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title: "Ayodhya Kand Doha 16"
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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 16

**चौ०** 
> एकहिं बार आस सब पूजी। अब कछु कहब जीभ करि दूजी॥  
> फोरै जोगु कपारु अभागा। भलेउ कहत दुख रउरेहि लागा॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> कहहिं झूठि फुरि बात बनाई। ते प्रिय तुम्हहि करुइ मैं माई॥  
> हमहुँ कहबि अब ठकुरसोहाती। नाहिं त मौन रहब दिनु राती॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> करि कुरूप बिधि परबस कीन्हा। बवा सो लुनिअ लहिअ जो दीन्हा॥  
> कोउ नृप होउ हमहि का हानी। चेरि छाड़ि अब होब कि रानी॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> जारै जोगु सुभाउ हमारा। अनभल देखि न जाइ तुम्हारा॥  
> तातें कछुक बात अनुसारी। छमिअ देबि बड़ि चूक हमारी॥४॥

Meaning: (Said Mantharā) “I have had all my aspirations fulfilled as a result of my speaking only once; I shall now speak again with another tongue. My wretched head surely deserves to be smashed since you get offended even at my well-meaning words. (1)

“Those alone who speak unctuous words, minding not what is true and what is false, are your favourites, while I am disagreeable to you. From this day onward I too will utter only that which is palatable to my mistress, or else will keep mum all the twenty-four hours. (2)

“God has given me a misshapen body and made me dependent on others; One must reap as one has sown and must get what one has given. Whoever be the ruler, I lose nothing thereby; for, shall I cease to be a servant and become a queen now? (3)

“Damnable is my nature in that I cannot bear to see harm come to you. That is why I just broached the topic. But it was a great blunder on my part; therefore, pardon me, O venerable lady.” (4)

**दो०** 
> गूढ़ कपट प्रिय बचन सुनि तीय अधरबुधि रानि।  
> सुरमाया बस बैरिनिहि सुहृद जानि पतिआनि॥१६॥

Meaning: Hearing these pregnant and agreeably deceitful words, the queen, who was a woman with an unstable mind and was dominated by the celestial Māyā, reposed her faith in an enemy mistaking her for a friend. (16)

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