अस कहि सब महिदेव सिधाये । समाचार पुरबासिन्ह पाये ॥
सोचहिँ दूषन दैवहिँ देहीँ । बिचरत हंस काग किय जेहीँ ॥
asa kahi saba mahideva sidhāye | samācāra purabāsinha pāye ||
socahim̐ dūṣana daivahim̐ dehīm̐ | bicarata haṃsa kāga kiya jehīm̐ ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 175: The fall of Satyaketu's line
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What happens in this chapter
The fall of Satyaketu's line
Saying this, the brahmins left, and the townspeople heard the news. Grieving, they blamed fate, which had set out to make a swan and made a crow. Kalaketu took the purohita back to his house and sent word of it to the ascetic-king. That villain sent letters everywhere, and all the kings came with armies arrayed. They besieged the city to the beat of drums,. All the warriors fought valiantly and fell, and the king fell to the ground with his brother. Not one of Satyaketu's line survived; how could a brahmin's curse prove false? The victors went home in triumph. Yajnavalkya tells Bharadvaja: for one against whom fate turns, dust becomes like Mount Meru, a father like Yama, and a rope like a snake.
उपरोहितहि भवन पहुँचाई । असुर तापसहि खबरि जनाई ॥
तेहिं खल जहँ तहँ पत्र पठाये । सजि सजि सेन भूप सब आये ॥
uparohitahi bhavana pahum̐cāī | asura tāpasahi khabari janāī ||
tehiṃ khala jaham̐ taham̐ patra paṭhāye | saji saji sena bhūpa saba āye ||
घेरेन्हि नगर निसान बजाई । बिबिध भाँति नित होइ लराई ॥
जूझे सकल सुभट करि करनी । बन्धु समेत परेउ नृप धरनी ॥
gherenhi nagara nisāna bajāī | bibidha bhām̐ti nita hoi larāī ||
jūjhe sakala subhaṭa kari karanī | bandhu sameta pareu nṛpa dharanī ||
सत्यकेतु-कुल कोउ नहिँ बाँचा । बिप्र-साप किमि होइ असाँचा ॥
रिपु जिति सब नृप नगर बसाई । निज-पुर गवने जय जस पाई ॥
satyaketu-kula kou nahim̐ bām̐cā | bipra-sāpa kimi hoi asām̐cā ||
ripu jiti saba nṛpa nagara basāī | nija-pura gavane jaya jasa pāī ||
भरद्वाज सुनु जाहि जब, होइ बिधाता बाम ।
धूरि मेरु सम जनक जम, ताहि ब्याल सम दाम ॥
bharadvāja sunu jāhi jaba, hoi bidhātā bāma |
dhūri meru sama janaka jama, tāhi byāla sama dāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0