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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 282

**चौ०** 
> सुनि ससोच कह देबि सुमित्रा। बिधि गति बड़ि बिपरीत बिचित्रा॥  
> जो सृजि पालइ हरइ बहोरी। बालकेलि सम बिधि मति भोरी॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> कौसल्या कह दोसु न काहू। करम बिबस दुख सुख छति लाहू॥  
> कठिन करम गति जान बिधाता। जो सुभ असुभ सकल फल दाता॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> ईस रजाइ सीस सबही कें। उतपति थिति लय बिषहु अमी कें॥  
> देबि मोह बस सोचिअ बादी। बिधि प्रपंचु अस अचल अनादी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> भूपति जिअब मरब उर आनी। सोचिअ सखि लखि निज हित हानी॥  
> सीय मातु कह सत्य सुबानी। सुकृती अवधि अवधपति रानी॥४॥

Meaning: Hearing this, Queen Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa’s mother) sorrowfully observed, “The ways of Providence are most perverse and strange: He creates, maintains and then destroys. God’s designs are as thoughtless as child’s play.” (1)

Said Kausalyā, “It is nobody’s fault; sorrow and joy, loss and gain are determined by our past actions. The inexorable ways of Providence are known to God alone, who dispenses all kinds of fruits, both good and evil. (2)

“God’s commands prevail over all, including the processes of creation, maintenance and dissolution and even over poison and nectar (which destroy and preserve life, respectively). It is no use lamenting, O noble lady, out of infatuation. The doings of Providence are inexorable and primeval! (3)

“If we mourn over the contrast between the king’s lifetime and his death, my friend, it is because we see that our interests have suffered on account of his demise.” Sītā’s mother replied, “Your noble words are quite true, spouse that you are of Ayodhyā’s lord, who was the greatest of all virtuous souls.” (4)

**दो०** 
> लखनु रामु सिय जाहुँ बन भल परिनाम न पोचु।  
> गहबरि हियँ कह कौसिला मोहि भरत कर सोचु॥२८२॥

Meaning: “If Lakṣmaṇa, Rāma and Sītā stay in the forest, the end will be good, not bad. But,” said Kausalyā with a heart overwhelmed with emotion, “I am anxious about Bharata. (282)

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