति प्रीती ॥
समउ समाज लाज गुरुजन की । उदासीन हित अनहित मन की ॥

jānahu tāta tarani-kula rītī | satyasandha pitu kīrati prītī ||
samau samāja lāja gurujana kī | udāsīna hita anahita mana kī ||

305.2

तुम्हहिं बिदित सबही कर करमू । आपन मोर परम-हित धरमू ॥
मोहि सब भाँति भरोस तुम्हारा । तदपि कहउँ अवसर अनुसारा ॥

tumhahiṃ bidita sabahī kara karamū | āpana mora parama-hita dharamū ||
mohi saba bhām̐ti bharosa tumhārā | tadapi kahaum̐ avasara anusārā ||

305.3

तात तात बिनु बात हमारी । केवल गुरु-कुल-कृपाँ सँभारी ॥
नतरु प्रजा पुरजन परिवारू । हमहिँ सहित सब होत खुआरू ॥

tāta tāta binu bāta hamārī | kevala guru-kula-kṛpām̐ sam̐bhārī ||
nataru prajā purajana parivārū | hamahim̐ sahita saba hota khuārū ||

305.4

जौं बिनु अवसर अथवँ दिनेसू । जग केहि कहहु न होइ कलेसू ॥
तस उतपात तात बिधि कीन्हा । मुनि मिथिलेस राखि सब लीन्हा ॥

jauṃ binu avasara athavam̐ dinesū | jaga kehi kahahu na hoi kalesū ||
tasa utapāta tāta bidhi kīnhā | muni mithilesa rākhi saba līnhā ||

दो॰ 305Doha

राज काज सब लाज पति, धरम धरनि धन धाम ।
गुरु प्रभाउ पालिहि सबहि, भल होइहि परिनाम ॥

rāja kāja saba lāja pati, dharama dharani dhana dhāma |
guru prabhāu pālihi sabahi, bhala hoihi parināma ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0