माल्यवन्त अति सचिव सयाना । तासु बचन सुनि अति सुख माना ॥
तात अनुज तब नीति-विभूषन । सो उर धरहु जो कहत विभीषन ॥
mālyavanta ati saciva sayānā | tāsu bacana suni ati sukha mānā ||
tāta anuja taba nīti-vibhūṣana | so ura dharahu jo kahata vibhīṣana ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 40: Malyavan agrees, Vibhishana pleads again
5 verses · 40 of 60
What happens in this chapter
Malyavan agrees, Vibhishana pleads again
Wise old Malyavan is pleased: your brother is an ornament of statecraft, he tells Ravana; heed him. Ravana snaps: both these fools praise the enemy; will no one put them out? Malyavan goes home. Vibhishana tries again with joined hands. Good sense and bad dwell in every heart, so the Puranas and Vedas say; good sense brings wealth, bad sense ends in ruin. Perverse bad sense has settled in you, so you take good for harm and the enemy for a friend, and love Sita, who is the night of doom for your clan. Holding your feet, brother, I beg you: give Sita to Rama, and no harm will come to you.
रिपु उतकरष कहत सठ दोऊ । दूरि न करहु इहाँ है कोऊ ॥
माल्यवन्त गृह गयउ बहोरी । कहइ विभीषन पुनि कर जोरी ॥
ripu utakaraṣa kahata saṭha doū | dūri na karahu ihām̐ hai koū ||
mālyavanta gṛha gayau bahorī | kahai vibhīṣana puni kara jorī ||
सुमति कुमति सब कें उर रहहीं । नाथ पुरान निगम अस कहहीं ॥
जहाँ सुमति तहँ सम्पति नाना । जहाँ कुमति तहँ बिपति निदाना ॥
sumati kumati saba keṃ ura rahahīṃ | nātha purāna nigama asa kahahīṃ ||
jahām̐ sumati taham̐ sampati nānā | jahām̐ kumati taham̐ bipati nidānā ||
तव उर कुमति बसी बिपरीता । हित अनहित मानहु रिपु प्रीता ॥
कालराति निसिचर-कुल केरी । तेहि सीता पर प्रीति घनेरी ॥
tava ura kumati basī biparītā | hita anahita mānahu ripu prītā ||
kālarāti nisicara-kula kerī | tehi sītā para prīti ghanerī ||
तात चरन गहि माँगउँ, राखहु मोर दुलार ।
सीत देहु राम कहँ, अहित न होइ तुम्हार ॥
tāta carana gahi mām̐gaum̐, rākhahu mora dulāra |
sīta dehu rāma kaham̐, ahita na hoi tumhāra ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0