Doha 326
पुलक गात हियँ सिय रघुबीरू। जीह नामु जप लोचन नीरू॥ लखन राम सिय कानन बसहीं। भरतु भवन बसि तप तनु कसहीं॥१॥
दोउ दिसि समुझि कहत सबु लोगू। सब बिधि भरत सराहन जोगू॥ सुनि ब्रत नेम साधु सकुचाहीं। देखि दसा मुनिराज लजाहीं॥२॥
परम पुनीत भरत आचरनू। मधुर मंजु मुद मंगल करनू॥ हरन कठिन कलि कलुष कलेसू। महामोह निसि दलन दिनेसू॥३॥
पाप पुंज कुंजर मृगराजू। समन सकल संताप समाजू॥ जन रंजन भंजन भव भारू। राम सनेह सुधाकर सारू॥४॥
Meaning
His body thrilling all over with emotion and heart full of Sītā and Śrī Rāma, his tongue repeated Śrī Rāma’s name and tears of love flowed from his eyes. Lakṣmaṇa, Śrī Rāma and Sītā dwelt in the forest; while Bharata mortified his flesh through austere penance even though staying back at home. (1) After considering both sides, everyone said that Bharata was praiseworthy in every way. Ascetics and holy men were bashful to hear of his religious vows and observances and the sight of his condition made the greatest of sages feel small. (2) The most sanctifying story of Bharata’s doing is delightful and charming and a fountain of joy and blessings. It drives away the terrible sins and afflictions of the Kali age; it is a veritable sun to disperse the night of the great delusion (which has thrown us into this world), (3) and is a lion for crushing the herd of elephants in the shape of sins and allays all kinds of sufferings. It delights the devotees, relieves the burden of transmigration and is the essence of the moon (nectar) of devotion to Śrī Rāma. (4)
सिय राम प्रेम पियूष पूरन होत जनमु न भरत को। मुनि मन अगम जम नियम सम दम बिषम ब्रत आचरत को॥ दुख दाह दारिद दंभ दूषन सुजस मिस अपहरत को। कलिकाल तुलसी से सठन्हि हठि राम सनमुख करत को॥
Meaning
If Bharata, who brimmed all over with the nectar of devotion to Sītā and Śrī Rāma, had not been born, who would have practised the difficult vow of self-abnegation and austerity and control of the mind and senses that transcended the imagination even of sages? Who would have dispelled the woes, burning agony, poverty, hypocrisy and other evils of the world through his fair renown; and who in this Kali age would have forcibly diverted the mind of rogues like Tulasīdāsa towards Śrī Rāma?
भरत चरित करि नेमु तुलसी जो सादर सुनहिं। सीय राम पद पेमु अवसि होइ भव रस बिरति॥३२६॥
Meaning
Whosoever reverently hear, says Tulasīdāsa, the story of Bharata with careful regularity shall assuredly acquire devotion to the feet of Sītā and Śrī Rāma and aversion for the sensuous pleasures of life. (326) [PAUSE 21 FOR A THIRTY-DAY RECITATION] Thus ends the second descent into the Mānasa lake of Śrī Rāma’s exploits, that eradicate all the impurities of the Kali age. Atri Ke Atithi (Guests of sage Atri)
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