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title: "Ayodhya Kand Doha 143"
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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 143

**चौ०** 
> धरि धीरजु तब कहइ निषादू। अब सुमंत्र परिहरहु बिषादू॥  
> तुम्ह पंडित परमारथ ग्याता। धरहु धीर लखि बिमुख बिधाता॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> बिबिधि कथा कहि कहि मृदु बानी। रथ बैठारेउ बरबस आनी॥  
> सोक सिथिल रथ सकइ न हाँकी। रघुबर बिरह पीर उर बाँकी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> चरफराहिं मग चलहिं न घोरे। बन मृग मनहुँ आनि रथ जोरे॥  
> अढ़ुकि परहिं फिरि हेरहिं पीछें। राम बियोगि बिकल दुख तीछें॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> जो कह रामु लखनु बैदेही। हिंकरि हिंकरि हित हेरहिं तेही॥  
> बाजि बिरह गति कहि किमि जाती। बिनु मनि फनिक बिकल जेहि भाँती॥४॥

Meaning: Then recovering himself, the Niṣāda chief said, “Reverend Sumantra, cease sorrowing now. You are a man of wisdom and a knower of the highest truth; therefore, compose yourself realizing that Providence is unpropitious.” (1)

Narrating various legends in soft accents, he took him (by hand) and seated him in the chariot. But overpowered by grief he could not drive the chariot; the agony of separation from Śrī Rāma was too severe in his heart. (2)

The horses would not move along the road; they were getting fidgety. It seemed as if some wild animals had been caught and put in harness. They would topple down and turn to look behind, torn away from Śrī Rāma and smarting with deep anguish. (3)

If anyone mentioned the name of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa or Jānakī, they would start neighing and look upon him with love. How could anyone describe the anguish of separation the horses felt; they were as restless as a snake robbed of its gem. (4)

**दो०** 
> भयउ निषादु बिषादबस देखत सचिव तुरंग।  
> बोलि सुसेवक चारि तब दिए सारथी संग॥१४३॥

Meaning: The Niṣāda was overcome with grief as he beheld the minister and his horses. He then called four trusted grooms and sent them with the charioteer (Sumantra). (143)

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Next: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand/doha-144

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