Doha 21
नैहर जनमु भरब बरु जाई। जिअत न करबि सवति सेवकाई॥ अरि बस दैउ जिआवत जाही। मरनु नीक तेहि जीवन चाही॥१॥
दीन बचन कह बहुबिधि रानी। सुनि कुबरीं तियमाया ठानी॥ अस कस कहहु मानि मन ऊना। सुखु सोहागु तुम्ह कहुँ दिन दूना॥२॥
जेहिं राउर अति अनभल ताका। सोइ पाइहि यहु फलु परिपाका॥ जब तें कुमत सुना मैं स्वामिनि। भूख न बासर नींद न जामिनि॥३॥
पूँछेउँ गुनिन्ह रेख तिन्ह खाँची। भरत भुआल होहिं यह साँची॥ भामिनि करहु त कहौं उपाऊ। है तुम्हरीं सेवा बस राऊ॥४॥
Meaning
“I would fain go and spend the rest of my life at my father’s but would on no account serve a co-wife so long as there is life in me. For him whom heaven allows to survive as a dependant of an enemy, death is preferable to life.” (1) The queen uttered many such words of despondency; at this the humpback resorted to the wily ways of a woman. “Why should you speak in this strain, indulging in self-deprecation? Your happiness and good-luck will ever be on the increase. (2) “Whoever has contemplated such gross mischief to you shall eventually reap its fruit. Ever since I heard of this plot, my lady, I have felt no appetite during the day and have had no wink of sleep at night. (3) “I consulted the astrologers and they declared in positive terms: ‘Bharata shall be the king; this much is certain.’ If you act up to it, O good lady, I will offer a suggestion to you; the king is under an obligation to you for your services to him.” (4)
परउँ कूप तुअ बचन पर सकउँ पूत पति त्यागि। कहसि मोर दुखु देखि बड़ कस न करब हित लागि॥२१॥
Meaning
“At your suggestion I would throw myself down a well and can even forsake my son and husband. When you tell me to do something in view of my dire distress, why should I not comply with it in my own interest?” (21)
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