का सुनाइ बिधि काह सुनावा । का देखाइ वह काह देखावा ॥
एक कहहिँ भल भूप न कीन्हा । बरु बिचारि नहिँ कुमतिहि दीन्हा ॥
kā sunāi bidhi kāha sunāvā | kā dekhāi vaha kāha dekhāvā ||
eka kahahim̐ bhala bhūpa na kīnhā | baru bicāri nahim̐ kumatihi dīnhā ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 48: Ayodhya argues, yet trusts Bharata
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Ayodhya argues, yet trusts Bharata
Fate announced one thing and now makes us hear another, the citizens say. Some blame the king for granting a boon to an ill-minded woman without thought, a man of wisdom made the vessel of all sorrow under a woman's sway. Others, who know the bounds of dharma, do not fault him and recall Shibi, Dadhichi and Harishchandra, who kept their word at any cost. Some suggest Bharata agreed to the plan; some hear this and fall silent. Others shut their ears, bite their tongues and call it a lie: speaking so destroys your merit, for Bharata loves Rama as his life. The moon may rain sparks and nectar turn to poison, but Bharata would never, even in a dream, act against Rama.
जो हठि भयउ सकल-दुख-भाजन । अबला-बिबस ज्ञान-गुन-गा जनु ॥
एक धरम-परमिति पहिचाने । नृपहि दोस नहिँ देहिँ सयाने ॥
jo haṭhi bhayau sakala-dukha-bhājana | abalā-bibasa jñāna-guna-gā janu ||
eka dharama-paramiti pahicāne | nṛpahi dosa nahim̐ dehim̐ sayāne ||
सिबि दधीचि हरिचन्द कहानी । एक एक सन कहहिँ बखानी ॥
एक भरत कर सम्मत कहहीँ । एक उदास-भायँ सुनि रहहीं ॥
sibi dadhīci haricanda kahānī | eka eka sana kahahim̐ bakhānī ||
eka bharata kara sammata kahahīm̐ | eka udāsa-bhāyam̐ suni rahahīṃ ||
कान मूँदि कर रद गहि जीहा । एक कहहिं यह बात अलीहा ॥
सुकृत जाहिँ अस कहत तुम्हारे । राम भरत कहूँ प्रान-पियारे ॥
kāna mūm̐di kara rada gahi jīhā | eka kahahiṃ yaha bāta alīhā ||
sukṛta jāhim̐ asa kahata tumhāre | rāma bharata kahūm̐ prāna-piyāre ||
चन्द चवै बरु अनल-कन, सुधा होइ बिष-तूल ।
सपनेहुँ कबहुँ कि करहिं किछु, भरत राम-प्रतिकूल ॥
canda cavai baru anala-kana, sudhā hoi biṣa-tūla |
sapanehum̐ kabahum̐ ki karahiṃ kichu, bharata rāma-pratikūla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0