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Dear brother, says Rama, the care of you, of me, of our kin, of home and wealth belongs to the guru and the king. With the guru, the muni and Mithila's king over our heads, neither you nor I need feel trouble even in a dream. Our highest aim is that we two brothers keep Father's command; it is good by the world and by the Veda. Thinking this, leave all worry and go guard Avadh for the term. Follow the counsel of the muni, the mothers and ministers, and protect the earth, the people and the capital. A ruler should be like the mouth, says Tulsi: it alone eats and drinks, yet with discernment nourishes every limb.
तात तुम्हारि मोरि परिजन की । चिन्ता गुरहि नृपहि घर धन की ॥
माथे पर गुरु मुनि मिथिलेसू । हमहि तुम्हहि सपनेहुँ न कलेसू ॥
tāta tumhāri mori parijana kī | cintā gurahi nṛpahi ghara dhana kī ||
māthe para guru muni mithilesū | hamahi tumhahi sapanehum̐ na kalesū ||
मोर तुम्हार परम पुरुषारथु । स्वारथ सुजस धरम परमारथ ॥
पितु-आयसु पालिहिं दुहुँ भाई । लोक बेद भल भूप भलाई ॥
mora tumhāra parama puruṣārathu | svāratha sujasa dharama paramāratha ||
pitu-āyasu pālihiṃ duhum̐ bhāī | loka beda bhala bhūpa bhalāī ||
गुरु पितु मातु स्वामि सिख पालें । चलेहुँ कुमग पग परइ न खालें ॥
अस बिचारि सब सोच बिहाई । पालहु अवध अवधि भरि जाई ॥
guru pitu mātu svāmi sikha pāleṃ | calehum̐ kumaga paga parai na khāleṃ ||
asa bicāri saba soca bihāī | pālahu avadha avadhi bhari jāī ||
देस कोस पुरजन परिवारू । गुरु-पद-रजहिं लाग छरुभारू ॥
तुम्ह मुनि-मातु-सचिव सिख मानी । पालेहु पुहुमि प्रजा रजधानी ॥
desa kosa purajana parivārū | guru-pada-rajahiṃ lāga charubhārū ||
tumha muni-mātu-saciva sikha mānī | pālehu puhumi prajā rajadhānī ||
मुखिआ मुख सो चाहिऐ, खान पान कह एक ।
पालइ पोषइ सकल अंग, तुलसी सहित बिबेक ॥
mukhiā mukha so cāhiai, khāna pāna kaha eka |
pālai poṣai sakala aṃga, tulasī sahita bibeka ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
