Hinduism

Tulsidas, Ramayana, Ayodhyā-kāṇḍ, Dohā 218

You, my lord, are kind and easy, a storehouse of amiability; you love and trust every one, and think them all like yourself.
A worldly man, who has got power, becomes mad and infatuated and so betrays himself. Bharat was well-taught, good and clever, and, as every one knew, was devoted to his lord's feet; but now that he has become king, he breaks down in his course all the bounds of duty. A wicked and ill-disposed brother having spied out his time, and knowing that Rāma is alone in the forest, he has taken evil counsel and equipped an army, and has come to make his sovereignty secure. After plotting all sorts of wicked schemes, the two brothers have assembled their army and come. If he had no treacherous malpractice at heart, why should he affect chariots and horses and elephants? But why reproach Bharat? All the world goes mad on getting dominion.

Source The Râmâyana of Tulsi Dâs, trad. F. S. Growse, 1883, archive.org · Contents