सचिव सुसेवक भरत प्रबोधे । निज निज काज पाइ पाइ सिख ओधे ॥
पुनि सिख दोन्हि बोलि लघु भाई । सौंपी सकल मातु सेवकाई ॥
saciva susevaka bharata prabodhe | nija nija kāja pāi pāi sikha odhe ||
puni sikha donhi boli laghu bhāī | sauṃpī sakala mātu sevakāī ||
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Bharata instructs the ministers and faithful servants, and each, given his counsel, sets to his own work. Then he calls his younger brother Shatrughna and entrusts to him all service of the mothers. He calls the Brahmins, bows and entreats them: whatever task, high or low, good or bad, give me your order without hesitation. Then with Shatrughna he goes to the guru's house, prostrates and says with joined hands: if you permit, I would live under a vow. The muni, thrilled with love, says: whatever you understand, say and do will be the very core of dharma in the world. With that counsel and great blessing, Bharata calls the astrologers, fixes a day, and without fuss seats the Lord's padukas on the throne.
सचिव सुसेवक भरत प्रबोधे । निज निज काज पाइ पाइ सिख ओधे ॥
पुनि सिख दोन्हि बोलि लघु भाई । सौंपी सकल मातु सेवकाई ॥
saciva susevaka bharata prabodhe | nija nija kāja pāi pāi sikha odhe ||
puni sikha donhi boli laghu bhāī | sauṃpī sakala mātu sevakāī ||
भूसुर बोलि भरत कर जोरे । करि प्रनाम बर बिनय निहोरे ॥
ऊँच नीच कारज भल पोचू । आयसु देव न करब सँकोचू ॥
bhūsura boli bharata kara jore | kari pranāma bara binaya nihore ||
ūm̐ca nīca kāraja bhala pocū | āyasu deva na karaba sam̐kocū ||
परिजन पुरजन प्रजा बोलाये । समाधान करि सुबस बसाए ॥
सानुज गे गुरु-गेहँ बहोरी । करि दंडवत कहत कर जोरी ॥
parijana purajana prajā bolāye | samādhāna kari subasa basāe ||
sānuja ge guru-geham̐ bahorī | kari daṃḍavata kahata kara jorī ||
आयसु होइ त रहउँ सनेमा । बोले मुनि तन पुलकि सपेमा ॥
समुझव कहब करब तुम्ह जोई । धरम-सार जग होइहि सोई ॥
āyasu hoi ta rahaum̐ sanemā | bole muni tana pulaki sapemā ||
samujhava kahaba karaba tumha joī | dharama-sāra jaga hoihi soī ||
दो सुनि सिख पाइ असीस बड़ि, गनक बोलि दिन साधि ।
सिँघासन प्रभु पादुका, बैठारे निरुपाधि ॥
do suni sikha pāi asīsa bar̤i, ganaka boli dina sādhi |
sim̐ghāsana prabhu pādukā, baiṭhāre nirupādhi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0