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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 174

**चौ०** 
> सब प्रकार भूपति बड़भागी। बादि बिषादु करिअ तेहि लागी॥  
> यहु सुनि समुझि सोचु परिहरहू। सिर धरि राज रजायसु करहू॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> रायँ राजपदु तुम्ह कहुँ दीन्हा। पिता बचनु फुर चाहिअ कीन्हा॥  
> तजे रामु जेहिं बचनहि लागी। तनु परिहरेउ राम बिरहागी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> नृपहि बचन प्रिय नहिं प्रिय प्राना। करहु तात पितु बचन प्रवाना॥  
> करहु सीस धरि भूप रजाई। हइ तुम्ह कहँ सब भाँति भलाई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> परसुराम पितु अग्या राखी। मारी मातु लोक सब साखी॥  
> तनय जजातिहि जौबनु दयऊ। पितु अग्याँ अघ अजसु न भयऊ॥४॥

Meaning: “The king was blessed in every way; it is no use mourning for him. Hearing and realizing this, sorrow no more, and reverently obey the king’s command. (1)

“The king has bestowed the kingship on you; it behoves you, therefore, to redeem the words of your father, who abandoned Rāma for the sake of his plighted word and gave up his body in anguish of his separation from Rāma. (2)

“The king did not love his own life as he did his word; therefore, dear son, redeem your father’s word. Reverently obey the king’s command; this will do you good in every way. (3)

“Paraśurāma in obedience to the command of his father killed his own mother*: the whole world bears testimony to this fact. Yayāti’s son, Puru† exchanged his own youth for the old age of his father and incurred no sin or blame because he did so in obedience to his father’s command. (4)

* vide footnote to 1.276.1, page 299.

† King Yayāti had won the hand of Devayānī, daughter of Śukrācārya (preceptor of the demon kings). Devayānī having once complained to her father of the king’s infidelity, Śukrācārya pronounced on him a curse as a result of which he became old and infirm before time. Having been propitiated by him through supplication and entreaty, however, the sage allowed the king to borrow the youth of another in exchange for his own old age should anyone be willing to part with it. The king thereupon sought the help of his sons, but the first four of them declined. It was only the fifth and youngest son, Puru, who willingly parted with his own youth and accepted the old age of his father. After enjoying life for a few more years, Yayāti got disgusted with the world and retired to the woods, returning the youth of his youngest son and crowning him king in preference to his elder brothers, who had all disappointed him. Even though Yayāti had made use of his son’s youth in enjoying life with his mother, the son incurred no sin because he had agreed to this arrangement only to please his father and made a unique sacrifice for his sake.

**दो०** 
> अनुचित उचित बिचारु तजि जे पालहिं पितु बैन।  
> ते भाजन सुख सुजस के बसहिं अमरपति ऐन॥१७४॥

Meaning: “Those who cherish their father’s word, caring not whether it is reasonable or otherwise, attain happiness and fair renown and dwell in the abode of Indra (the lord of immortals).(174)

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