Doha 176
कौसल्या धरि धीरजु कहई। पूत पथ्य गुर आयसु अहई॥ सो आदरिअ करिअ हित मानी। तजिअ बिषादु काल गति जानी॥१॥
बन रघुपति सुरपुर नरनाहू। तुम्ह एहि भाँति तात कदराहू॥ परिजन प्रजा सचिव सब अंबा। तुम्हही सुत सब कहँ अवलंबा॥२॥
लखि बिधि बाम कालु कठिनाई। धीरजु धरहु मातु बलि जाई॥ सिर धरि गुर आयसु अनुसरहू। प्रजा पालि परिजन दुखु हरहू॥३॥
गुर के बचन सचिव अभिनंदनु। सुने भरत हिय हित जनु चंदनु॥ सुनी बहोरि मातु मृदु बानी। सील सनेह सरल रस सानी॥४॥
Meaning
Summoning courage Kausalyā said, “Salutary, my son, is your Guru’s command; the same should be respected and obeyed by you as conducive to good. Cease to grieve realizing the vicissitudes of life. (1) “Śrī Raghunātha is in the forest and the king is lording it over the gods (in heaven); while you, my son, are thus giving way to faintheartedness. You, my child, are the only support of all including your family, subjects, ministers and all your mothers. (2) “Perceiving the antipathy of Providence and the relentlessness of fate, I adjure you by my life to have courage. Reverently obey your Guru’s command, cherish your subjects and relieve the affliction of your family.” (3) Bharata listened to the advice of his preceptor and the ministers’ appeal endorsing the same, which were as soothing to his heart as sandal-paste. He further heard the mother’s soft words, imbued with the nectar of amiability, affection and guilelessness. (4)
सानी सरल रस मातु बानी सुनि भरतु ब्याकुल भए। लोचन सरोरुह स्रवत सींचत बिरह उर अंकुर नए॥ सो दसा देखत समय तेहि बिसरी सबहि सुधि देह की। तुलसी सराहत सकल सादर सीवँ सहज सनेह की॥
Meaning
Bharata grew restless when he heard mother Kausalyā’s speech imbued as it was with the nectar of sincerity. His lotus eyes shed tears that watered the fresh shoots of desolation in his heart. All those who saw his condition at that time forgot their own existence. Everyone, says Tulasīdāsa, reverently extolled him as the perfection of pure and spontaneous love.
भरतु कमल कर जोरि धीर धुरंधर धीर धरि। बचन अमिअँ जनु बोरि देत उचित उत्तर सबहि॥१७६॥
Meaning
Folding his lotus hands, Bharata, who was foremost among the strong-minded, took courage and proceeded to give suitable response to all in words steeped in nectar, as it were. (176) [PAUSE 18 FOR A THIRTY-DAY RECITATION]
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