भूप भरत पुनि लिये बोलाई । हय गय स्यन्दन साजहु जाई ॥
चलहु बेगि रघुबीर-बराता । सुनत पुलक पूरे दोउ भ्राता ॥
bhūpa bharata puni liye bolāī | haya gaya syandana sājahu jāī ||
calahu begi raghubīra-barātā | sunata pulaka pūre dou bhrātā ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 298: Bharata readies the horses and riders
5 verses · 298 of 361
What happens in this chapter
Bharata readies the horses and riders
The king calls Bharata: go and make ready horses, elephants and chariots, and set out quickly with Shri Rama's procession. Both brothers thrill at the words. Bharata summons the masters of the stables and gives orders, and they run off gladly. They saddle the horses with care, and steeds of many colours shine, all handsome and spirited, stepping as if the ground were hot iron. Their breeds are beyond counting; they seem to scorn the wind and wish to fly. Dashing young men, princes of Bharata's age, mount them, all handsome and adorned, with bows and arrows in hand and quivers at the waist. They are elegant, brave, skilled and young, and beside each rider walk two footmen expert with the sword.
भरत सकल साहनी बोलाये । आयसु दीन्ह मुदित उठि धाये ॥
रचि रुचि जीन तुरग तिन्ह साजे । बरन बरन बर बाजि बिराजे ॥
bharata sakala sāhanī bolāye | āyasu dīnha mudita uṭhi dhāye ||
raci ruci jīna turaga tinha sāje | barana barana bara bāji birāje ||
सुभग सकल सुठि चञ्चल करनी । अय इव जरत धरत पग धरनी ॥
माना जाति न जाहिं बखाने । निदरि पवन जनु चहत उड़ाने ॥
subhaga sakala suṭhi cañcala karanī | aya iva jarata dharata paga dharanī ||
mānā jāti na jāhiṃ bakhāne | nidari pavana janu cahata ur̤āne ||
तिन्ह सब छयल भये असवारा । भरत सरिस बय राजकुमारा ॥
सब सुन्दर सब भूषन-धारी । कर सर चाप तून कटि-कारी ॥
tinha saba chayala bhaye asavārā | bharata sarisa baya rājakumārā ||
saba sundara saba bhūṣana-dhārī | kara sara cāpa tūna kaṭi-kārī ||
छरे छबीले छयल सब, सूर सुजान नवीन ।
जुग पदचर असवार प्रति, जे असि कलां प्रबीन ॥
chare chabīle chayala saba, sūra sujāna navīna |
juga padacara asavāra prati, je asi kalāṃ prabīna ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0