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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 21

**चौ०** 
> नैहर जनमु भरब बरु जाई। जिअत न करबि सवति सेवकाई॥  
> अरि बस दैउ जिआवत जाही। मरनु नीक तेहि जीवन चाही॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> दीन बचन कह बहुबिधि रानी। सुनि कुबरीं तियमाया ठानी॥  
> अस कस कहहु मानि मन ऊना। सुखु सोहागु तुम्ह कहुँ दिन दूना॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> जेहिं राउर अति अनभल ताका। सोइ पाइहि यहु फलु परिपाका॥  
> जब तें कुमत सुना मैं स्वामिनि। भूख न बासर नींद न जामिनि॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> पूँछेउँ गुनिन्ह रेख तिन्ह खाँची। भरत भुआल होहिं यह साँची॥  
> भामिनि करहु त कहौं उपाऊ। है तुम्हरीं सेवा बस राऊ॥४॥

Meaning: “I would fain go and spend the rest of my life at my father’s but would on no account serve a co-wife so long as there is life in me. For him whom heaven allows to survive as a dependant of an enemy, death is preferable to life.” (1)

The queen uttered many such words of despondency; at this the humpback resorted to the wily ways of a woman. “Why should you speak in this strain, indulging in self-deprecation? Your happiness and good-luck will ever be on the increase. (2)

“Whoever has contemplated such gross mischief to you shall eventually reap its fruit. Ever since I heard of this plot, my lady, I have felt no appetite during the day and have had no wink of sleep at night. (3)

“I consulted the astrologers and they declared in positive terms: ‘Bharata shall be the king; this much is certain.’ If you act up to it, O good lady, I will offer a suggestion to you; the king is under an obligation to you for your services to him.” (4)

**दो०** 
> परउँ कूप तुअ बचन पर सकउँ पूत पति त्यागि।  
> कहसि मोर दुखु देखि बड़ कस न करब हित लागि॥२१॥

Meaning: “At your suggestion I would throw myself down a well and can even forsake my son and husband. When you tell me to do something in view of my dire distress, why should I not comply with it in my own interest?” (21)

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