एक बार रघुनाथ बोलाये । गुरु द्विज पुरबासी सब आये ॥
बैठे गुर मुनि अरु द्विज सज्जन । बोले बचन भगत-भय-भञ्जन ॥
eka bāra raghunātha bolāye | guru dvija purabāsī saba āye ||
baiṭhe gura muni aru dvija sajjana | bole bacana bhagata-bhaya-bhañjana ||
Uttara Kanda
Chapter 43: Rama addresses the citizens of Ayodhya
5 verses · 43 of 130
What happens in this chapter
Rama addresses the citizens of Ayodhya
One day Raghunath calls the guru, the Brahmins and all the citizens. Hear me, he says. I speak not out of attachment, and there is nothing unjust in it nor any show of power; act on it if it pleases you. He is my dearest servant who takes my counsel to heart. If I say anything unjust, stop me without fear. By great fortune you have a human body, which the scriptures say even devas find hard to gain. It is the home of every spiritual practice and the door to liberation. Whoever gets it and does not set right the world beyond suffers there, beats his head in regret, and falsely blames time, karma and Ishvara.
सुनहु सकल पुरजन मम बानी । कहउँ न कछु ममता उर आनी ॥
नहिँ अनीति नहिँ कछु प्रभुताई । सुनहु करहु जौं तुम्हहिँ सोहाई ॥
sunahu sakala purajana mama bānī | kahaum̐ na kachu mamatā ura ānī ||
nahim̐ anīti nahim̐ kachu prabhutāī | sunahu karahu jauṃ tumhahim̐ sohāī ||
सोइ सेवक प्रियतम मन लाई । मम अनुसासन मानै जोई ॥
जौँ अनीति कछु भाषौं पाई । तौँ मोहि बरजहु भय बिसराई ॥
soi sevaka priyatama mana lāī | mama anusāsana mānai joī ||
jaum̐ anīti kachu bhāṣauṃ pāī | taum̐ mohi barajahu bhaya bisarāī ||
बड़ें भाग मानुष तनु पावा । सुर दुर्लभ सब ग्रंथिन्ह गावा ॥
साधन-धाम मोच्छ कर द्वारा । पाइ न जेहिं परलोक सँवारा ॥
bar̤eṃ bhāga mānuṣa tanu pāvā | sura durlabha saba graṃthinha gāvā ||
sādhana-dhāma moccha kara dvārā | pāi na jehiṃ paraloka sam̐vārā ||
सो परत्र दुख पावइ, सिर धुनि धुनि पछिताइ ।
कालहि कर्महि ईश्वरहि, मिथ्या दोस लगाइ ॥
so paratra dukha pāvai, sira dhuni dhuni pachitāi |
kālahi karmahi īśvarahi, mithyā dosa lagāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0