Doha 42
भरतु प्रानप्रिय पावहिं राजू। बिधि सब बिधि मोहि सनमुख आजू॥ जौं न जाउँ बन ऐसेहु काजा। प्रथम गनिअ मोहि मूढ़ समाजा॥१॥
सेवहिं अरँडु कलपतरु त्यागी। परिहरि अमृत लेहिं बिषु मागी॥ तेउ न पाइ अस समउ चुकाहीं। देखु बिचारि मातु मन माहीं॥२॥
अंब एक दुखु मोहि बिसेषी। निपट बिकल नरनायकु देखी॥ थोरिहिं बात पितहि दुख भारी। होति प्रतीति न मोहि महतारी॥३॥
राउ धीर गुन उदधि अगाधू। भा मोहि तें कछु बड़ अपराधू॥ जातें मोहि न कहत कछु राऊ। मोरि सपथ तोहि कहु सति भाऊ॥४॥
Meaning
“Again, Bharata, who is dear to me as life, will get the Kingdom: God is propitious to me in every respect today. If I do not proceed to the woods even in such situation, I should be reckoned foremost in an assembly of fools. (1) “Those who nurture a castor-oil plant leaving the tree of paradise and barter away nectar for poison, they too will not lose an opportunity like this, should they ever get it: ponder this fact in your mind and realize it, mother. (2) “Only one thing pains me most, mother; I am grieved to see the king sore distressed. That my father should be so overwhelmed with grief over a trifling matter is more than I can believe, dear mother. (3) “The king is stout of heart and a fathomless ocean of goodness; I must have committed some great offence, which prevents the king from speaking out his mind to me. I adjure you, therefore, to tell me the truth.” (4)
सहज सरल रघुबर बचन कुमति कुटिल करि जान। चलइ जोंक जल बक्रगति जद्यपि सलिलु समान॥४२॥
Meaning
The words of Śrī Rāma, the Chief of Raghus, were natural and straightforward, yet the evil-minded Kaikeyī gave them a perverse twist. A leech must always move obliquely even though the water on which it moves has a smooth surface. (42)
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