Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between the sage Vasistha, Sri Rama and Bharata - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between the sage Vasistha, Sri Rama and Bharata · Verse Chaupais 2158
Sanskrit Original
राउरि रीति सुबानि बड़ाई। जगत बिदित निगमागम गाई।। कूर कुटिल खल कुमति कलंकी। नीच निसील निरीस निसंकी।। तेउ सुनि सरन सामुहें आए। सकृत प्रनामु किहें अपनाए।। देखि दोष कबहुँ न उर आने। सुनि गुन साधु समाज बखाने।। को साहिब सेवकहि नेवाजी। आपु समाज साज सब साजी।। निज करतूति न समुझिअ सपनें। सेवक सकुच सोचु उर अपनें।। सो गोसाइँ नहि दूसर कोपी। भुजा उठाइ कहउँ पन रोपी।। पसु नाचत सुक पाठ प्रबीना। गुन गति नट पाठक आधीना।।
rāuri rīti subāni baḍaāī. jagata bidita nigamāgama gāī.. kūra kuṭila khala kumati kalaṃkī. nīca nisīla nirīsa nisaṃkī.. tēu suni sarana sāmuhēṃ āē. sakṛta pranāmu kihēṃ apanāē.. dēkhi dōṣa kabahu na ura ānē. suni guna sādhu samāja bakhānē.. kō sāhiba sēvakahi nēvājī. āpu samāja sāja saba sājī.. nija karatūti na samujhia sapanēṃ. sēvaka sakuca sōcu ura apanēṃ.. sō gōsāiom nahi dūsara kōpī. bhujā uṭhāi kahau pana rōpī.. pasu nācata suka pāṭha prabīnā. guna gati naṭa pāṭhaka ādhīnā..
"Your ways, your noble disposition and your greatness are known throughout the world and have been glorified in the Vedas and other sacred books. Even the cruel, the perverse, the vile, the evil-minded and the censured, nay, the low-minded, the impudent, the godless and the unscrupulous are known to have been accepted by you as your own as soon as you heard that they had approached you for shelter and if they merely bowed to you only once. You have never taken their faults to heart even if you saw them with your own eyes; while you have proclaimed their virtues in the assembly of holy men if you but heard of them . Where is the master, so kind to his servant, who would provide him with all his necessaries himself and, far from reckoning even in a dream what he has done for his servant would feel troubled at heart over any embarrassment caused to him? He is my lord (yourself) and no other; with uplifted arms I declare this on oath. A beast would dance and a parrot may attain proficiency in repeating what it is taught; but the proficiency of the bird and the rhythmic movements of the beast depend on the teacher and the dancing-master."