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title: "Ayodhya Kand Doha 269"
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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 269

**चौ०** 
> नतरु जाहिं बन तीनिउ भाई। बहुरिअ सीय सहित रघुराई॥  
> जेहि बिधि प्रभु प्रसन्न मन होई। करुना सागर कीजिअ सोई॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> देवँ दीन्ह सबु मोहि अभारू। मोरें नीति न धरम बिचारू॥  
> कहउँ बचन सब स्वारथ हेतू। रहत न आरत कें चित चेतू॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> उतरु देइ सुनि स्वामि रजाई। सो सेवकु लखि लाज लजाई॥  
> अस मैं अवगुन उदधि अगाधू। स्वामि सनेहँ सराहत साधू॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> अब कृपाल मोहि सो मत भावा। सकुच स्वामि मन जाइँ न पावा॥  
> प्रभु पद सपथ कहउँ सति भाऊ। जग मंगल हित एक उपाऊ॥४॥

Meaning: “Or, (as a third alternative) we three brothers may remain in the forest, while Sītā and yourself may return to Ayodhyā. Do that, O ocean of mercy, which may please your heart, my lord. (1)

“You have put the entire responsibility on me, my master; but I have no principled insight nor any idea of religious precepts. I am actuated by self-interest in whatever I say; a man in distress loses his senses. (2)

“Shame herself would be ashamed to look at a servant who evades compliance with an order given by his master. Even though I am such an unfathomable ocean of faults, my master (Yourself) out of affection for me commends me as ‘virtuous’. (3)

“Now, O merciful one, I will submit to that proposition which will spare my lord an awkward situation. Swearing by my lord’s feet, I tell you in good faith that this is the only way to ensure the happiness of the world. (4)

**दो०** 
> प्रभु प्रसन्न मन सकुच तजि जो जेहि आयसु देब।  
> सो सिर धरि धरि करिहि सबु मिटिहि अनट अवरेब॥२६९॥

Meaning: “Each one of us will reverently carry out the orders that the Lord may be pleased to give with a cheerful heart and without reserve; and all agitation of mind and imbroglio will end.” (269)

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Kand: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand  
Next: https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/ayodhya-kand/doha-270

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