आपु बिरचि उपरोहित रूपा । परेउ जाइ तेहि सेज अनूपा ॥
जागेउ नृप अनभये बिहाना । देखि भवन बड़ अचरज माना ॥
āpu biraci uparohita rūpā | pareu jāi tehi seja anūpā ||
jāgeu nṛpa anabhaye bihānā | dekhi bhavana bar̤a acaraja mānā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 172: The false purohita sends invitations
5 verses · 172 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The false purohita sends invitations
Kalaketu took on the purohita's form and lay in his fine bed. The king woke before dawn and, seeing his own palace, was amazed. Inferring the muni's power, he rose quietly so the queen would not know, mounted the same horse and rode to the forest, and no one in the city knew. He returned at midday to rejoicing. When he saw the purohita he looked at him in wonder, recalling the plan. Three days passed like ages. At the right time the purohita came and explained everything as agreed. Recognising his guru, the king rejoiced, so deluded he had no sense left, and at once invited a hundred thousand chosen brahmins with their families.
मुनि महिमा मन महँ अनुमानी । उठेउ गँवहिँ जेहि जान न रानी ॥
कानन गयउ बाजि चढ़ि तेहीं । पुर नर नारि न जानेउ केहीं ॥
muni mahimā mana maham̐ anumānī | uṭheu gam̐vahim̐ jehi jāna na rānī ||
kānana gayau bāji car̤hi tehīṃ | pura nara nāri na jāneu kehīṃ ||
गये जाम जुग भूपति आवा । घर घर उत्सव बाज बधावा ॥
उपरोहितहि देख जब राजा । चकित बिलोक सुमिरि सोइ काजा ॥
gaye jāma juga bhūpati āvā | ghara ghara utsava bāja badhāvā ||
uparohitahi dekha jaba rājā | cakita biloka sumiri soi kājā ||
जुग सम नृपहि गयउ दिन तीनी । कपटी मुनि-पद रहि मति लीनी ॥
समय जानि उपरोहित आवा । नृपहि मते सब कहि समुझावा ॥
juga sama nṛpahi gayau dina tīnī | kapaṭī muni-pada rahi mati līnī ||
samaya jāni uparohita āvā | nṛpahi mate saba kahi samujhāvā ||
नृप हरषेउ पहिचानि गुरु, भ्रम-बल रहा न चेत ।
बरे तुरत सत-सहस बर, बिप्र कुटुम्ब समेत ॥
nṛpa haraṣeu pahicāni guru, bhrama-bala rahā na ceta |
bare turata sata-sahasa bara, bipra kuṭumba sameta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0