Doha 172
अस बिचारि केहि देइअ दोसू। ब्यरथ काहि पर कीजिअ रोसू॥ तात बिचारु करहु मन माहीं। सोच जोगु दसरथु नृपु नाहीं॥१॥
सोचिअ बिप्र जो बेद बिहीना। तजि निज धरमु बिषय लयलीना॥ सोचिअ नृपति जो नीति न जाना। जेहि न प्रजा प्रिय प्रान समाना॥२॥
सोचिअ बयसु कृपन धनवानू। जो न अतिथि सिव भगति सुजानू॥ सोचिअ सूद्रु बिप्र अवमानी। मुखर मानप्रिय ग्यान गुमानी॥ ३ ॥
सोचिअ पुनि पति बंचक नारी। कुटिल कलहप्रिय इच्छाचारी॥ सोचिअ बटु निज ब्रतु परिहरई। जो नहिं गुर आयसु अनुसरई॥४॥
Meaning
“Arguing thus, whom should we blame? And with whom should we be angry unnecessarily? Ponder in your heart, my son, that King Daśaratha is not worth grieving for.(1) “Pitiable is the Brāhmaṇa who is ignorant of the Vedas, and who has abandoned his own duty and is engrossed in the pleasures of sense; pitiable is the king who has no knowledge of statecraft and who does not love his people as his own life. (2) “Pitiable the Vaiśya (a member of the trading class) who is niggardly, though rich, and who is not perfect in hospitality nor in devotion to Lord Śiva; pitiable the Śūdra (a member of the labouring or artisan class) who is disrespectful towards the Brāhmaṇas, loquacious and proud of his knowledge and loves to be praised. (3) “Pitiable, again, is the woman who deceives her own husband, is crooked and quarrelsome and follows her own will; pitiable the celibate who breaks his vow and obeys not the orders of his preceptor. (4)
सोचिअ गृही जो मोह बस करइ करम पथ त्याग। सोचिअ जती प्रपंच रत बिगत बिबेक बिराग॥१७२॥
Meaning
“Nay, pitiable is the householder, who out of ignorance forsakes the path of duty; and pitiable the recluse, who is attached to the world and lacks discretion and dispassion. (172)
Ramayan appFree. No ads. Works offline.InstallFrom the Gita Press, Gorakhpur edition. Buy the book