Uttara Kanda

Chapter 21: No suffering in Ramarajya

5 verses · 21 of 130

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No suffering in Ramarajya

In Rama's reign no one is touched by the three sufferings, of body, of fate, or from other beings. All love one another and keep their own dharma as the Shruti teaches. Dharma stands on all four feet, and sin is not seen even in dreams. Men and women alike are devoted to Rama and fit for the highest goal. No one dies young or lives in pain; every body is handsome and healthy. No one is poor, wretched or ignorant. All are free of hypocrisy, skilled, learned, grateful and without cunning. Kakbhushundi tells Garuda that in Rama's rule nothing moving or still suffers from time, karma, nature or the gunas.

21.1

दैहिक दैविक भौतिक तापा । राम-राज नहिँ काहुहि ब्यापा ॥
सब नर करहिँ परसपर प्रीती । चलहिँ स्वधर्म निरत श्रुति नीती ॥

daihika daivika bhautika tāpā | rāma-rāja nahim̐ kāhuhi byāpā ||
saba nara karahim̐ parasapara prītī | calahim̐ svadharma nirata śruti nītī ||

21.2

चारिउ चरन धरम जग माहीं । पूरि रहा सपनेहुँ अघ नाहीँ ॥
राम भगति रत नर अरु नारी । सकल परम गति के अधिकारी ॥

cāriu carana dharama jaga māhīṃ | pūri rahā sapanehum̐ agha nāhīm̐ ||
rāma bhagati rata nara aru nārī | sakala parama gati ke adhikārī ||

21.3

अल्प-मृत्यु नहिँ कवनिउ पीरा । सब सुन्दर सब बिरुज सरीरा ॥
नहिँ दरिद्र कोउ दुखी न दीना । नहिं कोउ अबुध न लच्छन हीना ॥

alpa-mṛtyu nahim̐ kavaniu pīrā | saba sundara saba biruja sarīrā ||
nahim̐ daridra kou dukhī na dīnā | nahiṃ kou abudha na lacchana hīnā ||

21.4

सब निर्दंभ धर्मरत पुनी । नर अरु नारि चतुर सब गुनी ॥
सब गुनज्ञ पंडित सब ज्ञानी । सब कृतज्ञ नहिँ कपट सयानी ॥

saba nirdaṃbha dharmarata punī | nara aru nāri catura saba gunī ||
saba gunajña paṃḍita saba jñānī | saba kṛtajña nahim̐ kapaṭa sayānī ||

दो॰ 21Doha

राम-राज नभगेस सुनु, सचराचर जग माहिँ ।
काल कर्म सुभाव गुन, कृत दुख काहुहि नाहिँ ॥

rāma-rāja nabhagesa sunu, sacarācara jaga māhim̐ |
kāla karma subhāva guna, kṛta dukha kāhuhi nāhim̐ ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0