Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between Sri Rama and Bharata; the gift of sandals; Bharata's farewell - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Ayodhya Kaanda Dialogue between Sri Rama and Bharata; the gift of sandals; Bharata's farewell · Verse Chaupais 2195
Sanskrit Original
सो कुचालि सब कहँ भइ नीकी। अवधि आस सम जीवनि जी की।। नतरु लखन सिय सम बियोगा। हहरि मरत सब लोग कुरोगा।। रामकृपाँ अवरेब सुधारी। बिबुध धारि भइ गुनद गोहारी।। भेंटत भुज भरि भाइ भरत सो। राम प्रेम रसु कहि न परत सो।। तन मन बचन उमग अनुरागा। धीर धुरंधर धीरजु त्यागा।। बारिज लोचन मोचत बारी। देखि दसा सुर सभा दुखारी।। मुनिगन गुर धुर धीर जनक से। ग्यान अनल मन कसें कनक से।। जे बिरंचि निरलेप उपाए। पदुम पत्र जिमि जग जल जाए।।
sō kucāli saba kahaom bhai nīkī. avadhi āsa sama jīvani jī kī.. nataru lakhana siya sama biyōgā. hahari marata saba lōga kurōgā.. rāmakṛpāom avarēba sudhārī. bibudha dhāri bhai gunada gōhārī.. bhēṃṭata bhuja bhari bhāi bharata sō. rāma prēma rasu kahi na parata sō.. tana mana bacana umaga anurāgā. dhīra dhuraṃdhara dhīraju tyāgā.. bārija lōcana mōcata bārī. dēkhi dasā sura sabhā dukhārī.. munigana gura dhura dhīra janaka sē. gyāna anala mana kasēṃ kanaka sē.. jē biraṃci niralēpa upāē. paduma patra jimi jaga jala jāē..
That mischief, however, proved a boon to all; it helped to sustain their life like the hope of Sri Rama's returning to Ayodhya on the expiry of His term of exile. Otherwise people would have succumbed to the fell disease of separation from Laksmana, Sita and Rama in great agony. By Sri Rama's grace the imbroglio was resolved and the gods, who were hostilely disposed (towards the people of Ayodhya), now turned out helpful as allies. Sri Rama locked His brother, Bharata, in a close embrace; the ecstasy of His love cannot be described in words. His body, mind and speech overflowed with love and the firmest of the firm lost all firmness. His lotus eyes streamed with tears; even the assembly of gods was grieved to see His condition. The host of sages (assembled there), the preceptor (the sage Vasistha) and a champion of firmness like Janaka, the gold of whose mind had been tested in the fire of wisdom, nay, who were created by Brahma as free from all attachment and were born in this world even as the lotus springs up from water (and yet remains ever above it)-