Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between Laksmana and the Nisada; Sumantraís dialogue with Sri Rama and Sita and his returning to Ayodhya - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between Laksmana and the Nisada; Sumantraís dialogue with Sri Rama and Sita and his returning to Ayodhya · Verse Chaupais 1742
Sanskrit Original
तात कृपा करि कीजिअ सोई। जातें अवध अनाथ न होई।। मंत्रहि राम उठाइ प्रबोधा। तात धरम मतु तुम्ह सबु सोधा।। सिबि दधीचि हरिचंद नरेसा। सहे धरम हित कोटि कलेसा।। रंतिदेव बलि भूप सुजाना। धरमु धरेउ सहि संकट नाना।। धरमु न दूसर सत्य समाना। आगम निगम पुरान बखाना।। मैं सोइ धरमु सुलभ करि पावा। तजें तिहूँ पुर अपजसु छावा।। संभावित कहुँ अपजस लाहू। मरन कोटि सम दारुन दाहू।। तुम्ह सन तात बहुत का कहऊँ। दिएँ उतरु फिरि पातकु लहऊँ।।
tāta kṛpā kari kījia sōī. jātēṃ avadha anātha na hōī.. maṃtrahi rāma uṭhāi prabōdhā. tāta dharama matu tumha sabu sōdhā.. sibi dadhīci haricaṃda narēsā. sahē dharama hita kōṭi kalēsā.. raṃtidēva bali bhūpa sujānā. dharamu dharēu sahi saṃkaṭa nānā.. dharamu na dūsara satya samānā. āgama nigama purāna bakhānā.. maiṃ sōi dharamu sulabha kari pāvā. tajēṃ tihūom pura apajasu chāvā.. saṃbhāvita kahu apajasa lāhū. marana kōṭi sama dāruna dāhū.. tumha sana tāta bahuta kā kahaūom. diēom utaru phiri pātaku lahaūom..
"Have compassion, my darling, and take steps to see that Ayodhya is not left without a master." Sri Rama raised the minister and thus admonished him; "Dear father, you have investigated the truths of religion in their entirety. Sibi, Dadhici and King Hariscandra suffered untold hardships for the sake of virtue. The wise kings Rantideva* and Bali upheld virtue even through many trials. There is no virtue equal to truthfulness: so declare the agamas (Tantras), Vedas and Puranas. That virtue I have found by an easy road; by abandoning it I shall be reviled in all the three worlds. To a man who is highly esteemed, infamy causes agony as terrible as a million deaths. Father, what more shall I say to you? By urging something in reply I shall incur sin.