ਭਰਥ ਬਾਚ ਰਾਮ ਪ੍ਰਤਿ ॥
bharath baach raam prat |
Speech of Bharat addressed to Ram :
ਕੰਠ ਅਭੂਖਨ ਛੰਦ ॥
kantth abhookhan chhand |
KANTH AABHUSHAN STANZA
ਜਾਉ ਕਹਾ ਪਗ ਭੇਟ ਕਹਉ ਤੁਹ ॥
jaau kahaa pag bhett khau tuh |
ਲਾਜ ਨ ਲਾਗਤ ਰਾਮ ਕਹੋ ਮੁਹ ॥
laaj na laagat raam kaho muh |
“O Ram! where should I go now after touching your feet? Shall I not be ashmed?
ਮੈ ਅਤਿ ਦੀਨ ਮਲੀਨ ਬਿਨਾ ਗਤ ॥
mai at deen maleen binaa gat |
ਰਾਖ ਲੈ ਰਾਜ ਬਿਖੈ ਚਰਨਾਮ੍ਰਿਤ ॥੨੮੭॥
raakh lai raaj bikhai charanaamrit |287|
“I am extremely low, dirty and motionless. O Ram! manage your kingdom and glorify it with your ambrosial feet.”287.
ਚਛ ਬਿਹੀਨ ਸੁਪਛ ਜਿਮੰ ਕਰ ॥
chachh biheen supachh jiman kar |
ਤਿਉ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੀਰ ਗਿਰਯੋ ਪਗ ਭਰਥਰ ॥
tiau prabh teer girayo pag bharathar |
Just as a bird become sightless fells down, in the same way Bharat fell down before Ram.
ਅੰਕ ਰਹੇ ਗਹ ਰਾਮ ਤਿਸੈ ਤਬ ॥
ank rahe geh raam tisai tab |
ਰੋਇ ਮਿਲੇ ਲਛਨਾਦਿ ਭਯਾ ਸਭ ॥੨੮੮॥
roe mile lachhanaad bhayaa sabh |288|
At the same time Ram hugged him to his bosom and there Lakshman and all the brother wept.288.
ਪਾਨਿ ਪੀਆਇ ਜਗਾਇ ਸੁ ਬੀਰਹ ॥
paan peeae jagaae su beerah |
ਫੇਰਿ ਕਹਯੋ ਹਸ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਘੁਬੀਰਹ ॥
fer kahayo has sree raghubeerah |
The brave Bharat was brought to his senses by giving water. Ram again said smilingly :
ਤ੍ਰਿਯੋਦਸ ਬਰਖ ਗਏ ਫਿਰਿ ਐਹੈ ॥
triyodas barakh ge fir aihai |
ਜਾਹੁ ਹਮੈ ਕਛੁ ਕਾਜ ਕਿਵੈਹੈ ॥੨੮੯॥
jaahu hamai kachh kaaj kivaihai |289|
“After the elapse of thirteen years we shall return, now you go back because I have to fulfil some tasks in the forest.”289.
ਚੀਨ ਗਏ ਚਤੁਰਾ ਚਿਤ ਮੋ ਸਭ ॥
cheen ge chaturaa chit mo sabh |
ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਘੁਬੀਰ ਕਹੀ ਅਸ ਕੈ ਜਬ ॥
sree raghubeer kahee as kai jab |
When Ram said this, then all the people understood its substance (that he had to kill the demons in the forest).
ਮਾਤ ਸਮੋਧ ਸੁ ਪਾਵਰਿ ਲੀਨੀ ॥
maat samodh su paavar leenee |
ਅਉਰ ਬਸੇ ਪੁਰ ਅਉਧ ਨ ਚੀਨੀ ॥੨੯੦॥
aaur base pur aaudh na cheenee |290|
Submitting reverently to the instructions of Ram and with pleased mind Bharat took the sandals of Ram and forgetting the recognition of Ayodhya, he began to live out of its limits.290.
ਸੀਸ ਜਟਾਨ ਕੋ ਜੂਟ ਧਰੇ ਬਰ ॥
sees jattaan ko joott dhare bar |
ਰਾਜ ਸਮਾਜ ਦੀਯੋ ਪਊਵਾ ਪਰ ॥
raaj samaaj deeyo paoovaa par |
Wearing matted hair on his head he dedicated all the royal task to those sandals.
ਰਾਜ ਕਰੇ ਦਿਨੁ ਹੋਤ ਉਜਿਆਰੈ ॥
raaj kare din hot ujiaarai |
ਰੈਨਿ ਭਏ ਰਘੁਰਾਜ ਸੰਭਾਰੈ ॥੨੯੧॥
rain bhe raghuraaj sanbhaarai |291|
During the day he used to fulfil his royal duties with the support of those sandals and during the night he protected them.291.
ਜਜਰ ਭਯੋ ਝੁਰ ਝੰਝਰ ਜਿਉ ਤਨ ॥
jajar bhayo jhur jhanjhar jiau tan |
ਰਾਖਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਘੁਰਾਜ ਬਿਖੈ ਮਨ ॥
raakhat sree raghuraaj bikhai man |
The body of Bharat withered and become decrepit, but still he always kept the memory of Ram in his mind.
ਬੈਰਿਨ ਕੇ ਰਨ ਬਿੰਦ ਨਿਕੰਦਤ ॥
bairin ke ran bind nikandat |
ਭਾਖਤ ਕੰਠਿ ਅਭੂਖਨ ਛੰਦਤ ॥੨੯੨॥
bhaakhat kantth abhookhan chhandat |292|
Alongwith this he destroyed the groups of enemies and instead of ornaments he wore rosaries as necklaces.292.