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Vibhishana falls prostrate, and the Lord rises at once in joy, seizes him in His long arms and clasps him to His heart. Seating him close beside Lakshmana, He asks: lord of Lanka, are you and your family well? You live in a bad place, among the wicked day and night; how do you keep your dharma? I know your ways; you are wise and dislike wrongdoing. Better to live in hell, son, than in wicked company. Seeing your feet I am well, Raghurai, Vibhishana replies, since you showed mercy knowing me your own. No soul is well, nor rests even in dreams, until it leaves desire, home of sorrow, and worships Rama.
अस कहि करत दंडवत देखा । तुरत उठे प्रभु हरष बिसेखा ॥
दीन बचन सुनि प्रभु मन भावा । भुज बिसाल गहि हृदयँ लगावा ॥
asa kahi karata daṃḍavata dekhā | turata uṭhe prabhu haraṣa bisekhā ||
dīna bacana suni prabhu mana bhāvā | bhuja bisāla gahi hṛdayam̐ lagāvā ||
अनुज सहित मिलि ढिग बैठारी । बोले बचन भगत भय-हारी ॥
कहु लंकेस सहित परिवारा । कुसल कुठाहर बास तुम्हारा ॥
anuja sahita mili ḍhiga baiṭhārī | bole bacana bhagata bhaya-hārī ||
kahu laṃkesa sahita parivārā | kusala kuṭhāhara bāsa tumhārā ||
खल-मंडलीं बसहु दिन राती । सखा धरम निबहइ केहि भाँती ॥
मैं जानउँ तुम्हारि सब रीती । अति नय निपुन न भाव अनीती ॥
khala-maṃḍalīṃ basahu dina rātī | sakhā dharama nibahai kehi bhām̐tī ||
maiṃ jānaum̐ tumhāri saba rītī | ati naya nipuna na bhāva anītī ||
बरु भल बास नरक कर ताता । दुष्ट सङ्ग जनि देइ बिधाता ॥
अब पद देखि कुसल रघुराया । जौँ तुम्ह कीन्हि जानि जन दाया ॥
baru bhala bāsa naraka kara tātā | duṣṭa saṅga jani dei bidhātā ||
aba pada dekhi kusala raghurāyā | jaum̐ tumha kīnhi jāni jana dāyā ||
तबलगि कुसल न जीव कहुँ, सपनेहुँ मन बिश्राम ।
जब लगि भजत न राम कहँ, सोक-धाम तजि काम ॥
tabalagi kusala na jīva kahum̐, sapanehum̐ mana biśrāma |
jaba lagi bhajata na rāma kaham̐, soka-dhāma taji kāma ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
