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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 26

**चौ०** 
> अनहित तोर प्रिया केइँ कीन्हा। केहि दुइ सिर केहि जमु चह लीन्हा॥  
> कहु केहि रंकहि करौं नरेसू। कहु केहि नृपहि निकासौं देसू॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> सकउँ तोर अरि अमरउ मारी। काह कीट बपुरे नर नारी॥  
> जानसि मोर सुभाउ बरोरू। मनु तव आनन चंद चकोरू॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> प्रिया प्रान सुत सरबसु मोरें। परिजन प्रजा सकल बस तोरें॥  
> जौं कछु कहौं कपटु करि तोही। भामिनि राम सपथ सत मोही॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> बिहसि मागु मनभावति बाता। भूषन सजहि मनोहर गाता॥  
> घरी कुघरी समुझि जियँ देखू। बेगि प्रिया परिहरहि कुबेषू॥४॥

Meaning: “Who is it, my dear, that has harmed you? Who is there with a head to spare and who is it that is courted by death? Tell me what pauper I should exalt to the position of a king and what monarch I should banish from his kingdom? (1)

“I could slay even an immortal, were he be your enemy; of what account, then, are men and women, who are mere worms, as it were? You know my disposition, O beautiful lady; my mind is enamoured of your face as the Cakora bird is of the moon. (2)

“O my beloved, my people and my family and all that I possess, my sons, nay, my life itself are all at your disposal. If I tell you anything insincerely, O good lady, I should be guilty of falsely swearing by Rāma a hundred times. (3)

“Ask with a cheerful countenance whatever pleases your mind and adorn your charming limbs with jewels. Distinguish within yourself between an opportune and inopportune hour and give up, my darling, this unbecoming attire at once.” (4)

**दो०** 
> यह सुनि मन गुनि सपथ बड़ि बिहसि उठी मतिमंद।  
> भूषन सजति बिलोकि मृगु मनहुँ किरातिनि फंद॥२६॥

Meaning: On hearing this and considering the great oath, the dull-witted Kaikeyī smilingly arose and began to put on her ornaments; it seemed as if a huntress was laying the trap at the sight of a deer. (26)

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Kand: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand  
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