Doha 18
चतुर गँभीर राम महतारी। बीचु पाइ निज बात सँवारी॥ पठए भरतु भूप ननिअउरें। राम मातु मत जानब रउरें॥१॥
सेवहिं सकल सवति मोंहि नीकें। गरबित भरत मातु बल पी कें॥ सालु तुम्हार कौसिलहि माई। कपट चतुर नहिं होइ जनाई॥२॥
राजहि तुम्ह पर प्रेमु बिसेषी। सवति सुभाउ सकइ नहिं देखी॥ रचि प्रपंचु भूपहि अपनाई। राम तिलक हित लगन धराई॥३॥
यह कुल उचित राम कहुँ टीका। सबहि सोहाइ मोहि सुठि नीका॥ आगिलि बात समुझि डरु मोही। देउ दैउ फिरि सो फलु ओही॥४॥
Meaning
“Rāma’s mother Kausalyā is clever and deep; finding a suitable opportunity she has turned it to account. You must know it is at the suggestion of Rāma’s mother that the king has sent away Bharata to his maternal grandfather’s. (1) “She says to herself, ‘All my other co-wives serve me well, only Bharata’s mother (yourself) is proud, because of her influence with her lord.’ It is, therefore, O Queen, that you rankle in Kausalyā’s heart; but she is too crafty to disclose her mind. (2) “The king is particularly fond of you; but due to the jealousy to which a co-wife is naturally disposed, Kausalyā cannot tolerate it. That is why by resorting to machination and winning over the king she has prevailed on him to fix a date for Rāma’s installation on the throne. (3) “The installation of Rāma is in accord with the traditions of the family; it is liked by all and is quite to my taste. I, however, shudder to think of the consequences; may heavens so ordain that the mischief may recoil on her own head.” (4)
रचि पचि कोटिक कुटिलपन कीन्हेसि कपट प्रबोधु। कहिसि कथा सत सवति कै जेहि बिधि बाढ़ बिरोधु॥१८॥
Meaning
Inventing and injecting many a mischievous concoctions, Mantharā put the queen off the scent and told her a hundred and one wily stories of co-wives so as to foment her ill-will. (18)
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