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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 217

Dialogue between Indra and his preceptor (the sage Bṛhaspati)

**चौ०** 
> जड़ चेतन मग जीव घनेरे। जे चितए प्रभु जिन्ह प्रभु हेरे॥  
> ते सब भए परम पद जोगू। भरत दरस मेटा भव रोगू॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> यह बड़ि बात भरत कइ नाहीं। सुमिरत जिनहि रामु मन माहीं॥  
> बारक राम कहत जग जेऊ। होत तरन तारन नर तेऊ॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> भरतु राम प्रिय पुनि लघु भ्राता। कस न होइ मगु मंगलदाता॥  
> सिद्ध साधु मुनिबर अस कहहीं। भरतहि निरखि हरषु हियँ लहहीं॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> देखि प्रभाउ सुरेसहि सोचू। जगु भल भलेहि पोच कहुँ पोचू॥  
> गुर सन कहेउ करिअ प्रभु सोई। रामहि भरतहि भेट न होई॥४॥

Meaning: The innumerable beings, both animate and inanimate, that saw the Lord or were seen by the Lord in their turn, had been rendered fit for the highest state; the sight of Bharata now finally rid them of the malady of transmigration. (1)

This was no great thing for Bharata, whom Śrī Rāma ever cherished in His heart. “Even they who utter the name of Rāma only once in this world not only reach the other shore themselves but are also able to take others across. (2)

“As for Bharata, he is dearly loved by Śrī Rāma and is His younger brother, too. No wonder, then, that the journey should be delightful to him,” Siddhas (a class of celestial beings), saints and great sages observed thus and rejoiced at heart to behold Bharata. (3)

Indra (the chief of gods) was filled with anxiety when he saw Bharata’s sway of exuberant love. The world is good to the good and vile for the vile. He said to his preceptor, sage Bṛhaspati, “Something must be done, my lord, to prevent the meeting between Śrī Rāma and Bharata.” (4)

**दो०** 
> रामु सँकोची प्रेम बस भरत सपेम पयोधि।  
> बनी बात बेगरन चहति करिअ जतनु छलु सोधि॥२१७॥

Meaning: “Śrī Rāma is bashful by nature and is won over by love, while Bharata is an ocean of affection. What has already been accomplished thus threatens to be rendered undone; therefore, finding out some stratagem, let us use it as a remedial measure.” (217)

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