Doha 1b
रहेउ एक दिन अवधि अधारा। समुझत मन दुख भयउ अपारा॥ कारन कवन नाथ नहिं आयउ। जानि कुटिल किधौं मोहि बिसरायउ॥ १ ॥
अहह धन्य लछिमन बड़भागी। राम पदारबिंदु अनुरागी॥ कपटी कुटिल मोहि प्रभु चीन्हा। ताते नाथ संग नहिं लीन्हा॥ २ ॥
जौं करनी समुझै प्रभु मोरी। नहिं निस्तार कलप सत कोरी॥ जन अवगुन प्रभु मान न काऊ। दीन बंधु अति मृदुल सुभाऊ॥ ३ ॥
मोरे जियँ भरोस दृढ़ सोई। मिलिहहिं राम सगुन सुभ होई॥ बीतें अवधि रहहिं जौं प्राना। अधम कवन जग मोहि समाना॥ ४ ॥
Meaning
The term of Śrī Rāma’s exile, which was the sole prop of his life, was going to expire only a day hence: the thought filled Bharata’s mind with untold grief. “How is it that the Lord has not turned up? Has He cast me out of His mind, knowing me to be crooked? (1) “Ah ! How blessed and fortunate is Lakṣmaṇa, who is truly devoted to Śrī Rāma’s lotus-feet. The Lord knew me to be deceitful and perverse; that is why He did not take me alongwith Him. (2) “If the Lord were to consider my doings, there would be no redemption for me even after countless cycles. But, being a friend of the humble and most tender-hearted, the Lord never takes into account the faults of His devotees. (3) “I have a firm conviction in my heart that Śrī Rāma will surely meet me; for the omens are so propitious. But, if I outlive the expiry of the time-limit, no one would be so despicable in this world as I.” (4)
राम बिरह सागर महँ भरत मगन मन होत। बिप्र रूप धरि पवनसुत आइ गयउ जनु पोत॥ १ (क) ॥
बैठे देखि कुसासन जटा मुकुट कृस गात। राम राम रघुपति जपत स्रवत नयन जलजात॥ १ (ख) ॥
Meaning
While Bharata’s mind was thus sinking in the ocean of separation from Śrī Rāma, Hanumān, the son of the wind-god, disguised as a Brāhmaṇa, came like a bark to his rescue. (1 A) He found Bharata seated on a mat of Kuśa grass, emaciated in body, with a coil of matted hair for a crown and the words “Rāma, Rāma, Raghupati” on his lips, his lotus eyes streaming with tears. (1 B)
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