Perish property, house, fortune, friends, parents, kinsmen and all, that does not help to bring one to Râma.
In every house carriages of all kinds were making ready, and the start to-morrow was a heart-felt joy. Bharat pondered on going home: “The city, with its horses, elephants, palaces and treasuries, and all its wealth is Râma’s. If I recklessly go and leave it, in the end it will not be good for me; to injure one’s own lord is a crowning sin. A good servant acts for his master’s interests, however much others may abuse him.” So thinking he called such faithful servants as would never dream of failing in their duty, and after declaring to them his intention and instructing them in their work, he told them off for the posts for which they were severally fit. When he had thus diligently posted the guards, he proceeded to visit Râma’s mother.
In every house carriages of all kinds were making ready, and the start to-morrow was a heart-felt joy. Bharat pondered on going home: “The city, with its horses, elephants, palaces and treasuries, and all its wealth is Râma’s. If I recklessly go and leave it, in the end it will not be good for me; to injure one’s own lord is a crowning sin. A good servant acts for his master’s interests, however much others may abuse him.” So thinking he called such faithful servants as would never dream of failing in their duty, and after declaring to them his intention and instructing them in their work, he told them off for the posts for which they were severally fit. When he had thus diligently posted the guards, he proceeded to visit Râma’s mother.