सुनु नृप बिबिध जतन जग माहीँ । कष्टसाध्य पुनि होहिँ कि नाहीँ ॥
अहइ एक अति सुगम उपाई । तहाँ परन्तु एक कठिनाई ॥
sunu nṛpa bibidha jatana jaga māhīm̐ | kaṣṭasādhya puni hohim̐ ki nāhīm̐ ||
ahai eka ati sugama upāī | tahām̐ parantu eka kaṭhināī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 167: The king begs the ascetic to come
5 verses · 167 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The king begs the ascetic to come
The ascetic said: hear, king, there are many means in the world, hard to carry out and uncertain. There is one very easy way, but it has one difficulty. That method is in my hands alone, yet I cannot go to your city. Since birth I have entered no one's house or village. If I do not go, your work fails; I am in a dilemma today. The king answered softly: master, the Vedas teach that the great show love to the small. Mountains always bear grass on their heads; the fathomless ocean carries foam on its crown. Saying this he clasped the ascetic's feet: be gracious, master, and bear this trouble for my sake, for the good are kind to the humble.
मम आधीन जुगुति नृप सोई । मोर जाब तव नगर न होई ॥
आजु लगें अरु जब तेँ भयऊँ । काहू के गृह ग्राम न गयऊँ ॥
mama ādhīna juguti nṛpa soī | mora jāba tava nagara na hoī ||
āju lageṃ aru jaba tem̐ bhayaūm̐ | kāhū ke gṛha grāma na gayaūm̐ ||
जौँ न जाउँ तौ होइ अकाजू । बना आई असमञ्जस आजू ॥
सुनि महीस बोलेउ मृदु बानी । नाथ निगम असि नीति बखानी ॥
jaum̐ na jāum̐ tau hoi akājū | banā āī asamañjasa ājū ||
suni mahīsa boleu mṛdu bānī | nātha nigama asi nīti bakhānī ||
बड़े सनेह लघुन्ह पर करहीँ । गिरि निज सिरनि सदा तृन धरहीँ ॥
जलधि अगाध मौलि बह फेनू । सन्तत धरनि धरत सिर रेनू ॥
bar̤e saneha laghunha para karahīm̐ | giri nija sirani sadā tṛna dharahīm̐ ||
jaladhi agādha mauli baha phenū | santata dharani dharata sira renū ||
अस कहि गहे नरेस पद, स्वामी होहु कृपाल ।
मोहि लागि दुख सहिय प्रभु, सज्जन दीनदयाल ॥
asa kahi gahe naresa pada, svāmī hohu kṛpāla |
mohi lāgi dukha sahiya prabhu, sajjana dīnadayāla ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0