Doha 184
Departure of Bharata and Śatrughna with the citizens of Ayodhyā to the woods
भरत बचन सब कहँ प्रिय लागे। राम सनेह सुधाँ जनु पागे॥ लोग बियोग बिषम बिष दागे। मंत्र सबीज सुनत जनु जागे॥१॥
मातु सचिव गुर पुर नर नारी। सकल सनेहँ बिकल भए भारी॥ भरतहि कहहिं सराहि सराही। राम प्रेम मूरति तनु आही॥२॥
तात भरत अस काहे न कहहू। प्रान समान राम प्रिय अहहू॥ जो पावँरु अपनी जड़ताईं। तुम्हहि सुगाइ मातु कुटिलाईं॥३॥
सो सठु कोटिक पुरुष समेता। बसिहि कलप सत नरक निकेता॥ अहि अघ अवगुन नहिं मनि गहई। हरइ गरल दुख दारिद दहई॥४॥
Meaning
Bharata’s words pleased all, imbued as they were with the nectar of devotion to Śrī Rāma. The people who had been burning with the deadly poison of separation from Śrī Rāma, were roused to their senses on hearing it, as if it were a charm against snake poison alongwith its seed-letter*. (1) * According to the Tantras (a sacred literature dealing with the worship of deities) there are mystic formulas sacred to every deity, which if repeated with genuine faith and in accordance with certain prescribed rules help the realization of that deity. Every such Mantra has also got a Bīja Mantra consisting of a single letter with ‘m’ added to it. This seed-letter, if prefixed to the Mantra itself, enhances its potency. The mothers, the ministers, the preceptor and the people of the city, all were overwhelmed with emotion. They praised Bharata again and again and said, “Your whole being is the very personification of affection for Śrī Rāma. (2) “It is no wonder that you should say so, dear Bharata, since you are dear to Śrī Rāma as his own life. The vile man who through his ignorance doubts you because of your mother’s perversity, (3) “the wretch shall abide in hell for a hundred Kalpas (cycles) with millions of his past generations. A gem on the head of a serpent is not affected by the sins and faults of the serpent; on the other hand, it counteracts poison, and takes away sorrow and indigence. (4)
अवसि चलिअ बन रामु जहँ भरत मंत्रु भल कीन्ह। सोक सिंधु बूड़त सबहि तुम्ह अवलंबनु दीन्ह॥१८४॥
Meaning
“Bharata, you have thought out a good plan; by all means let us proceed to the woods where Śrī Rāma is. You have held out a helping hand to us all while we were getting drowned in an ocean of grief.” (184)
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