Doha 162
Dialogue between Bharata and mother Kausalyā and king Daśaratha’s cremation
जब तैं कुमति कुमत जियँ ठयऊ। खंड खंड होइ हृदउ न गयऊ॥ बर मागत मन भइ नहिं पीरा। गरि न जीह मुहँ परेउ न कीरा॥१॥
भूपँ प्रतीति तोरि किमि कीन्ही। मरन काल बिधि मति हरि लीन्ही॥ बिधिहुँ न नारि हृदय गति जानी। सकल कपट अघ अवगुन खानी॥२॥
सरल सुसील धरम रत राऊ। सो किमि जानै तीय सुभाऊ॥ अस को जीव जंतु जग माहीं। जेहि रघुनाथ प्रानप्रिय नाहीं॥३॥
भे अति अहित रामु तेउ तोही। को तू अहसि सत्य कहु मोही॥ जो हसि सो हसि मुहँ मसि लाई। आँखि ओट उठि बैठहि जाई॥४॥
Meaning
“The moment, O malicious woman, you contrived this evil design in your mind, how is it your heart did not break into pieces? While asking for the boons you did not feel the sting of conscience, your tongue did not fall off, nor did your mouth fester? (1) “How did the king trust you? Surely God must have robbed him of his sensitivity on the eve of his death. Even the Creator has not been able to know the working of a woman’s heart, the repository of all deceit, sin and vice! (2) “Simple, amiable and pious as the king was, how could he know the nature of a woman? What living creature is there in the world, to whom Śrī Raghunātha is not dear as life itself? (3) “Yet even that Rāma appeared to you as a great enemy. Tell me the truth, therefore, to what species do you belong? Whatever you may be, you better bedaub your face black with ink and leaving my presence get out of my sight. (4)
राम बिरोधी हृदय तें प्रगट कीन्ह बिधि मोहि। मो समान को पातकी बादि कहउँ कछु तोहि॥१६२॥
Meaning
“Nay, God has created me out of a heart hostile to Śrī Rāma! Who is there so sinful as myself? In vain, therefore, do I blame you.” (162)
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