कहेउ लखन मुनि सील तुम्हारा । को नहिं जान बिदित संसारा ॥
माता पितहि उरिन भये नीकें । गुरु रिन रहा सोच बड़जी के ॥
kaheu lakhana muni sīla tumhārā | ko nahiṃ jāna bidita saṃsārā ||
mātā pitahi urina bhaye nīkeṃ | guru rina rahā soca bar̤ajī ke ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 276: Lakshmana's taunt about the guru's debt
5 verses · 276 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Lakshmana's taunt about the guru's debt
Lakshmana says the whole world knows the muni's good nature. You cleared your debt to mother and father handsomely; only the guru's debt worries you, and you seem to have laid it on our heads. The interest has grown large, so call the creditor and I will open my purse at once. At these bitter words Parashurama raises the axe and the assembly cries out in alarm. Lakshmana keeps on: you show me your axe, and I spare you only as a Brahmin; you have never met a real warrior, only heroes at home. People call this improper, and Shri Rama checks Lakshmana with a sign. Seeing the sage's fire fed by these words like oblations, Shri Rama speaks words cool as water.
सो जनु हमरेहि माथे काढ़ा । दिन चलि गए ब्याज बहु बाढ़ा ॥
अब आनिअ ब्यवहरिआ बोली । तुरत देउँ मैं थैली खोली ॥
so janu hamarehi māthe kār̤hā | dina cali gae byāja bahu bār̤hā ||
aba ānia byavahariā bolī | turata deum̐ maiṃ thailī kholī ||
सुनि कटु-बचन कुठार सुधारा । हाय हाय सब सभा पुकारा ॥
भृगुबर परसु देखावहु मोही । विप्र बिचारि बचउँ नृपद्रोही ॥
suni kaṭu-bacana kuṭhāra sudhārā | hāya hāya saba sabhā pukārā ||
bhṛgubara parasu dekhāvahu mohī | vipra bicāri bacaum̐ nṛpadrohī ||
मिले न कबहुँ, सुभट रन गाढ़े । द्विज-देवता घरहिँ के बाढ़े ॥
अनुचित कहिं सब लोग पुकारे । रघुपति सयनहिँ लखन निवारे ॥
mile na kabahum̐, subhaṭa rana gār̤he | dvija-devatā gharahim̐ ke bār̤he ||
anucita kahiṃ saba loga pukāre | raghupati sayanahim̐ lakhana nivāre ||
लखन उतर आहुति सरिस, भृगुबर कोप कृसानु ।
बढ़त देखि जल सम बचन, बोले रघुकुल-भानु ॥
lakhana utara āhuti sarisa, bhṛgubara kopa kṛsānu |
bar̤hata dekhi jala sama bacana, bole raghukula-bhānu ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0