Doha 47
मिलेहि माझ बिधि बात बेगारी। जहँ तहँ देहिं कैकइहि गारी॥ एहि पापिनिहि बूझि का परेऊ। छाइ भवन पर पावकु धरेऊ॥१॥
निज कर नयन काढ़ि चह दीखा। डारि सुधा बिषु चाहत चीखा॥ कुटिल कठोर कुबुद्धि अभागी। भइ रघुबंस बेनु बन आगी॥२॥
पालव बैठि पेड़ एहिं काटा। सुख महुँ सोक ठाटु धरि ठाटा॥ सदा रामु एहि प्रान समाना। कारन कवन कुटिलपनु ठाना॥३॥
सत्य कहहिं कबि नारि सुभाऊ। सब बिधि अगहु अगाध दुराऊ॥ निज प्रतिबिंबु बरुकु गहि जाई। जानि न जाइ नारि गति भाई॥४॥
Meaning
‘When everything was ready, God upset the whole plan!’ Everywhere people abused Kaikeyī. “What evil impulse could there be in this wicked woman having set fire to a thatched house. (1) “She seeks to perceive after tearing out her eyes with her own hands, and wishes to taste poison throwing away nectar. This crooked, hard-hearted and evil-minded wretch has appeared as fire to burn the cluster of bamboos in the shape of Raghu’s race. (2) “Sitting on a twig she has hewn the tree itself; in the midst of joy she has raised a structure of sorrow. Śrī Rāma had always been dear to her as life: What has led her to resort to such perversity? (3) “Seers have truly said that a woman’s mind is altogether incomprehensible, unfathomable and shrouded in mystery. Sooner may a man catch his own reflection than know the ways of a woman! (4)
काह न पावकु जारि सक का न समुद्र समाइ। का न करै अबला प्रबल केहि जग कालु न खाइ॥४७॥
Meaning
“What is there that fire cannot consume; what is there that cannot be engulfed by the ocean? What is there that a powerful woman, inappropriately called powerless (abalā) in common parlance, cannot accomplish and what creature is there in this perishable world that death does not devour? (47)
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