भूप प्रताप-भानु बल पाई । कामधेनु भइ भूमि सुहाई ॥
सब दुख बरजित प्रजा सुखारी । घरम-सील सुन्दर नर नारी ॥
bhūpa pratāpa-bhānu bala pāī | kāmadhenu bhai bhūmi suhāī ||
saba dukha barajita prajā sukhārī | gharama-sīla sundara nara nārī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 155: Pratapbhanu's righteous rule
5 verses · 155 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Pratapbhanu's righteous rule
Under the strength of King Pratapbhanu the land became a wish-granting cow. Subjects were happy and free of every sorrow, the men and women good-looking and virtuous. Minister Dharmaruchi loved Hari's feet and daily taught the king good policy for his welfare. The king always served gurus, devas, saints, ancestors and brahmins. Every duty of a king described by the Vedas he performed with reverence and joy. Each day he gave gifts of many kinds and heard the shastras, Vedas and Puranas. He built many stepwells, wells and tanks, flower gardens and lovely groves, fine homes for brahmins and temples for the devas, and adorned every tirtha. Every yajna named in the Puranas and Vedas, one by one, the king performed a thousand times over with love.
सचिव धरमरुचि हरि-पद-प्रीती । नृप-हित-हेतु सिखव नित नीती ॥
गुरु सुर सन्त पितर महिदेवा । करइ सदा नृप सब के सेवा ॥
saciva dharamaruci hari-pada-prītī | nṛpa-hita-hetu sikhava nita nītī ||
guru sura santa pitara mahidevā | karai sadā nṛpa saba ke sevā ||
भूप-धरम जे बेद बखाने । सकल करइ सादर सुख माने ॥
दिन-प्रति देइ बिबिध बिधि दाना । सुनइ सास्त्र बर बेद पुराना ॥
bhūpa-dharama je beda bakhāne | sakala karai sādara sukha māne ||
dina-prati dei bibidha bidhi dānā | sunai sāstra bara beda purānā ||
नाना बापीं कूप तड़ागा । सुमन-बाटिका सुन्दर बागा ॥
बिप्र-भवन सुर-भवन सुहाये । सब तीरथन्ह विचित्र बनाये ॥
nānā bāpīṃ kūpa tar̤āgā | sumana-bāṭikā sundara bāgā ||
bipra-bhavana sura-bhavana suhāye | saba tīrathanha vicitra banāye ||
जहँ लगि कहे पुरान स्त्रुति, एक एक सब जाग ।
बार सहस्र सहस्र नृप, किये सहित अनुराग ॥
jaham̐ lagi kahe purāna struti, eka eka saba jāga |
bāra sahasra sahasra nṛpa, kiye sahita anurāga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0