Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between Sri Rama, Bharata and others - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between Sri Rama, Bharata and others · Verse Chaupais 2097
Sanskrit Original
नतरु जाहिं बन तीनिउ भाई। बहुरिअ सीय सहित रघुराई।। जेहि बिधि प्रभु प्रसन्न मन होई। करुना सागर कीजिअ सोई।। देवँ दीन्ह सबु मोहि अभारु। मोरें नीति न धरम बिचारु।। कहउँ बचन सब स्वारथ हेतू। रहत न आरत कें चित चेतू।। उतरु देइ सुनि स्वामि रजाई। सो सेवकु लखि लाज लजाई।। अस मैं अवगुन उदधि अगाधू। स्वामि सनेहँ सराहत साधू।। अब कृपाल मोहि सो मत भावा। सकुच स्वामि मन जाइँ न पावा।। प्रभु पद सपथ कहउँ सति भाऊ। जग मंगल हित एक उपाऊ।।
nataru jāhiṃ bana tīniu bhāī. bahuria sīya sahita raghurāī.. jēhi bidhi prabhu prasanna mana hōī. karunā sāgara kījia sōī.. dēvaom dīnha sabu mōhi abhāru. mōrēṃ nīti na dharama bicāru.. kahau bacana saba svāratha hētū. rahata na ārata kēṃ cita cētū.. utaru dēi suni svāmi rajāī. sō sēvaku lakhi lāja lajāī.. asa maiṃ avaguna udadhi agādhū. svāmi sanēhaom sarāhata sādhū.. aba kṛpāla mōhi sō mata bhāvā. sakuca svāmi mana jāiom na pāvā.. prabhu pada sapatha kahau sati bhāū. jaga maṃgala hita ēka upāū..
"Or (as a third alternative) we three brothers may remain in the forest, while Sita and yourself may return to Ayodhya. Do that, O ocean of mercy, which may please your heart, my lord. You have thrown the whole burden on me, my master; but I have no ethical insight nor any idea of religion. I am actuated by self-interest in whatever I say; a man in distress loses his senses. Shame herself would be ashamed to look at a servant who evades compliance with an order given by his master. Even though I am such an unfathomable ocean of faults, my master (yourself) out of affection for me praises me as a noble soul. Now, O merciful one, I will submit to that proposition which will spare my lord an awkward situation. Swearing by my lord's feet I tell you in good faith that this is the only way to ensure the happiness of the world ."