तात राम नहिँ नर भूपाला । भुवनेश्वर कालहु कर काला ॥
ब्रह्म अनामय अज भगवन्ता । व्यापक अजित अनादि अनन्ता ॥
tāta rāma nahim̐ nara bhūpālā | bhuvaneśvara kālahu kara kālā ||
brahma anāmaya aja bhagavantā | vyāpaka ajita anādi anantā ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 39: Rama is no mere king, says Vibhishana
6 verses · 39 of 60
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Rama is no mere king, says Vibhishana
Brother, Rama is no human king, says Vibhishana. He is lord of the worlds, Death of Death, Brahman, unborn, all-pervading, without beginning or end. For cows, brahmins, earth and devas the Ocean of mercy has taken a human body, to guard the Veda and dharma and destroy the wicked. Drop your enmity, bow to Raghunath and give Him Vaidehi. He does not reject even one who has sinned against the whole world, once he seeks refuge. The Lord whose name ends the three afflictions has appeared in person. Again and again I fall at your feet: give up pride and worship the King of Kosala. The muni Pulastya sent this word through his disciple, and I have told it at the first chance.
गो द्विज धेनु देव हितकारी । कृपासिन्धु मानुष तनु धारी ॥
जन रञ्जन सज्जन खल ब्राता । बेद-धर्म रच्छक सुनु भ्राता ॥
go dvija dhenu deva hitakārī | kṛpāsindhu mānuṣa tanu dhārī ||
jana rañjana sajjana khala brātā | beda-dharma racchaka sunu bhrātā ||
ताहि बयरु तजि नाइअ माथा । प्रनतारति भञ्जन रघुनाथा ॥
देहु नाथ प्रभु कह बैदेही । भजहु राम बिनु हेतु सनेही ॥
tāhi bayaru taji nāia māthā | pranatārati bhañjana raghunāthā ||
dehu nātha prabhu kaha baidehī | bhajahu rāma binu hetu sanehī ||
सरन गये प्रभु ताहु न त्यागा । बिस्व-द्रोह-कृत अघ जेहि लागा ॥
जासु नाम त्रय ताप नसावन । सोइ प्रभु प्रगट समुझु जियँ रावन ॥
sarana gaye prabhu tāhu na tyāgā | bisva-droha-kṛta agha jehi lāgā ||
jāsu nāma traya tāpa nasāvana | soi prabhu pragaṭa samujhu jiyam̐ rāvana ||
बार बार पद लागउँ, बिनय करउँ दससीस ।
परिहरि मान-मोह-मद, भजहु कोसलाधीस ॥
bāra bāra pada lāgaum̐, binaya karaum̐ dasasīsa |
parihari māna-moha-mada, bhajahu kosalādhīsa ||
मुनि पुलस्ति निज सिष्य सन, कहि पठई यह बात ।
तुरत सो मैं प्रभु सन कही, पाइ सुअवसर तात ॥
muni pulasti nija siṣya sana, kahi paṭhaī yaha bāta |
turata so maiṃ prabhu sana kahī, pāi suavasara tāta ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0