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Those who leave such a Lord to worship another are beasts without tail or horns. Rama takes Vibhishana as His own, and the monkeys love the Lord's nature. Then the all-knowing One, who dwells in every heart and takes a human form to end the demon race, speaks as a keeper of statecraft. Sugriva, lord of Lanka, how shall we cross this deep sea, full of crocodiles, serpents and fish, so hard to pass? Vibhishana answers: Raghunayak, your arrow could dry up a crore of oceans, yet policy says go and ask the Ocean humbly. The Ocean is an elder of your own line; he will think and tell a way, and all the bears and monkeys will cross without effort.
अस प्रभु छाड़ि भजहिँ जे आना । ते नर पसु बिनु पूँछ विषाना ॥
निज जन जानि ताहि अपनावा । प्रभु सुभाव कपि कुल मन भावा ॥
asa prabhu chār̤i bhajahim̐ je ānā | te nara pasu binu pūm̐cha viṣānā ||
nija jana jāni tāhi apanāvā | prabhu subhāva kapi kula mana bhāvā ||
पुनि सर्वज्ञ सर्व उर बासी । सर्वरूप सब रहित उदासी ॥
बोले बचन नीति प्रतिपालक । कारन मनुज दनुज कुल घालक ॥
puni sarvajña sarva ura bāsī | sarvarūpa saba rahita udāsī ||
bole bacana nīti pratipālaka | kārana manuja danuja kula ghālaka ||
सुनु कपीस लङ्कापति बीरा । केहि बिधि तरिअ जलधि गम्भीरा ॥
सङ्कुल मकर उरग झष जाती । अति अगाध दुस्तर सब भाँती ॥
sunu kapīsa laṅkāpati bīrā | kehi bidhi taria jaladhi gambhīrā ||
saṅkula makara uraga jhaṣa jātī | ati agādha dustara saba bhām̐tī ||
कह लंकेस सुनहु रघुनायक । कोटि सिन्धु सोषक तब सायक ॥
जद्यपि तदपि नीति असि गाई । बिनय करिय सागर सन जाई ॥
kaha laṃkesa sunahu raghunāyaka | koṭi sindhu soṣaka taba sāyaka ||
jadyapi tadapi nīti asi gāī | binaya kariya sāgara sana jāī ||
प्रभु तुम्हार कुलगुर जलधि, कहिहि उपाय बिचारि ।
बिनु प्रयास सागर तरिहि, सकल भालु-कपि धारि ॥
prabhu tumhāra kulagura jaladhi, kahihi upāya bicāri |
binu prayāsa sāgara tarihi, sakala bhālu-kapi dhāri ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
