Sundarkand

Dohā 40 / 60

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Chaupāī

माल्यवंत अति सचिव सयाना। तासु बचन सुनि अति सुख माना॥ तात अनुज तव नीति बिभूषन। सो उर धरहु जो कहत बिभीषन॥ रिपु उतकरष कहत सठ दोऊ। दूरि न करहु इहाँ हइ कोऊ॥ माल्यवंत गृह गयउ बहोरी। कहइ बिभीषनु पुनि कर जोरी॥ सुमति कुमति सब कें उर रहहीं। नाथ पुरान निगम अस कहहीं॥ जहाँ सुमति तहँ संपति नाना। जहाँ कुमति तहँ बिपति निदाना॥ तव उर कुमति बसी बिपरीता। हित अनहित मानहु रिपु प्रीता॥ कालराति निसिचर कुल केरी। तेहि सीता पर प्रीति घनेरी॥

mālyavaṃta ati saciva sayānā tāsu bacana suni ati sukha mānā tāta anuja tava nīti bibhūṣana so ura dharahu jo kahata bibhīṣana ripu utakaraṣa kahata saṭha doū dūri na karahu ihā~ hai koū mālyavaṃta gṛha gayau bahorī kahai bibhīṣanu puni kara jorī sumati kumati saba keṃ ura rahahīṃ nātha purāna nigama asa kahahīṃ jahā~ sumati taha~ saṃpati nānā jahā~ kumati taha~ bipati nidānā tava ura kumati basī biparītā hita anahita mānahu ripu prītā kālarāti nisicara kula kerī tehi sītā para prīti ghanerī

Dohā

तात चरन गहि मागउँ राखहु मोर दुलार। सीत देहु राम कहुँ अहित न होइ तुम्हार॥40॥

tāta carana gahi māgau~ rākhahu mora dulāra sīta dehu rāma kahu~ ahita na hoi tumhāra 40

MeaningMalyavan, a very wise minister, on hearing his words felt great joy: "Brother, your younger brother is an ornament of policy; lay to heart what Vibhishana says." (Ravana cried,) "Both these fools speak of the enemy's exaltation — is there no one here? Drive them off!" Malyavan then went home; Vibhishana again said, with folded hands: "Good sense and bad sense both dwell in everyone's heart, lord — so the Puranas and Vedas declare. Where good sense, there manifold prosperity; where bad sense, there calamity in the end. Adverse bad sense has settled in your heart — you hold the beneficial harmful and the foe dear. She who is the night-of-doom for the demon race — for that Sita you have great love. Brother, clasping your feet I beg — keep my (claim on your) love; give Sita to Rama, that no harm befall you."

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Malyavan, a very wise minister, on hearing his words felt great joy: "Brother, your younger brother is an ornament of policy; lay to heart what Vibhishana says." (Ravana cried,) "Both these fools speak of the enemy's exaltation — is there no one here? Drive them off!" Malyavan then went home; Vibhishana again said, with folded hands: "Good sense and bad sense both dwell in everyone's heart, lord — so the Puranas and Vedas declare. Where good sense, there manifold prosperity; where bad sense, there calamity in the end. Adverse bad sense has settled in your heart — you hold the beneficial harmful and the foe dear. She who is the night-of-doom for the demon race — for that Sita you have great love. Brother, clasping your feet I beg — keep my (claim on your) love; give Sita to Rama, that no harm befall you."