Doha 269
नतरु जाहिं बन तीनिउ भाई। बहुरिअ सीय सहित रघुराई॥ जेहि बिधि प्रभु प्रसन्न मन होई। करुना सागर कीजिअ सोई॥१॥
देवँ दीन्ह सबु मोहि अभारू। मोरें नीति न धरम बिचारू॥ कहउँ बचन सब स्वारथ हेतू। रहत न आरत कें चित चेतू॥२॥
उतरु देइ सुनि स्वामि रजाई। सो सेवकु लखि लाज लजाई॥ अस मैं अवगुन उदधि अगाधू। स्वामि सनेहँ सराहत साधू॥३॥
अब कृपाल मोहि सो मत भावा। सकुच स्वामि मन जाइँ न पावा॥ प्रभु पद सपथ कहउँ सति भाऊ। जग मंगल हित एक उपाऊ॥४॥
Meaning
“Or, (as a third alternative) we three brothers may remain in the forest, while Sītā and yourself may return to Ayodhyā. Do that, O ocean of mercy, which may please your heart, my lord. (1) “You have put the entire responsibility on me, my master; but I have no principled insight nor any idea of religious precepts. I am actuated by self-interest in whatever I say; a man in distress loses his senses. (2) “Shame herself would be ashamed to look at a servant who evades compliance with an order given by his master. Even though I am such an unfathomable ocean of faults, my master (Yourself) out of affection for me commends me as ‘virtuous’. (3) “Now, O merciful one, I will submit to that proposition which will spare my lord an awkward situation. Swearing by my lord’s feet, I tell you in good faith that this is the only way to ensure the happiness of the world. (4)
प्रभु प्रसन्न मन सकुच तजि जो जेहि आयसु देब। सो सिर धरि धरि करिहि सबु मिटिहि अनट अवरेब॥२६९॥
Meaning
“Each one of us will reverently carry out the orders that the Lord may be pleased to give with a cheerful heart and without reserve; and all agitation of mind and imbroglio will end.” (269)
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