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title: "Ayodhya Kand Doha 28"
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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 28

**चौ०** 
> जानेउँ मरमु राउ हँसि कहई। तुम्हहि कोहाब परम प्रिय अहई॥  
> थाती राखि न मागिहु काऊ। बिसरि गयउ मोहि भोर सुभाऊ॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> झूठेहुँ हमहि दोषु जनि देहू। दुइ कै चारि मागि मकु लेहू॥  
> रघुकुल रीति सदा चलि आई। प्रान जाहुँ बरु बचनु न जाई॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> नहिं असत्य सम पातक पुंजा। गिरि सम होहिं कि कोटिक गुंजा॥  
> सत्यमूल सब सुकृत सुहाए। बेद पुरान बिदित मनु गाए॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> तेहि पर राम सपथ करि आई। सुकृत सनेह अवधि रघुराई॥  
> बात दृढ़ाइ कुमति हँसि बोली। कुमत कुबिहग कुलह जनु खोली॥४॥

Meaning: “I have now understood the whole mystery,” said the king with a smile; “You are extremely fond of being angry. You kept the boons in reserve and never asked for them; as for myself, I forgot all about them, I being forgetful by nature. (1)

“Pray, do not level a false charge against me; you might as well ask four boons instead of two. It has always been the rule with the race of Raghus that one’s plighted word must be redeemed even at the cost of one’s life. (2)

“Even a multitude of sins cannot be matched with a lie. Can millions of tiny Gunjā seeds ever stand comparison with a mountain? Veracity is the root of all noble virtues, as is well-known in the Vedas and Purāṇas and has been declared by Manu (the first law-giver of the world, the author of Manusmṛti). (3)

“Over and above this, I have unwittingly sworn by Rāma, the Lord of Raghus, who is the very epitome of my virtues and the highest embodiment of affection.” Having thus bound him to his word, the evil-minded Kaikeyī smilingly said, removing, as it were, the cap from the eyes of her hawk-like plot.* (4)

* Fowlers who maintain a hawk with them generally keep its eyes covered by a leather cap so that it may not attack any and every bird it sees indiscriminately, and uncover its eyes only when they intend it to attack its prey.

**दो०** 
> भूप मनोरथ सुभग बनु सुख सुबिहंग समाजु।  
> भिल्लिनि जिमि छाड़न चहति बचनु भयंकरु बाजु॥२८॥

Meaning: The king’s desire (to see Rāma installed as the prince-regent of Ayodhyā) represented a lovely grove and the joy (that prevailed everywhere) stood for a host of charming birds. Queen Kaikeyī like a Bhīla woman, sought to release a fierce falcon in the form of her piercing words. (28)

[PAUSE 13 FOR A THIRTY-DAY RECITATION]

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