भूमि सप्त सागर मेखला । एक भूप रघुपति कोसला ॥
भुवन अनेक रोम प्रति जासू । यह प्रभुता कछु बहुत न तासू ॥
bhūmi sapta sāgara mekhalā | eka bhūpa raghupati kosalā ||
bhuvana aneka roma prati jāsū | yaha prabhutā kachu bahuta na tāsū ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 22: The one king of the earth
5 verses · 22 of 130
What happens in this chapter
The one king of the earth
The earth girdled by seven seas has one king, Raghupati of Kosala. Yet for him in whose every hair countless worlds rest, this lordship is nothing great. Still, Kakbhushundi tells Garuda, even those who know his glory come to love this leela, and the great sages say this leela is the fruit of that knowledge. Neither Shesha nor Sharada can describe the joy of Ramarajya. All are generous and help others. Every man keeps the vow of one wife, and the women are devoted to their husbands in thought, word and deed. The rod is found only in ascetics' hands, division only in dancers' steps, and conquest only of the mind.
सो महिमा समुझत प्रभु केरी । यह बरनत हीनता घनेरी ॥
सोउ महिमा खगेस जिन्ह जानी । फिरि एहिं चरित तिन्हहुँ रति मानी ॥
so mahimā samujhata prabhu kerī | yaha baranata hīnatā ghanerī ||
sou mahimā khagesa jinha jānī | phiri ehiṃ carita tinhahum̐ rati mānī ||
सोउ जाने कर फल यह लीला । कहहिँ महा मुनिबर दम-सीला ॥
राम-राज कर सुख सम्पदा । बरनि न सकइ फनीस सारदा ॥
sou jāne kara phala yaha līlā | kahahim̐ mahā munibara dama-sīlā ||
rāma-rāja kara sukha sampadā | barani na sakai phanīsa sāradā ||
सब उदार सब पर-उपकारी । बिप्र चरन सेवक नर नारी ॥
एक नारिब्रत रत सब झारी । ते मन बच क्रम पति हितकारी ॥
saba udāra saba para-upakārī | bipra carana sevaka nara nārī ||
eka nāribrata rata saba jhārī | te mana baca krama pati hitakārī ||
दंड जतिन्ह कर भेद जहँ, नर्तक नृत्य-समाज ।
जीतहु मनहि सुनिय अस, रामचन्द्र कें राज ॥
daṃḍa jatinha kara bheda jaham̐, nartaka nṛtya-samāja |
jītahu manahi suniya asa, rāmacandra keṃ rāja ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0