एक विधातहि दूषन देंहीं । सुधा देखाइ दीन्ह बिष जेहीं ॥
खरभरु नगर सोच सब काहू । दुसह दाह उर मिटा उछाहू ॥
eka vidhātahi dūṣana deṃhīṃ | sudhā dekhāi dīnha biṣa jehīṃ ||
kharabharu nagara soca saba kāhū | dusaha dāha ura miṭā uchāhū ||
Ayodhya Kanda
Chapter 49: The elder women plead with Kaikeyi
5 verses · 49 of 326
What happens in this chapter
The elder women plead with Kaikeyi
Some blame the Creator, who showed them nectar and served poison. The city is in turmoil and joy has gone. Then the respected elder women of the clan, those dearest to Kaikeyi, come to counsel her, praising her good nature, yet their words strike her like arrows. You always said, they remind her, that Bharata is not as dear to you as Rama; the world knows it. For what fault do you send Rama to the forest today? You never showed a co-wife's jealousy. What harm has Kausalya done you, that you bring a thunderbolt down on the city? Will Sita leave her husband's side? Will Lakshmana stay home? Will Bharata enjoy the kingdom? Will the king live without Rama?
बिप्रबधू-कुलमान्य-जठेरी । जे प्रिय परम कैकेई केरी ॥
लगीँ देन सिख सील सराही । बचन बान सम लागहिँ नाही ॥
biprabadhū-kulamānya-jaṭherī | je priya parama kaikeī kerī ||
lagīm̐ dena sikha sīla sarāhī | bacana bāna sama lāgahim̐ nāhī ||
भरत न मोहि प्रिय राम समाना । सदा कहहु यह सब जग जाना ॥
करहु राम पर सहज सनेहू । केहिं अपराध आजु बन देहू ॥
bharata na mohi priya rāma samānā | sadā kahahu yaha saba jaga jānā ||
karahu rāma para sahaja sanehū | kehiṃ aparādha āju bana dehū ||
कबहुँ न कियहु सवति आरेसू । प्रीति प्रतीति जान सब देसू ॥
कौसल्याँ अब काह बिगारा । तुम्ह जेहि लागि बज्र पुर पारा ॥
kabahum̐ na kiyahu savati āresū | prīti pratīti jāna saba desū ||
kausalyām̐ aba kāha bigārā | tumha jehi lāgi bajra pura pārā ||
सीय कि पिय सँग परिहरिहि, लखन कि रहिहहिं धाम ।
राज कि भूँजब भरत पुर, नृप कि जिइहि बिनु राम ॥
sīya ki piya sam̐ga pariharihi, lakhana ki rahihahiṃ dhāma |
rāja ki bhūm̐jaba bharata pura, nṛpa ki jiihi binu rāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0