छत्रबन्धु तैँ बिप्र बोलाई । घालै लिये सहित समुदाई ॥
ईस्वर राखा धरम हमारा । जैहसि तैँ समेत परिवारा ॥
chatrabandhu taim̐ bipra bolāī | ghālai liye sahita samudāī ||
īsvara rākhā dharama hamārā | jaihasi taim̐ sameta parivārā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 174: The curse cannot be undone
5 verses · 174 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The curse cannot be undone
The brahmins went on: base kshatriya, you invited brahmins to destroy them all together; Ishvara has saved our dharma, and you will go with your whole family. Within a year you will perish, and none of your line will remain even to offer water to the dead. Hearing the curse, the king was shaken with terror. Again a voice spoke from the sky: brahmins, you cursed without thought; the king did no wrong. The king went to the kitchen and found neither food nor the brahmin cook. He told the brahmins the whole affair, and fell to the ground in fear and anguish. They said: king, though you are not at fault, what is fated cannot be wiped out; a brahmin's curse is very terrible and cannot be made otherwise.
सम्बत मध्य नास तव होऊ । जलदाता न रहिहि कुल कोऊ ॥
नृप सुनि साप बिकल अति त्रासा । भइ बहोरि बर गिरा अकासा ॥
sambata madhya nāsa tava hoū | jaladātā na rahihi kula koū ||
nṛpa suni sāpa bikala ati trāsā | bhai bahori bara girā akāsā ||
बिप्रहु साप बिचारि न दीन्हा । नहिँ अपराध भूप कछु कीन्हा ॥
चकित बिप्र सब सुनि नभ बानी । भूप गयउ जहँ भोजन-खानी ॥
biprahu sāpa bicāri na dīnhā | nahim̐ aparādha bhūpa kachu kīnhā ||
cakita bipra saba suni nabha bānī | bhūpa gayau jaham̐ bhojana-khānī ||
तहँ न असन नहिँ बिप्र सुआरा । फिरेउ राउ मन सोच अपारा ॥
सब प्रसङ्ग महिसुरन्ह सुनाई । त्रसित परेउ अवनीं अकुलाई ॥
taham̐ na asana nahim̐ bipra suārā | phireu rāu mana soca apārā ||
saba prasaṅga mahisuranha sunāī | trasita pareu avanīṃ akulāī ||
भूपति भावी मिटइ नहिँ, जदपि न दूषन तोर ।
किये अन्यथा होइ नहिँ, बिप्र-साप अति घोर ॥
bhūpati bhāvī miṭai nahim̐, jadapi na dūṣana tora |
kiye anyathā hoi nahim̐, bipra-sāpa ati ghora ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0