सुनहु असन्तन्ह केर सुभाऊ । भूलेहुँ सङ्गति करिय न काऊ ॥
तिन्ह कर सङ्ग सदा दुखदाई । जिमि कलपहि घालइ हरहाई ॥
sunahu asantanha kera subhāū | bhūlehum̐ saṅgati kariya na kāū ||
tinha kara saṅga sadā dukhadāī | jimi kalapahi ghālai harahāī ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 39: The nature of the wicked
5 verses · 39 of 130
What happens in this chapter
The nature of the wicked
Now hear the nature of the wicked, Rama says, and never keep their company even by mistake; it ruins one as a stray cow ruins a good one. They burn at the sight of another's wealth and rejoice at slander as if they had found treasure in the road. They live for lust, anger, pride and greed, merciless and crooked. They hate everyone for no reason, even those who do them good. Their taking and giving, their meals and snacks, are all false. They speak sweetly like the peacock, who eats great serpents, for their hearts are hard. Coveting others' wives and wealth, slandering others, such men are man-eaters in human bodies.
खलन्ह हृदयँ अति ताप बिसेषी । जरहिं सदा पर-सम्पति देखी ॥
जहँ कहुँ निन्दा सुनहिँ पराई । हरषहिँ मनहुँ परी निधि पाई ॥
khalanha hṛdayam̐ ati tāpa biseṣī | jarahiṃ sadā para-sampati dekhī ||
jaham̐ kahum̐ nindā sunahim̐ parāī | haraṣahim̐ manahum̐ parī nidhi pāī ||
काम क्रोध मद लोभ परायन । निर्दय कपटी कुटिल मलायन ॥
बयर अकारन सब काहू सों । जो कर हित अनहित ताहू सों ॥
kāma krodha mada lobha parāyana | nirdaya kapaṭī kuṭila malāyana ||
bayara akārana saba kāhū soṃ | jo kara hita anahita tāhū soṃ ||
झूठइ लेना झूठइ देना । झूठइ भोजन झूठ चबेना ॥
बोलहिँ मधुर बचन जिमि मोरा । खाइ महा अति हृदय कठोरा ॥
jhūṭhai lenā jhūṭhai denā | jhūṭhai bhojana jhūṭha cabenā ||
bolahim̐ madhura bacana jimi morā | khāi mahā ati hṛdaya kaṭhorā ||
पर द्रोही पर दार रत, पर-धन पर अपवाद ।
ते नर पाँवर पापमय, देह धरें मनुजाद ॥
para drohī para dāra rata, para-dhana para apavāda |
te nara pām̐vara pāpamaya, deha dhareṃ manujāda ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0