तुम्ह तौ काल हाँक जनु लावा । बार बार मोहि लागि बोलावा ॥
सुनत लखन के बचन कठोरा । परसु सुधारि धरेउ कर घोरा ॥
tumha tau kāla hām̐ka janu lāvā | bāra bāra mohi lāgi bolāvā ||
sunata lakhana ke bacana kaṭhorā | parasu sudhāri dhareu kara ghorā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 275: The raised axe and Vishvamitra's plea
5 verses · 275 of 361
What happens in this chapter
The raised axe and Vishvamitra's plea
Lakshmana goes on: you keep calling death to come for me. At these hard words Parashurama grips his terrible axe. Let no one blame me now, he says; a sharp-tongued boy deserves death. I spared him for his youth, but now he is surely doomed. Vishvamitra pleads: forgive him; saints do not weigh a child's faults. Parashurama answers that he holds an axe, is merciless and wrathful, and faces an offender against his guru; only for Kaushika's sake does he let him live, or this axe would have cleared his debt to his guru with little effort. Vishvamitra laughs within: the muni sees only green, and still cannot tell that these boys are steel, not sugarcane.
अब जनि देइ दोष मोहि लोगू । कटुबादी बालक बध जोगू ॥
बाल बिलोकि बहुत मैं बाँचा । अब यह मरनिहार भा साँचा ॥
aba jani dei doṣa mohi logū | kaṭubādī bālaka badha jogū ||
bāla biloki bahuta maiṃ bām̐cā | aba yaha maranihāra bhā sām̐cā ||
कौसिक कहा छमिअ अपराधू । बाल दोष-गुन गनहिँ न साधू ॥
कर कुठार मैं अकरुन-कोही । आगें अपराधी गुरु-द्रोही ॥
kausika kahā chamia aparādhū | bāla doṣa-guna ganahim̐ na sādhū ||
kara kuṭhāra maiṃ akaruna-kohī | āgeṃ aparādhī guru-drohī ||
उतर देत छोड़उँ बिनु मारें । केवल कौसिक सील तुम्हारें ॥
न त एहि काटि कुठार कठोरें । गुरुहि उरिन होतेउँ श्रम थोरें ॥
utara deta chor̤aum̐ binu māreṃ | kevala kausika sīla tumhāreṃ ||
na ta ehi kāṭi kuṭhāra kaṭhoreṃ | guruhi urina hoteum̐ śrama thoreṃ ||
गाधि-सूनु कह हृदयँ हँसि, मुनिहि हरिअरइ सूझ ।
अय-मय-खाँड़ न ऊख-मय, अजहुँ न बूझ अबूझ ॥
gādhi-sūnu kaha hṛdayam̐ ham̐si, munihi hariarai sūjha |
aya-maya-khām̐r̤a na ūkha-maya, ajahum̐ na būjha abūjha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0