Ayodhya Kaanda Bharata takes a dip in the Mandakini and arrives at Citrakuta; Bharata and others meet one another, mourn the kingís death and perform his Sraddha (obsequies) - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Bharata takes a dip in the Mandakini and arrives at Citrakuta; Bharata and others meet one another, mourn the kingís death and perform his Sraddha (obsequies) · Verse Chaupais 2054
Sanskrit Original
करि पितु क्रिया बेद जसि बरनी। भे पुनीत पातक तम तरनी।। जासु नाम पावक अघ तूला। सुमिरत सकल सुमंगल मूला।। सुद्ध सो भयउ साधु संमत अस। तीरथ आवाहन सुरसरि जस।। सुद्ध भएँ दुइ बासर बीते। बोले गुर सन राम पिरीते।। नाथ लोग सब निपट दुखारी। कंद मूल फल अंबु अहारी।। सानुज भरतु सचिव सब माता। देखि मोहि पल जिमि जुग जाता।। सब समेत पुर धारिअ पाऊ। आपु इहाँ अमरावति राऊ।। बहुत कहेउँ सब कियउँ ढिठाई। उचित होइ तस करिअ गोसाँई।।
kari pitu kriyā bēda jasi baranī. bhē punīta pātaka tama taranī.. jāsu nāma pāvaka agha tūlā. sumirata sakala sumaṃgala mūlā.. suddha sō bhayau sādhu saṃmata asa. tīratha āvāhana surasari jasa.. suddha bhaēom dui bāsara bītē. bōlē gura sana rāma pirītē.. nātha lōga saba nipaṭa dukhārī. kaṃda mūla phala aṃbu ahārī.. sānuja bharatu saciva saba mātā. dēkhi mōhi pala jimi juga jātā.. saba samēta pura dhāria pāū. āpu ihāom amarāvati rāū.. bahuta kahēu saba kiyau ḍhiṭhāī. ucita hōi tasa karia gōsāomī..
Having performed His father's obsequies as prescribed in the Vedas the Lord, who was a sun as it were to the darkness of sins, became pure again. The Lord whose Name Itself is a fire to the cotton of sins and whose very thought is the root of all choice blessings, attained purity even as the heavenly stream is consecrated by invoking into it other sacred waters:* such is the verdict of holy men. When two days elapsed after the purification, Sri Rama affectionately said to the Guru: "My lord, all the people are sore distressed, living as they do on bulbs, roots, fruits and water alone. When I behold Bharata and his younger brother (Satrughna), the ministers and all my mothers, every minute that passes seems an age to me. Therefore, pray return to the city with all; for you are here and the king (my father) is in heaven (there is no one to look after the city). I have said too much and all this amounts to gross presumption on my part. Now, my lord, do what is proper."