Uttar Kaanda Hanuman's introduction to Bharataís question and Sri Rama's discourse on the subject - Chaupais
Ramcharitmanas · Uttar Kaanda Hanuman's introduction to Bharataís question and Sri Rama's discourse on the subject · Verse Chaupais 2029
Sanskrit Original
लोभइ ओढ़न लोभइ डासन। सिस्त्रोदर पर जमपुर त्रास न।। काहू की जौं सुनहिं बड़ाई। स्वास लेहिं जनु जूड़ी आई।। जब काहू कै देखहिं बिपती। सुखी भए मानहुँ जग नृपती।। स्वारथ रत परिवार बिरोधी। लंपट काम लोभ अति क्रोधी।। मातु पिता गुर बिप्र न मानहिं। आपु गए अरु घालहिं आनहिं।। करहिं मोह बस द्रोह परावा। संत संग हरि कथा न भावा।। अवगुन सिंधु मंदमति कामी। बेद बिदूषक परधन स्वामी।। बिप्र द्रोह पर द्रोह बिसेषा। दंभ कपट जियँ धरें सुबेषा।।
lōbhai ōḍhana lōbhai ḍāsana. sistrōdara para jamapura trāsa na.. kāhū kī jauṃ sunahiṃ baḍaāī. svāsa lēhiṃ janu jūḍaī āī.. jaba kāhū kai dēkhahiṃ bipatī. sukhī bhaē mānahu jaga nṛpatī.. svāratha rata parivāra birōdhī. laṃpaṭa kāma lōbha ati krōdhī.. mātu pitā gura bipra na mānahiṃ. āpu gaē aru ghālahiṃ ānahiṃ.. karahiṃ mōha basa drōha parāvā. saṃta saṃga hari kathā na bhāvā.. avaguna siṃdhu maṃdamati kāmī. bēda bidūṣaka paradhana svāmī.. bipra drōha para drōha bisēṣā. daṃbha kapaṭa jiyaom dharēṃ subēṣā..
"Greed is their covering and greed their bedding (they wallow in greed; they are ever given up to sexual enjoyment and gluttony and have no fear of punishment in the abode of Yama (the god of death). If they ever hear anyone exalted, they heave a deep sigh as though they had an attack of ague. On the other hand, when they find anyone in distress, they rejoice as though they had attained the sovereignty of the whole world. Devoted to their own selfish interests, they antagonize their kinsfolk, are given up to sensuality and greed and are most irascible. They recognize neither mother nor father nor preceptor nor the Brahmanas; utterly ruined themselves, they bring ruin upon others. Overcome by infatuation they bear malice to others and have no love for communion with saints nor for the stories relating to Sri Hari. Oceans of vice, dull-witted and lascivious, they revile the Vedas and usurp others' wealth. Though bearing malice to all, they are enemies of the Brahmanas in particular; and full of hypocrisy and deceit at heart, they outwardly wear a saintly appearance."