Doha 228
बिषई जीव पाइ प्रभुताई। मूढ़ मोह बस होहिं जनाई॥ भरतु नीति रत साधु सुजाना। प्रभु पद प्रेमु सकल जगु जाना॥१॥
तेऊ आजु राम पदु पाई। चले धरम मरजाद मेटाई॥ कुटिल कुबंधु कुअवसरु ताकी। जानि राम बनबास एकाकी॥२॥
करि कुमंत्रु मन साजि समाजू। आए करै अकंटक राजू॥ कोटि प्रकार कलपि कुटिलाई। आए दल बटोरि दोउ भाई॥३॥
जौं जियँ होति न कपट कुचाली। केहि सोहाति रथ बाजि गजाली॥ भरतहि दोसु देइ को जाएँ। जग बौराइ राज पदु पाएँ॥४॥
Meaning
“Fools given to the pleasures of sense are seized with infatuation on attaining power and reveal their true nature. Bharata is righteous, good and wise and his devotion to the Lord’s feet is known to the whole world. (1) “But now that he has attained Śrī Rāma’s (your) position (as the ruler of Ayodhyā), even he has transgressed the bounds of righteousness. Finding an adverse situation and knowing that you are alone in the forest, this vile and wicked brother, Bharata, (2) “has plotted an evil design and after making due preparations has come to make his kingship secure. Planning all sorts of wicked schemes the two brothers have collected an army and have marched here. (3) “If they had no wily intention and roguery at heart, who would like to bring chariots, horses and elephants? But why should one blame Bharata for nothing when we know that anyone in the world would be driven mad on attaining kingship? (4)
ससि गुर तिय गामी नघुषु चढ़ेउ भूमिसुर जान। लोक बेद तें बिमुख भा अधम न बेन समान॥२२८॥
Meaning
“The moon-god committed adultery with the wife of his Guru (the sage Bṛhaspati), while Nahuṣa mounted a palanquin borne by Brāhmaṇas; and there was none so vile as King Vena,* an enemy of established usage as well as of the Vedic injunctions. (228) * Vena was born of King Aṅga (a descendant of the celebrated devotee Dhruva), and Sunīthā (a daughter of Mṛtyu, the god of death). Being thus descended from Adharma (the spirit presiding over unrighteousness, the father of Mṛtyu) on the mother’s side, Vena was born with vicious propensities and grew to be the bane of society. Fed up with his atrocities and unable to correct him, King Aṅga left his capital one night and retired to an unknown destination. Seeing the kingdom masterless Bhṛgu and other sages installed Vena on the throne, even though the ministers were opposed to his installation. Power turned his head all the more and arrogantly accounting himself as greater than all, he began to insult exalted souls. He went to the length of banning the performance of sacrifices and even charity and thus put a stop to all pious activities and the pursuit of religion. When the sages perceived that the tyranny of the monarch was overstepping all bounds they felt sorry for having installed him on the throne. They, therefore, met and decided to expostulate with the king and persuade him, if possible, to desist from his evil ways. They further resolved to dispose him of in case he did not come round. The sages approached the king accordingly and admonished him but in vain. This enraged the sages, who killed him by the very sound of ‘Hum’.
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