आगें दीखि जरत रिस भारी । मनहुँ रोष तरवारि उघारी ॥
मूठि कुबुद्धि धार निठुराई । धरी कूबरीं सान बनाई ॥
āgeṃ dīkhi jarata risa bhārī | manahum̐ roṣa taravāri ughārī ||
mūṭhi kubuddhi dhāra niṭhurāī | dharī kūbarīṃ sāna banāī ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 31: The king pleads: Bharata may have the throne
5 verses · 31 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The king pleads: Bharata may have the throne
Before him the king sees Kaikeyi blazing with rage, like a drawn sword of anger, its hilt ill will, its edge cruelty, sharpened on the hunchback's whetstone. Fearing that either his truth or his life will now be taken, he steels his heart and speaks humbly. Beloved, why speak so wrongly, cutting away trust and love? Bharata and Rama are my two eyes; I swear it with Shankara as witness. At dawn I will send messengers, and both brothers will come at once. I will fix a good day and give Bharata the kingdom with drums sounding. Rama has no greed for rule and loves Bharata dearly. I was only following royal custom, thinking of elder and younger.
लखी महीप कराल कठोरा । सत्य कि जीवन लेइहि मोरा ॥
बोले राउ कठिन करि छाती । बानी सबिनय तासु सोहाती ॥
lakhī mahīpa karāla kaṭhorā | satya ki jīvana leihi morā ||
bole rāu kaṭhina kari chātī | bānī sabinaya tāsu sohātī ||
प्रिया बचन कस कहसि कुभाँती । भीर प्रतीति प्रीति करि हाँती ॥
मोरें भरत राम दुइ आँखी । सत्य कहउँ करि संकरू साखी ॥
priyā bacana kasa kahasi kubhām̐tī | bhīra pratīti prīti kari hām̐tī ||
moreṃ bharata rāma dui ām̐khī | satya kahaum̐ kari saṃkarū sākhī ||
अवसि दूत मैं पठइब प्राता । ऐहहिं बेगि सुनत दोउ भ्राता ॥
सुदिन सोधि सब साज सजाई । देउँ भरत कहुँ राज बजाई ॥
avasi dūta maiṃ paṭhaiba prātā | aihahiṃ begi sunata dou bhrātā ||
sudina sodhi saba sāja sajāī | deum̐ bharata kahum̐ rāja bajāī ||
लोभ न रामहिँ राज कर, बहुत भरत पर प्रीति ।
मैं बड़ छोट बिचारि जियँ, करत रहेउँ नृप-नीति ॥
lobha na rāmahim̐ rāja kara, bahuta bharata para prīti |
maiṃ bar̤a choṭa bicāri jiyam̐, karata raheum̐ nṛpa-nīti ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0