बहुरि बन्दि खल गन सतिभाये । जे बिनु काज दाहिनेहु बाएँ ॥
पर-हित-हानि लाभ जिन्ह केरें । उजरें हरष विषाद बसेरें ॥
bahuri bandi khala gana satibhāye | je binu kāja dāhinehu bāem̐ ||
para-hita-hāni lābha jinha kereṃ | ujareṃ haraṣa viṣāda basereṃ ||
Bala Kanda
Chapter 4: A wry salute to the wicked
7 verses · 4 of 361
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A wry salute to the wicked
Tulsidas now bows, sincerely he says, to the wicked, who turn against well-wishers for no reason, count another's loss as gain and rejoice when a home is ruined. He piles up comparisons. They are Rahu to the moon of Hari and Hara's fame, a fly that falls into the ghee of another's good, Yama's buffalo in anger, Kubera in a hoard of sins. They rise like a comet to everyone's harm and are best asleep like Kumbhakarna. Like hail they perish to destroy the crop. For others' faults they are Shesha with a thousand mouths and Indra with a thousand eyes; for others' sins, Prithu with ten thousand ears. The doha says they burn at anyone's welfare, so the poet folds his hands and pleads.
हरि-हर-जस राकेस राहु से । पर अकाज भट सहसबाहु से ॥
जे पर-दोष लखहिँ सहसाखी । पर हित घृत जिनके मन माखी ॥
hari-hara-jasa rākesa rāhu se | para akāja bhaṭa sahasabāhu se ||
je para-doṣa lakhahim̐ sahasākhī | para hita ghṛta jinake mana mākhī ||
तेज-कृसानु रोष महिषेसा । अघ-अवगुन-धन धनी धनेसा ॥
उदय केतु सम हित सबही के । कुम्भकरन सम सोवत नीके ॥
teja-kṛsānu roṣa mahiṣesā | agha-avaguna-dhana dhanī dhanesā ||
udaya ketu sama hita sabahī ke | kumbhakarana sama sovata nīke ||
पर अकाज लगि तनु परिहरहीं । जिमि हिम-उपल कृषी दलि गरहीं ॥
बन्दउँ खल जस सेष सरोषा । सहस-बदन बरनइ पर-दोषा ॥
para akāja lagi tanu pariharahīṃ | jimi hima-upala kṛṣī dali garahīṃ ||
bandaum̐ khala jasa seṣa saroṣā | sahasa-badana baranai para-doṣā ||
पुनि प्रनवउँ पृथुराज समाना । पर अघ सुनइ सहस-दस-काना ॥
बहुरि सक्र सम बिनवउँ तेही । सन्तत सुरा-नीक हित जेही ॥
puni pranavaum̐ pṛthurāja samānā | para agha sunai sahasa-dasa-kānā ||
bahuri sakra sama binavaum̐ tehī | santata surā-nīka hita jehī ||
बचन बज्र जेहि सदा पियारा । सहस-नयन पर दोष निहारा ॥
bacana bajra jehi sadā piyārā | sahasa-nayana para doṣa nihārā ||
उदासीन-अरि-मीत-हित, सुनत जरहिं खल रीति ।
जानि पानि जुग जोरि जन, विनती करइ सप्रीति ॥
udāsīna-ari-mīta-hita, sunata jarahiṃ khala rīti |
jāni pāni juga jori jana, vinatī karai saprīti ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0