Doha 190
होहु सँजोइल रोकहु घाटा। ठाटहु सकल मरै के ठाटा॥ सनमुख लोह भरत सन लेऊँ। जिअत न सुरसरि उतरन देऊँ॥१॥
समर मरनु पुनि सुरसरि तीरा। राम काजु छनभंगु सरीरा॥ भरत भाइ नृपु मैं जन नीचू। बड़ें भाग असि पाइअ मीचू॥२॥
स्वामि काज करिहउँ रन रारी। जस धवलिहउँ भुवन दस चारी॥ तजउँ प्रान रघुनाथ निहोरें। दुहूँ हाथ मुद मोदक मोरें॥३॥
साधु समाज न जाकर लेखा। राम भगत महुँ जासु न रेखा॥ जायँ जिअत जग सो महिभारू। जननी जौबन बिटप कुठारू॥४॥
Meaning
“Equip yourself and blockade the Ghāṭas; be prepared in everyway to face death. I go to encounter Bharata in open combat and would not let him cross the Gaṅgā so long as there is life in me. (1) “To die in battle and that too on the bank of the Gaṅgā, and to lay down this frail body in Śrī Rāma’s cause! Then Bharata is Śrī Rāma’s own brother and a king; while I am a humble servant! It is through a great good fortune that one meets with a death like this (i.e., dying at the hands of Bharata). (2) “In the cause of my master I will fight on the battle-field and will brighten my glory in the fourteen spheres. I am going to lay down my life for the sake of Śrī Rāma, the Lord of Raghus, and will be a gainer either way. (If I win the battle, I will have served the cause of my master, and if I die, I will attain the eternal abode of the Lord and His constant service). (3) “He who is not reckoned among the virtuous and is neither counted among Śrī Rāma’s devotees, lives in vain in this world; he is a veritable burden to the earth and an axe to the tree of his mother’s youth.” (4)
बिगत बिषाद निषादपति सबहि बढ़ाइ उछाहु। सुमिरि राम मागेउ तुरत तरकस धनुष सनाहु॥१९०॥
Meaning
The Niṣāda chief, thus became free from anxiety, he inspired all his men, and remembering Śrī Rāma, forthwith demanded his quiver, bow and coat of mail. (190)
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