Doha 315
तात तुम्हारि मोरि परिजन की। चिंता गुरहि नृपहि घर बन की॥ माथे पर गुर मुनि मिथिलेसू। हमहि तुम्हहि सपनेहुँ न कलेसू॥१॥
मोर तुम्हार परम पुरुषारथु। स्वारथु सुजसु धरमु परमारथु॥ पितु आयसु पालिहिं दुहु भाईं। लोक बेद भल भूप भलाईं॥२॥
गुरु पितु मातु स्वामि सिख पालें। चलेहुँ कुमग पग परहिं न खालें॥ अस बिचारि सब सोच बिहाई। पालहु अवध अवधि भरि जाई॥३॥
देसु कोसु परिजन परिवारू। गुर पद रजहिं लाग छरुभारू॥ तुम्ह मुनि मातु सचिव सिख मानी। पालेहु पुहुमि प्रजा रजधानी॥४॥
Meaning
“Brother, it is our preceptor, sage Vasiṣṭha, and King Janaka who take care of you and me as well as of our people, whether we be at home or in the forest. So long as our preceptor, sage Viśvāmitra and the lord of Mithilā are our guardians, neither you nor I can even dream of any adversity. (1) “For us two brothers, you as well as myself, the highest achievement of our human life, nay, our material gain, our glory, our virtue and our highest spiritual gain consist in this that both of us should obey our father’s command. It is in vindicating the king’s (our father’s) honour (by implementing his word) that our good lies both in the eyes of the world and in the estimation of the Vedas. (2) “Those who follow the advice of their preceptor, father, mother and master, never stumble even if they happen to tread a wrong path. Pondering thus and putting away all anxiety go and administer Ayodhyā till the appointed period. (3) “The responsibility for the protection of our land, treasury, kinsmen and our own people rests on the dust of our preceptor’s feet. As for yourself, you should protect the state, the subjects and the capital in accordance with the advice of our preceptor, sage Vasiṣṭha, mothers and the minister, Sumantra;” (4)
मुखिआ मुखु सो चाहिऐ खान पान कहुँ एक। पालइ पोषइ सकल अँग तुलसी सहित बिबेक॥३१५॥
Meaning
“A chief should be like the mouth, which alone does all the eating and drinking but supports and nourishes all the other limbs with discretion”—says Tulasīdāsa. (315)
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