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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 223

**चौ०** 
> भायप भगति भरत आचरनू। कहत सुनत दुख दूषन हरनू॥  
> जो किछु कहब थोर सखि सोई। राम बंधु अस काहे न होई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> हम सब सानुज भरतहि देखें। भइन्ह धन्य जुबती जन लेखें॥  
> सुनि गुन देखि दसा पछिताहीं। कैकइ जननि जोगु सुतु नाहीं॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> कोउ कह दूषनु रानिहि नाहिन। बिधि सबु कीन्ह हमहि जो दाहिन॥  
> कहँ हम लोक बेद बिधि हीनी। लघु तिय कुल करतूति मलीनी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> बसहिं कुदेस कुगाँव कुबामा। कहँ यह दरसु पुन्य परिनामा॥  
> अस अनंदु अचिरिजु प्रति ग्रामा। जनु मरुभूमि कलपतरु जामा॥४॥

Meaning: “Bharata’s brotherly affection, devotion and conduct dispel the woes and evil of those who talk or hear of them. Whatever may be said with regard to them, dear friend, will be quite inadequate; it is no wonder that the brother of Śrī Rāma should be like that. (1)

“All of us who have seen Bharata and his younger brother Śatrughna have become praiseworthy among women.” Hearing of his virtues and seeing his forlorn state they lamented, “Surely he is not fit to be the son of such a vile mother as Kaikeyī.” (2)

Someone said, “The queen-mother Kaikeyī is not to blame at all; all this had been brought about by Providence, who is so favourably disposed to us. Otherwise of what account are we, vile women, bereft of both worldly and Vedic rites and impure by family lineage as well as by doings, (3)

“who dwell in an accursed region (woodland) and in a wretched village and (even among women) are the worst of our class, that we should have such a sight, which is a reward of great religious merit?” There was similar rejoicing and wonder in every village: it seemed as if a celestial tree had sprung up in a desert. (4)

**दो०** 
> भरत दरसु देखत खुलेउ मग लोगन्ह कर भागु।  
> जनु सिंघलबासिन्ह भयउ बिधि बस सुलभ प्रयागु॥२२३॥

Meaning: At the sight of Bharata the good fortune of the people by the roadside manifested itself as though by the will of Providence Prayāga had been brought within easy reach of the people of Siṁhala (Ceylon). (223)

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