ता तेँ मैँ तोहि बरजउँ राजा । कहें कथा तव परम अकाजा ॥
छठेँ स्त्रवन यह परत कहानी । नास तुम्हार सत्य मम बानी ॥
tā tem̐ maim̐ tohi barajaum̐ rājā | kaheṃ kathā tava parama akājā ||
chaṭhem̐ stravana yaha parata kahānī | nāsa tumhāra satya mama bānī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 166: The king seeks to win the brahmins
5 verses · 166 of 361
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The king seeks to win the brahmins
The false ascetic warns: I forbid you, king, to speak of it, for telling it would do you great harm. If this tale reaches a sixth ear, you will perish; my word is true. Whether it comes out, or a brahmin curses you, either way you are lost, Pratapbhanu; no other cause can bring your end, even if Hari and Hara are angry. The king clasped his feet: true, Lord, who can save one from the wrath of a brahmin or a guru? Only one fear troubles me: a brahmin's curse is terrible. Kindly tell me how brahmins may be won; besides you I see no well-wisher.
यह प्रगटें अथवा द्विजश्रापा । नास तोर सुनु भानुप्रतापा ॥
आन उपायँ निधन तव नाहीँ । जौँ हरि हर कोपहिँ मन माहीँ ॥
yaha pragaṭeṃ athavā dvijaśrāpā | nāsa tora sunu bhānupratāpā ||
āna upāyam̐ nidhana tava nāhīm̐ | jaum̐ hari hara kopahim̐ mana māhīm̐ ||
सत्य नाथ पद-गहि नृप भाखा । द्विज-गुरु-कोप कहहु को राखा ॥
राखइ गुरु जौँ कोप बिधाता । गुरु-बिरोध नहिँ कोउ जग त्राता ॥
satya nātha pada-gahi nṛpa bhākhā | dvija-guru-kopa kahahu ko rākhā ||
rākhai guru jaum̐ kopa bidhātā | guru-birodha nahim̐ kou jaga trātā ||
जौँ न चलब हम कहे तुम्हारें । होउ नास नहिँ सोच हमारें ॥
एकहिं हर डरपत मन मोरा । प्रभु महिदेव-साप अति घोरा ॥
jaum̐ na calaba hama kahe tumhāreṃ | hou nāsa nahim̐ soca hamāreṃ ||
ekahiṃ hara ḍarapata mana morā | prabhu mahideva-sāpa ati ghorā ||
होहिं बिप्र बस कवनि विधि, कहहु कृपा करि सोउ ।
तुम्ह तजि दीनदयाल निज, हितू न देखउँ कोउँ ॥
hohiṃ bipra basa kavani vidhi, kahahu kṛpā kari sou |
tumha taji dīnadayāla nija, hitū na dekhaum̐ koum̐ ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0