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title: "Ayodhya Kand Doha 268"
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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 268

**चौ०** 
> लखि सब बिधि गुर स्वामि सनेहू। मिटेउ छोभु नहिं मन संदेहू॥  
> अब करुनाकर कीजिअ सोई। जन हित प्रभु चित छोभु न होई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> जो सेवकु साहिबहि सँकोची। निज हित चहइ तासु मति पोची॥  
> सेवक हित साहिब सेवकाई। करै सकल सुख लोभ बिहाई॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> स्वारथु नाथ फिरें सबही का। किएँ रजाइ कोटि बिधि नीका॥  
> यह स्वारथ परमारथ सारू। सकल सुकृत फल सुगति सिंगारू॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> देव एक बिनती सुनि मोरी। उचित होइ तस करब बहोरी॥  
> तिलक समाजु साजि सबु आना। करिअ सुफल प्रभु जौं मनु माना॥४॥

Meaning: “Since I have found my Guru and my master (yourself) affectionate to me in everyway, my unrest has gone and I have no doubt left in my mind. Now, O mine of compassion, do that only whereby you do not feel perturbed on account of your servant (i.e., myself). (1)

“A servant who seeks his own gain by placing his master in an embarrassing situation is a mean-minded fellow. A servant will gain only if he serves his master renouncing all his personal comforts and greed. (2)

“If, my lord, you return to Ayodhyā, everyone will be a gainer. And if we obey your orders, we shall gain in millions of ways. Obedience to you constitutes the highest gain, both materially and spiritually; nay, it is the consummation of all meritorious acts and the ornament of all good destinies. (3)

“My lord, listen to a request of mine and then do as you deem fit. I have brought with me, duly arranged, all the requisites for the coronation ceremony. Kindly utilize them, my lord, if it so pleases you. (4)

**दो०** 
> सानुज पठइअ मोहि बन कीजिअ सबहि सनाथ।  
> नतरु फेरिअहिं बंधु दोउ नाथ चलौं मैं साथ॥२६८॥

Meaning: “Send me into exile with my younger brother Śatrughna and let everybody feel secure under your protection. Or, else, send back both the younger brothers, Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, and let me accompany you, my lord. (268)

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