Doha 178
हित हमार सियपति सेवकाईं। सो हरि लीन्ह मातु कुटिलाईं॥ मैं अनुमानि दीख मन माहीं। आन उपायँ मोर हित नाहीं॥१॥
सोक समाजु राजु केहि लेखें। लखन राम सिय बिनु पद देखें॥ बादि बसन बिनु भूषन भारू। बादि बिरति बिनु ब्रह्मबिचारू॥२॥
सरुज सरीर बादि बहु भोगा। बिनु हरिभगति जायँ जप जोगा॥ जायँ जीव बिनु देह सुहाई। बादि मोर सबु बिनु रघुराई॥३॥
जाउँ राम पहिं आयसु देहू। एकहिं आँक मोर हित एहू॥ मोहि नृप करि भल आपन चहहू। सोउ सनेह जड़ता बस कहहू॥४॥
Meaning
“My good lies in the service of Śrī Rāma, although I have been deprived of that privilege through my mother’s perversity. I have pondered in my heart and realized that my good lies in no other way. (1) “Of what account is this kingdom, which is nothing but an abode of sorrow, when the feet of Lakṣmaṇa, Śrī Rāma and Sītā are no longer to be seen? A load of jewels is of no use without clothes; an enquiry about Brahma (the Absolute) is of little use without dispassion. (2) “Abundance of enjoyments are of no use to an ailing person; of little use are Japa (muttering of prayers) and Yoga (exercises of mind-control) without devotion to Śrī Hari. A handsome body is of no use without life and all I have is naught without Śrī Raghunātha. (3) “Grant me leave to go where Śrī Rāma is; my good exclusively lies in this. And if you urge that you seek your own good by crowning me king, you say so only through delusion caused by affection. (4)
कैकेई सुअ कुटिलमति राम बिमुख गतलाज। तुम्ह चाहत सुखु मोहबस मोहि से अधम कें राज॥१७८॥
Meaning
“It is through infatuation that you expect happiness from the reign of a wretch like me, who is Kaikeyī’s son, of perverted mind, hostile to Śrī Rāma and lost to shame. (178)
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