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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 160

**चौ०** 
> तात बात मैं सकल सँवारी। भै मंथरा सहाय बिचारी॥  
> कछुक काज बिधि बीच बिगारेउ। भूपति सुरपति पुर पगु धारेउ॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> सुनत भरतु भए बिबस बिषादा। जनु सहमेउ करि केहरि नादा॥  
> तात तात हा तात पुकारी। परे भूमितल ब्याकुल भारी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> चलत न देखन पायउँ तोही। तात न रामहि सौंपेहु मोही॥  
> बहुरि धीर धरि उठे सँभारी। कहु पितु मरन हेतु महतारी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> सुनि सुत बचन कहति कैकेई। मरमु पाँछि जनु माहुर देई॥  
> आदिहु तें सब आपनि करनी। कुटिल कठोर मुदित मन बरनी॥४॥

Meaning: “I have accomplished everything for you, my son; and poor Mantharā has been of great help to me. Only God has marred our plans a little before they could be completed; the king has departed to Indra’s paradise.” (1)

As soon as Bharata heard this, he was overcome with grief as an elephant who is terrified at the roar of a lion. Crying “Father, father, Ah my father!” he fell on the ground, much agitated. (2)

“I could not see you before you left, nor did you, my father, entrust me to the care of Śrī Rāma.” Then, collecting himself he got up with some effort and said, “Tell me, mother, the cause of my father’s demise.” (3)

Hearing the words of her son she replied as one who had cut a vital part and inserted poison into it. With a joyous heart the cruel and wicked woman recounted from the very beginning all that she had done. (4)

**दो०** 
> भरतहि बिसरेउ पितु मरन सुनत राम बन गौनु।  
> हेतु अपनपउ जानि जियँ थकित रहे धरि मौनु॥१६०॥

Meaning: Hearing of Śrī Rāma’s exile to the forest, Bharata forgot his father’s death; and realizing in his heart that he was the apparent cause of all this calamity, he remained mute and stupefied. (160)

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