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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 105

Arrival at Prayāga and dialogue between Śrī Rāma and the sage Bharadvāja; the love of the people inhabiting the bank of the Yamunā

**चौ०** 
> तेहि दिन भयउ बिटप तर बासू। लखन सखाँ सब कीन्ह सुपासू॥  
> प्रात प्रातकृत करि रघुराई। तीरथराजु दीख प्रभु जाई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> सचिव सत्य श्रद्धा प्रिय नारी। माधव सरिस मीतु हितकारी॥  
> चारि पदारथ भरा भँडारू। पुन्य प्रदेस देस अति चारू॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> छेत्रु अगम गढ़ु गाढ़ सुहावा। सपनेहुँ नहिं प्रतिपच्छिन्ह पावा॥  
> सेन सकल तीरथ बर बीरा। कलुष अनीक दलन रनधीरा॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> संगमु सिंहासनु सुठि सोहा। छत्रु अखयबटु मुनि मनु मोहा॥  
> चवँर जमुन अरु गंग तरंगा। देखि होहिं दुख दारिद भंगा॥४॥

Meaning: That day the halt was under a tree; Lakṣamaṇa and His friend Guha provided for all His comforts. At dawn Śrī Rāma performed His morning ablutions and then the Lord proceeded further to Prayāga, the King of holy places. The Lord looked at it reverentially.(1)

This king has Truth for his minister, Piety for his beloved consort and a beneficent friend like Bindumādhava (the Deity presiding over Prayāga). His treasury is replete with the four awards of human life, while the sacred region surrounding the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā marks his most beautiful dominion. (2)

The holy Prayāga represents his inaccessible, strong and lovely fortress that no enemy has ever dreamt of possessing. All the sacred spots are his chosen and valiant warriors, who are staunch in battle and capable of crushing the host of sins. (3)

The confluence of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā constitutes his exquisite throne, while the immortal banyan tree (known by the name of Akṣayavaṭa) represents his royal umbrella, which captivates the heart even of sages. The waves of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā constitute his chowries, whose very sight destroys sorrow and indigence. (4)

**दो०** 
> सेवहिं सुकृती साधु सुचि पावहिं सब मनकाम।  
> बंदी बेद पुरान गन कहहिं बिमल गुन ग्राम॥१०५॥

Meaning: Virtuous and holy saints wait upon this king and attain all that they wish for; while the Vedas and Purāṇas are the rhapsodists who recount his stainless virtues. (105)

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