उपरोहित जेवनार बनाई । छरस चारि बिधि जसि स्त्रुति गाई ॥
माया-मय तेहिं कीन्हि रसोई । बिञ्जन बहु गनि सकइ न कोई ॥
uparohita jevanāra banāī | charasa cāri bidhi jasi struti gāī ||
māyā-maya tehiṃ kīnhi rasoī | biñjana bahu gani sakai na koī ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 173: The voice from the sky and the curse
5 verses · 173 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The voice from the sky and the curse
The purohita prepared the feast with the six tastes and four kinds of food the Vedas describe. He cooked the meat of many kinds of animals, and into it the villain mixed the flesh of brahmins. All the brahmins were called to eat. As the king began to serve, a voice spoke from the sky: brahmins, rise and go home; do not eat this food, it will do you great harm; it is cooked with brahmin flesh. Trusting the voice, all rose. The king was stricken, his mind lost in delusion, and, ruled by fate, could not speak. Then the brahmins in anger, without weighing anything, cursed him: foolish king, go and become a rakshasa with your whole family.
बिबिध मृगन्ह कर आमिष राँधा । तेहि महँ बिप्र मास खल साँधा ॥
भोजन कह सब बिप्र बोलाये । पद पखारि आसन बैठाये ॥
bibidha mṛganha kara āmiṣa rām̐dhā | tehi maham̐ bipra māsa khala sām̐dhā ||
bhojana kaha saba bipra bolāye | pada pakhāri āsana baiṭhāye ||
परुसन जबहिँ लाग महिपाला । भइ अकास-वानी तेहि काला ॥
बिप्र-वृन्द उठि उठि गृह जाहू । है बड़ि हानि अन्न जनि खाहू ॥
parusana jabahim̐ lāga mahipālā | bhai akāsa-vānī tehi kālā ||
bipra-vṛnda uṭhi uṭhi gṛha jāhū | hai bar̤i hāni anna jani khāhū ||
भयउ रसोईं भूसुर माँसू । सब द्विज उठे मानि बिस्वासू ॥
भूप विकल मति मोहँ भुलानी । भावी बस आव मुख बानी ॥
bhayau rasoīṃ bhūsura mām̐sū | saba dvija uṭhe māni bisvāsū ||
bhūpa vikala mati moham̐ bhulānī | bhāvī basa āva mukha bānī ||
बोले बिप्र सकोप तब, नहिँ कछु कीन्ह बिचार ।
जाइ निसाचर होहु नृप, मूढ़ सहित परिवार ॥
bole bipra sakopa taba, nahim̐ kachu kīnha bicāra |
jāi nisācara hohu nṛpa, mūr̤ha sahita parivāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0