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title: "Ayodhya Kand Doha 199"
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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 199

**चौ०** 
> कुस साँथरी निहारि सुहाई। कीन्ह प्रनामु प्रदच्छिन जाई॥  
> चरन रेख रज आँखिन्ह लाई। बनइ न कहत प्रीति अधिकाई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> कनक बिंदु दुइ चारिक देखे। राखे सीस सीय सम लेखे॥  
> सजल बिलोचन हृदयँ गलानी। कहत सखा सन बचन सुबानी॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> श्रीहत सीय बिरहँ दुतिहीना। जथा अवध नर नारि बिलीना॥  
> पिता जनक देउँ पटतर केही। करतल भोगु जोगु जग जेही॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> ससुर भानुकुल भानु भुआलू। जेहि सिहात अमरावतिपालू॥  
> प्राननाथु रघुनाथ गोसाईं। जो बड़ होत सो राम बड़ाईं॥४॥

Meaning: Beholding a lovely litter of Kuśa grass he paced round it clockwise and made obeisance. He also placed the dust of Śrī Rāma’s footprints on his eyes with a profusion of love which could not be described in words. (1)

He saw there a few gold spangles, which he placed on his head and treated them on a par with Revered Sītā. With tears in his eyes and a heart full of remorse he spoke to his friend in sweet accents: (2)

“These spangles have lost their charm and appear lustreless due to their separation from Revered Sītā, even as the people of Ayodhyā, both men and women, are spent through sorrow (due to their separation from Śrī Rāma). To whom shall I liken her father, Janaka, who in this world has in his fold asceticism and enjoyment both? (3)

“And she had for her father-in-law King Daśaratha, the sun of the solar race, who was the envy even of the lord of paradise, Indra. And her beloved lord is no other than Lord Śrī Rāma, from whose glory all great ones derive their greatness! (4)

**दो०** 
> पति देवता सुतीय मनि सीय साँथरी देखि।  
> बिहरत हृदउ न हहरि हर पबि तें कठिन बिसेषि॥१९९॥

Meaning: “Even as I gaze on the litter used by Revered Sītā, the jewel among virtuous women devoted to their lord, my heart does not break in horror; it is harder than adamant, my God! (199)

Previous: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand/doha-198  
Kand: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand  
Next: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand/doha-200

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