Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between the sage Vasistha and Bharata; Bharata prepares for a journey to Citrakuta in order to bring Sri Rama back to Ayodhya - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between the sage Vasistha and Bharata; Bharata prepares for a journey to Citrakuta in order to bring Sri Rama back to Ayodhya · Verse Chaupais 1912
Sanskrit Original
हित हमार सियपति सेवकाई। सो हरि लीन्ह मातु कुटिलाई।। मैं अनुमानि दीख मन माहीं। आन उपायँ मोर हित नाहीं।। सोक समाजु राजु केहि लेखें। लखन राम सिय बिनु पद देखें।। बादि बसन बिनु भूषन भारू। बादि बिरति बिनु ब्रह्म बिचारू।। सरुज सरीर बादि बहु भोगा। बिनु हरिभगति जायँ जप जोगा।। जायँ जीव बिनु देह सुहाई। बादि मोर सबु बिनु रघुराई।। जाउँ राम पहिं आयसु देहू। एकहिं आँक मोर हित एहू।। मोहि नृप करि भल आपन चहहू। सोउ सनेह जड़ता बस कहहू।।
hita hamāra siyapati sēvakāī. sō hari līnha mātu kuṭilāī.. maiṃ anumāni dīkha mana māhīṃ. āna upāyaom mōra hita nāhīṃ.. sōka samāju rāju kēhi lēkhēṃ. lakhana rāma siya binu pada dēkhēṃ.. bādi basana binu bhūṣana bhārū. bādi birati binu brahma bicārū.. saruja sarīra bādi bahu bhōgā. binu haribhagati jāyaom japa jōgā.. jāyaom jīva binu dēha suhāī. bādi mōra sabu binu raghurāī.. jāu rāma pahiṃ āyasu dēhū. ēkahiṃ āomka mōra hita ēhū.. mōhi nṛpa kari bhala āpana cahahū. sōu sanēha jaḍatā basa kahahū..
My good lies in the service of Sri Rama, although I have been deprived of that privilege through my mother's perversity. I have pondered in my heart and realized that my good lies in no other way. Of what account is this kingdom, which is nothing but an abode of sorrow, when the feet of Laksmana, Rama and Sita are no longer to be seen? A load of jewels is of no use without clothes; an enquiry about Brahma (the Absolute) is of little use without dispassion; abundant enjoyments are of no use to a diseased body; of little use are Japa (muttering of prayers) and Yoga (exercises of mind-control) without devotion to Sri Hari. A handsome body is of no use without life and all I have is naught without the Lord of Raghus. Grant me leave to go where Rama is; my good exclusively lies in this. And if you urge that you seek your own good by crowning me king, you say so only through ignorance caused by affection."