देह दिनहुँ दिन दूबरि होई । घटइ तेज बल मुख छबि लाई ॥
नित नव राम-प्रेम-पन पीना । बढ़त धरम-दल मन न मलीना ॥
deha dinahum̐ dina dūbari hoī | ghaṭai teja bala mukha chabi lāī ||
nita nava rāma-prema-pana pīnā | bar̤hata dharama-dala mana na malīnā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 325: Bharata's body wanes, his love grows
5 verses · 325 of 326
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Bharata's body wanes, his love grows
Day by day Bharata's body grows thinner, yet his vow of love for Rama grows ever fuller. As water shrinks in the bright autumn, reeds flourish and lotuses bloom. Calm, restraint and fasts are stars in the clear sky of his heart. His firm faith is the pole star, the end of the term is like the full moon, the remembrance of his master shines as the Milky Way, and love for Rama is a steady, spotless moon ever bright among them. Poets shrink from describing his way of life; even Shesha, Ganesha and Sarasvati cannot reach it. Daily he worships the padukas, love overflowing, and runs the kingdom's affairs by asking their leave.
जिमि जल निघटत सरद प्रकासे । बिलसत बेतस बनज विकासे ॥
सम दम सञ्जम नियम उपासा । नखत भरत-हिय बिमल अकासा ॥
jimi jala nighaṭata sarada prakāse | bilasata betasa banaja vikāse ||
sama dama sañjama niyama upāsā | nakhata bharata-hiya bimala akāsā ||
ध्रुव बिस्वास अवधि राका सी । स्वामि-सुरति सुरबीथि बिकासी ॥
राम-पेम-बिधु अचल अदोखा । सहित समाज सोह नित चोखा ॥
dhruva bisvāsa avadhi rākā sī | svāmi-surati surabīthi bikāsī ||
rāma-pema-bidhu acala adokhā | sahita samāja soha nita cokhā ||
भरत रहनि समुझनि करतूती । भगति बिरति गुन बिमल बिभूती ॥
बरनत सकल सुकचि सकुचाहीं । सेस-गनेस-गिरा-गम नाहीँ ॥
bharata rahani samujhani karatūtī | bhagati birati guna bimala bibhūtī ||
baranata sakala sukaci sakucāhīṃ | sesa-ganesa-girā-gama nāhīm̐ ||
नित पूजत प्रभु पाँवरी, प्रीति न हृदयँ समाति ।
माँगि मागि आयसु करत, राज काज बहु भाँति ॥
nita pūjata prabhu pām̐varī, prīti na hṛdayam̐ samāti |
mām̐gi māgi āyasu karata, rāja kāja bahu bhām̐ti ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0