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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 324

**चौ०** 
> राम मातु गुर पद सिरु नाई। प्रभु पद पीठ रजायसु पाई॥  
> नंदिगावँ करि परन कुटीरा। कीन्ह निवासु धरम धुर धीरा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> जटाजूट सिर मुनिपट धारी। महि खनि कुस साँथरी सँवारी॥  
> असन बसन बासन ब्रत नेमा। करत कठिन रिषिधरम सप्रेमा॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> भूषन बसन भोग सुख भूरी। मन तन बचन तजे तिन तूरी॥  
> अवध राजु सुर राजु सिहाई। दसरथ धनु सुनि धनदु लजाई॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> तेहिंं पुर बसत भरत बिनु रागा। चंचरीक जिमि चंपक बागा॥  
> रमा बिलासु राम अनुरागी। तजत बमन जिमि जन बड़भागी॥४॥

Meaning: Bowing his head at the feet of Śrī Rāma’s mother, Kausalyā, and his preceptor, Sage Vasiṣṭha, and receiving the permission of the Lord’s sandals, Bharata, a staunch upholder of righteousness, erected a hut of leaves at Nandigrāma and took up his abode there. (1)

Wearing a tuft of matted locks on his head and clad in hermit’s robes, he dug the earth low and spread thereon a litter of Kuśa grass. In food, dress, utensils, sacred observances and austerities he devoutly practised the rigid vows of hermits. (2)

He professedly discarded in thought, word and deed, all adornments of body, wearing apparel and the many pleasures of the senses. The Kingdom of Ayodhyā was the envy even of Indra (the lord of celestials), while on hearing of the riches possessed by Daśaratha, even Kubera (the god of riches) was put to shame. (3)

Yet in that city Bharata dwelt as indifferent as a bee in a garden of Campaka* flowers. The blessed souls who are devoted to Śrī Rāma renounce like vomit the sensuous enjoyments and riches of the world. (4)

* Even though the Campaka flower is very sweet-scented, the bee, it is said, never sucks it.

**दो०** 
> राम पेम भाजन भरतु बड़े न एहिं करतूति।  
> चातक हंस सराहिअत टेंक बिबेक बिभूति॥३२४॥

Meaning: As for Bharata, he was the beloved recipient of Śrī Rāma’s love and did not owe his greatness to any such renunciation. The Cātaka bird is praised for its constancy and the swan for its power of discrimination (sifting milk from water). (324)

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